''Swap Shop'' is an Australian children's television series which screened on the
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in 1988.
In the show, George helped his Aunt Mimi run a shop where items couldn’t be bought, only swapped for something else. That something could be literally anything, as established in the very first episode when someone leaves a cow in the shop.
''Swap Shop'' is unrelated to the similarly titled UK children’s show ''
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
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Characters
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Melissa Jaffer
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Career
Jaffer started her career in theatre productions in the mid 1950s has made many ...
as Aunt Mimi
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Tim McKenzie
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as George
* David Goddard as Mervyn
*
Anthony Brandon Wong
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Career
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Episodes
* Moo
* Fire
* Air
* Tents
* Novel
* Flyers
International
The series also screened in the UK and Canada.
See also
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List of Australian television series
References
External links
Swap Shopat Australian Television Information Archive
Swap Shopat Screen Australia
1988 Australian television series debuts
1989 Australian television series endings
Television shows set in Australia
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Australian children's television series
Australian children's education television series
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