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What’s On TV? Monday 21 October – Sunday 27 October
Never miss a moment of your favourite Australian children’s television series. Visit our guide for more information about what’s on free-to-air and pay TV.
MONDAY: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV
Episode 8
Health
Moorditj walang, good health is about looking after our bodies every day. It's solid koolangka!
Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM on NITV.
TUESDAY: Summer’s Day on ABC iView
Summer is 11-years old and she’s just got her period for the first time. Without a mother to guide her, she navigates becoming a woman, and her body image troubles, with the help of her best friend Mackenzie.
Summer's Day is one of four films in the ‘International Day of the Girl Collection’ - a compilation of short films that explore pivotal and challenging moments in the lives of 12-year old girls.
Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV and Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM on NITV.
WEDNESDAY: Hoopla Doopla! on ABC iView
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In the town of Hoopla, live six extraordinary characters - each with their own amazing physical skill.
Mimi runs the café and looks after everyone in town while juggling muffins and milkshakes; Ziggy, the shop keeper, does magic tricks which go in surprising directions; Zap, the town messenger, delivers packages in the most acrobatic manner possible; Bop, Mr Fix-It is able to lift almost anything; flexible Squidgie looks after the town garden and can often be found inside a pot-plant, and finally Jango, the street sweeper, is always playing tricks and causing mischief.
Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV and Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM on NITV.
THURSDAY: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM 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: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV.
FRIDAY: The Funny Ones on ABC iView
Four bright-eyed young comics keen to develop their skills, team up with some of Australia's funniest women to create their first comedy show.
The Funny Ones is one of four films in the ‘International Day of the Girl Collection’ - a compilation of short films that explore pivotal and challenging moments in the lives of 12-year old girls.
Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV and Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM on NITV.
SATURDAY: The Unlisted on ABC iView
Twelve-year-old identical twins Dru and Kal discover that the world’s wealthiest individuals have created a secret society named The Infinity Group, who plan to impose global control over the world’s youth.
Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV and Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM on NITV.
SUNDAY: Dance Academy – Series 3 on ABC iView
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Tara and her friends are now seniors at the Academy, and no one can forget for a second that the Company is watching.
It will be a nail-biting chase to the finish line, to see who will be offered a contract and finally achieve what they have been working towards for so long… and who will have to find a new dream. If Second Year broke your heart, this is the year that will lift you up and prove it is in risking everything, failing spectacularly and then starting again, that you will become extraordinary.
Tara and her friends began their training as kids, with a lot to learn about dancing, life and themselves. This year will prepare them to say goodbye to their school days forever, and go out into the world as resilient, courageous dancers and young adults who are ready for anything.
Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 9.30AM on NITV and Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.54PM on NITV.
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