My Place

5:00pm – Sunday, September 18 on ABC3

Barangaroo’s world would be perfect if only Mani, the biggest boy in her group of friends, would stop trying to be number one. Deep down Mani knows she’s better than he is, that’s why he keeps shutting her out from important adventures – to make himself look good.

But when a little boy (Mung) goes missing, Barangaroo and Mani are forced to follow his trail into a scary gully ruled by the legendary monster: the Mumuga. The Mumuga has a ferocious howl that echoes across the land. He’s said to knock kids unconscious with the smell of his horrible farts and drag them away into his cave.

Who will have the courage to rescue Mung; what’s the real story about the Mumuga; and what does it take to be a real leader?

5:00pm – Sunday, September 11 on ABC3

Bunda has a problem – his older brother Garadi acts like Bunda doesn’t exist.

Bunda does everything to try and get his older brother’s attention: he steals his honey, he tries to copy his athletic feats, and he’s thrown his brother’s spear in the river. And for his trouble, all Bunda gets is his brother’s anger and contempt.

Their father decides to take them deeper into the bush to try and teach them a lesson but the boys are so intent on fuelling their feud that they miss the point of the challenges their father sets them.

Will they ever learn to stop teasing each other and become friends as well as brothers?

5:00pm – Sunday, September 4 on ABC3

Dan is on his second patrol to the Botany Bay area when he’s asked to capture a native dog to take back to the colony’s Governor. Only trouble is the dog in question – Lapa – belongs to Waruwi, the girl Dan befriended last time he was in the area.

Dan protests that it’s stealing but his commander overrules his objection and orders him to stand guard over the dog. At first Dan thinks he can pay Waruwi for her dog, but when he sees that all she wants is Lapa back, he decides to disobey orders and return the dog to her.

Now Dan is caught in a trap: he can’t stay with Waruwi and he can’t go back to the marines unless he wants to be flogged for disobedience.

5:00pm – Sunday, August 28 on ABC3

Waruwi is an Aboriginal girl looking after her Nana while the rest of her extended family is away from camp. It’s just for a day but what a day it turns out to be.

Firstly a huge four legged monster wanders near their camp that even spooks Waruwi’s dingo Lapa. Then there’s a boy – a young soldier – banging loudly on a mysterious round thing (a drum, it turns out). And another soldier who makes agonising cries come out of a box with a handle (a hurdy-gurdy). And still more soldiers – ones Waruwi’s Nana calls the walking grubs. They are looking for the four legged monster and their search is bringing them closer and closer to Waruwi’s camp.

Outnumbered, Waruwi has a big job to do as she’ll have to use all her wits to lead the soldiers away from her place.

5:00pm – Sunday, August 21 on ABC3

Sam is a child convict, arrested in London for stealing a jacket. Now, having lived his whole life in towns and cities, he’s been sent to an isolated farm on the edge of the bush. Keen to impress, Sam tells his new master, Mr Owen, that he knows all about farming.

Mr Owen who has business to attend to elsewhere, leaves Sam on his own in charge of the house, the farm and one terrible goat named Katie. Sam has a long list of jobs to do and it’s as if it’s the goat’s main aim in life to make it as hard as possible for Sam to get them done and stay out of trouble.

When the goat disappears, Sam has to endure a night in the scary bush to try and get her back. Can he survive and who will help him finish his tasks before Mr Owens returns?

5:00pm – Sunday, August 14 on ABC3

Sarah, though still a child, works as a servant for the cold and demanding Mrs Owen. As if being bossed around by the lady of the house isn’t bad enough, Sarah has to deal with Mrs Owen’s sly and sickly daughter, Alice.

Alice is as mean as her mother and twice as cunning. She sets out to make Sarah’s life a misery, always trying to get her into trouble. But the two girls have more in common than they realise. They are both prisoners – Sarah to an impossible workload, Alice to a life-threatening illness.

A truce of sorts, arising from a shared love of mischief, could lead to a lasting friendship between the two girls, but how much time do they really have.

PRODUCTION DETAILS Produced by Penny Chapman and Helen Panckhurst. 1808 Sarah is directed by Samantha Lang and script by Alice Addison. A Matchbox Pictures Production in association with Screen NSW and Screen Tasmania.

5:00pm – Sunday, August 7 on ABC3

Charles and his older brother John are both expected to work on their parents’ farm. Charles loves it but John is lazy, evading his work at every turn.

Both boys will soon be sent to England to learn how to be refined young gentlemen. This doesn’t appeal to Charles who sets out to make himself indispensible on the Owen family property so he won’t have to go.

While working on the property, Charles discovers an escaped convict who agrees to help him build the fence in exchange for food and freedom. But it’s a devil’s bargain and Charles finds himself being held to ransom by the ever increasing demands from the convict.

5:00pm – Sunday, July 31 on ABC3

When Alice’s father, Sam, declares a half day picnic for the workers, Alice and George propose a pig race between their pigs, Wilhelmina and Benny, as part of the entertainment. Alice’s siblings, Maryann and Little Sam, enter a third pig in the race, a lumbering old sow named Oink.

Oink doesn’t strike Alice or George as posing much of a threat but they each fear defeat from the other’s entry. And that’s when the skulduggery begins.

There’s no end to the sneakiness Alice and George will employ against each other in order to win first prize – a cake baked by Sarah. But have they overlooked something?

5:00pm – Sunday, July 24 on ABC3

The fifth episode of My Place follows Davey, a young stable boy working for the powerful Owen family. When he learns that his favourite horse, Duchess, is to be sold to the local tannery, he decides to put everything on the line to save her.

He steals Duchess, determined to run away with her and to live wild and free like the bushrangers. He hugs his mother goodbye and makes his getaway when he witnesses a band of real bushrangers at their villainy. Davey’s master Mr Owen lies shot and possibly dying on a remote road.

Should Davey go on the run as planned or help his badly wounded master back to the farm and risk a terrible punishment for stealing a horse?

5:00pm – Sunday, July 17 on ABC3

In the fourth episode of My Place, Johanna lives with her grandmother, Sarah and doesn’t go to school. She has a job everyday pushing a barrow-load of potatoes around the town, delivering them to her grandmother’s customers.

She works like a donkey and the Owen children treat her like one. But do they have the right to be so superior.

Johanna is aware of a lot of whispering about her parentage and she becomes determined to find out who her father really is.

Her grandmother isn’t telling her and the rest of the town maintain a conspiracy of silence. Then Johanna discovers a vital clue: her father has one leg shorter than the other. She starts to investigate but is unprepared for a shocking discovery.