[2] The show features comedy, stories, animation and has musical guests performing original songs.
[5] Aunt Mimi and George run a shop where things are swapped instead of purchased.
[6] Sian Watkins of the Age said, "The Ideas behind Swap Shop are hardly innovative — Sesame Street has been doing similar things for years — but nevertheless it's light and fun a hint of something comic.
"[7] Judith Whelan from the Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on tangents from the main story lines, wrote, "It is these extra bits that make the series work.
"[5] An EP (1988) and a record (1989), both titled Swap Shop, were released featuring songs from the show.