Worst Year of My Life Again
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Worst Year of My Life Again is an Australian children's television series that premiered on 26 April 2014 on ABC3. It was produced by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and Reflective Pictures for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [1] Filming for the show began on 23 April 2013 at Camberwell High School, Victoria and ended on 15 November 2013. It is also on CBBC. According to Tiarnie Coupland, funding for the show was cut and no new episodes are planned.[2]
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Synopsis
When Alex King goes to bed on the eve of his 15th birthday, he's relieved that the last disastrous year is finally over. But when he wakes up, time has reset itself and he's going to have to relive the worst year of his life all over again.[3]
Cast
- Ned Napier as Alex King, the main character that has the bad luck
- Laurence Boxhall as Simon Birch, Alex's main best friend. He claims to be of English heritage.
- Tiarnie Couplandas Maddy Kent, Alex's friend. She is very intelligent and spontaneous, with a bit of a bubbly side. She is trying to convince Alex that he doesn't belong with Nicola because she secretly has a crush on him.
- Lana Golja as Nicola Grey, Alex's love interest. Blond and beautiful, she was even said to "stuff a kid in a very small backpack."
- Xander Speight as Parker the mean one.
- Liam Erck as Howe parkers slave.
- Kaiting Yap as Loren Nicola's friend.
- Jessie Blott as Amy also Nicola's friend.
- Bellamy Duke as Hannah
- Fergus McLaren as Toby
- Arielle O'Neil as Samantha King
- Annie Jones as Mum
- Jeremy Stanford as Dad
- Syd Brisbane as Mr. Norris
Episodes
Series overview
Series | Episodes | Australian air date | U.K. air date | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | April 26, 2014 | July 19, 2014 | May 26, 2014 | June 12, 2014 |
Series 1 (2014)
No. | Title | Australian air date | U.K. air date |
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1 | "Happy Birthdays" | April 26, 2014 | May 26, 2014 |
Alex King wakes up on the morning of his 15th birthday to discover that time has reset itself and he must relive the worst year of his life all over again. | |||
2 | "Valentine's Day" | May 3, 2014 | May 27, 2014 |
Valentine's Day is Alex's perfect opportunity to woo the girl of his dreams, but his declaration of love ends up in the wrong hands. So the universe makes it start over again. | |||
3 | "Beach" | May 10, 2014 | May 28, 2014 |
It's fund-raising day at the life-saving club, and Alex gets on the wrong side of his nemesis Mr Norris, as Gibbo and The Gal from EZ1-FM kick-off a treasure hunt. | |||
4 | "April Fool" | May 17, 2014 | May 29, 2014 |
Alex intends to use his 'loop year' to turn the tables on Simon, who has used him as his April Fool target each year. | |||
5 | "Sam's Party" | May 24, 2014 | June 2, 2014 |
When Alex and his sister Sam are left home alone for the night, they decide they should host a house party - with disastrous consequences. | |||
6 | "Maths Test" | May 31, 2014 | June 3, 2014 |
Alex arrives late to Mr Norris's maths lesson, resulting in Mr Norris giving the whole class a maths test. | |||
7 | "Match Day" | June 7, 2014 | June 4, 2014 |
It's the grand final for Alex's soccer team the Mad Dogs, but after he causes a major mix up in a sports store, it's up to Alex's soccer-mad Dad to step in and save the day. | |||
8 | "Cross Country" | June 14, 2014 | June 5, 2014 |
Alex is determined to win the boys' cross country race, even if he has to cheat. | |||
9 | "School Play" | June 21, 2014 | June 9, 2014 |
Alex is thrilled when he gets the chance to play Romeo opposite Nicola's Juliet in the school play. Can he finally land a kiss with his dream girl? | |||
10 | "Halloween" | June 28, 2014 | June 10, 2014 |
Alex creates a cool costume to wear to Nicola's Halloween celebrations, but will he get to the party without getting trick or treated? | |||
11 | "Concert Tickets" | July 5, 2014 | June 11, 2014 |
Alex realises he's got a chance to win Nicola over when he sees an opportunity to get hold of concert tickets for her favourite band Boys AZ-1. He's just got to chase down a garbage truck and dig through his own household rubbish first. | |||
12 | "Christmas" | July 12, 2014 | June 12, 2014 |
Alex does everything he can to speed up his mum's Christmas Day plans, so he can get to Nicola's beach barbeque party. | |||
13 | "The Last Day" | July 19, 2014 | June 12, 2014 |
It's the last day of the school holidays and, at the local pool, Alex is determined to get Nicola alone to profess his love for her. |
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- Use Australian English from April 2013
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- Use dmy dates from September 2013
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation shows
- Australian children's television series
- Australian drama television series
- English-language television programming
- 2010s Australian television series
- 2013 Australian television series debuts