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Genre
  
Children's

Creative director(s)
  
Nadia Benussi

Network
  
Nine Network

Number of episodes
  
45

Executive producer
  
Posie Graeme-Evans

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Directed by
  
Ian Munro

Theme music composer
  
Chris Harriott

Number of seasons
  
1

Release date
  
2001 (Australia)


Created by
  
Helena Harris Posie Graeme-Evans

Starring
  
Yvette Robinson Anthony Grundy John Leary Lisa Adams Zac McKay Meaghan Davies

Program creators
  
Posie Graeme-Evans, Helena Harris

Similar
  
Hi‑5, The Miraculous Mellops, Mirror - Mirror II, McLeod's Daughters, Mirror - Mirror

Cushion Kids is an Australian children's television show produced by Kids Like Us Productions and Nine Films and Television for the Nine Network that is seen daily on Tiny Pop. It series is created by Hi-5, and is about five kids who are cushions. The setting takes place in a place known as Cushion Land. This show aired on the Nine Network in 2001.

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Characters

  • Polly Posh: A cushion who likes things very posh and neat and does not like messes played, voiced by Yvette Robinson.
  • Cosmo: A talented inventor played, voiced by Anthony Grundy.
  • Grumpy Lumpy: A very grumpy postman played, voiced by John Leary.
  • Pippa: A cushion who going to the adventure all the time played, voiced by Lisa Adams.
  • Baz: A talented surfer at the beach once a year and lazy to tidy played, voiced by Zach McKay.
  • Bubs: A baby cushion who likes nappies played, voiced by Meaghan Davies.
  • Zip the Bird: a bird cushion who has a birdseye view played by Ben Frost and voiced by Tim Harding.

    • VHS

    All Cushion Kids videos are released in Australia by Roadshow Entertainment. And this preview of Cushion Kids, taken from Hi-5's Star Dreaming and Music Machine DVDs and Five Alive VHS.

  • Meet The Kids (2001)
  • Cushion Cuddles (2002)

    • Carols by Candlelight

    In 2001, Cushion Kids performed annually at Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne, which would be broadcast by the Nine Network on Christmas Eve. The group would perform a short selection of Christmas songs to entertain the younger viewers of the event, and were join the Cushion Kids played for many years by Terry Gill. Several cast members noted the shows as a highlight and over the years it became common for the performance to be the final concert of departing members. In 2002 was the first year Hi-5 were invited to perform at the Carols, and since then, the group have performed annual Christmas concerts at local Sydney events.

    References

    Cushion Kids Wikipedia
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