Play School

British children's television series
TVSeries television_series Q16254780
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Play School

Summary

Play School is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Play School is the creator of Joy Whitby[3].
  • Play School's instance of is recorded as television series[4].
  • Play School's genre is children's television series[5].
  • A cast member of Play School was Derek Griffiths[6].
  • A cast member of Play School was Brian Cant[7].
  • A cast member of Play School was Floella Benjamin[8].
  • A cast member of Play School was Johnny Ball[9].
  • A cast member of Play School was Rick Jones[10].
  • A cast member of Play School was Fred Harris[11].
  • Play School's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Play School's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC Two[13].
  • Play School's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC One[14].
  • Play School's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • Play School began on April 21, 1964[16].
  • Play School ended on October 14, 1988[17].
  • Play School's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+5739'}[18].
  • Play School's derivative work is recorded as Lekestue[19].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Cast members include Derek Griffiths[6], Brian Cant[7], Floella Benjamin[8], Johnny Ball[9], Rick Jones[10], and Fred Harris[11]. Play School is the creator of Joy Whitby[3].

Publication

Play School's language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is children's television series[5].

Why It Matters

Play School ranks in the top 9% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work Lekestue
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4969]]: [[Q280273]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790001414430"
  2. 11w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze series id 9265
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40005|batch #40005]]: more tv series identifiers"
  3. 11w ago · Zestier · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original broadcaster BBC Two, BBC One
    Number of episodes {'amount': '+5739'}
    Tmdb tv series id 4070
    Plex media key 5d9c080602391c001f57f2e9
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4835]]: 74167"
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