The Wiggles have had multiple TV shows since 1998 and their current show "The Wiggles' World" is set to premiere in 2021. Some of their TV shows have different runtimes depending when and where the show aired. The show's episodes have been shortened down from 22 minutes to 11-12 minutes, replaced some effects, and basically extended their episode count from 26 episodes to 52 episodes.
However, now that the shows are available on iTunes, DVD and have been officially uploaded by The Wiggles on their YouTube channel (only Series One as of July 2021), their original 22-minute forms were used and most of these versions have never resurfaced since their airings.
Series One would be the first series to air on Sprout after being pulled from Playhouse Disney after seven years and replaced with Imagination Movers. The show aired on Sprout from the original count of 13 episodes to 26 episodes that mostly consists of an original episode's content in one episode and the rest of the episode's content in the next episode. These episodes are the rarest to come by with only two episodes surfacing in their entirety.
When the first series premiered in Australia on July 31, 1998, it aired on Seven Network, As some of the Kaz the Cat was used rarely, Due to the poor reception to Kaz The Cat and the other characters, It was replaced by some unknown Kindergarten segments for reruns. They were considered to be lost for over 20 years. As of January 16, 2019, all 13 Kaz the Cat segments have surfaced, but 11 episodes with the segments have resurfaced in their entirety. 12 episodes are in VHS Recordings and 1 episode Lilly is recorded from a camera on Seven Network or Prime.
Series Two aired on Sprout in the United States and on Kidzone in New Zealand for 52, 11-minute episodes (outside of the original 26, 21-minute episodes). Episodes for the Sprout/Kidzone airings of the show would have some scenes and songs shuffled around and to hide the transitions of the original episodes, transitions from Series Four and Five were used. Several recordings of these episodes have made their way online with only three of the them surfacing (one episode has no known title) and only clips of the other episodes being circulated.
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The seconds series first premiered in the UK before it aired in Australia and the United States. It aired on ITV's GMTV[2] (now known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited) and was 18 minutes long, unlike Series 1 that lasted 22 minutes, and these versions of the episodes were only made for GMTV. When the show aired again on Nick Jr. UK in 2004, their 21-minute versions made for Australia and North America were used. Only one DVD with an 18-minute version of the episode Play was released in the UK in 2005. However, there have been hidden frames in most episodes. In addition, the GMTV versions of the opening and closing were both shortened, despite the episodes being uncut.
Series Three (entitled "Network Wiggles!" or "Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!") first aired in Australia in September 2002 on ABC1 and unlike the previous shows, the 52 episodes that premiered were 11 minutes long, making Series Three the first Wiggles TV show to premiered with 11-minute episodes. These versions of the episodes also aired in Canada on TVO in January 2003. When the show premiered in the United States in October 2003, the episodes were re-edited to fit the 22-minute runtime and the total of episodes the series has is 26. Though the 11-minute versions have aired on Sprout in the United States. The 11-minute versions have been released as special features on various home media releases of many Wiggles videos, although there are still many episodes that have not been given this treatment and a lot of the 11-minute episodes are not accounted for.
11 minute versions from 2002
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Episode Title
Status
1
By The Beach
Found (On the Australian release of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! VHS and the American release of Wiggly Play Time)
2
Swim Like A Fish
Found (On the Australian release of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! VHS and the American release of Wiggly Play Time)
3
Dressing Up
Found (On the Australian/American/UK release of It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (a.k.a. Wiggle Around the Clock DVD)
4
Move To The Music
Found (On the Australian/American/UK release of It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (a.k.a. Wiggle Around the Clock DVD)
5
Farm Animals
Found (On the Australian release of the Toot Toot DVD)
6
Fishing Time!
Found (On the Australian/American/UK release of LIVE Hot Potatoes! DVD)
7
We're Building
Found (On the Australian/American/UK release of LIVE Hot Potatoes! DVD)
8
Garden Fun
Found (On the Australian/American release of It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! DVD)
9
Rhythms
Found (On the Australian/American release of It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! DVD)
10
Dancing Time!
Lost
11
Australian Animals
Found (On the Australian release of the Toot Toot DVD)
12
Cooking Pizza
Found (On the North American release of Lights, Camera, Action! DVD)
13
Dancing Flowers
Found (On the Australian releases of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! DVD and Happy 15th Birthday!)
14
Maracas
Found (On the American release of Splish, Splash, Big Red Boat, the Australian releases of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! DVD and Happy 15th Birthday! DVD, and the UK release of Top of the Tots)
15
Dancing with Wags
Found (On the Australian release of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! DVD)
16
Australian Music
Found (On the North American release of Lights, Camera, Action! DVD)
17
Hats
Found (On the North American/Australian/UK release of Santa's Rockin'! DVD)
18
Out in the Bush
Lost
19
Captain Feathersword's Birthday
Lost
20
Games
Lost
21
Dorothy Visits the Gallery
Found (On the North American release of The Wiggles 2005 DVD Sampler)
22
Vegetable Soup
Found (On the North American releases of Splish, Splash, Big Red Boat and The Wiggles 2005 DVD Sampler and the UK release of Top of the Tots)
23
Water Play
Lost
24
Let's Build
Found (On the North American/Australian/UK release of Santa's Rockin'! DVD)
25
Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga
Found (On the North American/Australian release of Sailing Around the World DVD)