What's On TV? Monday 28 March - Sunday 3 April
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.
Promote water safe behaviours with Kangaroo Beach
In Kangaroo Beach, four young animal friends, Pounce, Gemma, Neville and Frizzy, spend an action-packed summer training as junior cadets with their lifeguard heroes. Our new F-2 teaching resource forefronts the water safety messages in the series.
Thrilling new series MaveriX forefronts teen grit, courage, and teamwork
Students aged 10 to 14 will love this high adrenaline drama series, in which six young motocross riders come together to form a team and make the national titles – or crash out trying.
Announcing the 2022 My Place Competition
Pull out your planners: the My Place Competition returns in Term Three.
Filming begins on exciting new tween horror-comedy series Crazy Fun Park
An eerie and spectacular world full of ghosts and ghouls has come to life in Victoria, with horror-comedy series Crazy Fun Park now in production.
Creating factual content for younger audiences
As part of the 2022 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) joined producers and commissioners for an informative panel session, 'Stepping into little shoes: creating factual programming for younger audiences', presented by Screen Queensland.
Children's television programs to look forward to in 2022
The exhilarating story of a group of teenage motocross riders set against the spectacular backdrop of Australia's red centre will premiere on the ABC next month. MaveriX, an adventure drama series filmed in Alice Springs, is just one of the exciting and diverse range of projects supported by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) which will premiere on Australian television screens this year.
The Twists are on TikTok!
A new generation of fans are being introduced to Round the Twist, with accounts for the iconic series now live on Snapchat and TikTok.
Meet our sound designers
We are very pleased to introduce the two sound design creatives who will share their craft in our next virtual workshop, 'Sound design: The power to simulate world building'.
Bias-breaking girls represented in Australian kids' TV
Unconscious bias starts a young age and is informed partly by the stories that we engage with. The female characters depicted in children's screen stories can help the audience understand and embrace the diversity of girls and women in 'real life'.