Couch Potato (TV series)
Couch Potato was an Australian children's television show broadcast on ABC TV in Australia and a staple of Classic ABC.
Airing on Sunday mornings, it was a "wrapper" show linking three or four animated or live action shows aimed at older pre-teen and young teenage audiences.
Programmes
- The Adventures of Sam
- Alias the Jester
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- The Angry Beavers
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Animated Classic Showcase
- Aquila
- Archibald the Koala
- The Baby-Sitters Club
- Bananaman
- Bangers and Mash
- The Biz
- Bump in the Night
- The Cat Came Back
- Clowning Around
- Cro
- Danger: Marmalade At Work
- Danger Mouse
- The Demon Headmaster
- Dog Tracer
- The Dreamstone
- EC Plays Lift Off
- Educating Marmalade
- Escape from Jupiter
- Finders Keepers
- The Genie From Down Under
- Ghostwriter
- Inspector Gadget
- Johnson and Friends
- Kideo
- Lift Off
- Minty
- Mot
- Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All
- Orson and Olivia
- Plasmo
- The Real Story of...
- Return to Jupiter
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Roland Rat
- Roland Rat Goes East
- Roland Rat's Winter Wonderland
- Round the Bend
- Round the Twist
- Santo Bugito
- The Secret World of Alex Mack
- Simon and the Witch
- SimsalaGrimm
- Ship to Shore
- Stickin' Around
- Sun on the Stubble
- SuperTed
- Toucan Tecs
- The Trap Door
- True Tilda
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
- Watt on Earth
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
- You Can't Do That On Television
Presenters
During its run, Couch Potato's presenters included Grant Piro, Joey Kennedy, Jess Keeley, Jane Nield, Sam Prest, David Heinrich and Abby Coleman.
History
- The show debuted on 17 March 1991 and ended on 24 June 2001.
- In February 2005, Couch Potato had a spiritual successor in a similar show called Rollercoaster which aired on weekday afternoons and Sunday mornings until 30 January 2010.
See also
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