Fat Cat and Friends
| Fat Cat and Friends | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television show |
| Written by | Murray George Channel 10 |
| Presented by | John Oster Jane Reilly Lynn Weston Patsy Biscoe (music) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 16 (SAS-10) 5 (SAS-7) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network Ten (SAS-10) (1972–1987) Seven Network (SAS-7 and TVW-7) (1988–1991) |
| Release | 1972 – 27 December 1991 |
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Fat Cat and Friends was an Australian children's television show starring Fat Cat (full name: Frederick Alphonso Tubsy Cat or Francis Aloysius Tom Cat), a costumed character, who is an orange/ginger anthropomorphic cat who wears red braces, a blue bow tie and a green bowler hat and striped socks. The show ran from 1972 to 1991, after which it was cancelled in controversial circumstances. However the Fat Cat character continues to feature on television in Perth, as the mascot of the Telethon fundraising organisation.