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UNCOVERED: Play school - The Untold Story

‘Taylor Swift is not losing any sleep over me!’: Don Spencer on Play School, fame and his 65-year music career

The 89-year-old appeared on Play School in Australia and the UK and rubbed shoulders with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – but it is his work with children that has been ‘an honour’

The Guardian - AU

Logies 2026: Sam Pang wins gold and Sam Neill wins posthumous best actor at Australia’s TV awards

Neill takes award for performance in legal thriller The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer, at a ceremony dominated by wins for the ABC

The Guardian - AU

'There's a bear in there': celebrate Play School's 60th birthday in Canberra

Who is your favourite Play School presenter?

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What's that, Big Ted? Play School celebrates 60 years

Step through the windows into the world of Play School, where kids can crawl into a rocket clock, or pretend to film episodes of the much-loved show.

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Yes … er, no: The Australian backflips after signing on to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon reporting rules

News Corp’s broadsheet was one of very few publications to agree to restrict reporting to authorised material before it changed its mind. Plus: a super blooper

The Guardian - AU

Donald McDonald death: Play School star and ‘showbiz great’ dies aged 86

‘He was such a kind man and was always great fun,’ wrote friends and family

The Independent UK

Government defeated over copyright protections against AI models

A Bridget Jones director told peers that creatives could have their work used to train AI models without them knowing about it or being paid for it.

Evening Standard

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The week in audio: Today’s guest editors; A Point of View; Monstrosities Mon Amour; Shipping Forecast Day – review

Radio 4’s Today guest editors ranged from the glum to the glorious, while the station truly excelled in a day-long celebration of the Shipping Forecast at 100

The Guardian - UK

Julie Stevens obituary

Actor who went from playing a nightclub singer in The Avengers to presenting the BBC children’s TV series Play School

The Guardian - UK

Play School presenter and Carry On star Julie Stevens dies aged 87

The children’s TV presenter, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, died on Thursday, December 5

Evening Standard

Play School presenter and Carry On actress Julie Stevens dies aged 87

She was also known for The Avengers show.

The Independent UK

Mother review – is this a devastating character study or trauma porn?

Noni Hazlehurst is masterful as a homeless, bereft woman telling the story of her life – but the play veers uncomfortably close to voyeurism

The Guardian - AU

Philip Quast: ‘I don’t have anything left to say in theatre, it’s not my turn any more’

The three-time Olivier award winner, and ‘voice of Playschool’, on why musicals have been a curse and love, and why it’s now time to leave

The Guardian - AU

Filmmaker re-imagines classic Mem Fox children's book for Flickerfest

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was produced by Caleb Irwin.

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TV industry in turmoil, says Floella Benjamin, as Bafta hands out the gongs

Former Play School presenter joins Bafta fellowship; others to be recognised include Top Boy, which was named best drama series

The Guardian - AU

Three things with Mr Luke: ‘I absolutely dance like it’s nobody’s business’

In our weekly interview about objects, TikTok’s favourite primary school teacher shares the joy of his inner child – from proudly displaying his teddy bear to cutting shapes in his living room

Newcastle Herald

There's a bear in there and a Knight as well: Ponga on Play School

The Dally M medallist has made a cameo on Play School.

The Conversation

Play School meets Ikea: new Australian play Welcome to Your New Life hilariously captures new motherhood

Anna Goldsworthy’s hilarious and beautifully honest book Welcome To Your New Life celebrates the joy and roller-coaster ride of first-time parenting.

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The Guardian - AU

Three things with Noni Hazlehurst: ‘I bought $10,000 of gold coins and never saw them again’

In our weekly interview about objects, the Play School legend shares an investing misadventure and a casserole dish that always delivers

The Guardian - AU

Archibald prize 2023: Noni Hazlehurst portrait wins people’s choice award

Jaq Grantford’s portrait of the beloved actor and former Play School presenter wins $5,000 prize decided by the public

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Play School Is Copping Heat For An Episode On Underwater Explorers After The Submarine Tragedy

Don't do it, Jemima!

The Guardian - AU

Three things with John Waters: ‘I was delighted but I wondered how to get it on to a plane’

In our weekly interview about objects, the former Play School host shares a prized family heirloom – and an accessory that revolutionised his guitar-playing

Evening Standard

Harry and Meghan should move back to U.K., says Hollywood expert Perez Hilton

The couple are ‘boring’, and a return is ‘inevitable’, Perez Hilton says

The Independent UK

Floella Benjamin warns British children’s TV could ‘disappear from screens’

Baroness Benjamin was formerly a presenter on Play School.

ABC News

Remembering the famous Australians who died in 2022

Australia lost two of its greatest Indigenous artists, plus witnessed the shock early deaths of serving politicians and sporting greats.

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