Hi-5 an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999. Hi-5 new Australian cast was recently announced in Australian talk show Morning with Kerrie-Anne, in February 2009. The Australian version is also shown on Five in the UK, on TVO in Canada, and on RTE in the Republic of Ireland. In 2003 an American version of the program began broadcasting in the United States. Hi-5 is now shown in 83 countries. Hi-5 is...
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Hi-5 an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999. Hi-5 new Australian cast was recently announced in Australian talk show Morning with Kerrie-Anne, in February 2009. The Australian version is also shown on Five in the UK, on TVO in Canada, and on RTE in the Republic of Ireland. In 2003 an American version of the program began broadcasting in the United States. Hi-5 is now shown in 83 countries. Hi-5 is known as a children's pop music group as well as being a television show, much like peer children's entertainers The Wiggles. They also teach arts and crafts. It aired on Discovery Kids
The Nine Network has committed to five new seasons of the series, stretching the series' run to at least 2013.
In 1998, Producer Helena Harris, creator of Bananas in Pajamas, created "Hi-5" when her two children outgrew 'Bananas'. She and co-producer Posie Graeme-Evans decided the new show would be aimed at 2-8 year-olds, would include educational trends as...
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