Puzzle Play

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Puzzle Play
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Liam, Kell and Patrick
GenrePre-School
StarringPatrick, Liam and Kell
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
Production
Production locationsBrisbane, Queensland
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release21 December 2006 (2006-12-21) 
28 January 2011 (2011-01-28)
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Puzzle Play is an Australian pre-school themed TV show for young children that aired Monday to Friday in every state in Australia and some countries in the Pacific Islands and South-East Asia from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on Network Ten. The program premiered on 21 December 2006 replacing the program In the Box . The hosts were Kellyn Morris, Patrick MacDonald and Liam Nunan. Scriptwriter and Producer is Bettina Toth.

The show conducted a casting call for a male teenage host. MacDonald (21) from Gold Coast, Morris (16) from Gold Coast, Nunan (19) from Bondi Beach has also graduated from NIDA are the hosts. The host's working together to solve each day a puzzle.

Each clue was usually a video with a host narrating about the shape with information about it. The hosts visited schools, preschools, kindergartens and parks. As the pieces were being removed, a picture was revealed in the background and in the end, the three hosts guessed what the picture was about.

Before the show was aired, it replaced the show "In the Box". Puzzle Play was replaced on 31 January 2011 by not very good "Wurrawhy".

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