As the Bell Rings (Australia)
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As the Bell Rings is a Disney Channel Australia original Interstitial program. Its name is based on the show As the World Turns The format is a selection of short live-action comedy sequences.
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[edit] Premise
The Australian Version is the same to the United Kingdom version except the school is called Patterson High. At the end of each episode they have bloopers where the characters mess up. They are all from Melbourne except for Bardiya McKinnon (Parker). He's from Sydney. It first premiered on the 24th of September 2007. It's on weekdays at 5:25pm between The Suite Life of Zack and Cody/Wizards of Waverly Place and Hannah Montana. The show stopped going on air since May 1, 2008. Banjo Patterson is a real person. It could be possible that the show will go for longer. Pearson and Akdeniz are both the same age, 18.
[edit] Characters
- Jonesy; Jack Pearson: Jonesy is a try-hard doofus. He's always getting into trouble more than anybody else. He's desperately in love with Amber. His younger sister Annie humiliates him most of the time. He's not as cool as Annie. His best friend is Raff. He's appeared in nearly all of the episodes. He's the tallest characters of the cast.
- Raff; Deniz Akdeniz: Raff is average like any other students. He's a sporty kid. He gets into trouble like Jonesy. His best friend is Jonesy. In an interview with the cast, he said that his favourite moment was when he and Jack finished their handshake for the whole series.
- Amber; Alicia Banit: Amber is a girl of fashion. She gets very angry when Jonesy asks her out on a date. In an interview with the cast, she said that her favourite episode was when Jonesy dressed up as a girl and said that it was the funniest thing she's ever seen.
- Annie; Tessa Whelan: Annie is Jonesy's cooler younger sister. She tries to help Jonesy go on a date with Amber. She humiliates him most of the time. She likes Raff, Jonesy's best friend. She's the shortest member of the cast.
- Parker; Bardiya McKinnon: Parker is a geeky kinder of guy. He likes Haley. He tries to impress her. He's actually an alien from another planet as seen in at the end of one of the episodes. In an interview with the cast, he said that his favourite episode was when he dressed up as a rockstar.
- DJ; Sianoa Smit-McPhee: DJ is very bright, energetic and talks too much. She could easily drive anyone crazy with her talking. Most of the time she mentions she has a little sister. Sianoa used to be one of the main characters in Neighbours a year or so ago.
- S.A.M.; Aleksa Kurbalija: S.A.M. is the school policeman. He dobs on all kids. No one really likes him. His worst enemies are Jonesy and Raff. It has been stated that Aleska goes to McKinnon Secondary.
- Spud; Martion Quinn: Spud is a bit crazy and silly. He likes to think he's a monkey and eat bananas.
- Haley; Nicole Gulasekharam: Haley is sort of an individual to everyone. She tries to be really nice to people.
- Rusty; Max Pfiefer: Rusty is the school practical joker. He doesn't get into a lot of trouble like Jonsey. In an interview with the cast, he said that his favourite episode was when he broke the school statue and dressed up as the statue to avoid getting in trouble with the principal. He uses different voices most of the time.
- Rocky; Rhiannon Fish: Rocky likes to play sport. She's pretty full of herself. She's always wearing sport clothes. She can scare boys with her strength.
- Chloe; Zoe Agtoft: Not very much is known about Chloe. She doesn't appear very often in the episodes. She's not mentioned in the theme song.
- Tommy; Zachary Sheehan: Tommy thinks outside of the box from the others. He is portrayed as being emo but tries to get along with the other kids. He doesn't appear very often in the episodes. He's not mentioned in the theme song.
- Principal (Voiceover); Michael Bishop: The principal knows when the kids are being naughty. You can only hear his voice through the loudspeaker. He's seen in two episodes.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Character | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Pearson | Paul Jones (Jonesy) | 2007 - 2008 |
| Deniz Akdeniz | Raffael (Raff) | 2007 - 2008 |
| Max Pfiefer | Rusty | 2007 - 2008 |
| Martin Quinn | Spud | 2007 - 2008 |
| Bardiya McKinnon | Parker | 2007 - 2008 |
| Aleska Kurbalija | S.A.M. Tipping | 2007 - 2008 |
| Alicia Banit | Amber | 2007 - 2008 |
| Nicole Gulasekharam | Haley | 2007 - 2008 |
| Sianoa Smit-McPhee | DJ | 2007 - 2008 |
| Rhiannon Fish | Rocky | 2007 - 2008 |
| Tessa Whelan | Annie | 2007 - 2008 (main recurring) |
| Zoe Agtoft | Chloe | 2007 - 2008 (recurring) |
| Zachary Sheehan | Tommy | 2007 - 2008 (recurring) |
