ABC gives five more minutes to kids puppet show

Are we alone in thinking that 'Five Minutes More' as a name for a kids' show is a tad parent-centric. It's not the preschoolers who care about time. This series is the first production commissioned t
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Are we alone in thinking that ‘Five Minutes More’ as a name for a kids’ show is a tad parent-centric. It’s not the preschoolers who care about time. This series is the first production commissioned through the ABC Enterprises’ initiative, the Children’s Special Television Project. Note that it is a co-pro, developed with Jim Henson UK, puppets and scripts from Britain.

Five Minutes More, a puppet series for pre-schoolers, is to go into production in the ABC’s Sydney-based studios in 2006. This series is the first production commissioned through the ABC Enterprises’ initiative, the Children’s Special Television Project.

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