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What’s On TV? Monday 4 September – Sunday 10 September
Aug 31, 2017
 What’s On TV? Monday 4 September – Sunday 10 September

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: Balloon Barnyard, 8.49AM on Disney Junior

Episode 21 - Kite Day
Streak brings a basket of apples for breakfast and Pip has found something under a tree. They don’t know what it is. Pip has some ideas - is it a flower, a blanket, some food? Hmm- it isn’t like any of those things. They need to find out what it is!

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 3, 9.28AM on ABC ME; Handball Heroes, 9.53AM on ABC ME; Hoopla Doopla!, 10.27AM on ABC2; WAC (World Animal Championships), 2.13PM on ABC ME; Little Lunch, 4.23PM on ABC ME and Bushwhacked! – Series 2, 4.36PM on ABC ME.

 

TUESDAY: WAC (World Animal Championships), 2.13PM on ABC ME


Episode 12Sneakiest:
Ambo, Scotty and Sir Reg will need to be pretty sneaky themselves as they hunt down some clever critters with more than a few tricks up their sleeves.

Also catch: Balloon Barnyard, 8.49AM on Disney Junior; Bushwhacked! – Series 3, 9.28AM on ABC ME; Hoopla Doopla! 10.27AM on ABC2; Little Lunch, 4.23PM on ABC ME and Bushwhacked! – Series 2, 4.36PM on ABC ME. 

WEDNESDAY: Hoopla Doopla! (Mandarin Language), 10.47AM on ABC ME

Episode 24 - Trading Places:
It is the Lantern Festival & Bop needs help to make the lanterns.  If Zap helps Bop make lanterns then who will do his deliveries? If Mimi does deliveries who will make the dumplings? Soon everyone in town has traded places. 

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 6.00AM and 7.30AM on NITV; Balloon Barnyard, 8.49AM and 2.47PM on Disney Junior, Bushwhacked! – Series 3, 9.28AM on ABC ME; WAC (World Animal Championships), 2.13PM on ABC ME; Little Lunch, 4.22PM on ABC ME; Dance Academy – Series 2, 8.32PM on ABC ME.

 

THURSDAY: Dance Academy – Series 2, 8.32PM on ABC ME


Episode 10
- A Good Life:
Sammy returns home for his Grandpa Morrie’s funeral and to ask his father to support his Academy tuition. While an act of sabotage severs frenemies Tara and Abigail and Kat auditions for the Moulin Rouge.

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 7.30AM on NITV; Balloon Barnyard, 8.49AM and 2.47PM on Disney Junior; Bushwhacked! – Series 3, 9.28AM on ABC ME; Hoopla Doopla!, 10.27AM on ABC2; WAC (World Animal Championships), 2.13PM on ABC ME and Little Lunch, 4.22PM on ABC ME.

 

FRIDAY: Lockie Leonard – Series 2, 10.00AM on ABC ME


Episode 14  - Enter the Mermaid:
After misjudging a wave while surfing, Lockie is saved by a mystery girl. Hearing the story, Philip is suspicious the girl may be a mermaid. When she arrives at Angelus High, he sets out to prove it. Meanwhile, Egg's loyalty to Lockie is tested.

Also catch: Bushwhacked! – Series 1, 6.00AM and 7.30AM on NITV; Bushwhacked! – Series 3, 9.28AM on ABC ME; Hoopla Doopla!, 10.27AM on ABC2; WAC (World Animal Championships), 2.13PM on ABC ME, Balloon Barnyard, 2.47PM on Disney Junior; Little Lunch, 4.22PM on ABC ME and Dance Academy – Series 2, 8.32PM on ABC ME.

 

SATURDAY: You’re Skitting Me – Series 3, 12.52PM on ABC ME

Performed by a new feature cast of teens, You're Skitting Me is an edgy mix of animations and great characters that will tickle everyone’s funny bone.

The series introduces regular characters such the Ultra Boy, the Unwrapping Guy, Young Shakespeare , Martine the Sick Bay Monitor, Child Lawyer - Roland McAllister, clueless Amanda Coyne, The Green Team. Animations are also a popular feature of the series with characters such as Iron Man and chats between emoticons, flies, and school bags. Nothing is too absurd! 


Also catch: Waabiny Time – Series 1, 8.00AM on NITV; Hoopla Doopla!, 10.27AM on ABC2; Little Lunch, 11.35AM on ABC ME; Balloon Barnyard, 2.47PM on Disney Junior; Bushwhacked! – Series 2, 4.36PM on ABC ME and Dance Academy – Series 2, 8.32PM on ABC ME

 

SUNDAY: Dukes of Broxstonia – Series 3, 3.26PM on ABC ME

Episode 8 - Wanted/Axe Affair:  
Barj is mistaken for a wild west villain / Larj is fighting with his ex-guitar.

Also catch: Hoopla Doopla!, 10.27AM on ABC2; Little Lunch, 11.35AM and 4.23PM on ABC ME; You’re Skitting Me – Series 3, 12.52AM on ABC ME; Bushwhacked! – Series 2, 4.36PM on ABC ME and Dance Academy – Series 2, 8.32PM on ABC ME. 

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