The project commenced in 2021 and explored the cultural, social and economic impact of Australian children’s television and the work of the ACTF. It includes perspectives of children, parents, educators, producers and other creative practitioners, to inform ACTF’s priorities and policies.
This report presents findings from research that sought to better understand the ways adult audiences in the streaming era experience, express, and channel nostalgia for children’s television from their childhoods, particularly Australian children’s television. It offers insight into how and why Australian adults have accessed Australian children’s television from the past, and the deep and lasting impacts of Australian children’s television on multiple generations of adults.