Since its initial broadcast on July 18, 1966, Play School has been entertaining preschoolers, providing them with new experiences and learning opportunities through music, crafts, stories, games and ideas. Play School aims to encourage a child to wonder, to think, to feel and to imagine. The program strives to reflect a modern diverse Australian society and is constantly evolving to ensure that it remains relevant to contemporary audiences, introducing new presenters, new episodes and expanding upon its digital offerings. Now, as Play School celebrates its 50th Birthday, we’ve gathered together a bunch of our closest friends to help us celebrate, now featured on this special ABC Music release.

Featuring a stellar cast of Australian personalities, Famous Friends presents all your much cherished nursery rhymes and stories performed as part of ABC TV’s Play School anniversary series. Old favourites such as Benita Collings, John Hamblin and Don Spencer are joined by a wealth of Aussie talent including You Am I, Dan Sultan, Emma Wiggle, Carrie Bickmore, Katie Noonan, Missy Higgins, Josh Thomas and many more.

Track Listing:

CD 1:

1. There’s A Bear In There – Emma Wiggle
2. There’s A Hole in My Bucket – Hamish & Andy
3. Nursery Rhyme News – Molly Meldrum & Charlie Pickering
4. Three Little Fishies – Missy Higgins
5. Ning Nang Nong – Josh Thomas
6. Little Peter Rabbit – Benita Collings & Don Spencer
7. The Bunyip of Berkeley’s Creek – Tim Minchin
8. Old Mother Hubbard – Magda Szubanski
9. Old MacDonald – John Hamblin
10. The Wheels On The Bus – Dan Sultan
11. I Can Sing A Rainbow – Katie Noonan
12. Five Cheeky Monkeys – Jeremy Fernandez
13. Fairytale Story – Umbilical Brothers
14. Going On A Bear Hunt – Kurt Fearnley & Rachael Coopes
15. Rhythm – Tim Omaji
16. Counting Aussie Animals – Adam Goodes

CD 2:

1. I’m A Little Tea Pot – John Hamblin
2. Worm At The Bottom of My Garden/Wiggerley Woo – Costa
3. I Like Peace I Like Quiet – Kate & Gypsy Ceberano
4. Family Forest – Carrie Bickmore
5. Big Bass Drum – Architecture in Helsinki
6. If You’re Happy And You Know it – The Matildas
7. The Owl And The Pussycat – Kate Miller-Heidke
8. Singing In The Kitchen – Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb
9. One Potato, Two Potato – You Am I
10. Morningtown Ride – Bernard Fanning
11. The Emperor’s New Clothes – Lee Lin Chin & Takaya Honda
12. Teddy Bears Picnic – Benita Collings & Don Spencer
13. There’s A Bear In There (Play School Theme Song) – Remixed by KLP
14. There’s A Bear In There (Play School Theme Song)– Remixed by Copycatt
15. There’s A Bear In There (Play School Theme Song)– Remixed by Jondrette Den