Worst Year of My Life Again
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. No new episodes have been made since episode 13.
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.[2]
Cast
- Ned Napier as Alex King, the main character with the bad luck.
- Laurence Boxhall as Simon Birch, Alex's main best friend. He claims to be of English heritage.
- Tiarnie Coupland as 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. Maddy was secretly the one who sent Alex the card with giraffes on it. Nonetheless, she tries to help Simon try to help Alex to get Nicola because Maddy loves 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
- Liam Erck as Howe
- Kaiting Yap as Loren
- Jessie Blott as Amy
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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