Winners was sold to Network 10. In 1996, Disney Channel Australia acquired pay television rights to both Winners and More Winners. International In 1986, Winners was sold to WonderWorks, an award-winning American children's television show. The first episode, "On Loan", aired in March 1996. Over the years, a variety of nations and territories have acquired rights to the shows, including Japan's NHK, Canada's Knowledge Network, Showtime, Italy's Telepiù, the Netherlands' Kindernet, Panama's FETV, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, Iran's Farabi Cinema Foundation and Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Mexico's Canal Once, Television Nationale du Burkina Faso, and Israeli Educational Television. Other nations who acquired the series include France, Argentina, the UK, Belgium, Ireland, Thailand, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, the Cook Islands, Bophuthatswana, Singapore, Czechia, and Indonesia. Publishing, marketing, and merchandise Novels The screenwriters for the series agreed to adapt their screenplays into novels, which were published through McPhee Gribble in Melbourne and distributed through Penguin Books. This was the first time books based on an Australian children's television series were made available in Australia. Study kits / school video packs To enhance the series for educational purposes and to promote discussion on wider issues surrounding each episode, a comprehensive study guide was prepared for teachers and parents. The resources were prepared to enable teachers and students to get the most benefit from the series. The study guides were made available to all primary and secondary schools in the metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane at such times that coincided with the network screening of the series, state by state. Copies of the guide were also made available in other areas throughout Australia, as and when regional networks purchased the series. The school video packs contained a VHS video cassette of one episode, the novel, and a study kit packaged in a specially prepared video box. The marketing campaign directed teachers and school librarians and included seminars, direct mail, advertisements in relevant teacher and student journals, and other promotional activities. In 1990, CBS/FOX Video released new school packs containing a More Winners video, a tie-in novel, and an accompanying study kit. See also Touch the Sun' References External links Winners at the Australian Television Information Archive 1985 Australian television series debuts 1990 Australian television series debuts Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian drama television series Australian comedy television series English-language television shows