Jay's Jungle
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| Jay's Jungle | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television |
| Created by | Jay Laga'aia Monica O'Brien |
| Directed by | Ian Munro |
| Starring | Jay Laga'aia Kenneth Moraleda Emily McKnight Courtney Stewart |
| Opening theme | "Rumble Rumble (Jay's Jungle Theme)" |
| Composer | Mark Walmsley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 255 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Monica O'Brien |
| Production locations | Fox Studio Australia, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Production company | Ambience Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | 7TWO |
| Release | 12 January 2015 – 25 May 2018 |
Jay's Jungle is an Australian children's television show, which was broadcast every weekday on 7TWO[1][2][3] from 12 January 2015 to 25 May 2018. The series was created and produced by Ambience Entertainment.
Premise[edit]
Jay the lighthouse keeper lives inside a sentient lighthouse named C-MOR on a J-shaped island. C-MOR uses his light to seek out ideas and questions for the show's characters to explore. Supporting characters include the monkey Funk-E, marine biologist Tash, and park ranger Lani. Funk-E is part of a band called the Tree Top Trio, which includes fellow monkeys Jess-E and Leonard. The Jungle Crew, consisting of preschool-aged children, assists the main characters.
Cast[edit]
- Jay Laga'aia as Jay[4][5]
- Kenneth Moraleda as C-MOR, a sentient lighthouse
- Mat McCoy as Funk-E
- Emma De Vries as Jess-E
- Mal Heap and Mark Simpson as Leonard
- Courtney Stewart as Tash
- Emily McKnight as Lani
- Neila Manson as Tiny Dancer
Episodes[edit]
Series 1 (2015)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Sea Salty" | 5 January 2015 |
| 2 | 2 | "Food" | 6 January 2015 |
| 3 | 3 | "Dragon's Breath" | 7 January 2015 |
| 4 | 4 | "Eggs" | 8 January 2015 |
| 5 | 5 | "Clocks" | 9 January 2015 |
| 6 | 6 | "Bubbles" | 12 January 2015 |
| 7 | 7 | "I Can Play Anything" | 13 January 2015 |
| 8 | 8 | "Shadows and Shapes" | 14 January 2015 |
| 9 | 9 | "Where Does the Sun Go?" | 15 January 2015 |
| 10 | 10 | "Whales" | 16 January 2015 |
| 11 | 11 | "Rainbows" | 19 January 2015 |
| 12 | 12 | "Dinosaurs" | 20 January 2015 |
| 13 | 13 | "Plants Grow" | 21 January 2015 |
| 14 | 14 | "Flags" | 22 January 2015 |
| 15 | 15 | "Sky" | 23 January 2015 |
| 16 | 16 | "Stories" | 26 January 2015 |
| 17 | 17 | "I Say Hello Like This" | 27 January 2015 |
| 18 | 18 | "Breakfast" | 28 January 2015 |
| 19 | 19 | "Seeing Stars" | 29 January 2015 |
| 20 | 20 | "Feel Better Exercise" | 30 January 2015 |
| 21 | 21 | "Music" | 2 February 2015 |
| 22 | 22 | "Flying" | 3 February 2015 |
| 23 | 23 | "Flowers" | 4 February 2015 |
| 24 | 24 | "When I Throw Something" | 5 February 2015 |
| 25 | 25 | "Waste Not" | 6 February 2015 |
| 26 | 26 | "Thunder Grumbles" | 16 February 2015 |
| 27 | 27 | "Vegetables" | 17 February 2015 |
| 28 | 28 | "Seeds" | 18 February 2015 |
| 29 | 29 | "Winter" | 19 February 2015 |
| 30 | 30 | "Sleep" | 20 February 2015 |
| 31 | 31 | "Cooking" | 23 February 2015 |
| 32 | 32 | "Mistakes" | 24 February 2015 |
| 33 | 33 | "Feeling Happy" | 25 February 2015 |
| 34 | 34 | "Clouds" | 26 February 2015 |
| 35 | 35 | "Imaginative Play" | 27 February 2015 |
| 36 | 36 | "Floating and Sinking" | 2 March 2015 |
| 37 | 37 | "Milk" | 3 March 2015 |
| 38 | 38 | "Dark Scary" | 4 March 2015 |
| 39 | 39 | "Winning" | 5 March 2015 |
| 40 | 40 | "Cleanup" | 6 March 2015 |
| 41 | 41 | "Why Are Balls Round?" | 9 March 2015 |
| 42 | 42 | "Animal Talk" | 10 March 2015 |
| 43 | 43 | "Telling Tales" | 11 March 2015 |
| 44 | 44 | "Autumn" | 12 March 2015 |
| 45 | 45 | "Staying Clean" | 13 March 2015 |
| 46 | 46 | "In My Dreams I Can Fly" | 16 March 2015 |
| 47 | 47 | "Fast and Slow" | 17 March 2015 |
| 48 | 48 | "Careful" | 18 March 2015 |
| 49 | 49 | "Bees" | 19 March 2015 |
| 50 | 50 | "Where the Wind Blows" | 20 March 2015 |
| 51 | 51 | "Surprises" | 23 March 2015 |
| 52 | 52 | "Sharing" | 24 March 2015 |
| 53 | 53 | "What Animals Eat" | 25 March 2015 |
| 54 | 54 | "Sun Smart" | 26 March 2015 |
| 55 | 55 | "Hiding" | 27 March 2015 |
| 56 | 56 | "Imagination" | 30 March 2015 |
| 57 | 57 | "Pet Elephant" | 31 March 2015 |
| 58 | 58 | "Hot Weather" | 1 April 2015 |
| 59 | 59 | "Friends" | 2 April 2015 |
| 60 | 60 | "World's Biggest Animals" | 3 April 2015 |
| 61 | 61 | "Being Silly" | 6 April 2015 |
| 62 | 62 | "Why Can't I Do That?" | 7 April 2015 |
| 63 | 63 | "Springtime" | 8 April 2015 |
| 64 | 64 | "Feeling Sick is No Fun" | 9 April 2015 |
| 65 | 65 | "Paper Comes From" | 10 April 2015 |
Series 2 (2016)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1 | "The Weather Makes Me Feel Different" | 4 January 2016 |
| 67 | 2 | "I Love Playing in the Sand" | 5 January 2016 |
| 68 | 3 | "Why Does It Have to Rain?" | 6 January 2016 |
| 69 | 4 | "What is a Volcano?" | 7 January 2016 |
| 70 | 5 | "I Like to Cook" | 8 January 2016 |
| 71 | 6 | "Some of My Family Look Like Me!" | 11 January 2016 |
| 72 | 7 | "I Want to Learn to Read" | 12 January 2016 |
| 73 | 8 | "Why Do We Celebrate Different Things?" | 13 January 2016 |
| 74 | 9 | "Balancing is Very Tricky Sometimes" | 14 January 2016 |
| 75 | 10 | "I Love Getting Letters" | 15 January 2016 |
| 76 | 11 | "Why Don't Animals Live in Houses?" | 18 January 2016 |
| 77 | 12 | "I Have Five Senses" | 19 January 2016 |
| 78 | 13 | "My Cat Can See in the Dark" | 20 January 2016 |
| 79 | 14 | "Out of Reach" | 21 January 2016 |
| 80 | 15 | "Waiting for My Turn is Boring" | 22 January 2016 |
| 81 | 16 | "Kangaroos Have Pouches, Tigers Don't" | 25 January 2016 |
| 82 | 17 | "I Like Playing Shops" | 26 January 2016 |
| 83 | 18 | "I Like Jumping Over Waves!" | 27 January 2016 |
| 84 | 19 | "Why Do I Get Goosebumps?" | 28 January 2016 |
| 85 | 20 | "Why Do I Get Hiccups?" | 29 January 2016 |
| 86 | 21 | "Lots of Things Are Squares Shaped" | 1 February 2016 |
| 87 | 22 | "Animals Like Different Temperatures" | 2 February 2016 |
| 88 | 23 | "I Love Collecting Things" | 3 February 2016 |
| 89 | 24 | "How Do You Use Maps?" | 4 February 2016 |
| 90 | 25 | "Birthday Parties Are Lots of Fun!" | 5 February 2016 |
| 91 | 26 | "Why Do Seasons Change?" | 8 February 2016 |
| 92 | 27 | "Red Means Stop and Green Means Go" | 9 February 2016 |
| 93 | 28 | "I Wish I Can Whistle" | 10 February 2016 |
| 94 | 29 | "Listening Properly Takes a Lot of Concentration" | 11 February 2016 |
| 95 | 30 | "I Have Different Friends on Different Days" | 12 February 2016 |
| 96 | 31 | "Is the Moon Made Out of Cheese?" | 15 February 2016 |
| 97 | 32 | "My Dog Doesn't Wear Shoes" | 16 February 2016 |
| 98 | 33 | "I Like Being Loud!" | 17 February 2016 |
| 99 | 34 | "Running Fast and Walking Slow" | 18 February 2016 |
| 100 | 35 | "Some Things Smell Nice" | 19 February 2016 |
| 101 | 36 | "Why Do I Sometimes Run Out of Time?" | 22 February 2016 |
| 102 | 37 | "I Wear Hats Outside" | 23 February 2016 |
| 103 | 38 | "I Love Family Days" | 24 February 2016 |
| 104 | 39 | "Sometimes I Break Things" | 25 February 2016 |
| 105 | 40 | "Why Do Flowers Smell?" | 26 February 2016 |
| 106 | 41 | "I Love Mud" | 29 February 2016 |
| 107 | 42 | "I Like to Make Things Out of Paper" | 1 March 2016 |
| 108 | 43 | "I Dance When I'm Happy" | 2 March 2016 |
| 109 | 44 | "Why Do I Keep Growing?" | 3 March 2016 |
| 110 | 45 | "I Can Talk with My Hands" | 4 March 2016 |
| 111 | 46 | "Why Do I Have to Cut My Hair?" | 7 March 2016 |
| 112 | 47 | "Some Words Sound the Same" | 8 March 2016 |
| 113 | 48 | "I'm Bored with Being Bored" | 9 March 2016 |
| 114 | 49 | "I Like to Sing" | 10 March 2016 |
| 115 | 50 | "I'd Like to Be a Doctor" | 11 March 2016 |
| 116 | 51 | "Foods from Different Cultures" | 14 March 2016 |
| 117 | 52 | "Why Do I Have to Share?" | 15 March 2016 |
| 118 | 53 | "I Like How Things Feel" | 16 March 2016 |
| 119 | 54 | "Why Does the Earth Shake?" | 17 March 2016 |
| 120 | 55 | "I Like to Stretch" | 18 March 2016 |
| 121 | 56 | "Sometimes I Pretend to Be a Monster" | 21 March 2016 |
| 122 | 57 | "Sometimes I Forget Things" | 22 March 2016 |
| 123 | 58 | "Why Do Big People Go to Work?" | 23 March 2016 |
| 124 | 59 | "Sometimes I Feel Unhappy" | 24 March 2016 |
| 125 | 60 | "Some Things Change Colour" | 25 March 2016 |
| 126 | 61 | "Why Do I Have to Brush My Teeth?" | 28 March 2016 |
| 127 | 62 | "Some Fruits Grow on Trees and Some Don't" | 29 March 2016 |
| 128 | 63 | "Animals Can Do Amazing Things" | 30 March 2016 |
| 129 | 64 | "I Have Lots of Different Friends" | 31 March 2016 |
| 130 | 65 | "I Love to Dress Up as Different Characters" | 1 April 2016 |
Reception[edit]
Manning River Times called the show "a fun filled engaging rumble through a stylised jungle, where questions are asked and ideas explored through music, story and playful characters who captivate and inspire young minds".[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jay's Jungle". ambienceentertainment.com. Ambience Entertainment. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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- ^ Brown, Andrew (27 March 2015). "Jay's Jungle swings into Penrith". Penrith City Gazette. ProQuest 1675021588.
- ^ Murray, Therese (15 April 2015). "Join Jay and His Jungle Crew". Central Coast Express Advocate. ProQuest 1672917119.
- ^ "Jay Laga'aia to play Shrek in Shrek the Musical". riversideparramatta.com.au. Riverside Live Theatre and Cinema. 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
Jay's film credits include Nims Island and Star Wars; his television credits include Home and Away, Bed of Roses, Jay's Jungle, McLeod's Daughters, Legend Of The Seekers, Xena: Warrior Princess and Play School.
- ^ Tesolin, Lauren (3 April 2015). "Jay Laga'aia swings into Penrith for Jay's Jungle stage play". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Jay's Jungle is the new live show featuring everyone's". Manning River Times. 20 March 2015. ProQuest 1664581838.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 7two original programming
- Australian children's television series
- 2015 Australian television series debuts
- 2018 Australian television series endings
- Australian preschool education television series
- Australian television shows featuring puppetry
- 2010s preschool education television series
- Australian English-language television shows
- Television series about monkeys