More production details were announced today including the voice cast. Expected in 2020.
From Thursday 31 October at 7:45am
Two teenage wannabe warrior heroes and a spirited ghost girl master the skills they need to replace an ageing monster hunter by doing his strange supernatural chores.
Every neighbourhood has that one creepy old house. The one where footballs and frisbees get lost over the fence, never to return. Where every night weird noises, monstrous howls and amazing coloured lights blast out from the basement windows, and the lawn is covered in flaming arrow booby traps….
In this neighbourhood, the house belongs to Helsing - and it’s always cast a long shadow over the wild imaginations of his two young neighbours.
To locals, the owner, Old Man Helsing is an eccentric, elderly gentleman, who lives alone with his peculiar pet, Snorp. But to a pair of designated weirdos like Charlie and Pierce he’s a riddle wrapped up in an enigma, clothed in a stinky dressing grown.After strapping on their homemade utility belts and loading up on garlic and stakes, these wannabe warriors bravely cross the creepy threshold, only to find their weird neighbour isn’t a “monster” but a “monster hunter”!
Amazed to hear of his lifetime of holding the forces of darkness at bay from the comfort of his crumbling suburban home (where he stores his bested and bottled foes in a sprawling, Escher styled Archive Room), the boys beg Helsing to teach them his secret arts. Helsing’s been thinking he might be getting a bit old for all of this supernatural stuff. Maybe this is his chance to get… some apprentices? And maybe they could help him work his new smart phone too! You know, help him be “normal” for the first time in his life…
Pairing them up with Que (Helsing’s quirky house-ghost with a taste for adventure) the now completed trio of BFFs are tasked with completing the freaky, bizarre and sometimes downright terrifying chores that will teach them everything they need to know to become a bunch of butt-kicking, nunchuck slinging, “I ain’t afraid of no monster-slime” monster hunters!
But Old Man Helsing’s chores are as bizarre as they are endless. The gang’s afternoon tasks can jump from babysitting an 8000 year old brat of a mummy (who steals their senses and escapes to try pizza for the first time), to re- capturing a monster hand that has gone rogue at their school (before it possesses one of the teachers and gives them a permanent detention). They have to keep it a secret but Charlie and Pierce have finally found something they might be good at, and they’ve also found something they can call their own… learning to protect their world (but mostly their own neighbourhood)!
Together, this rag-tag trio (and Helsing, their supernatural Mr. Miyagi) make a formidable team who are ready to chew gum and do kick-butt chores… but they’re all out of gum! And we’ll come to see them as bumbling, bickering, kind-hearted and awesome heroes- in-training, learning the skills they need to deal with crazy, surreally serious chores the only way they know how… strangely.
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The Inbestigators
Monday 11 November 4.35pm
The Inbestigators returns with another 20 brand new episodes.
Little Lunch meets Sherlock Holmes in this delightfully funny whodunnit from the creators of Little Lunch and Upper Middle Bogan. Ezra, Maudie, Ava and Kyle are The Inbestigators. Operating out of the granny flat in Ezra’s backyard, these disparate kids from Grade Five are led by Maudie, a freakishly gifted observer of human behaviour, who manages to solve one thorny school or neighbourhood mystery after another. While every episode offers a compelling puzzle to crack, the show prevails as a character comedy with heart.
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Good to see it doing well. Gristmill make great shows.
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FANFARE Ok so we are FINALLY ready to DROP THE TRAILER of our show ‘The Listies Work For Peanuts’, ahead of the series launch on ABC ME on November 11th at 4:30pm. Tag a friend who might wanna watch! Thanks for having us ABC TV + iview ! Thanks also to @screenaustralia for the funding our amazing co creators and producers Kate Keegan and Judi McCrossin.
Update:
DisRupted - Films
Tuesday 3 December at 5:30pm
DisRupted is an initiative from ABC and Screen Australia to support and showcase the best of Australia’s next generation of filmmakers with a disability. The three successful films selected for DisRupted following a nation-wide call out are Rocky & Me, And Then Something Changed and The Legend Of Burnout Barry, premiering on 3rd December, the International Day of People with Disability.
Details
Season 2 of The Inbestigators start tomorrow, Monday 11 November 4.35pm
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Ballerina
Sunday 15 December at 7:00pm
Félicie and Victor, two young friends in 1880s France, escape from an orphanage to pursue their dreams in Paris, the glittering City of Lights. Starring: Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen.
Blinky Bill the Movie
Monday 16 December at 7:00pm
An adventurous young koala embarks on a journey across the wild Australian outback and discovers that there’s more to being a hero than meets the eye. Featuring: Ryan Kwanten, Toni Colette, David Wenham and Deborah Mailman.
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Mustangs FC - Season 3
From Wednesday 15 January at 5:00pm
THE FINAL SEASON!
The merger is on like Donkey Kong but how can the Mustangs stand united, in a team that now includes the Wildcats? And how are they going to kick goals in the A league when they’ve also got to handle the complicated business of friendships and feminism? Strap on your shinpads, Mustangs fans, it’s about to go off.
Don’t think I haven’t seen you, biting your fingernails, getting jumpier than kinder kids at a trampoline party, hoping that the whole Wildcats/Mustangs merger rumour was just a bad joke. Well, stand by people of earth, because THIS WAS NOT A DRILL. I repeat, THIS WAS NOT A DRILL. The merger is on like Donkey Kong and the Mustangs are gonna have to kick some balls to get through a tough season, now they’ve moved up to the A league.
With Marnie busy playing at State, Liv is determined that the ‘Stangs are not going to let the Wildcats get the better of them. But it’s hard not to be a Debbie Downer, when it feels like there are so many things to fight about with the Wildcats – who plays what position? Who is the coach? What’s the kit? Liv’s not prepared to concede any ground in a team that is some crazy cat/horse hybrid – it’s enough to give Bindi Irwin nightmares.
And it’s more than a teensy bit annoying that Marnie goes on about State All. The. Time. But as well as being ah-mazing, State equals pressure for Marnie. Most of the other girls on the squad are much older than her and rather than being the leader, suddenly she’s the baby, pedalling hard to keep up. Has Marns got what it takes to secure a regular place on the State team and keep following her dream to become a Matilda one day?
Pressure is pumping on the home pitch too, with the A League pond full of scary sharks hungry for these little Mustang fish. For Ruby, whose sweat and tears (lol – as if Ruby cries) are made with drive and ambition, it’s head down and on with it. But when Rubes realises her soccer dreams in Australia could become a reality, Miss USA will have to decide if this is the right direction for her. Should she be trying to get back to LA… away from everything, and everyone, she loves here? Is it worth risking a good chance at something great, for a slim chance of something better?
Anusha’s gotta have an equation for that right? As she continues to project manage and problem solve with relentless efficiency, it might be time for someone to point out that friends are not “projects” to be managed but actual people with their own great, weird thoughts and ambitions. Or non-ambitions. Can Nush stop trying to put Bella in a box and let her just be? And actually, as our fave Sparkly Girl Lara finds, even if KPIs are reached, doesn’t mean you have to stick with them – it’s OK to change your mind. Sometimes what’s tougher than sticking with a dream, is changing it, especially when that means you’ve gotta woman-up for conversations that are harder than a frozen orange wedge on the winter sidelines.
And some news there is no right way to break. Some news is so bad it hits with the pain and breathless shock of a ball to the guts, and then the only way through is smooshed in the hugs of the mighty mighty Mustangs – the friends, players, young women, that will kick goals, cry, snort laugh and have each other’s backs – forever.
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ITCH
From Wednesday 15 January at 5:30pm, 10 episodes
Itchingham “Itch” Lofte lives in the small town of Seaburgh with his mum, Jude and youngersister Chloe, while his dad Nick works away on a remote mining site.
As someone who doesn’t fit in easily to the daily humdrum of Seaburgh life or with the other kids at school, Itch prefers to retreat to his rather extraordinary hobby – collecting all the elements of the periodic table.
Itch is halfway through his goal when one day a local eco activist named Cake gives him an unusually warm rock he found out by one of the old mines following an earthquake. Curious to learn more about it, Itch takes it to school to show his science teacher, Dr Flowerdew. But, when the rock seemingly makes his science class sick, further testing reveals the rock to be highly radioactive – beyond anything on Earth.
Itch discovers that the rock is in fact a new element, tentatively identified as Element 126, a source of clean energy that could both power the world, or potentially destroy it.
As an avid element collector and scientist, Itch is excited to have discovered the new find. But when a mountain biker tries to steal his backpack and his house is robbed, Itch realises someone else is after Element 126, and that he has to stop whoever it is from getting it, unaware that it’s the dark forces of Greencorp, an international energy company with dubious morals, working to get their hands on this fiendish element in order to weaponize it.
Greencorp will stop at nothing to get the rock, but Itch knows that if it gets into the wrong hands the whole world could be in danger. It’s up to him to make sure the rock remains safe before it’s too late. But knowing who to trust proves harder than Itch thinks when he discovers it’s not just Greencorp who are after the rock, but also his science teacher Dr Flowerdew.
In order to save the planet from potential disaster, Itch has to draw on everything he knows– and the contents of his backpack – to keep himself and his family alive.
With no one he can trust except for his cousin Jack, sister Chloe, school crush Lucy, and new school arrival Tim, Itch sets off on a desperate mission to keep Element 126 away from these dark forces and get it to the one person he thinks can help him… his Dad.
Itch, Chloe, Jack, Tim and Lucy are taken on a high-octane adventure that sees Itch use his scientific knowledge and book smarts to outsmart those after the rock as he and his friends risk everything to keep the rock safe and out of the hands of those that wish to use it for sinister means. But all the while, Greencorp’s goons “The Bikers,” and Flowerdew are closing in, and the deadly rock is slowly poisoning Itch, but nothing will stop him from getting the rock somewhere safe.
After escaping Seaburgh to the city, Itch hatches a plan to destroy the rock, but is double crossed by Tim who needs the rock to use as leverage to get his mum out of prison. In one foul swoop, Itch not only loses one of his closest friends, but also his grasp on the rock, sending him on a desperate chase.
Once Itch finally gets the rock back, he embarks on a journey to a remote abandoned mine to destroy it once and for all. But before he can, Tim and Flowerdew arrive at the mine, leading to the final showdown, that sees Tim and Flowerdew plunge into the depths of the ocean.
A sickly Itch then starts the descent into the mine’s underground shaft to get rid of the rock, but as he returns to the surface, a weak Itch slips and falls, only to be saved just in time by Nick and Jack.
Back in Seaburgh, as Itch recovers from radiation poisoning, Greencorp are visited by the police. But just as it seems that the world is safe once again, we discover that Tim and Flowerdew have made it to shore on a faraway beach.
This isn’t over.
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Operation Ouch - Season 8
From Sunday 19 January at 6:30pm Daily at 6:30pm
Operation Ouch! is back with a brand-new series, presented by twin brothers Dr Chris and Dr Xand Van Tulleken, and Dr Ronke lkharia.
Join the three doctors as they showcase the amazing human body with enormous Lab experiments, meet more ‘Brilliant Bodies’ and show you mysterious mind-bending tricks you can try at home.
The doctors medical knowledge is under examination in our new quiz ‘Ouchology’, get mental health tips in ‘Mindboosters’ and prepare to meet not one, but two brand new Ouch babies! We follow them on their incredible journey as they go from inside their mum’s tum, to being born.
Four new ‘Ouch Patients’ share their experiences as they undergo regular hospital treatment, there are more questions to be answered on the wards in ‘Ouch & About’.
The series also includes the return of the Ouch Awards - a celebration of children who have shown immense courage and bravery dealing with illness and saving Lives, and a special episode - ‘Food, Poo and You!’ - showing you how to Look after your body.
The Demon Headmaster
From Sunday 9 February at 5:25pm (iview binge after ep 1 premiere)
The worst school in the country becomes the best overnight. How? The Demon Headmaster! It’s up to a gang of intrepid kids to crack his master plan, save their school and the world!
After time abroad, Lizzie and Tyler Warren return to Hazelbrook School. They’re shocked to find the worst school in the country is now the best! It has been rebranded into the table-topping Hazelbrook Academy, where ‘every student is a star’. Every student now has a special skill and Hazelbrook is a centre of excellence. It’s all down to the new Headmaster. He’s an inspirational educator, who has turned the school around. The change in the students is astounding. Suspicious Lizzie smells a rat.
The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on children’s books by Gillian Cross of the same title. Nicholas Gleaves plays the titular character, a mysterious head teacher with strange powers and dreams of world domination.
Seasons 1 and 2 have aired on ABC ME.
First Day
Week days from Monday 30 March at 4:30pm
The start of high school is difficult for everyone but for 12 year-old transgender girl Hannah Bradford, it’s a chance to be her true self.
Prank You Very Much
From Wednesday 1 April at 4pm
Pip Rasmussen and her hilarious crew are out to prank amazing people with epic surprises. We’re thanking them by pranking them!
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The Next Step - Series 7
From Sunday 10 May 5.05pm
Fresh off their Regionals win, season seven of The Next Step finds the dancers turning their attention towards Nationals. Excitement has never been higher as competition for soloist positions heats up. An emotional sendoff means big changes at the studio and a past dancer returns hoping to earn redemption.
As A-Troupe speeds towards Nationals, things take an unexpected turn when a once in a lifetime opportunity shakes up the studio. A-Troupe struggles to stay united as they face the biggest decision of their dance careers. New romances jeopardize old friendships, fresh faces plot their ascent, and stalwart dancers choose to step out on their own. Does A-Troupe have what it takes to make it on dance’s biggest stage? Will a new group of talented dancers emerge as the future of TNS? This season, all bets are off.
ABC Education (ABCEducationAU)
The educational TV programs kick off at 10am this morning on ABC ME, starting with Numberblocks! View the episode synopsis, captions, rating and online @ABCTV iview link in this handy new schedule packed with extra information!
