What’s On TV? Monday 2 March – Sunday 8 March
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: Mustangs FC on ABC iView
Mustangs FC is a goal kicking comedy drama about girls who are abandoning the sidelines and starting their local football club’s first all female team. Against the odds, they’ll stand united and overcome any challenge the club, the boys or the opposition can throw at them, all while wrestling with what it means to be a girl today.
This is the story of the team’s bid to get to the final of the divisional league and captain Marnie facing an uphill battle. Has she got what it takes to lead this rookie side through it’s first massive season? Time to girl up and see..
Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 4.32PM on NITV.
TUESDAY: Dance Academy – Series 3 on ABC iView
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.
Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 4.32PM on NITV.
WEDNESDAY: Mortified on ABC iView
On the brink of adolescence, a girl’s got a lot to deal with; a changing body, a flood of hormones, relentless judgement by her peers, even perhaps the stirrings of a first, unrequited crush. In Mortified, Taylor Fry is confronted by the lot.
Although she’s a lively, smart-lipped kid with plenty of courage and attitude, the truth is she feels as if she doesn’t belong (and with a father known locally as “The Underpant King” who could blame her?) - but eventually Taylor must confront the truth – she is who she is. Mortified is a young girl’s journey towards self-acceptance.
Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 4.32PM on NITV.
THURSDAY: Bushwhacked! – Series 1 on NITV
Episode 4
Cassowary – Daintree National Park, Queensland
Cape Tribulation in far north Queensland is the home to the unusual and shy Cassowary, one of the world’s largest flightless birds that are high on the endangered species list. The boys track the bird through the rainforest, careful not to come in striking distance of its powerful feet and claws!
FRIDAY: Little J and Big Cuz – Series 2, 7.30PM on NITV
Episode 9
Picnic Day
Little J is determined to win the tin roller race at the school picnic. Tin rollers are the latest school craze, and the school picnic race will be Little J’s chance to prove his roller is the fastest. Meanwhile Big Cuz struggles to understand why Mirra doesn’t like picnics. Can Big Cuz change Mirra’s mind?
Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 4.32PM on NITV.
SATURDAY: The Unlisted on ABC iView
Twins Dru and Kal uncover a sinister society controlling the world’s youth through implants. With the help of a group of underground vigilante kids – The Unlisted – the twins work to stop the society before it’s too late.
SUNDAY: Hoopla Doopla! on ABC iView
Hoopla Doopla! is a unique and ground-breaking show for three to seven-year-olds, using physical action and comedy to drive the story. They tumble, juggle, leap and somersault in and out of trouble. However, whenever anything goes wrong - and it usually does - they always have each other to fall back on.
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