Cushion Kids

Cushion Kids
Genre	Children's
Created by	Helena Harris Posie Graeme-Evans
Directed by	Ian Munro
Creative director	Nadia Benussi
Starring	Yvette Robinson Anthony Grundy John Leary Lisa Adams Zac McKay Meaghan Davies
Theme music composer	Chris Harriott
Opening theme	"Cushion Kids Theme"
Ending theme	"Cushion Kids Theme (Reprise)"
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	45
Production
Executive producer	Helena Harris
Producers	Posie Graeme-Evans Helena Harris
Production location	ABC Studios
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Kids Like Us Nine Films and Television
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	2001 (Australia)

Cushion Kids is a Australian children's television show produced by Kids Like Us Productions and Nine Films and Television for the Nine Network that is seen daily on Tiny Pop. It series is created by Hi-5, and is about five kids who are cushions. The setting takes place in a place known as Cushion Land. This show aired on the Nine Network in 2001.

Characters

• Polly Posh: A cushion who likes things very posh and neat and does not like messes played, voiced by Yvette Robinson.
• Cosmo: A talented inventor played, voiced by Anthony Grundy.
• Grumpy Lumpy: A very grumpy postman played, voiced by John Leary.
• Pippa: A cushion who going to the adventure all the time played, voiced by Lisa Adams.
• Baz: A talented surfer at the beach once a year and lazy to tidy played, voiced by Zach McKay.
• Bubs: A baby cushion who likes nappies played, voiced by Meaghan Davies.
• Zip the Bird: a bird cushion who has a birdseye view played by Ben Frost and voiced by Tim Harding.

VHS

All Cushion Kids videos are released in Australia by Roadshow Entertainment. And this preview of Cushion from Hi-5's Star Dreaming and Music Machine DVDs and Five Alive VHS.

• Meet The Kids (2001)
• Cushion Cuddles (2002)

Carols by Candlelight

In 2001, Cushion Kids performed annually at Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne, which would be broadcast by the Nine Network on Christmas Eve. The group would perform a short selection of Christmas songs to entertain the younger viewers of the event, and were join the Cushion Kids played for many years by Terry Gill. Several cast members noted the shows as a highlight and over the years it became common for the performance to be the final concert of departing members. In 2002 was the first year Hi-5 were invited to perform at the Carols, and since then, the group have performed annual Christmas concerts at local Sydney events.