{{Short description|Australian preschool TV show}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = Wurrawhy Logo.png | caption = | genre = Pre-school | creator = | developer = | starring = Michael Balk<br />Lauren Porter | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | composer = | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = 225 | list_episodes = | location = Brisbane, Queensland | runtime = 30 minutes | company = | network = Network Ten (2011–2013)<br />Eleven (2013–2016) | first_aired = {{start date|2011|1|31|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2016|1|14|df=y}} | related = {{Plainlist| * ''Puzzle Play'' * ''Crocamole'' }} }}
'''''Wurrawhy''''' is an Australian pre-school themed television series for young children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2013/12/tenplay-targets-kids.html|title=Tenplay targets kids|date=2013-12-02|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> It premiered on Network Ten on 31 January 2011, and it later aired on Eleven and aired Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 10:00 am and originally aired from 8:30 am to 9:00 am, then from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm, then back to 8:30 am to 9:00 am, then with Breakfast's cancellation in November 2012, it aired from 7:00 am to 7:30 am and on 4 November 2013, the show moved to Eleven at 9:30 to 10 am, to accommodate new morning shows such as ''Studio 10'', and its last episode was on 14 January 2016 after 5 years to make room for a new pre-school series called Crocamole.<ref>{{Citation|title=Wurrawhy|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1831548/|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref>
The main character is Wubbleyoo, a computer mouse that has come to life who is inquisitive and eager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/tv-mouse-a-must-for-preschoolers/news-story/177cea945a16dba35dd2d16a8226b58f|title=TV: Mouse a must for preschoolers|date=2011-01-27|website=www.couriermail.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> With his friend Lauren and KB the cat, they are eager to explore the world around them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tenplay.com.au/channel-eleven/wurrawhy-about.htm|title=About Wurrawhy}}{{dead link|date=September 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> A computer is used for the characters to explore the theme of each episode with icons representing "Who, What, When, Where and Why".
==Cast== *Michael Balk as Wubbleyoo * Lauren Porter<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7110170/|title=Lauren Porter|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> * Lucy Flook<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm9538895/|title=Lucy Flook|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> as KB The Cat
== See also == * List of Australian television series
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|1831548|Wurrawhy}}
Category:Australian children's television series Category:Network 10 original programming Category:10 Peach original programming Category:2011 Australian television series debuts Category:2016 Australian television series endings Category:English-language Australian television shows Category:Television shows set in Brisbane Category:2010s preschool education television series Category:Australian preschool education television series