What’s On TV? Monday 17 December – Sunday 23 December

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MONDAY: Balloon Barnyard (Double Episode), 12.50PM & 12.58PM on Disney Junior

Episode 4
Bath Day
It’s bath day at Balloon Barnyard!

Episode 5
Sheep Dog Day
The sheep are moving to a new pen today, but the sheep dog is sick. So, Pip and Streak decide they’ll herd the sheep.

Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.10AM on ABC2; Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV; Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.57PM on NITV and Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME.

TUESDAY: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV

Episode 7
Country and Directions
In Noongar Boodgar, Noongar Country there's so much to see. Wano, this way the djet, the flowers and ali bidi, that way you can see the boorn, the trees. Moorditj!

Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.10AM on ABC2; Balloon Barnyard, 12.50PM & 12.58PM on Disney Junior; Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.57PM on NITV and Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME.

WEDNESDAY: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.57PM on NITV

Episode 13 
Cattle Mustering – Megalong Valley Blue Mountains, New South Wales
In the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Brandon and Kayne start this episode climbing some of the most spectacular cliffs in the country! A complete head-rush way to arrive, just in time to face a hoof-thumping mission: Brandon challenges Kayne to muster 40 head of cattle in the Megalong Valley – but, to do so, he’ll have to undergo four days of training as a Jackaroo. It’s not easy work, with the boys learning to shear sheep, test cows for pregnancy and more. They take some time to meet the local Gundugurra people, before Justin the Jackaroo puts them through their paces on the farm.

Also catch: Balloon Barnyard, 8.10AM, 12.50PM & 12.58PM on Disney Junior; Hoopla Doopla! 10.10AM on ABC2; Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV and Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME.

THURSDAY: Dance Academy – The Movie, 6.25PM on ABC ME

Fifteen year old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in outback Australia and has dreamt of being a dancer ever since she was a little girl. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life is about to be spectacular. What Tara doesn't realise is how far behind she is in her training, and that there's a whole lot more to surviving the Academy than just dancing...

Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.10AM on ABC2; Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV; Balloon Barnyard, 3.54PM on NITV and Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME.

FRIDAY: Little Lunch (Special), 8.55AM on ABC ME

The Nightmare Before Graduation
The countdown to Christmas and summer holidays is exciting every year, but no more so than now, when Mrs Gonsha’s class is graduating from Grade 6. Everyone is thrilled to be going to High School, even Debra-Jo, who has been having a difficult time letting go of primary school – ‘the best years of her life’. The children are feverishly immersed in their Graduation plans, but when they uncover the explosive news that Rory is unable to graduate with them, no-one is excited about leaving school any more. It’s too unthinkable to be abandoning Rory, so the children enact a plan. The Nightmare Before Graduation encapsulates the contemporary meaning and spirit of Christmas – that love, kindness and generosity can override any obstacle.

Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 3.00PM on NITV; Balloon Barnyard, 3.54PM on NITV and Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME.

SATURDAY: Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME

Episode 8
Oh Em Gee
Marnie enlists Danny’s help to work out what’s so great about the Wildcats. He suggests she needs to ‘know her enemy’ so Marnie goes spying at the Wildcats clubhouse and is stunned to see their amazing facilities, fantastic change rooms… and Ruby sitting in the clubhouse for a team talk. Marnie’s hunch was right. Ruby is defecting to the enemy.

Also catch: Hoopla Doopla! 10.11AM on ABC2.   

SUNDAY: Hoopla Doopla! 10.11AM on ABC2

Episode 23
Sick Story
Hoopla is in a mess after a big storm, and Jango thinks it’s too hard to clean up. So he pretends to be sick, and tricks his friends into doing his work for him.

Also catch: Mustangs FC, 5.04PM on ABC ME