Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (TV Series)

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**Ready, Steady, Wiggle!** is the current generation of The Wiggles' first TV show. 2 series, each consisting of 52 episodes, originally aired on ABC Kids in Australia, Four Kids (Later TVNZ 2) in New Zealand, Sprout (later Universal Kids) in America, Treehouse TV in Canada and e-junior in the United Arab Emirates. Although many fans refer to these series as TV Series 7 and 8 of The Wiggles, they have never officially been called that, as The Wiggles themselves instead consider it to be its own Series 1 and 2. A third series premiered on 2 June 2021. Fans refer to this series as TV Series 12

The first series features music videos from the current generation's first three videos Taking Off!, Furry Tales and Pumpkin Face, as well as new studio clips (also used for Wiggle Time TV's Wiggly Songtime! webseries) and live songs from an early performance of the Taking Off! Tour. Throughout the series, the original members would make cameo appearances as other characters.

Series 2 also features songs from the same three videos as before, as well as Go Santa Go!, Apples & Bananas, Wiggle House and their 2014 Australia Day Concert performance. Playing other characters this series were Lee Hawkins and Robert Rakete, who had previously guest starred in Wiggle House.

Unlike the series 1 and 2, Series 3 features song that are recorded specifically for the series, as the last few TV series from Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! onward have done as well. But the difference with this one to the others is that there is no concert footage due to the lack of episode length. The Bok the Hand Puppet segment will feature people who were in the "We're All Fruit Salad!" music video. One of them being the OG purple wiggle, Jeff.

## Episodes

### Series 1 (2013)

1. Miss Polly Had a Dolly
2. Wake Up, Lachy!
3. Lachy Shrunk the Wiggles
4. The Wiggly Singing Symphony
5. Taba Naba
6. Wash Your Hands
7. Spring Has Come
8. Simon Goes Quackers!
9. Ooey, Ooey Allergies!
10. A Lot of Camelot!
11. Tasty Science
12. Toot Toot!
13. Invisible Lachy
14. Yummy, Yummy!
15. Let's Go Driving in the Big Red Car!
16. Excuse Meow!
17. Let's All Shake!
18. Beautiful Ballet
19. Who Am I?
20. A Hair Disaster!
21. Pirate Poetry
22. The Mango Walk
23. Emma's Missing Bow
24. We Like Fruit
25. Is That Lachy?
26. Hula Hoop Symphony
27. Clean Your Teeth!
28. Percussion Party
29. Marty Party
30. Is That Captain Feathersword?
31. Is That Wags?
32. Harry Hula
33. Musical Memory
34. Doctor Entertainment
35. Singing With Lachy
36. Quack, Quack!
37. Slow Motion Anthony
38. Lounge Room Symphony
39. Wiggly Yoga
40. A Musical Cake
41. The Glass Is Half Full!
42. Simon Says
43. Sign the ABC!
44. Joannie Works with One Hammer
45. Doctor Anglais
46. Is That Simon?
47. Professor Simon's Musical Challenge
48. Captain's Experiment
49. Doctor Treble Clef
50. Captain and the Tomatoes
51. What's That Sound?
52. A Juicy Story

### Series 2 (2014-2015)

1. Captain's Lost Hornpipe
2. Emma's Ballet
3. Apples & Bananas
4. Emma's Bike!
5. Dressing Up in Style
6. Lachy's Rhyme Time
7. Simon's Brush with Fame
8. How Low Can You Go?
9. Anthony Forgets
10. Do the Hawk!
11. Simon Can't Stop Yodelling
12. Cowboy Anthony
13. Simon's Sad Fruit Salad
14. Talking Cow
15. Sing Beaky Sing!
16. Little Sir Echo
17. Ahoy There, Lachy!
18. Emma's Reading Challenge
19. This Little Piggy
20. Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!
21. Anthony's Singing
22. King Simon
23. Wiggle Talk
24. Wiggle Picnic
25. Beaky Overeats
26. Zamel the Camel
27. Wags Has Lost His Wiggle
28. Miss Lucy Had a Ducky
29. A Mariachi Moment
30. Riding in the Big Red Car
31. The Laughing Doctor
32. Irish Dancing!
33. Emma, the Firefighter
34. Lachy's Orange Hair!
35. Romp Bomp A Stomp
36. What's Your Favourite Nursery Rhyme?
37. Detective Lachy
38. Emma's Bad Hair Day
39. Lachy Can't Sing
40. Say the Dance, Do the Dance
41. Emma's Missing Bow
42. Captain's Magic Buttons
43. Simon the Opera Singer
44. Dorothy's Baking
45. Lachy's Bunny Caller
46. Food, Trains and Animals!
47. Princess Emma of Wiggle House
48. Anthony Has Overeaten!
49. Hip Hop With Emma
50. Lachy's Bird Poem
51. I'll Tell Me Ma!
52. Lachy's Pappadum Party

### Series 3 (2021)

1. The Transportation Parade
2. Exercising With Our Friends
3. Teamwork In Wiggle Town
4. I Can See You, You Can See Me
5. Wash Your Hands
6. Brr It's Cold Outside
7. We're All Fruit Salad
8. Captain's Birthday Party
9. The Instruments We Love To Play
10. How Are You Feeling Today?
11. Emma's Missing Glasses
12. Rainbow Of Colours
13. The Foods We Love To Eat

## Version Differences

The original versions of these episodes are 11-minutes in length, totalling 52 episodes per series. However, other versions exist where the 11-minute episodes are combined into a length just short of 21-minute episodes, totalling 26 episodes per series. In these versions, Episodes 1 and 2 become Episode 1 ("Miss Polly Had a Dolly & Wake Up, Lachy!"), Episodes 3 and 4 become Episode 2 ("Lachy Shrunk the Wiggles & The Wiggly Singing Symphony"), etc. When combined, the credits of the first episode, as well as the intro and theme song of the second, are cut. At the wrap-up of the first episode, Dorothy asks "What have we done so far?" rather than "What did we do today?", and says "So keep watching more..." or "We'll have more fun coming up on Ready, Steady, Wiggle!, and I'll see you all again soon" instead of "I'll see you next time on Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Bye!", before cutting to a commercial break (or transitioning next to the episode). No other edits are made to the episodes. These versions of both series currently air on Treehouse TV in Canada, and Series 2 currently airs on Universal Kids in the United States.

There are 7-minute edits of the episodes Wake Up, Lachy! (re-titled as "Twinkle, Twinkle!") and Lachy Shrunk the Wiggles (re-titled as "Lachy Shrinks The Wiggles!") used on the Furry Tales and Pumpkin Face DVDs respectively. It is unknown if any more exist.

## Home Video Releases

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6 of the first 7 episodes were released as bonus features on the DVDs for Furry Tales (ep. 3), Pumpkin Face (ep. 2), Go Santa Go! (ep. 1), Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (ep. 5), Apples & Bananas (ep. 6) and Wiggle House (ep. 7). As mentioned above, the first two of these DVDs contain edited down versions of these episodes with a running time of 7 minutes, while the rest are all presented in their original 11-minute versions. The episodes The Wiggly Singing Symphony and Emma's Bike! appeared on the ABC Kids compilations Playtime! and Aussie Favourites.

From 2014 to 2016, 5 DVD compilations were released containing 12 episodes each. Wake Up, Lachy! and Emma's Bowtiful Day! feature episodes from Series 1, while Anthony's Fruity Feast!, Simon Says! and Fun, Fun, Fun! contain episodes from Series 2. The first four of these were released together in a box set called Fab Four Faves. All episodes are presented in their original 11-minute versions on these DVDs. The same 5 compilations of episodes are available on iTunes in Australia and the United Kingdom. An exclusive compilation titled "One, Two, Three, Four" featuring 4 episodes from Series 2 is also available, in Australia only. It includes the episodes This Little Piggy, Zamel the Camel, Emma, the Firefighter and Lachy Can't Sing.

In the United States and Canada, there are 10 volumes of episodes available for purchase on iTunes. Here they are presented in their 22-minute versions, with 5 episodes (10 segments) per volume. Volumes 1-5 consists of Season 1 episodes, while Volumes 6-10 are made up of Season 2 episodes. At a total of 50 episodes (100 segments), the 26th episodes from each season are missing ("What's That Sound? & A Juicy Story" and "I'll Tell Me Ma! & Lachy's Pappadum Party").

Both complete series in the original 11-minute format are currently available for streaming on Netflix & Stan in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada and on Hulu & Netflix in the United States.

Season 3 was release to iTunes and other service during June.

## Trivia

* The trivia questions from The Wiggles' first TV Series are brought back in the first 2 series.
* The community service announcement segments from Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! are brought back in series 1.
* In Series 1, the Wigglehouse living room walls are yellow, the only time in any current generation video or series they are like this. In all its appearances in recent videos and series 2, they've been light blue.
* As a running gag, Anthony is called "old" throughout the series, as he is the oldest of the current group. In the episode "Marty Party", The Professional Wiggles jokingly said that he was born in 1923.
* Series 1 marks the first time a series debuted in America on Universal Kids and in Canada on Treehouse TV (both networks previously only aired reruns of ended series).
* The trailer for Series 3 revealed that the episodes for said series were written by red wiggle Simon Pryce.
* Series 2 debuted in New Zealand on 14 July 2014, and in Canada on 15 September 2014, before beginning airing in Australia on 12 January 2015, and in America on 14 August 2017.
* Series 3 is the first series since Lights Camera Action to have background music cues exclusive to the series, and first one since The Wiggles Show to reuse background music from The Wiggles Movie in 1997 and possibly from The OG Wiggles TV Series 1 in 1998.
* Series 3 is also the first series since The OG Wiggles TV Series 2 where Flora the Wigglehouse front door speaks.
* Unlike The Wiggles' other TV Series, the concert songs were filmed in a theatre and in an outdoor stage instead of an arena.
* In Series 2, the curtain transition from Wiggle and Learn is reused.
* Series 3 will be The Wiggles' second TV series to feature Shirley Shawn the Unicorn and it's possible that Shirley Shawn will use cartoon sound effects for the first time.
* Anthony's children Lucia, Maria and Antonio make various appearances in the first two series.
* Neither series is available in their entirety on iTunes in Australia, though they are available for streaming on Netflix in both Australia and America.
* In the New Zealand airings and DVD releases, the Let's All Go To The Wiggles Show sequence have slightly different footage that takes place at The S.S Feathersword instead of the exterior of Wigglehouse.
* In the Dorothy the Dinosaur Interviews segment intro, you can see Dorothy's house from the first season of the Dorothy the Dinosaur TV series and you can also hear the 1998 version of "D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)".
* The songs from Series 1 and 2 came from various videos from Taking Off! to Wiggle House, while in Series 3, all the songs are newly filmed for the series.
* In Series 1 and 2, the story parts took place in the lounge room and kitchen of Wigglehouse, but in Series 3, the story parts will take place in the backyard of Wigglehouse and more places than Wigglehouse, like the S.S Feathersword, Dorothy's Garden, Wags' kennel and Wiggle Bay where Henry the Octopus and Shirley Shawn the Unicorn live.
* In Series 3, the theme song has been re-recorded and re-written and put on the We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits album titled as "Everybody Wiggle Along".
* Also in Series 3, the original plywood Big Red Car from 1995 and 1996 makes a return.
* Series 3 has a new segment with a new character named Bok the Hand Puppet.
* Series 3 will be the first Wiggles Series (as well as the first for the current line-up) since Wiggle and Learn to have the following:
	+ To have a Spanish dub.
	+ To not feature any concert footage.
	+ To credit other performers and dancers involved in the TV Series besides members of The Wiggles, Paul Paddick and select special guests.
* Series 3 is the first tv series since Wiggle Town to have one or two main songs per episode.
* It's possible that Series 3's Spanish dub will be called "Listo, Estable, Wiggle!".
* It's possible that Series 3 will use the same Spanish voice actors like Diego Alcala for Anthony, Diego Topa for Captain Feathersword, Laura Cecilia Carbajal for Dorothy and Adrian Odriozola for Wags.
* Series 3 marks the return of Jeff Fatt as a regular voice of Henry and Wags in a Wiggles television series since The Wiggles Show! (not counting reused clips from video specials and archived song recordings)
* The two shows before the airing of the third series (Wiggly Christmas Show and We're All Fruit Salad Tour) have used new instrumental tracks of songs that they have performed, and will be featured in the episodes.
* ABC iView uploaded Episode 9-13 during the premiere of the first episode.
* At a total of 3 series so far, this is the longest running Wiggles stand alone series in terms of the number of seasons.