The Shapies
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The Shapies is an Australia
n Computer animation children's television series
. Produced by Light Knights Productions, it first aired on 7 July 2002, on the Australian Nine Network
and on PBS Kids
in the United States
. The series lasted for 26 episodes, with the final one airing 30 December 2002.
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Computer animation children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
. Produced by Light Knights Productions, it first aired on 7 July 2002, on the Australian Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
and on PBS Kids
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10...
in the United States
United States
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. The series lasted for 26 episodes, with the final one airing 30 December 2002.
Background
The show, aimed at four- to eight-year-old children, follows the adventures of the Shapies, a rock band consisting of ten different geometric shapes. They emerge from a toy box into the bedroom of a young boy, Zach. The show also consists of musical parts for each character, sung by Robert and Meir Robertson out of Island View Recording Studio in Coffs HarbourCoffs Harbour, New South Wales
-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...
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The Shapies
- Bob Oblong
- Paul the Ball
- Tammy Triangle
- Rex the Rectangle
- Sarah Circle
- Sally Cylinder
- Sammy Square
- Starry Star
- Perry Pyramid
- Connie Cone
- Mirror Man