Hi-5 (series 11)

Hi-5 (series 11)
Starring
Country of origin Australia
No. of episodes 45
Release
Original network Nine Network
Original release 31 August (2009-08-31) – 30 October 2009 (2009-10-30)
Series chronology

The eleventh series of the children's television series Hi-5 aired between 31 August 2009[1][2] and 30 October 2009 on the Nine Network in Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star and Nine with Noel Price as executive producer.

This was the first series to be produced by Southern Star, taking over from Kids Like Us. It was also the first series to feature Lauren Brant, Casey Burgess, Fely Irvine and Tim Maddren, and the first series that did not feature any original cast members. The new line-up was known as a "new generation" of Hi-5.

Production

The Hi-5 franchise was sold by Kids Like Us (the joint company of the program's creators, Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans) in March 2008, to the Nine Network and production company Southern Star.[3]. Harris and Graeme-Evans ended their involvement with the production of Hi-5, and the brand was placed under the direction of Nine and Southern Star executives, Martin Hersov and Cathy Payne.[3] Along with the change of ownership, cast members Kellie Crawford, Nathan Foley and Sun Park left the group in late 2008.[4][5][6] In December, it was alleged by News.com.au's Confidential reporter that Crawford and Foley had been asked to leave, and that the company were "opting to recruit younger, cheaper performers."[7] However, Park denied the industry rumours.[6]

The new members of the Hi-5, Lauren Brant, Fely Irvine and Tim Maddren, were revealed in February 2009 after auditioning in late 2008 and beginning as members in January.[8][1] The trio joined established members Stevie Nicholson and Casey Burgess to form the "new generation" of the group.[9] Along with the cast announcement, Nine also committed to five new series featuring the new generation group, which would air through to 2013.[8] However, only three of these planned series were produced. The eleventh series began production in early 2009, becoming the first series produced under Southern Star.[8][2] Irvine stated that the filming of the series required 12-hour days of work.[1] The Song of the Week segments were filmed at Silk Studios in Willoughby, with the rest filmed at ABC Studios.[2]

Noel Price from Southern Star, who had over a decade of experience in children's television, was assigned as the executive producer of the new series.[10][11] Of the cast change in later years, Price explained how Hi-5 was designed so that its popularity would not rely solely on the cast members' individual appeal.[12] Despite the change of cast and production company, the series retained many of the original producers and writers.[13] Director Jonathan Geraghty explained that the brief for the series was "to rediscover the magic and excitement" that made the series such as success in its earlier years.[14]

The eleventh series debuted on 31 August 2009.[1][2] Hersov and Payne said "we're very excited to be launching the next phase of Hi-5".[8]

Cast

Presenters

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleSong of the WeekThemeOriginal air date
4361"On Safari"Stop, Look, ListenExplore31 August 2009 (2009-08-31)
Stevie pretends to be a ranger on safari, observing African animals who visit the waterhole. Lauren pretends to be a monkey swinging through the jungle trees. Casey and Chats explore the jungle in search of animals that starts with S. Lauren acts as a snake charmer, summoning her sock puppet snakes with a song. Tim studies the different birds of the Australian bush by listening to the sounds of their calls. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to ride a bicycle. Fely packs her bag in preparation for a day of surfing at the beach. Lauren practises her surfing technique on the ground. Sharing Stories: Fely tells a story about a group of scientists (Lauren, Tim and Stevie) who set off to search for a rare chimpanzee (Casey), without realising that the ape is already following them.
4372"The Great Indoors - Around the House"Stop, Look, ListenExplore1 September 2009 (2009-09-01)
Casey and Chats use their imaginations while playing inside on a rainy day. Lauren watches through her window as it rains outside. Fely builds an indoors cubby house using chairs and a bed sheet. Lauren prepares two miniature beds for her cuddly tiger toys. Tim makes the sound of rain using cardboard boxes as a makeshift drum kit. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to scale a rock climbing wall. Stevie goes on an imaginative adventure while cleaning up his space. Lauren sweeps up some pretend fairy dust. Sharing Stories: Tim tells a story about a three children (Lauren, Fely and Stevie) who each devise a plan to help their mother (Casey) find her missing ring, by exploring around the house.
4383"Country / City"Stop, Look, ListenExplore2 September 2009 (2009-09-02)
Fely runs a feed store and prepares lunch for different animals on the farm. Lauren mixes seeds and worms to make a meal for chicks to eat. Casey and Chats follow a map of the city to find their way to the museum by bicycle. Lauren practises the motion of cycling with her legs and arms. Tim explores the city and discovers different sounds and rhythms on the streets. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to paddle a kayak. Stevie makes barnyard animal costumes with cardboard boxes and dresses up as each different creature. Lauren dresses up as a pig for a jack-in-the-box trick. Sharing Stories: Casey tells a story about an alien (Tim) who lands his spaceship on a farm, where he learns about country life from the farmers (Lauren and Stevie) and their pig (Fely).
4394"Space"Stop, Look, ListenExplore3 September 2009 (2009-09-03)
Stevie becomes a space explorer, arriving on Mars to examine if the planet contains water. Lauren pretends to be a space traveller walking on the moon. Fely the fairy returns from a trip to space and makes a map to record the stars that she saw. Lauren travels across a pretend Milky Way. Tim pretends to be a speedy repair rocket who services a slow moving space satellite. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to play tennis. Casey and Chats imagine using a radio telescope to listen to aliens talking. Lauren pretends to be a three-eyed alien practising her disco dance moves. Sharing Stories: Stevie tells a story about a girl (Casey) who wishes upon two shooting stars (Lauren and Tim) to become a star as well, leading the three to meet the moon (Fely) while exploring the universe together.
4405"Under the Sea"Stop, Look, ListenExplore4 September 2009 (2009-09-04)
Fely explores among the coral under the sea and takes photographs of her discoveries. Lauren pretends to be a hermit crab searching for a new home. Casey and Chats travel through an underwater cave in a mini submarine and experiment with their echoes. Lauren presents a puppet show with two glowworm characters. Tim pretends to be a fiddler crab making music with a fiddle. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to climb a rope ladder. Stevie dresses up as a shark to rehearse a dance for an ocean party. Lauren dances with moves inspired by the shark. Sharing Stories: Lauren tells a story about three mermaids (Casey, Fely and Tim) who encounter a diver (Stevie) on their journey around the reef in search of a pearl.
4416"Teams"Spin Me RoundFriends7 September 2009 (2009-09-07)
Stevie spells out the phrase "go team" using his body to make the shapes of the letters. Lauren practises playing ice hockey with her teammate. Fely prepares some healthy snacks for the members of her basketball team. Lauren replicates the movements of a blender mixing a fruit smoothie. Tim pretends to be a sheep bleating a song in harmony with his friends. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to sail a boat. Casey and Chats think of a team name to best represent their special sport of gumboot throwing. Lauren wears gumboots for a boot scooting dance in the rain. Sharing Stories: Stevie tells a story about a team of elves (Fely, Tim and Casey) playing a lacrosse-style sport, who become disheartened when their teammate (Lauren) struggles to share the ball around.
4427"Brothers and Sisters"Spin Me RoundFriends8 September 2009 (2009-09-08)
4438"Play Together"Spin Me RoundFriends9 September 2009 (2009-09-09)
4449"Making Friends"Spin Me RoundFriends10 September 2009 (2009-09-10)
44510"Animal Friends"Spin Me RoundFriends11 September 2009 (2009-09-11)
Fely looks after her grandmother's pet rabbit while she is on holiday and sets up a hutch for it. Lauren pretends to be a rabbit playing hopscotch. Casey finds a compost worm inside her apple and imagines taking care of it. Lauren pretends to be a apple seed growing into an tree. Tim goes camping in the backyard and plays a song on his guitar along with his dog and an owl. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to play beach cricket. Stevie turns a beanbag into a pretend pet dog and tries to teach it tricks. Lauren becomes a ringmaster and juggles three animal beanbags. Sharing Stories: Lauren tells a story about three talkative flowers (Stevie, Casey and Fely) living in a garden, who befriend a bee (Tim) when he assists in carrying things among the group.
44611"Something New"Zoo PartyCelebrate14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)
44712"Superheroes"Zoo PartyCelebrate15 September 2009 (2009-09-15)
Fely becomes Hat Girl and gets everyone a hat to protect their faces from the sun. Lauren practices her swimming strokes with a ball. Stevie looks for the perfect superhero pose. Lauren becomes Super Lauren. Tim makes superhero music. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to play beach volleyball. Chats helps Casey, Fely and Stevie to believe they have super powers. Lauren practices her super balancing. Sharing Stories: Fely tells a story about a superhero prize ceremony, one of them (Stevie) is the strongest one but he lost his rubber duck, so the other superheroes (Lauren, Casey and Tim) help him.
44813"Adventures"Zoo PartyCelebrate16 September 2009 (2009-09-16)
44914"Games"Zoo PartyCelebrate17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)
45015"Why You're Special"Zoo PartyCelebrate18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)
Casey's got lots of energy and Chats helps her to do energetic activities. Lauren the horse does some horse jumps. Fely becomes a detective and looks for prints. Lauren makes a painting with her handprints. Panda Tim tries to play a bell instrument in China. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to do the yoga tree pose. Hippo Stevie becomes a funky hip hop hippo. Lauren the hip hop hippo wipes the mud off her shoes with a dance. Sharing Stories: Casey tells a story about a moose (Stevie) with big antlers that always get in the way, so he feels really bad about it and his family (Fely, Tim and Lauren) tries to make him feel better.
45116"Mysteries - Be An Investigator"Knock, Knock, KnockCuriosity21 September 2009 (2009-09-21)
Stevie looks for a robot in his space. Lauren does a tap dance with tissue box shoes on. Chats solves the mystery of Casey's missing pumpkin soup. Lauren pretends to make pumpkin soup. Tim sets up a musical quiz. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to skip with a rope. Fely makes a sock puppet. Lauren plays with her socks. Sharing Stories: Fely tells a story about a duck (Lauren) that wonders why the sky is blue, so she goes and asks her friends (Tim the horse, Stevie the dog and Casey the owl).
45217"Inventions"Knock, Knock, KnockCuriosity22 September 2009 (2009-09-22)
45318"What Will I Be When I Grow Up?"Knock, Knock, KnockCuriosity23 September 2009 (2009-09-23)
Fely pretends to be a chef. Lauren wobbles like jelly. Casey's stomach hurts and doctor Chats figures out why. Lauren brushes her teeth before going to sleep. Tim checks out his photo album and remember he has always made music. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to play beach cricket. Stevie investigates which fruits float and which ones sink. Lauren dances with fruit on her hat. Sharing Stories: Stevie tells a story about a girl (Casey) that thinks of the perfect job for her, her friends (Tim, Fely and Lauren) give her some cool ideas.
45419"Finding Treasure"Knock, Knock, KnockCuriosity24 September 2009 (2009-09-24)
45520"Human Body"Knock, Knock, KnockCuriosity25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)
45621"Snowy Time"Four SeasonsNatural World28 September 2009 (2009-09-28)
45722"Summer Time"Four SeasonsNatural World29 September 2009 (2009-09-29)
45823"Rainbows"Four SeasonsNatural World30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
Leprechaun Chats gives Casey a riddle to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Lauren does an Irish dance. Stevie runs a raindrop shop. Lauren does a rainbow ribbon dance. Tim the blue bird sings blues music to make himself and everyone happy. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to throw a frisbee. Fely shares fruit with the Hi-5 band. Lauren juggles with oranges. Sharing Stories: Fely tells a story about two elves (Stevie and Tim) and two fairies (Casey and Lauren) that clean everything on the first day of spring, but elf Tim has got a new magic spray and he tries it on the rainbow.
45924"Changing"Four SeasonsNatural World1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
46025"Planet Earth"Four SeasonsNatural World2 October 2009 (2009-10-02)
Casey and Chats try to make the new exercise-omatic work. Lauren pretends to be a windmill. Stevie dresses up as a whirlwind. Lauren dances ballet. Tim imagines how the sun and the moon would watch at the Earth, so he'll finish writing a song about Planet Earth. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to ride a bicycle. Fely builds a dog house. Lauren makes a sand pattern in a bottle. Sharing Stories: Casey tells a story about three spaceships (Stevie from Earth, Lauren from Mars and Fely from Saturn) that race together and the sun (Tim) leads the race for them.
46126"Christmas"Let's Get AwayHolidays5 October 2009 (2009-10-05)
Fely puts a special snack for Santa and hangs up a stocking. Lauren decorates a stocking. Stevie makes snowflakes and dresses up like one. Lauren pretends to be a snow goose and decorates a Christmas tree with snowflakes. Tim plays jingle bells. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to use a hula hoop. Casey and Chats decorate a Christmas tree with symbols that remind them previous Christmas. Lauren pretends to be a dancing angel. Sharing Stories: Casey tells a story about a Christmas eve in which Santa (Stevie) is sick and the three elves (Fely, Tim and Lauren) must find the way to deliver the presents around the world, so they call the easter bunny (Stevie).
46227"Celebrations Around the World"Let's Get AwayHolidays6 October 2009 (2009-10-06)
Casey and Chats do a rain dance to bring the rain back from its holidays. Lauren pretends to be a duck splashing in the puddles. Stevie makes flags about the beautiful things around the world. Lauren flies two Japanese fish kites. Tim, Casey and Stevie celebrate Japanese Children's day. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to paddle a kayak. Fely makes a piñata to celebrate easter. Lauren and the Hi-5 band hit the piñata. Sharing Stories: Lauren tells a story about an inventor (Tim) that makes a gadget to travel to any celebration around the world, so he tries it out along with his friends (Casey, Stevie and Fely).
46328"Travelling"Let's Get AwayHolidays7 October 2009 (2009-10-07)
Casey and Chats imagine travelling on a magical gondola. Lauren tries to move some blueberries using chopsticks. Stevie builds a tropical paradise at home. Lauren pretends to be in Jamaica and plays reggae music on coconuts. Tim, Casey and Fely sing a song while they travel by car. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to run faster. Fely dreams of being a bee. Bee Lauren does a maypole dance. Sharing Stories: Stevie tells a story about a famous traveler (Fely), once she flies in a hot air balloon but it gets punched and she lands on a mountain, there she meets a polar bear (Casey) who takes there down the mountain and introduces her an otter (Lauren) and finally she introduces her a shark (Tim).
46429"Planes, Trains and Automobiles"Let's Get AwayHolidays8 October 2009 (2009-10-08)
46530"Visiting"Let's Get AwayHolidays9 October 2009 (2009-10-09)
46631"Let's Dance!"Happy Monster DanceBe Active12 October 2009 (2009-10-12)
Fely does a tap dance until she reaches for one hundred tap steps. Lauren, Casey and Tim practice for the Hi-5 marching band. Warthog Stevie and flamingo Fely do their own dances and teach it to each other. Lauren pretends to be a flamingo. Tim cat and Fely mouse dance on a piano. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to do the downward dog yoga pose. Chats shows Casey, Fely and Stevie new disco moves. Lauren mows the lawn. Sharing Stories: Tim tells a story about a group called Twirly Whirlies (Lauren, Casey, Stevie and Fely) that get dizzy easily, so they change the name and the style of the group until they find the appropriate one.
46732"Being Sporty"Happy Monster DanceBe Active13 October 2009 (2009-10-13)
46833"Building"Happy Monster DanceBe Active14 October 2009 (2009-10-14)
46934"My Body"Happy Monster DanceBe Active15 October 2009 (2009-10-15)
47035"Things to Do"Happy Monster DanceBe Active16 October 2009 (2009-10-16)
47136"Mystical Creatures"Living in a FairytaleImagine19 October 2009 (2009-10-19)
47237"Imaginary Journeys"Living in a FairytaleImagine20 October 2009 (2009-10-20)
47338"The Future"Living in a FairytaleImagine21 October 2009 (2009-10-21)
Fely plants a tree and imagines how will it grow up. Lauren swings on a tire swing. Casey tries to guess the message from Chats with just the initials of the words. Lauren uses the sign language. Tim plays his guitar when suddenly appears in a strange planet, so he shows them how to play that instrument. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to play beach volleyball. Stevie finds the perfect shape to make a futuristic chair and sell it to Tim. Lauren flies on a space chair. Sharing Stories: Fely tells a story about an inventor (Tim) and his friends (Casey and Stevie) that wonder how will the future look like, so he builds a time machine and they travel to the future, where they meet Lauren.
47439"Dress Ups"Living in a FairytaleImagine22 October 2009 (2009-10-22)
47540"Dreams"Living in a FairytaleImagine23 October 2009 (2009-10-23)
Stevie imagines being a mechanic. Lauren drives a monster truck. Fely goes to sleep and Jup Jup helps her. Lauren jumps to help the lambs to sleep. Tim has a daydream about a musical world full of singing and dancing. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to do the yoga tree pose. Casey talks in her sleep and dreams of the postie, so Chats pretends to be the postie and directs her. Lauren pretends to be the dream postie. Sharing Stories: Casey tells a story about three super heroes (Stevie, Fely and Tim) that find out the rainbow (Lauren) isn't in the sky, so they look for her.
47641"Making Things / Collecting"Favourite Teddy BearFavourite Things26 October 2009 (2009-10-26)
Fely plays with her new pet rock. Lauren dances rock 'n' roll. Stevie makes shape flowers for Fely. Lauren pretends to be a worm. Tim finds a Hi-5 music box and goes in to sing along. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to scale a rock climbing wall. Casey has got a feather collection and Chats has got a stick collection, so they swap them. Lauren collects things to make a driftwood boat. Sharing Stories: Tim tells a story about a mermaid (Fely) that has got a brush that makes her sing beautiful, so she can sing to her friends (Casey the seahorse, Lauren the fish and Stevie the crab) to sleep, but one day she lost her brush and her voice doesn't sounds good.
47742"Food"Favourite Teddy BearFavourite Things27 October 2009 (2009-10-27)
47843"Colours"Favourite Teddy BearFavourite Things28 October 2009 (2009-10-28)
Casey tries out Chats's color machine to change the color of their space. Lauren pretends to be a chameleon. Stevie wears the colors of Casey's team to support her but he also wears the colors of Tim's, Lauren's and Fely's team. Lauren practices netball skills. Tim plays the keyboard while Stevie paints on the colors of the rainbow. Fit Bit Tips: Stevie and Tim learn how to do the long jump. Fely looks for colors in the vegetables. Lauren wears a carrot jumpsuit, a corn cob vest and a lettuce leaf coat. Sharing Stories: Fely tells a story about an artist studio where the artists paint just one color (Stevie paints green, Tim paints yellow and Lauren paints blue), then Casey arrives to show them her white painting and they all start to paint the others' painting with their own color.
47944"Toys"Favourite Teddy BearFavourite Things29 October 2009 (2009-10-29)
48045"Music"Favourite Teddy BearFavourite Things30 October 2009 (2009-10-30)

Home video releases

Series DVD Title Release Date (Region 4) Songs of the Week[15]
11 Fun with Friends DVD: 1 October 2009[16]
  • Zoo Party
  • Knock, Knock, Knock
  • Spin Me Round
11 Santa Claus is Coming DVD: 3 December 2009[17]
  • Santa Claus is Coming
  • Living in a Fairytale
  • Favourite Teddy Bear
  • Let's Get Away
11 Stop, Look and Listen DVD: 7 January 2010[18]
  • Stop, Look, Listen
  • Four Seasons
  • Happy Monster Dance
11 Sharing Stories DVD: 18 March 2010[19]
  • Living in a Fairytale
  • Spin Me Round
  • Zoo Party
  • Knock, Knock, Knock
  • Favourite Teddy Bear
  • Four Seasons
  • Let's Get Away
  • Stop, Look, Listen
  • Happy Monster Dance

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2010 Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program Hi-5 Nominated [20]
Asian Television Awards Best Children's Programme Hi-5 Series 11 Nominated [21]

References

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  20. "15th Asian Television Awards 2010 nominees announced". Phil Times. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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