{"id":14776,"date":"2018-08-10T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2018-08-10T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:28:36","slug":"the-wiggles-lachy-gillespie-anthony-field-emma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-wiggles-lachy-gillespie-anthony-field-emma\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Wiggles\u2019 Lachy Gillespie, Anthony Field &#038; Emma Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wiggles&#8217; Lachy Gillespie, Anthony Field and Emma Watkins sat down with <em>TV Kids <\/em>to talk about the brand\u2019s enduring success and the new feel of the group.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"5820209544001\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The Wiggles have been encouraging youngsters to get up and get moving for nearly 30 years. The children\u2019s music group was co-founded by Anthony Field, also known as the Blue Wiggle, in Australia. When three of the original members retired in 2012, Emma Watkins donned Yellow as the first-ever female Wiggle, while Lachy Gillespie took over as the Purple Wiggle and Simon Pryce became the Red Wiggle.<\/p>\n<p>The Wiggles have sold more than 30 million DVDs and CDs, and 8 million books. As the way children consume entertainment has evolved, the group has made a point\u00a0of ensuring that they are accessible wherever kids are. They are on air daily\u00a0in 58 million homes across the U.S. on Universal Kids, and their YouTube channel has reached over 350 million views. 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