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2015 Australian TV series or program
| Jay's Jungle | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television |
| Created by | Jay Laga'aia Monica O'Brien |
| Directed by | Ian Munro |
| Starring | Jay Laga'aia Kenneth Moraleda Emily McKnight Courtney Stewart |
| Opening theme | "Rumble Rumble (Jay's Jungle Theme)" |
| Composers | Jay Laga'aia Mark Walmsley John Kane |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 255 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Monica O'Brien |
| Production locations | Fox Studio Australia, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Production company | Ambience Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | 7TWO |
| Release | 12 January 2015 (2015-01-12) – 25 May 2018 (2018-05-25) |
Jay's Jungle is an Australian children's television show, which was broadcast every weekday on 7TWO from 12 January 2015 to 25 May 2018. The series was created and produced by Ambience Entertainment.
Premise
Jay the lighthouse keeper lives inside a sentient lighthouse named C-MOR on a J-shaped island. C-MOR uses his light to seek out ideas and questions for the show's characters to explore. Supporting characters include the monkey Funk-E, marine biologist Tash, and park ranger Lani. Funk-E is part of a band called the Tree Top Trio, which includes fellow monkeys Jess-E and Leonard. The Jungle Crew, consisting of preschool-aged children, assists the main characters.
Cast
- Jay Laga'aia as Jay
- Kenneth Moraleda as C-MOR, a sentient lighthouse
- Mat McCoy as Funk-E
- Emma De Vries as Jess-E
- Mal Heap and Mark Simpson as Leonard
- Courtney Stewart as Tash
- Emily McKnight as Lani
- Neila Manson as Tiny Dancer
Episodes
Series 1 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Sea Salty" | 5 January 2015 (2015-01-05) |
| 2 | 2 | "Food" | 6 January 2015 (2015-01-06) |
| 3 | 3 | "Dragon's Breath" | 7 January 2015 (2015-01-07) |
| 4 | 4 | "Eggs" | 8 January 2015 (2015-01-08) |
| 5 | 5 | "Clocks" | 9 January 2015 (2015-01-09) |
| 6 | 6 | "Bubbles" | 12 January 2015 (2015-01-12) |
| 7 | 7 | "I Can Play Anything" | 13 January 2015 (2015-01-13) |
| 8 | 8 | "Shadows and Shapes" | 14 January 2015 (2015-01-14) |
| 9 | 9 | "Where Does the Sun Go?" | 15 January 2015 (2015-01-15) |
| 10 | 10 | "Whales" | 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) |
| 11 | 11 | "Rainbows" | 19 January 2015 (2015-01-19) |
| 12 | 12 | "Dinosaurs" | 20 January 2015 (2015-01-20) |
| 13 | 13 | "Plants Grow" | 21 January 2015 (2015-01-21) |
| 14 | 14 | "Flags" | 22 January 2015 (2015-01-22) |
| 15 | 15 | "Sky" | 23 January 2015 (2015-01-23) |
| 16 | 16 | "Stories" | 26 January 2015 (2015-01-26) |
| 17 | 17 | "I Say Hello Like This" | 27 January 2015 (2015-01-27) |
| 18 | 18 | "Breakfast" | 28 January 2015 (2015-01-28) |
| 19 | 19 | "Seeing Stars" | 29 January 2015 (2015-01-29) |
| 20 | 20 | "Feel Better Exercise" | 30 January 2015 (2015-01-30) |
| 21 | 21 | "Music" | 2 February 2015 (2015-02-02) |
| 22 | 22 | "Flying" | 3 February 2015 (2015-02-03) |
| 23 | 23 | "Flowers" | 4 February 2015 (2015-02-04) |
| 24 | 24 | "When I Throw Something" | 5 February 2015 (2015-02-05) |
| 25 | 25 | "Waste Not" | 6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) |
| 26 | 26 | "Thunder Grumbles" | 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) |
| 27 | 27 | "Vegetables" | 17 February 2015 (2015-02-17) |
| 28 | 28 | "Seeds" | 18 February 2015 (2015-02-18) |
| 29 | 29 | "Winter" | 19 February 2015 (2015-02-19) |
| 30 | 30 | "Sleep" | 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) |
| 31 | 31 | "Cooking" | 23 February 2015 (2015-02-23) |
| 32 | 32 | "Mistakes" | 24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) |
| 33 | 33 | "Feeling Happy" | 25 February 2015 (2015-02-25) |
| 34 | 34 | "Clouds" | 26 February 2015 (2015-02-26) |
| 35 | 35 | "Imaginative Play" | 27 February 2015 (2015-02-27) |
| 36 | 36 | "Floating and Sinking" | 2 March 2015 (2015-03-02) |
| 37 | 37 | "Milk" | 3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) |
| 38 | 38 | "Dark Scary" | 4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) |
| 39 | 39 | "Winning" | 5 March 2015 (2015-03-05) |
| 40 | 40 | "Cleanup" | 6 March 2015 (2015-03-06) |
| 41 | 41 | "Why Are Balls Round?" | 9 March 2015 (2015-03-09) |
| 42 | 42 | "Animal Talk" | 10 March 2015 (2015-03-10) |
| 43 | 43 | "Telling Tales" | 11 March 2015 (2015-03-11) |
| 44 | 44 | "Autumn" | 12 March 2015 (2015-03-12) |
| 45 | 45 | "Staying Clean" | 13 March 2015 (2015-03-13) |
| 46 | 46 | "In My Dreams I Can Fly" | 16 March 2015 (2015-03-16) |
| 47 | 47 | "Fast and Slow" | 17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) |
| 48 | 48 | "Careful" | 18 March 2015 (2015-03-18) |
| 49 | 49 | "Bees" | 19 March 2015 (2015-03-19) |
| 50 | 50 | "Where the Wind Blows" | 20 March 2015 (2015-03-20) |
| 51 | 51 | "Surprises" | 23 March 2015 (2015-03-23) |
| 52 | 52 | "Sharing" | 24 March 2015 (2015-03-24) |
| 53 | 53 | "What Animals Eat" | 25 March 2015 (2015-03-25) |
| 54 | 54 | "Sun Smart" | 26 March 2015 (2015-03-26) |
| 55 | 55 | "Hiding" | 27 March 2015 (2015-03-27) |
| 56 | 56 | "Imagination" | 30 March 2015 (2015-03-30) |
| 57 | 57 | "Pet Elephant" | 31 March 2015 (2015-03-31) |
| 58 | 58 | "Hot Weather" | 1 April 2015 (2015-04-01) |
| 59 | 59 | "Friends" | 2 April 2015 (2015-04-02) |
| 60 | 60 | "World's Biggest Animals" | 3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) |
| 61 | 61 | "Being Silly" | 6 April 2015 (2015-04-06) |
| 62 | 62 | "Why Can't I Do That?" | 7 April 2015 (2015-04-07) |
| 63 | 63 | "Springtime" | 8 April 2015 (2015-04-08) |
| 64 | 64 | "Feeling Sick is No Fun" | 9 April 2015 (2015-04-09) |
| 65 | 65 | "Paper Comes From" | 10 April 2015 (2015-04-10) |
Series 2 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1 | "The Weather Makes Me Feel Different" | 4 January 2016 (2016-01-04) |
| 67 | 2 | "I Love Playing in the Sand" | 5 January 2016 (2016-01-05) |
| 68 | 3 | "Why Does It Have to Rain?" | 6 January 2016 (2016-01-06) |
| 69 | 4 | "What is a Volcano?" | 7 January 2016 (2016-01-07) |
| 70 | 5 | "I Like to Cook" | 8 January 2016 (2016-01-08) |
| 71 | 6 | "Some of My Family Look Like Me!" | 11 January 2016 (2016-01-11) |
| 72 | 7 | "I Want to Learn to Read" | 12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) |
| 73 | 8 | "Why Do We Celebrate Different Things?" | 13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) |
| 74 | 9 | "Balancing is Very Tricky Sometimes" | 14 January 2016 (2016-01-14) |
| 75 | 10 | "I Love Getting Letters" | 15 January 2016 (2016-01-15) |
| 76 | 11 | "Why Don't Animals Live in Houses?" | 18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) |
| 77 | 12 | "I Have Five Senses" | 19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) |
| 78 | 13 | "My Cat Can See in the Dark" | 20 January 2016 (2016-01-20) |
| 79 | 14 | "Out of Reach" | 21 January 2016 (2016-01-21) |
| 80 | 15 | "Waiting for My Turn is Boring" | 22 January 2016 (2016-01-22) |
| 81 | 16 | "Kangaroos Have Pouches, Tigers Don't" | 25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) |
| 82 | 17 | "I Like Playing Shops" | 26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) |
| 83 | 18 | "I Like Jumping Over Waves!" | 27 January 2016 (2016-01-27) |
| 84 | 19 | "Why Do I Get Goosebumps?" | 28 January 2016 (2016-01-28) |
| 85 | 20 | "Why Do I Get Hiccups?" | 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) |
| 86 | 21 | "Lots of Things Are Squares Shaped" | 1 February 2016 (2016-02-01) |
| 87 | 22 | "Animals Like Different Temperatures" | 2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) |
| 88 | 23 | "I Love Collecting Things" | 3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) |
| 89 | 24 | "How Do You Use Maps?" | 4 February 2016 (2016-02-04) |
| 90 | 25 | "Birthday Parties Are Lots of Fun!" | 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) |
| 91 | 26 | "Why Do Seasons Change?" | 8 February 2016 (2016-02-08) |
| 92 | 27 | "Red Means Stop and Green Means Go" | 9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) |
| 93 | 28 | "I Wish I Can Whistle" | 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) |
| 94 | 29 | "Listening Properly Takes a Lot of Concentration" | 11 February 2016 (2016-02-11) |
| 95 | 30 | "I Have Different Friends on Different Days" | 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) |
| 96 | 31 | "Is the Moon Made Out of Cheese?" | 15 February 2016 (2016-02-15) |
| 97 | 32 | "My Dog Doesn't Wear Shoes" | 16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) |
| 98 | 33 | "I Like Being Loud!" | 17 February 2016 (2016-02-17) |
| 99 | 34 | "Running Fast and Walking Slow" | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) |
| 100 | 35 | "Some Things Smell Nice" | 19 February 2016 (2016-02-19) |
| 101 | 36 | "Why Do I Sometimes Run Out of Time?" | 22 February 2016 (2016-02-22) |
| 102 | 37 | "I Wear Hats Outside" | 23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) |
| 103 | 38 | "I Love Family Days" | 24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) |
| 104 | 39 | "Sometimes I Break Things" | 25 February 2016 (2016-02-25) |
| 105 | 40 | "Why Do Flowers Smell?" | 26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) |
| 106 | 41 | "I Love Mud" | 29 February 2016 (2016-02-29) |
| 107 | 42 | "I Like to Make Things Out of Paper" | 1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) |
| 108 | 43 | "I Dance When I'm Happy" | 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) |
| 109 | 44 | "Why Do I Keep Growing?" | 3 March 2016 (2016-03-03) |
| 110 | 45 | "I Can Talk with My Hands" | 4 March 2016 (2016-03-04) |
| 111 | 46 | "Why Do I Have to Cut My Hair?" | 7 March 2016 (2016-03-07) |
| 112 | 47 | "Some Words Sound the Same" | 8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) |
| 113 | 48 | "I'm Bored with Being Bored" | 9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) |
| 114 | 49 | "I Like to Sing" | 10 March 2016 (2016-03-10) |
| 115 | 50 | "I'd Like to Be a Doctor" | 11 March 2016 (2016-03-11) |
| 116 | 51 | "Foods from Different Cultures" | 14 March 2016 (2016-03-14) |
| 117 | 52 | "Why Do I Have to Share?" | 15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) |
| 118 | 53 | "I Like How Things Feel" | 16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) |
| 119 | 54 | "Why Does the Earth Shake?" | 17 March 2016 (2016-03-17) |
| 120 | 55 | "I Like to Stretch" | 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) |
| 121 | 56 | "Sometimes I Pretend to Be a Monster" | 21 March 2016 (2016-03-21) |
| 122 | 57 | "Sometimes I Forget Things" | 22 March 2016 (2016-03-22) |
| 123 | 58 | "Why Do Big People Go to Work?" | 23 March 2016 (2016-03-23) |
| 124 | 59 | "Sometimes I Feel Unhappy" | 24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) |
| 125 | 60 | "Some Things Change Colour" | 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) |
| 126 | 61 | "Why Do I Have to Brush My Teeth?" | 28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) |
| 127 | 62 | "Some Fruits Grow on Trees and Some Don't" | 29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) |
| 128 | 63 | "Animals Can Do Amazing Things" | 30 March 2016 (2016-03-30) |
| 129 | 64 | "I Have Lots of Different Friends" | 31 March 2016 (2016-03-31) |
| 130 | 65 | "I Love to Dress Up as Different Characters" | 1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) |
Reception
Manning River Times called the show "a fun filled engaging rumble through a stylised jungle, where questions are asked and ideas explored through music, story and playful characters who captivate and inspire young minds".
References
- "Jay's Jungle". ambienceentertainment.com. Ambience Entertainment. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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- Brown, Andrew (27 March 2015). "Jay's Jungle swings into Penrith". Penrith City Gazette. ProQuest 1675021588.
- Murray, Therese (15 April 2015). "Join Jay and His Jungle Crew". Central Coast Express Advocate. ProQuest 1672917119.
- "Jay Laga'aia to play Shrek in Shrek the Musical". riversideparramatta.com.au. Riverside Live Theatre and Cinema. 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
Jay's film credits include Nims Island and Star Wars; his television credits include Home and Away, Bed of Roses, Jay's Jungle, McLeod's Daughters, Legend Of The Seekers, Xena: Warrior Princess and Play School.
- Tesolin, Lauren (3 April 2015). "Jay Laga'aia swings into Penrith for Jay's Jungle stage play". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- "Jay's Jungle is the new live show featuring everyone's". Manning River Times. 20 March 2015. ProQuest 1664581838.
External links
- Jay's Jungle at IMDb
- Ambience Entertainment: Jay's Jungle
- Jay's Jungle Website
- Jay's Jungle on 7plus
- 7two original programming
- Australian children's television series
- 2015 Australian television series debuts
- 2018 Australian television series endings
- Australian preschool education television series
- Australian television shows featuring puppetry
- 2010s preschool education television series
- Australian English-language television shows
- Television series about monkeys