What's Up Doc? (Australian TV series)

What's Up, Doc?
Genre Children's show
Presented by Danielle Fairclough
Catriona Rowntree [1]
Steven Jacobs
Kate Fischer
Jo Beth Taylor (temp)
Julia Morris (temp)
Karen Fischer
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 9
Production
Running time 150-180 minutes
Release
Original network Nine Network
Picture format 4.3 PAL
Audio format Stereo
Original release 1993 – 1999

What's Up, Doc? was a children's program which aired on the Nine Network in Australia from July 1993[2] until December 1999. The program centred on the showing of Warner Bros. cartoons and programs with additional original elements. It followed on from The Bugs Bunny Show, a similar program hosted by Sophie Lee, which aired from 1990 until 1992.

The program originally aired Saturday mornings from 9:00am until 11:00am, before moving to weekdays at 4:30pm for half an hour beginning in 1995. The show was filmed in studio on the same styled set for the whole run of the show, starting at Nine's Richmond, Victoria studios, before moving to studios in Willoughby, New South Wales. The hosts also regularly visited Warner Bros Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland where a weeks worth of episodes were filmed at a time.

The final episode aired on Friday December 24th 1999.[3] The show was originally announced to return in early 2000, however a new Warner Bros cartoon themed program titled The Cool Room debuted in its place.

Hosts

Permanent

Danielle Fairclough (July 1993—July 1994)
Catriona Rowntree (August 1994—December 1995)
Steven Jacobs (1996)
Kate Fischer (1996—October 1997)
Karen Fischer (November 1997—December 1999)

Temporary

Jo Beth Taylor (1996, 1997)
Julia Morris (1997)

References


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