The Wiggles Experience and Friends (Animated Series)

**The Wiggles Experience and Friends** was an animated Wiggles Experience series that aired on EBN in Cowell, the Seven Network in Australia and Playhouse Disney in both America and Europe from Mid 1998 to Early 2001. The first two seasons and shorts aired in Australia from November 1999 to February 2000. Coinciding with their It’s A Wiggly, Wiggly World UK Tour in the March 1998 to September 1999, the series got picked up by the Disney Corporation for five random episode and shorts in April to May of 1999.

The series featured various songs from the groups catalogue, including songs from their first three albums (The Wiggles Experience, Here Comes A Song and The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate) and new songs written exclusively for the show (though some would appear on future albums in one form or another). With the case of their debut album's songs, some were re-recorded to replace ex-member Phillip Wilcher vocals and contributions. The series also took heavy influence from the first two live-action TV Series in terms of humour and stories but was more akin to the short comic stories found in The Wiggles Magazine and various books at the time.

## Season One (1998)

### Episodes

1. Meet The Wiggles (1998)
2. Dancing (1998)
3. The Wiggly Talent Show (1998)
4. Holiday (1998)
5. Henry's Underwater Band (1998)
6. Food (1998)
7. A Day with Wags (1998)
8. Hobbies (1998)
9. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1998)

## Season Two (1999-2000)

### Episodes

1. The Big Red Car Needs a Clean (1999)
2. Numbers (1999)
3. Dorothy's Suprise Birthday (1999)
4. Art (1999)
5. Magic Janelle: The Hat and the Rabbit (1999)
6. The Adventures of Captain Feathersword: Part 1 (1999)
7. The Adventures of Captain Feathersword: Part 2 (2000)
8. Music (2000)
9. Story Time (2000)
10. Magic Janelle: Magical Colours (2000)
11. Animals (2000)
12. The Wiggly Movie Night (2000)
13. Cultures (2000)
14. A Special Day (2000)

## Season Three (2000-2001)

### Episodes

1. A Hot Day at the Beach (2000)
2. Rosy Tea Party! (2000)
3. The Wiggly Circus (2000)
4. Cowellan Independence Day (2000)
5. Adventures in the Wiggly Safari (2001)
6. Zardo Zap Comes to Visit (2001)
7. Henry's Big Show (2001)
8. Fitness and Health (2001)
9. Let's Dance and Wiggle! (2001)

## Shorts (1999-2000)

### Shorts

1. Joshua's Disappearing Dinner (1999)
2. The Missing Hat (1999)
3. Carla the Rabbit (1999)
4. Wags the Mechanic (1999)
5. Joshua's Helping Hand (2000)
6. Bedtime Stories with Dorothy (2000)
7. Rockstar Madeline (2000)

## Cast

* Janelle Senreich as Janelle Wiggle
* Madeline Richardson as Madeline Wiggle
* Mitchell Nerville as Mitchell Wiggle and Foodman
* Joshua Taylor-Beckett as Joshua Wiggle, Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog
* Vincent Terwilliger as Captain Feathersword and various background characters
* Magda Rackstraw as Dorothy the Dinosaur (Seasons 1 and 2)
* Kristy Carr as Dorothy the Dinosaur (Season 3) and Carla the Rabbit
* Katherines Price as Officer Beaples and Zardo Zap
* Samuel Kako as Raj
* Sandy Kimura as Penelope and Zookeeper Sandy
* Jim Gallagher as Imran
* Bernard Geriant as Bernard the Cook
* Paul Nerville as Jacques the Shark

## Trivia

* Some of the episodes and shorts are based around segments from The Wiggles first two TV Series.