The Big Arvo

The Big Arvo
Genre	Children's
Developed by	Julie Hanna & Lisa Fitzpatrick
Written by	Julie Hanna
Directed by	Brian Foreshaw
Starring	Ben Hewett Jennifer Hardy Anna Choy Curtis Fernandez Luke Jacobz James Tobin
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
Production
Executive producer	Julie Hanna
Production locations	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	2 August 1999– 14 July 2000 (as The Big Breakfast) 1 February 2001 – 6 May 2005 (as The Big Arvo)

The Big Arvo (originally titled The Big Breakfast) is an Australian television series that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1999 until 2005. It starred four hosts, who hosted the show in a large model bus. They had segments such as "cool job" and "dare" to amuse younger viewers and to teach viewers who had outgrown Play School. The show appeared in K-Zone magazine to celebrate 500 episodes. It had begun in a morning timeslot under the name of The Big Breakfast, before moving to the afternoon to make way for AMV: All Music Video and Sunrise.

Hosts

 Original   Replacement 

Role	Name	First Show	Last Show
1st co-host	Ben Hewett	2 August 1999	6 May 2005
2nd co-host	Jennifer Hardy	2 August 1999	6 May 2005
3rd co-host	Anna Choy	2 August 1999	May 2004
	James Tobin	October 2004	6 May 2005
4th co-host	Curtis Fernandez	2 August 1999	July 2000
	Luke Jacobz	1 February 2001	March 2005

Notes

• There is a 7-month gap between Curtis Fernandez being replaced by Luke Jacobz as The Big Breakfast went off air during this time before being resurrected as The Big Arvo.
• There is a 5-month gap between Anna Choy being replaced by James Tobin as The Big Arvo was off air during this time, replaced by Girl TV.
• James Tobin was credited as "Jesse Tobin" for all episodes.
• Ben and Jenny were the only two hosts to remain with the show for its entire run.

Programmes

Cartoons

Here is a list of cartoons that were shown as part of The Big Breakfast:

• Mummies Alive!
• Pancho and Rancho
• Johnny Bravo
• Tom and Jerry
• The Flintstones
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
• Sonic Underground
• ReBoot
• Ed, Edd n Eddy
• The Bots Master
• Dexter's Laboratory
• The Legend of Prince Valiant
• Life with Louie
• The Powerpuff Girls
• I am Weasel
• Gargoyles
• Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
• Sailor Moon
• Cow and Chicken
• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
• The Mask
• The Jetsons

Live-action

The Big Breakfast has also aired a few live action programmes:

• S Club 7 in Miami

See also

• List of Australian television series

External links

• The Big Arvo at IMDb