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MONDAY: Little Lunch (Double Episode), 4.55PM on ABC ME
Episode 23
The Election
When Rory announces that he wants to be the Prime-Minister, Mrs Gonsha suggests they have their own election and that everyone run a campaign.
Episode 24
The Corridor Outside 6E
When Max and Elsa, the weird twins, suddenly leave class without a note, a ridiculous rumour chain begins about what happened to them.
Also catch: Balloon Barnyard, 2.28PM, 2.36PM, 8.03PM and 8.13PM on Disney Junior; Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV and Nowhere Boys – Series 1, 6.12PM on ABC ME.
TUESDAY: Balloon Barnyard (4x episodes), 10.58AM on Disney Junior
Episode 17
Paint Day
The barn needs a new coat of paint. The donkeys are just about to start painting the barn, when suddenly, Pip and Streak are distracted by the three bunnies, who run straight past them. The bunnies have mysteriously changed colour overnight!
Episode 18
Tuck Stuck Day
There’s an emergency at Balloon Barnyard - Tuck the Cat is stuck on the barn roof.
Episode 1
Mystery Day
Streak is trying to become a detective. He is investigating the missing hay from the top of the haystack.
Episode 2
Afraid of the Dark Day
Yawn… the donkeys are tired. It’s night time in the barn, but none of the animals are sleeping.
Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.08AM on ABC2; Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV; Little Lunch (Double Episode), 4.55PM on ABC ME and Nowhere Boys – Series 1, 6.12PM on ABC ME.
WEDNESDAY: Hoopla Doopla! 10.08AM on ABC2
Episode 9
Snow Business
Everyone in Hoopla is cleaning out junk, when Mimi finds her old ski outfit. She decides she wants to go skiing, but it isn’t going to be easy on a summer’s day with no snow at all.
Also catch: Balloon Barnyard, 10.58AM on Disney Junior; Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV and Nowhere Boys – Series 1, 6.12PM on ABC ME.
THURSDAY: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV
Episode 9
Day and Night
Kedala, day-time for the ngaangk, the sun and kedalak, night-time is when the miyak the moon comes out.
Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.08AM on ABC2 and Nowhere Boys – Series 1, 6.12PM on ABC ME.
FRIDAY: Double Trouble (Double Episode), 7.30PM on NITV
Episode 6
Mean Girls
Kyanna fears she's ruined her sister's chance to get into dance school, while her twin, Yuma, finds out about her mother and the secret of the waterhole.
Episode 7
Lost in the Desert
Yuma manages to get lost in the desert, and reveals the truth to her cousin Iona about her twin sister, Kyanna, who's suddenly dumped by Sasha as her dance partner.
Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.08AM on ABC2; Waabiny Time, 3.00PM on NITV and Nowhere Boys – Series 1, 6.12PM on ABC ME.
SATURDAY: Ready For This, 12.32PM on ABC ME
Episode 10
It's Not You
The dream draws closer for Zoe when she learns about an Australian Athletics Federation (AAF) high altitude training camp in Colorado, and for Levi when he learns that his grand final game will be watched by an AFL scout.
Lily discovers a photo of her has become a meme and suddenly her face is all over the internet. She tries to shake it off, but in the end confesses to Vee that all she wants is her mother.
Out of anger at Alice and Levi, Zoe risks everything by participating in the roller derby. Injured in a jam, she is dropped from her coveted spot on the relay team. Not only that, Alice forces Zoe to ask Levi about his true feelings. His hesitation sees him lose Alice and Zoe. In the face of strong competition, Levi loses his confidence and the grand final, but Jimmy is there to put things in perspective.
Also catch: The Flamin’ Thongs (Triple Episode), 8.33AM, 8.40AM, 8.46AM on ABC ME; Hoopla Doopla! 10.08AM on ABC2 and Nowhere Boys – Series 1, 6.12PM on ABC ME.
SUNDAY: Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows (film), 6.11PM on ABC ME
Feature-length movie, Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows, follows on from the first two television series and picks up a year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon.
They are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday, teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of their magical ability, working as a team to become masters of the arcane. But although he’s unwilling to admit it, the boys have grown apart. The boys, once in perfect magical and elemental alignment, are a tangle of rivalry and distrust.
On the verge of separating, the Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one last spell, when Felix discovers a magically sealed ‘Book of Shadows’. Unwittingly, this releases a powerful force of chaos, and the gang is reluctantly drawn into a showdown that threatens their world and all they love…
Also catch: The Flamin’ Thongs, 8.36AM on ABC ME; Hoopla Doopla! 10.08AM on ABC2 and Ready For This, 12.32PM on ABC ME.