Hardball (2019 TV series)

Hardball is an Australian children's television series set to screen on ABC Me. The series is produced by Northern Pictures with Screen Australia in association with Create NSW and the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). It was released to stream on the ABC Me app on April 1, 2019, and aired on April 22, 2019, the second season came out in 2021. The series is filmed at La Perouse Public School in La Perouse, NSW, Australia

Plot

Mikey moves to Western Sydney, where he meets Jerry and Salwa, who want to help him win at handball.^[1] The elected school principal is Ms. Crapper and Tiffany's dads are Steele and Stone.^[2]

Cast

Semisi Cheekam as Mikey
Reannah Hamdan as Salwa
Holly Simon as Prisha
Logan Reberger as Jerry
Erin Choy as Tiffany
Helen Dallimore as Ms. Crapper
Daya Sao-Mafiti as Daddy
Maria Walker as Auntie
Sam Everingham as Viktor
Ella Holowell as Ivanka
Jack Scott as Kevin
Nicholas Cradock as Lance
Tilly Jefferson as Lily
Taylan Gogan as Bao
Mahdi Mourad as Mustafa
Micgael Denkha as Jim

Guests

Guy Edmonds as Bevan Stone
Matt Zeremes as Steele
Wendy Strehlow as Tuck Shop Lady/Food Truck Lady/Chip Shop Lady
Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Connor McCaan
Sam Alhaje as Chicken Billy
Jay Laga'aia as Mr. Butte
Haiha Le as Miss Bahm
Andrew Ryan as Garry Garrison
Madeleine Jones as Reporter

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Season 2

The second season of Hardball screened from 25 June 2021.^[3]In July 2024 it became available for viewing on Netflix.^[4]

References

^ "Filming underway on ABC Me's Hardball". TV Tonight. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ "Get Ready to Play Hardball!". Australian Children's Television Foundation. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ "Returning: Hardball | TV Tonight". 13 June 2021.
^ "Netflix acquires Hardball".Australian Children's Television Foundation. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.