Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron Teaser

Coming in the next three weeks! Don't worry, The 'Hood will be back sometime next August.

Based on Australian folklore but still retaining its African spirit, Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron follows our six young cubs as they are separated from their family and end up in the care of the Autobots, who promise to take them back to their family. But then the cubs develop friendships with the Autobots, ones that'll last a lifetime...

This is a trilogy, consisting of a short, a special and a feature film.

Videos I Saw At Grandma's Today

I gave up Tiny Pop's showing of Maya The Bee: The Honey Games to watch A Very Special Caillou whilst eating sausage rolls.

Australian Culture & Folklore In My Works

Two of my works are inspired by Australian culture, life and folklore, and one seems very close to portraying an Australian folktale.

The 'Hood is a TV series inspired by life in Australia and TV channels ABC Kids and ABC Me, an Australian version of I.B.F.Fs. It is also inspired by the imaginary games Aussie kids play with their favourite ABC Kids and ABC Me characters and features a 7 year old girl named Izzy who explores her world with her friends Mitchell, Becky, Templeton, Luke, Resus, Cleo, Tiny, Small, Bluey and Bingo and discovers new things each day. The show features a score of reggae music, to give it its childhood summer feel, and airs on both ABC Kids and ABC Me, just like some shows like Odd Squad and Little J & Big Cuz. The show deals with subjects like dangers of alcohol, same-sex relationships, deployment and school embarrassment, but sometimes focuses on joyful aspects of an Australian childhood.

Me, You, And Transformers Cybertron on the other hand is based on Australian folklore and Aborigine tales, and it features a music score entirely of both African and Australian music, as performed by world musicians Eyuphuro and Garrangali. The film, like most films and in the Me, You, And...franchise, deals with subjects like friendship, emotion, family and grief, and features our six cubs - Furaha, Upendi, Nakona, Lanka, Allie and Haraka - as they wander away from their family and end up in the care of the Autobots. Each cub is paired up to a specific Autobot in the kind, gentle leader Optimus Prime's ranks - Upendi is in the care of Scattershot, Nakona gets super-cool big brother of a 'bot Hot Shot, Haraka finds similarities in Overhaul, Lanka gets lost on Velocitron and befriends the planet's leader Override, Allie is kidnapped by Megatron and taken to Jungle Planet, where she befriends and falls in love with the planet's leader Scourge and most of all, Furaha and Jetfire deeply bond with each other, creating a friendship that lasts a confident lifetime. The Autobots act like brothers, uncles and fathers to the young, lonely cubs, playing with them and sometimes teaching them to be brave and speak for themselves in times of crisis. Furaha and Jetfire's playful and yet loving friendship is the symbol of the film's theme of companionship and brotherhood - Jetfire helps Furaha develop the skills she'll need to protect her siblings and find her family again. Hopefully it'll simulcast on ABC and ABC Me in Australia Day - the short, special and film - after their Acknowledgement Of Country airs.

The 'Hood: Robots, Milk & Cookies & Messy Shampoo

Robots, Milk & Cookies:

The gang want to know more about the things robots love, which include ketchup, rain, radios and kites. But one question plagues their minds: do robots like milk and cookies?

Messy Shampoo:

Izzy's shampoo is really messy! Luckily, it proves useful for many things, such as when Izzy is making bubbly hairstyles in the bath and when the gang play in the paddling pool outside, and they need a sticky mess to go along with it.

Bluey/The 'Hood #1 [Morning]

Sand, Water & Steps:

At the beach, the gang are excitedly waiting to go into the water. Lead by Izzy, each one takes big and little steps across the sand towards the waves, until they sit down on the sand and feel the water splash against their feet.

Swinging:

The gang love the swings on the park, and wish for an even bigger swing. So they go to the Paladins' house to get them to use Voltron to let them swing them back and forth. However, when he swings them he flies right up into the sky!

Never Too Young To Have Fun:

With Bluey and Bingo at their Nanna's and Resus' grandpa visiting, Izzy visits her Nana herself. She wonders if elderly people like the same things they loved as kids, and calls Bluey and Bingo on her phone via video chat to find out.

ABC Kids & ABC Me Check In

Bluey and Bingo are getting all messy with shampoo this evening on ABC Kids!

• Henry Tries Ballet [The Day Henry Met]
• Snoozy Timmy [Timmy Time]
• The Tummy Language [Sarah & Duck]
• The Big Birthday [Rita & Crocodile]
• Whoosh Whoosh Whizz [Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service]
• The Rain Game [Brewster The Rooster]
• Big Ted's Critter Nose [Big Ted's Big Adventure]
• Sesame Nursery Rhymes: Jack Be Nimble [Sesame Street]
• Uncle Ray's Surprise [Luo Bao Bei]
• Go Go Gobletball [Nella The Princess Knight]
• Gekko's Stage Fright [PJ Masks]
• Anemones At War [Octonauts]
• Soup Feast [School Of Roars]
• Love Monster & The Biggest & Best Bouncy Castle In The World [Love Monster]
• Diversity [Book Hungry Bears]
• Shadow Play [Peppa Pig]
• Robots, Milk & Cookies [Bluey]
• The Barn Raiders [Shaun The Sheep]
• Go Jetters Go Hollywood [Go Jetters]
• The Lamp Of Doom [Digby Dragon]
• Amy's Long Journey [Bananas In Pyjamas]
• Jemima's Movie [Play School]
• Lucky Elmo [Sesame Street]
• Corroboree Frog Day [Emma]
• Funky Disco Justine [The Justine Clarke Show]
• Anti Gravity Leaping [Hoot Hoot Go]
• Wishing For Friendship Playdates Will Get You Nowhere With Dot [Dot.]
• Fireman Barnabee [The Hive]
• The Lost Snoof [Olobob Top]
• Surprise, Squidgie! [Hoopla Doopla]
• Pocoyo's Alien Invasion [Pocoyo]
• What's In The Car Boot: Cleaning [Twirlywoos]
• Invisible [Pablo]
• Possum's Honey Sandwich [Sally & Possum]
• Teletubbies Love To Play: Musical Statues [Teletubbies]
• They Keep Passing The Ball To One Another Even When They're INSIDE?! [In The Night Garden]
• Swap Places! [Clangers]
• The Rude Giant & The Little Elf [Five Minutes More]
• This Playhouse Is Our's! [Miffy's Adventures Big & Small]
• Bing & The Ducks [Bing]
• Autumn Wonder [Guess How Much I Love You]
• The Greatest Show In The Furchester [The Furchester Hotel]
• Exploring [Kazoops!]
• Dirtgirl's Happy Parts Of Nature [Get Grubby TV]
• The Puppet Show [Grandpa In My Pocket]
• Farty Pants [Little Princess]
• A Perfectly Rapty Day/D.W's Princess Files [Arthur]
• Welcome Home [Little Roy]
• Maurice's Mangrove Exploration Walk [Play School]
• The Prince, The Princess & The Bananas [Bananas In Pyjamas]
• A Wiggly Morning [Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle]
• Chaos In The Kitchen [Bob The Builder]
• Bottle Monsters [Play School Art Time]
• Norman The Magnificent [Fireman Sam]
• Little Terrors [Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom]
• Go Ace Go! [Thomas & Friends]
• Peter's Mother's Day Rescue [Peter Rabbit]
• You're Probably Living On The Moon Now! [Peppa Pig]
• Noddy & The Lost Space Rocket [Noddy: Toyland Detective]
• The Floogal Treasure [Floogals]
• Messy Shampoo [Bluey]
• Far Friends [Kiri & Lou]
• The Race Is On [Rusty Rivets]
• Riding Babies [Andy's Baby Animals]
• Water Rides [Catie's Amazing Machines]
• Legend Of The Hydraclops [Odd Squad]

Good news: you'll still see Strange Hill High and Scream Street tomorrow on ABC Me!

• Soft On Sensitive Skin [Atomic Puppet]
• 3 2 1...Blast Off! [The Bagel & Becky Show]
• Fight! [Oddbods]
• Twomouse [Danger Mouse]
• The Peeper [Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed]
• Stranded [Dinotrux]
• Camp Lakebottom...In SPAAAAACE! [Camp Lakebottom]
• A-choo! [Little Big Awesome]
• The Gran Minder [The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud]
• Center Of Attention [Total Dramarama]
• Meet Leonard/Opposable Thumbs [The Penguins Of Madagascar]
• The Croc Quarrel [Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness]
• Clockwork [Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir]
• Rub-A-Dub-A-Dub [Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs]
• Hitch The Ride [The Strange Chores]
• Earth [Slugterra: Return Of The Elementals Part 3]
• Trapped [The Unlisted]
• I Can't Do It...Yet [So Awkward]
• Big Summer Stoppers [The Next Step]
• The Big Day [Find Me In Paris]
• Master Mayhem's Youtube Channel [Massive Monster Mayhem]
• Ask Ouch: What Happens When You Swallow Food? [Operation Ouch]
• No More Dogs! [Junior Vets]
• Hoop-De-Doo, It's A Horrible Party! [Horrible Histories]
• Ricky's Fashion Fix [Art Ninja]
• Don't Eat The Hamburger [Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong]
• Figaro's Holiday [The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho]
• Law Of The Pranks [Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed]
• Teenage Mutant Vampire Turtles [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
• It's A Pranky Pranky World [Prank You Very Much]
• The Big Red Puppy [The Wonderful World Of Puppies]
• Second Slay [Gym Stars]
• Odd Party/Egg Salad Sandwich [Odd Squad]
• Hello, Anyone Named Ginger Round Here? [The Secret Life Of Boys]
• Summer's Amnesia [School Of Rock]
• Ladybug's Christmas [Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir]
• Oas-Capades [Moka's Fabulous Adventures]
• All Hail The J Squad [All Hail King Julian]
• Treasure Hunt [Shaun The Sheep]
• Antique Virus [Thunderbirds Are Go[
• The Grand Ball [Danger Mouse]
• Geese - A Ticket For Everything [Teenage Fairytale Dropouts]
• Teaching Me Tidy [So Awkward]
• The Prison Gates [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
• Slug Vampire [Slugterra]

100% Cartoons!

If only Johnny Test was added on there, then the awful cartoon connection would be complete. Here are the cartoons you must avoid on CBBC's latest playlist: Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese and Little Big Awesome. Got it?! You can only watch Little Big Awesome when you live in Australia, but not in the UK! It'll cause bad luck!

Bluey/The 'Hood #2 [Evening]

Public Humiliation:

Izzy and Templeton both have a really bad day at school: Izzy gets gum stuck in her hair, bullies Peter and Benjamin throw paper at her and Templeton nearly makes it on his way to the school toilets, causing him to wet his pants. Both have experienced what's known as 'public humiliation' and when Tuffnut and Peter throw massive tantrums in the supermarket, the feeling increases.

Back To The Beginning:

Told from each of the gang's perspective, the episode shows a typical day from one of the gang's perspective and then rewinds back to the beginning, where another member's day is told. Each story is told in a unique way.

Dads Can Be Anyone:

Dad, Mike, Alston, Niles, Major Clanger, Uncle Stripe and Lucky's dad head off on a guy's night out, while Mum, Sue, Bella, Mother Clanger and Aunt Trixie have a girl's night in. But there is just one problem: the men keep switching their identities!

Videos I Saw At Grandma's Today

Peg + Cat On Sky Kids!

It was made by the same company who made...Odd Squad! And....Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood! Check it out:

The 'Hood: The Balloon & Video Games

The Balloon:

The gang go for a playdate in the park, and use their circus balloons to find out about kindness and sharing.

Video Games:

Mitchell, Resus, Cleo and Luke are spending time playing Zombie Kickboxer while the gang spend time with Muffin and Socks at Uncle Stripe and Aunt Trixie's house. They ask if other people in the neighbourhood play video games, so Uncle Stripe uses video chat to call various neighbours to find out more.

Bluey/The 'Hood #1 [Morning]

Watch Out For Goblins:

The gang lures Noddy and Bumpy Dog into the creek after hearing him confess to Big Ears that he's taken on goblins before. They then rally the residents of the creek - Blinky Bill, Kiri, Lou and King Julian - to dress up like goblins for Noddy to fight. The gang later learn an important lesson about playing tricks on others.

Lazy Morning:

It is the laziest, quietest morning of the year in the 'Hood, and the gang decide to spend the morning at the park while it is still empty. This proves innocent enough, until the gang want to play on the equipment!

Drama:

Made entirely in black and white, we see a lot of drama happen in the neighbourhood, from Chloe coming over to play with the gang at Izzy's house and acting out a dramatic phone call to Otto confessing to Olive at the Odd Squad Headquarters, to Gluko and Lennon turning away from each other, but then missing one another for the day.

ABC Kids & ABC Me Check In

Bluey and Bingo are playing video games today - a real life one, with Dad and Uncle Stripe involved.

• Henry Gets To Play [The Day Henry Met]
• Timmy's Stick Up [Timmy Time]
• Sarah In The Land Of Wool [Sarah & Duck]
• Far Away [Rita & Crocodile]
• Pat In Control [Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service]
• There's Only One Soup Dragon & She's From The Little Blue Planet! [Brewster The Rooster]
• Big Ted's Tooth Brushing Time [Big Ted's Big Adventure]
• The Pogo Games [Sesame Street]
• Pirate LBB [Luo Bao Bei]
• The Ice Crystal [Nella The Princess Knight]
• Owlette The Best [PJ Masks]
• The Great Gup Round Up [Octonauts]
• The Great Monster Band [School Of Roars]
• Love Monster & The Last Chocolate [Love Monster]
• Bears At The Beach [Book Hungry Bears]
• My Shop Sells Everything [Peppa Pig]
• The Balloon [Bluey]
• Can We Have Our Ball Back? [Shaun The Sheep]
• Kyan's Dragon [Go Jetters]
• Grumpy +2 [Digby Dragon]
• Knights Of The Cuddle Table [Bananas In Pyjamas]
• Humpty's Birthday Scrapbook [Play School]
• Fruit Farm [Sesame Street]
• Ballet Day [Emma]
• Yee-Ha Justine [The Justine Clarke Show]
• The Unsleepy Pirate [Hoot Hoot Go]
• Green Eyed Ruby [Dot.]
• S.W.E.A.T [The Hive]
• Catch That Star! [Olobob Top]
• Mimi's Three Holidays [Hoopla Doopla]
• Pocoyo's Phone [Pocoyo]
• What's In The Box: In & Out [Twirlywoos]
• Triangles Everywhere [Pablo]
• School Time [Sally & Possum]
• Teletubbies Love To Play: What's Your Name? [Teletubbies]
• Tombliboos...CAN'T YOU SEE THE NINKY NONK WANTS TO TAKE YOUR TROUSERS?!?! [In The Night Garden]
• The Lie [Clangers]
• Human Instruments [Five Minutes More]
• Scrub-A-Dub Miffy [Miffy's Adventures Big & Small]
• Bing's Blocks [Bing]
• Thunder & Frightening [Guess How Much I Love You]
• Too Dull For Parties [The Furchester Hotel]
• The Best [Kazoops]
• Poop! [Get Grubby TV]
• The Evil Mr. Munchmould [Grandpa In My Pocket]
• The Egg [Little Princess]
• Tough Customer Trials/A Walk In Your Shoes [Arthur]
• Guilt [Little Roy]
• The Sock Monster [Play School]
• A Sticky Situation [Bananas In Pyjamas]
• Wiggly Bravery [Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle]
• Scoop Pops Up [Bob The Builder]
• Jemima's Cardboard Mask [Play School Art Time]
• Your Pontypandyness [Fireman Sam]
• The King's Egg [Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom]
• Whistle With The Wind [Peppa Pig]
• Noddy's Not Listening [Noddy: Toyland Detective]
• Magnet Mayhem [Floogals]
• Video Games [Bluey]
• The Swimming Hole [Kiri & Lou]
• Aliens Have Landed [Rusty Rivets]
• Lunchtime Babies [Andy's Baby Animals]
• Farm Rides [Catie's Amazing Machines]
• A Very Important Lunch [Odd Squad]

There's no Strange Hill High or Scream Street this weekend on ABC Me. Don't worry, you'll look to it next week.

• Puppet +2 [Atomic Puppet]
• Uncle Jenkinsbot [The Bagel & Becky Show]
• Who Needs Friends? [Oddbods]
• Penmouse: The Game [Danger Mouse]
• Gran Gets The Grumps [Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed]
• The Ore Floe [Dinotrux]
• Oddbods Need The Toilet [Oddbods]
• The Many Stories Of Camp Lakebottom/The Migration [Camp Lakebottom]
• Choose Your Own Adventure [Little Big Awesome]
• Dave Rides In The Air [The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud]
• Courtney's Toy Factory [Total Dramarama]
• Julian's Adventure/Skipper Gains Weight [The Penguins Of Madagascar]
• Po's Ghost [Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness]
• Ladybug's Grandfather Is A Dirty Old Man [Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir]
• Serious Mutant Ninja Turtles [Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
• Ice Cream Heroes [School Of Rock]
• Fashion Fiasco [Project Mc2]
• Ting-A-Ling [The Next Step]
• The Continuing Adventures Of Lena [Find Me In Paris]
• Eye Spy With My Enormous Eye [Operation Ouch]
• Sharks & Dogs [Junior Vets]
• It's A Horrible Horrible World - And You Can Join In Too! [Horrible Histories]
• The Dummy Did It [Art Ninja]
• Swamp Jerk [Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong]
• The Dead Rising [The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho]
• Dennis The Hamster [Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed]
• Turtlestein [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
• A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell! [Voltron: Legendary Defender]
• Blood & Muscle [The Legend Of Korra]
• For The Sake Of His Wife! [Dragon Ball Super]
• Through The Looking Glass/The Argument [Odd Squad]
• It Hits The Fan [The Secret Life Of Boys]
• No Comics Allowed [School Of Rock]
• Who's Miraculous' Father? Part 2 [Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir]
• The Ice Moka [Moka's Fabulous Adventures]
• Detective Julian [All Hail King Julian]
• Fierce South Africa [Fierce!]
• Jurgen's Birthday [The Zoo]
• Trapped In The Desert [Thunderbirds Are Go]
• The Halloween Charm [Danger Mouse]
• The Lies Made His Nose Grow So Big [Teenage Fairytale Dropouts]
• Swap The Teacher [So Awkward]
• Parasites [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]
• Journey Through The Mists Of Time [Slugterra]