Swap Shop is an Australian children's television series that screened on the ABC from 1988.[2] The show features comedy, stories, animation and has musical guests performing original songs.[3] It debuted on 20 June for an initial 12 episodes.[1] A Christmas episode aired on 23 December[4] and the second season began on 1 May 1988.[5]
Synopsis
Aunt Mimi and George run a shop where things are swapped instead of purchased.[6]
Sian Watkins of the Age said, "The Ideas behind Swap Shop are hardly innovative — Sesame Street has been doing similar things for years — but nevertheless it's light and fun a hint of something comic."[7]Judith Whelan from the Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on tangents from the main story lines, wrote, "It is these extra bits that make the series work."[4] Commenting on the first episode of the second seaso,n Jim Schembri of the Age notes, "Most of this episode is congenial but disposable and a bit too down beat."[5]
Soundtrack
An EP (1988) and a record (1989), both titled Swap Shop, were released featuring songs from the show.[6][8]
References
^ abOliver, Robin (20 June 1988), "What's new?", The Sydney Morning Herald
