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What’s On TV? Monday 4 May – Sunday 10 May

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: Mortified on ABC iview

Taylor Fry is Mortified: she’s a confused pre-teen doing her best to understand herself and her place in the world.

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.

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.26PM on NITV.

TUESDAY: First Day (Series) on ABC iview

It’s Hannah Bradford’s first year of high school. As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.26PM on NITV.

WEDNESDAY: The Inbestigators on ABC iview

After Maudie, a ten-year-old puzzle prodigy, solves a crime on her ﬁrst day at school with her new classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle, the future is obvious: the four children must form a detective agency together. Operating out of the granny ﬂat in Ezra’s backyard, these funny and disparate kids from Grade Five solve one thorny school playground or neighbourhood mystery after another, and become best friends in the process.

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.26PM on NITV.

THURSDAY: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.26PM 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.

FRIDAY: Thalu, 7.30PM on NITV

Episode 3
The Principal

When Hudson, Em, Vinka, Noodles and Lali find themselves trapped in a strange schoolhouse presided over by an ancient Principal it falls on Samara and Keile to try and rescue them. With the Cloud bearing down and time running out they manage to do just that – and find one of the special stones and perform an act of kindness to the Principal along the way.

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 3.26PM on NITV.

SATURDAY: Ready For This on ABC iview

Set in inner city Sydney, Ready for This is the story of six teenagers, all elite within their own field, each with a different agenda and different dreams.

They have come together, to live at Arcadia House. For some, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, for others, it’s a last chance. In order to survive the year, the six strangers must find a path through new challenges and adventures. A long way from home, the last thing they expect to find is family.

SUNDAY: Dance Academy – The Movie, 12.25PM on Family Movies HD

Former ballet student, Tara Webster, was destined to become one of the top dancers of her generation before a devastating injury crippled her career. Over the last eighteen months she has tried to move on but cannot get over her dream of dancing professionally with the National Ballet Company. In her quest to defy the odds in a near impossible comeback, Tara leaves her life and love behind in Sydney and travels to New York, determined to prove she still has what it takes. But as the rejections pile up, and Tara tears herself apart trying to fit the unrelenting ballet mould, she must learn to find, and trust, her own voice before she loses everything that truly matters in the dogged pursuit of who she thought she was, rather than who she has become.