Bananas in Pyjamas

Bananas in Pyjamas
Created by	Helena Harris
Directed by	Roger Bayley Sophia Turkiewicz Tony Tilse Di Drew David Caesar Paul Faint Karin Kreicers Ian Munro Michael Ailwood Varcha Sidwell Virginia Lumsden David Evans Richard Walker
Starring	Benjamin Baylock Mary-Ann Henshaw Michael James Sandie Lillingston Shane McNamara Nicholas Opolski Taylor Owynns Ken Radley Jeremy Scrivener Duncan Wass
Narrated by	Karina Kelly
Theme music composer	Carey Blyton
Opening theme	Bananas in Pyjamas by Trapaga Vocal Group
Ending theme	Bananas in Pyjamas (instrumental)
Composers	Chris Harriott (1992–99) Peter Dasent (2001)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	304 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Claire Henderson (1992–94) Mark Barnard (1995/96) Virginia Lumsden (1999–2001)
Producers	Helena Harris (showrunner, 1992–94) Tammy Burnstock (1994–1995) Virginia Lumsden (1995-1999) Mark Barnard (1999) Sophie Emtage (2001)
Production location	ABC Studios
Running time	5 minutes
Production company	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
Network	ABC-TV
Release	20 July 1992 (1992-07-20) – 14 December 2001 (2001-12-14)
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Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since been syndicated in many countries and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas. It aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box. Additionally, the characters and a scene from the show were featured in the Kids for Character sequel titled Kids for Character: Choices Count. The pilot episode was Pink Mug.

The concept was inspired by the success of the song Bananas in Pyjamas, written by Carey Blyton in 1967, on Play School.^[1][2] This song, which had become a regular item on Play School, became the theme of the new series. The series was revamped in May 2011 as a CGI animated series created by Southern Star Entertainment.