Bananas in Pyjamas

**Bananas in Pyjamas** is a children's television program on the ABC Channel in Australia. It started on July 20, 1992. The main characters are two bananas called B1 and B2. They live next to each other on a beach. Three teddies live in the same neighborhood. There have been six series.

There is also a 2011 CGI reboot of the show.

### Main characters

|Character|Voiced by|
| --- | --- |
|**B1** the _Banana_|*Duncan Wass (1992) *Ken Radley (1993–2001) *Michael James (2001) *Stephen Shanahan (2011–13) *Richard McCourt (2011–13)|
|**B2** the _Banana_|*Nicholas Opolski (1992–2001) *Benjamin Blaylock (2001) *Daniel Wyllie *Dominic Wood (2011–13)|
|**Amy** the _Teddy Bear_|*Sandie Lillingston (1992) *Mary-Ann Henshaw (1993–2001) *Isabella Dunwill (2011–13)|
|**Lulu** the _Teddy Bear_|*Taylor Owynns (1992–2001) *Monica Trapaga (_Bananas in Pyjamas_ (album release)) *Sandie Lillingston (Bumping and a-Jumping) *Ines Vaz de Sousa (2011–13)|
|**Morgan** the _Teddy Bear_|*Jeremy Scrivener (1992–2001) *Troy Planet (AU Version) *Sophie Aldred (UK Version) (2011–13)|
|**Rat in a Hat** the _Rat_|*Shane McNamara (1992–2013)|

### Recurring characters

|Character|Voiced by|
| --- | --- |
|**Bernard** the _Dog_|*Keith Buckley (2011–13)|
|**Charlie** the _Monkey_|*Matthew Whittet (2011–13)|
|**Kevin** the _Butterfly_|*Mal Heap (1992–2001)|
|**Maggie** the _Magpie_|*Emma De Vries (1994–2001)|
|**Mrs Rat** the _Rat_|*Georgina Symes (2011–13)|
|**Tolstoy** the _Tortoise_|*Emma De Vries (1996–2001) *John Leary (2011–13)|
|**Tomasina** the _Turtle_|*David Collins (1999–2001) *Meaghan Davies (2011–13)|
|**Topsy** the _Kangaroo_|*Roslyn Oades (2011–13)|

### Farm animals

|Character|Voiced by|
| --- | --- |
|_Farm Animals_ puppeteers|*Mal Heap *Terry Ryan *Emma De Vries (2001)|
|**Camembert** the _Cow_|*Taylor Sweeney *Eliza Logan (2011–2013)|
|**Pedro** the _Pig_|*Michael Phillips *Anthony O'Donohue (2011–2013)|
|**Gregory** the _Chicken_|*Matthew Hudak|
|**Peck** the _Duck_|*Aaron Oberst-Horner|
|**Dolly** the _Sheep_|*Maura McGinley *Olivia Pigeot (2011–2013)|
|**Flash** the _Fish_|*Jacob Matta|

### Original series

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### Revived series

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## Discography

- _Bananas in Pyjamas_ (1993)
- _Live on Stage_ (1994)
- _Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? Mix_ (1994)
- _It's Singing Time!_ (1996)
- _Bumping and a-Jumping_ (1997)
- _Cuddles Avenue Christmas_ (1997)
- _It's Show Time!_ (1998)
- _Get Up and Dance!_ (2000)
- _Banana Split Mix_ (2002)
- _The Fun Collection_ (2002)
- _Sing and Be Happy_ (2004)
- _Welcome to Cuddlestown_ (2011)
- _Playtime!_ (2012)
- _Best Of: Classic_ (2015)
- _50 Best Songs: 25 Years!_ (2017)

### Charting singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|82|||||

### APRA Music Awards

|Year|Nominated works|Award|Result|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|"We Like Wearing Pyjamas" (Franciscus Antheunis  Franciscus Henri)|Most Performed Children's Work|||

### ARIA Music Awards

|Year|Nominated works|Award|Result|Ref|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|_Bananas in Pyjamas_|rowspan="2"|Best Children's Album||rowspan="2"||
|1996|_It's Singing Time!_||||||
|1999|_It's Show Time!_|Best Original Cast/Show Recording|||||
|2005|_Sing And Be Happy_|rowspan="2"|Best Children's Album||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"||
|2012|_Playtime!_||||||

### British Academy Children's Awards

|Year|Nominated works|Award|Result|Ref||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|_Bananas in Pyjamas Special_|International||align="center"||

### Logie Awards

|Year|Nominated works|Award|Result||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996|rowspan="2"|_Bananas in Pyjamas_|Most Popular Children's Program||
|2000|Most Outstanding Children's Program||||

## Other websites

- _Bananas in Pyjamas_ – Original website
- _Bananas in Pyjamas_ – ABC TV