Series 3 premiered on June 11, 2001 on Nine Network. Created by Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans, the original format was produced by Kids Like Us Productions and Nine Films & Television for the Nine Network, distributed by the Southern Star Group.
It was also shown on Milkshake! on Channel 5 in the UK in 2002.
Cast[]
Hi-5[]
Puppeteers[]
Songs Of The Week[]
Rain Rain Go Away (Nature)
Boom Boom Beat (Get Fit)
Opposites Attract (Opposite)
Friends (Friends)
I Can Go Anywhere (Pretend)
Let's Get To Work (Inventions)
Buried Treasure (Treasures)
I Spy (Mysteries)
You're My Number One (Favourites)
Episodes[]
The following is a list of the television episodes featuring the Australian children's television group of Hi-5.
| Number | Episode Title | Song of the Week | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flowers | Rain Rain Go Away (nature) | June 11, 2001 |
| KELLIE and Chats think of words that rhyme with "flower" and "rose". CHARLI pretends to be a flower. KATHLEEN dresses up in a bee costume to search for her missing flowers, with the help from Jup Jup. CHARLI pretends to be a busy bee collecting pollen. TIM starts a singing telegram business and delivers musical messages along with flowers. CHARLI sings while she does some signs. NATHAN paints some colourful flowers. CHARLI imagines how flowers would dance. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a fairy (Kellie) living inside a sunflower, who adventures around the garden of a young girl (Kathleen), encountering a mother bird (Charli) and a helicopter (Nathan) before returning to her sunflower patch. | |||
| 2 | Water | Rain Rain Go Away (nature) | June 12, 2001 |
| NATHAN needs to connect a water tank to a tap. CHARLI pretends to wash clothes using just her hands. Jup Jup gives KATHLEEN a pot plant and she waters it to get some sunflowers. CHARLI pretends to be in a pool. Chimpanzee TIM does a rain dance along with his chimpanzee friends (Kellie, Kathleen and Nathan) to make it rain. CHARLI makes rain sounds with her body. KELLIE is wet and Chats helps her by giving her some buckets. CHARLI gives a dolphin a bath. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a beautiful mermaid (Kellie) who develops a sunburn blister after refusing to wear sunscreen, against the advice of her friends (Charli the crab, Nathan the dolphin and Tim the clown fish). | |||
| 3 | Earth | Rain Rain Go Away (nature) | June 13, 2001 |
| NATHAN makes a tiny garden and a big one. CHARLI pretends to play with mud. KELLIE and Chats play with a toy bulldozer named after a caterpillar. CHARLI pretends to be a bulldozer. TIM makes a song about a pig stuck in a mud puddle. CHARLI pretends to be a pig trying to resist the temptation of rolling in the mud. KATHLEEN makes a garden salad but Jup Jup swaps her little veggies for big ones. CHARLI pretends to plant some veggie seeds. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who goes on a digging expedition, where he encounters an earthworm (Kathleen), an antique Toby jug (Tim) and an ancient dinosaur bone (Kellie) underground. | |||
| 4 | Sky | Rain Rain Go Away (nature) | June 14, 2001 |
| KELLIE and Chats use a portable fan to fly their kites inside. CHARLI pretends to be a kite while moving on roller skates. KATHLEEN pretends to be a weather reporter. CHARLI pretends to be a bird flying to her nest in a summery breeze. NATHAN, Kathleen, Tim and Kellie are super-sky heroes and they make a storm together. CHARLI pretends to be a lightning bolt. TIM and the Hi-5 band make rain, hail, wind and thunder music. CHARLI pretends to be a hurricane. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a prince (Tim) who visits two flowers (Charli and Katheen) in an enchanted garden, but fails to notice a shy rose bud (Kellie) until it gains the confidence needed to bloom. | |||
| 5 | Trees | Rain Rain Go Away (nature) | June 15, 2001 |
| NATHAN paints pictures on pieces of bark to tell a story about a magical creature. CHARLI pretends to be a magical tree creature. KELLIE brings a book about different sorts of trees and wonders along with Chats what kind of tree they would be. CHARLI picks the leaves up but they are still falling down. TIM makes a song for a tree and Nathan, Kathleen and Kellie help him acting like animals. CHARLI swings on her swing under a tree. KATHLEEN has some patterns and she puts them in some tree shapes. CHARLI pretends to be different trees. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who lives at the farm, and he picks up fruits of an apple tree (Kathleen), a lemon tree (Charli) and an orange tree (Nathan), but the boy makes a wish about getting anything else in the trees because he finds picking up fruit boring. | |||
| 6 | Mind and body | Boom Boom Beat (get fit) | June 18, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN pretends to work as a doctor. CHARLI describes how okay she feels after a visit from doctor Kathleen. NATHAN dreams of being the strongest weightlifter in the world. CHARLI exercises her arms by lifting weights. TIM makes a tune, and then he plays doh, Kathleen plays re and Nathan plays me. CHARLI paints an imaginary picture while dancing. KELLIE brings a book about muscles and learns about them while moving them along with Chats. CHARLI moves her gluteus maximus muscle. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a young frog (Tim) who tries to learn to jump, while seeking advice from his father (Nathan), a grasshopper (Kathleen) and a kangaroo (Charli). | |||
| 7 | Rest and relaxation | Boom Boom Beat (get fit) | June 19, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN finds decorating and wrapping hats as a relaxing activity. CHARLI tries on different hats and they make her move in different ways. NATHAN sings about shapes. TIM tries to help his dog Jock get to sleep. CHARLI pretends to be a cat stretching. KELLIE follows Chats' instructions to cure her hiccups, with deep breathing exercises. CHARLI feels squoggly and she breathes deep to relax. NATHAN tries to find a way to relax by using music and dance. CHARLI dances to release her extra energy. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who doesn't like resting, so she stays awake the night before her birthday party though her sister (Kellie) and her parents (Kathleen and Nathan) ask her to sleep for a while. | |||
| 8 | Exercise | Boom Boom Beat (get fit) | June 20, 2001 |
| NATHAN wonders if soccer or basketball is his game. CHARLI dribbles and kicks an imaginary ball. KELLIE takes Chats to the park to do some exercises when she's feeling tired. CHARLI does some floor exercises. TIM rehearses with the Hi-5 marching band as they practise their movements. CHARLI marches lifting knees and swinging arms. NATHAN sings about shapes. Jup Jup's cards tell KATHLEEN which exercises to do. CHARLI imagines how a dog would do exercises. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who prefers to dance rather than play sports like his siblings (Kathleen and Tim) and his friend (Kellie), but decides to keep his hobby a secret. | |||
| 9 | Food | Boom Boom Beat (get fit) | June 21, 2001 |
| NATHAN compares different fruits with similar names which he'll take to Charli's picnic. CHARLI sings and dances about fruit. KELLIE and Chats make funny food faces to take to Charli's picnic. CHARLI copies the way the animals eat. TIM, Kathleen, Nathan and Kellie make food shakers to take to Charli's picnic. CHARLI pretends to be a milkshake. NATHAN sings about shapes. KATHLEEN prepares some food to take to Charli's picnic. CHARLI is joined by the rest of the Hi-5 band and starts the picnic. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a town where the people (Nathan, Charli, and Kellie) eat the buildings and furniture, until they run out of things to eat, and visit the inedible house of someone from a different town (Tim) in search of somewhere to live. | |||
| 10 | Games and sports | Boom Boom Beat (get fit) | June 22, 2001 |
| KELLIE practises taekwondo. CHARLI finds different ways to say thank you. NATHAN and Tim ride hobby horses around an obstacle race course. CHARLI pretends to be a fancy Spanish dancing horse. TIM plays reggae music for a soccer game. CHARLI pretends to play football. KATHLEEN makes a clever game to play along Kellie. CHARLI mimes the actions of hopscotch, musical statues, and hide and seek. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) at a farm, she gets bored because there are no children to play with, but a duck (Kellie) takes her to her duck friends (Tim and Charli) to play the duck olympics. | |||
| 11 | Perspective | Opposites Attract (opposites) | June 25, 2001 |
| KELLIE shows Chats sign language that people who can't hear or speak use. CHARLI makes some signs. NATHAN shows us the differences between the day and the night. CHARLI gets up along with the sun and then goes to bed. TIM and Nathan set up a drum kit in preparation for a drum lesson with Kellie. CHARLI finds some easy or hard poses. KATHLEEN collects some smooth things but Jup Jup swaps them for rough items. CHARLI moves in a smooth way and in a jumpy bumpy way too. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who meets two little tugboats (Charli and Kathleen) which appear to be much bigger from his perspective, and a large ship (Nathan) which originally appeared to be smaller. | |||
| 12 | Inside and outside | Opposites Attract (opposites) | June 26, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN tries to bake muffins but Jup Jup makes it impossible. CHARLI pretends to cook sausages on the barbecue. NATHAN looks for a place to hide a bunch of balloons. CHARLI imagines being a balloon floating in the air. TIM plays a tiktiri and becomes a snake charmer. CHARLI acts out movements that start with S. KELLIE and Chats build a snowman. CHARLI turns a box into different sorts of houses. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who summons a magical genie (Nathan) from inside a bottle, and wishes to visit the inside of his home. | |||
| 13 | Size | Opposites Attract (opposites) | June 27, 2001 |
| NATHAN plays with a spring and then he pretends to be one. CHARLI stretches and shrinks her body. KATHLEEN builds a little house out of sticks and discovers its big shadow. CHARLI dances with her hand shadow. TIM plays a trombone and builds one for Kathleen. CHARLI pretends to play a trombone and a trumpet. KELLIE and Chats find different ways to call a small and a big ball. CHARLI tries to jump as big as she can, and then she twitches her nose and blinks. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who visits her grandma (Charli), and they find Kathleen's jumper when she was a baby, but she doesn't remember that time so they travel back in time. | |||
| 14 | Feelings | Opposites Attract (opposites) | June 28, 2001 |
| NATHAN imagines a topsy-turvy or upside-down world. CHARLI imagines a topsy-turvy world too. KELLIE makes a clay glass and her hands get dirty, so she washes them. CHARLI pretends to wash her hair and brush her teeth. TIM sings a love song expecting someone to fall in love with him. CHARLI pretends to be a peacock shaking her feathers to find a friend. Doctor KATHLEEN finds a way to make a sad elephant feel better, just like a psychologist. CHARLI has got an itchy body but she can't reach for a spot on her back. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who is given a new puppy (Kathleen) by his father (Tim), before his joy turns to sadness when the puppy goes runs away, and is later found on a turtle (Kellie) in the middle of a pond. | |||
| 15 | Movement | Opposites Attract (opposites) | June 29, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN practises the waltz while Jup Jup messes with the speed of the music. CHARLI pretends to have a music box in her hands, mouth and eyes. NATHAN becomes a racing car driver. CHARLI waves the chequered flag for Nathan's race. TIM and Charli pretend to be birds of fire. CHARLI pretends to be a flying fish. KELLIE dances to chase the grumpiness away but she makes Chats feel grumpy. CHARLI dances the up high dance and the down low dance too. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who has a music box with Spanish dancing dolls (Charli and Nathan) and she makes them dance by pressing the on-off switch. | |||
| 16 | Differences and similarities | Friends (friends) | July 2, 2001 |
| KELLIE introduces her friend, a mouse. CHARLI pretends to have a mouse, a caterpillar and a butterfly. KATHLEEN is going to a party but she needs to wear something she has never worn before. CHARLI dresses up with her friends' costumes. NATHAN has got cardboard friends for each Hi-5 member and he finds out how different they are. CHARLI imagines how it would be if she was made of cardboard. TIM has fun with his dog Jock. CHARLI tells us about different kinds of dogs she knows. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who likes to look at her reflection on the mirror (Kellie), but once Charli dreams her reflection becomes her shadow. | |||
| 17 | Sharing and caring | Friends (friends) | July 3, 2001 |
| NATHAN rescues Kathleen's elephant by helicopter. CHARLI pretends to go on a rescue mission. KELLIE and Chats find words that rhyme with bear, like their friend. CHARLI pretends to be a teddy bear. Nathan fixes TIM's guitar, but he doesn't know and Kellie and Kathleen try to make him play another instrument. CHARLI pretends to play the guitar and the drums. KATHLEEN bakes a banana and blueberry cake for a friend. CHARLI pretends to be a cake being baked. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who has three pets (Nathan the cat, Tim the dog and Kathleen the bird), that were never friendly to each other until the cat has an accident and the bird and dog must do something. | |||
| 18 | Unusual friends | Friends (friends) | July 4, 2001 |
| TIM helps a jazz piano (Nathan) find his groove. CHARLI dances to the jazz rhythm. KELLIE draws a friend on Nathan's foot. CHARLI has got happy feet. NATHAN turns some rocks into friends and they make a rock band together. CHARLI lifts up some rocks and she turns them into a friend. Jup Jup gives KATHLEEN a book and she wants to give him a special gift too. CHARLI bobs up and down like a friend. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who goes on an adventure with an imaginary friend (Tim) when her mother (Kellie) and her dog (Charli) are too busy to play. | |||
| 19 | Making new friends | Friends (friends) | July 5, 2001 |
| Caveman NATHAN makes a new mammoth friend of rocks. CHARLI turns her mop into a friend. KATHLEEN packs clothes and building blocks to travel and meet her baby nephew. CHARLI imagines how she will get to meet a friend: by plane, by scooter or by boat. NATHAN sings about shapes. Music King TIM makes a new musical game, he calls his royal subjects (Nathan, Kellie and Kathleen) to play with him. CHARLI says everything in a very important way. KELLIE makes friends out of ice cream sticks and patty cake papers and Chats meets them. CHARLI makes different parts of her body meet each other. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about two kids (Kathleen and Tim), they are very shy to greet each other until it starts to rain and they stick together. | |||
| 20 | Fun with friends | Friends (friends) | July 6, 2001 |
| KELLIE and Chats ride a bike to the park and the beach. CHARLI takes really small steps. TIM shows Kathleen a happy face, a sad face to Charli and an angry face to Nathan. CHARLI shows how she dances to happy, sad and angry music. KATHLEEN puts photos of the Hi-5 band in frames. CHARLI draws a funny friendly face. NATHAN builds a cubby house and makes a secret cubby club handshake. CHARLI builds her own cubby house by using the Hi-5 band as walls and a door. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who finds a lost roll of sticky tape (Kathleen), a lost sock (Tim) and a lost building block (Nathan) behind the sofa. | |||
| 21 | Someone else | I Can Go Anywhere (pretend) | July 9, 2001 |
| NATHAN pretends to be a cowboy. CHARLI pretends to be a cowgirl. KELLIE and Chats wear Indian saris and pretend to be Indian princesses. CHARLI dances like an Indian person. TIM pretends to be a rock 'n' roll star. CHARLI rolls on the floor. KATHLEEN pretends to be a phone operator. CHARLI pretends to hear a phone ringing and she looks for the correct phone. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about three dress-up dolls in a kindergarten (Kathleen from Polynesia, Kellie from Japan and Charli from Australia), they meet a new doll (Tim from Scotland). | |||
| 22 | Something else | I Can Go Anywhere (pretend) | July 10, 2001 |
| KELLIE dresses up like a skeleton and Chats gets scared. CHARLI dances like a crocodile. KATHLEEN pretends to be a marionette puppet. CHARLI pretends to be a baby puppet, a child puppet, and a grown-up puppet. TIM plays an African drum that seems to talk, then he pretends to be a talking drum. CHARLI pretends to be a talking drum too. NATHAN pretends to be different tools from his toolbox. CHARLI pretends to saw a plank of wood. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who visits the library where she finds three different books and meets three different characters (Tim, Charli and Nathan) that pop out when the books get bigger. | |||
| 23 | Pretending to be animals | I Can Go Anywhere (pretend) | July 11, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN pretends to be a cool, cool cat making a cool cat drink. CHARLI pretends to be a tiny kitten who's just been born. NATHAN pretends to be a spider weaving a spider web. CHARLI pretends to be a spider too. TIM and the Hi-5 band pretend to be frogs speaking Spanish. CHARLI pretends to be an egg, a tadpole and a frog. KELLIE pretends to be a rhino that knows everything. CHARLI pretends to be a rhino stomping her paws and stretching her neck. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a koala (Kellie) and a kangaroo (Charli) that try to make a kookaburra (Nathan) laugh. | |||
| 24 | Adventures | I Can Go Anywhere (pretend) | July 12, 2001 |
| NATHAN pretends to be a knight rescuing princess Kellie. KATHLEEN goes on a treasure hunt. CHARLI makes some treasure shapes using her hands and arms. TIM tries to play the bagpipes but it's hard for him, so he pretends to go to Scotland. CHARLI dances like a Scottish person. KELLIE and Chats pretend to be fairies for an adventure to a magical fairy garden. CHARLI also pretends to be a fairy and sprinkles some magic dust. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a pirate called Captain Puffy Pants (Tim), whose pants cause a commotion when he competes against his nemesis, Captain High Note (Kathleen), in a race, along with his crew, his first mate (Nathan) and his parrot (Kellie). | |||
| 25 | Fantastical pretending | I Can Go Anywhere (pretend) | July 13, 2001 |
| KELLIE plays a game with Chats where she has to guess what vehicle she is being. CHARLI pretends to be a fantastic, dancing, bopping machine. NATHAN makes a long, dancing dragon. CHARLI pretends to be a fantastical creature. KATHLEEN pretends to be a magician and practises a special magic trick with the help of Jup Jup. CHARLI does warm-ups before performing a magic trick. TIM plays a harp as he pretends to be the keeper of the night stars and helps lost stars find their way home. CHARLI pretends to be a shooting star. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who tricks the tooth fairy (Kellie) and her helpers (Charli and Kathleen) into visiting him early, before the fairy loses a tooth herself. | |||
| 26 | Travel and space | Let’s Get to Work (inventions) | July 16, 2001 |
| NATHAN rides a bicycle, a unicycle, and a tricycle. CHARLI jumps on a pogo stick. KELLIE and Chats try to find shapes in the stars while looking through a telescope. CHARLI imagines being a girl who lives on the moon. TIM drives his ute and uses it to perform with the Hi-5 bush band. CHARLI rolls and spins a wheel. KATHLEEN invents a system to sort her clothes and keep them tidy in her cupboards. CHARLI finds Kathleen's socks. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who invents a spaceship out of junk, and she and her brother (Nathan) go together to outer space to find a place to have a picnic, where they also meet two space explorers (Tim and Charli). | |||
| 27 | Homes and in the community | Let’s Get to Work (inventions) | July 17, 2001 |
| NATHAN shows us different kinds of clocks, then he pretends to be a giant one. CHARLI pretends to be an alarm clock. KATHLEEN builds a big space spaceship to match a smaller one that she made. CHARLI pretends to be a spaceship. TIM carries a refrigerated trolley and sells icy treats to everyone. CHARLI pretends to be an ice block. KELLIE decorates cupcakes by spelling a special word using icing. CHARLI makes letters with her body to create the sentence 'I love you'. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about two siblings (Nathan and Kellie) and their cat (Charli), who make an invention to wake up their sister (Kathleen) in the morning. | |||
| 28 | Fun inventions | Let’s Get to Work (inventions) | July 18, 2001 |
| TIM and Nathan play the didgeridoo, making animal sounds. CHARLI pretends to be a kangaroo, an emu, and a wombat. KELLIE and Chats blow beautiful bubbles. CHARLI pretends to blow bubbles, candles, and balloons. NATHAN and Tim play the chinkle winkle game, where they have to guess which hat the other one is going to put on. CHARLI and Kathleen play the chinkle winkle game too but they play by putting their hands on their heads, cheeks or shoulders. KATHLEEN learns about scales and builds a seesaw using a plank of wood. CHARLI becomes a seesaw, a swing and a slide for her cuddly toys. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who wants to be a hairdresser, and her beautiful-haired aunt (Kathleen) gives her a magic comb, so she starts practising it on her friends (Charli and Tim). | |||
| 29 | Communication | Let’s Get to Work (inventions) | July 19, 2001 |
| KELLIE and Chats learn about braille language. CHARLI shows how she feels using her body. NATHAN puts together a puzzle with shapes of different ways for communication. CHARLI sings about different ways to communicate. TIM and the Hi-5 band sing a different note for letters from A to G. CHARLI does a different move for each letter from A to G. KATHLEEN makes a sign language with pictures to communicate with Kellie. CHARLI makes sign language with her hands. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a scientist (Charli) who'd like to talk to a fish, then she gets it and meets an angel fish (Nathan), a seahorse (Kellie) and a whale (Tim) on the phone. | |||
| 30 | Fantasy | Let’s Get to Work (inventions) | July 20, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN makes a travelling machine out of rubbish. CHARLI pretends to be a forwards-backwards machine. KELLIE finds a way to play lots of instruments at the same time. CHARLI plays the castanets, a tambourine and the cymbals. TIM and Kathleen make a musical merry-go-round. CHARLI pretends to be a horse on a merry-go-round. NATHAN makes a dream guessing machine and he tries it on Kathleen. CHARLI had a dream about a dance land. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a town with no shoe store, a grumpy man (Nathan), a shy girl (Kathleen) and a gardener (Tim) find a new store with somebody never seen before (Kellie), and she sells them magic shoes. | |||
| 31 | Finding treasure | Buried Treasure (treasures) | July 23, 2001 |
| KELLIE and Chats learn different dinosaur names. CHARLI pretends to be a laughosaurus. KATHLEEN rubs a teapot and has three wishes while Jup Jup pretends to be a genie. CHARLI puts bells on her fingers and flippers on her feet. The Hi-5 band makes TIM to search for treasure, following the music. CHARLI proves to us that we are treasures. NATHAN makes a treasure map. CHARLI follows Nathan's treasure map to get the treasure. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about Captain Puffy Pants again (Tim), this time he races against Captain High Note (Kathleen) to get a treasure, once they land on the island, they find two dogs (Charli and Nathan) that help them to find the treasure. | |||
| 32 | Collecting treasure | Buried Treasure (treasures) | July 24, 2001 |
| NATHAN pretends to be a palaeontologist and makes a dinosaur bones puzzle. CHARLI says the bones' names. KELLIE brings some flowers but they make Chats sneeze, so they find a flower press to keep the flowers. CHARLI's roses are wilting, so she finds how to keep the petals. TIM has got an amazing sound collecting machine, he can put different sounds together and turn them into music. CHARLI collects different movements in her mind. KATHLEEN counts how many trophies, friendship bracelets and crazy hats she's got. CHARLI dances to get a trophy. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who loves sports and she dreams that her three favourite sport stars (Kathleen, Nathan and Charli) jump out of their posters and do different sports with her. | |||
| 33 | Creating treasure | Buried Treasure (treasures) | July 25, 2001 |
| KELLIE makes a sailing boat out of seaweed, seashells and driftwood. CHARLI tries to decide which is her favourite seashell. TIM invents a new musical instrument by combining the rest of Hi-5 band's favourite instruments. CHARLI makes a new groove. Jup Jup takes away KATHLEEN's treasure box, so she makes a new one. CHARLI shows us her heartbeat is a treasure. NATHAN makes some unusual sculptures and sells them at an art show display. CHARLI pretends to be a statue. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who collects things from the beach while on holiday, with the help of a pelican (Tim), a hermit crab (Nathan) and her grandmother (Kellie). | |||
| 34 | Precious treasure | Buried Treasure (treasures) | July 26, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN tries to remember everything she did to find her silver watch. CHARLI is looking for something special. KELLIE and Chats match magnetic words with magnetic pictures. CHARLI finds magnetic words with actions written on and she does everything they say. TIM makes sounds with his body. CHARLI shows us different ways to ask someone to be quiet. NATHAN plays with a model steam train and builds a city to go with it. CHARLI pretends to be a train and carries the Hi-5 band. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who spends his birthday in the hospital with a broken leg, and is visited by his mother (Kellie), his neighbour (Kathleen) and his favourite football star (Tim). | |||
| 35 | Memories and moments | Buried Treasure (treasures) | July 27, 2001 |
| TIM remembers his old guitar made of a box with help from his grandfather. Kellie pretends to be CHARLI's aunt, making a dress for her. NATHAN makes a kite, just like the ones he used to make when he was younger. CHARLI stands by a storm cloud (Kellie), and it turns into a snowy cloud and then into a fair weather one. KATHLEEN makes gingerbread men and girls according to her mother's recipe. CHARLI plays camp ball. KELLIE made a memory book for Chats and they remember all the time they have spent together. CHARLI pretends to be photos from the past. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who tries to film her family (Kellie, Charli and Tim) for a school project, but they won't stop acting silly. | |||
| 36 | Mysteries of nature | I Spy (mysteries) | July 30, 2001 |
| NATHAN learns about magnetism. CHARLI pretends to be a magnet. KELLIE and Chats talk about a fantastic flying frog. CHARLI turns her hands into fantastic flying frogs. TIM hears sounds in a bush walk and tries to identify where they are coming from. CHARLI pretends to be a kookaburra smelling some sausages. Scientist KATHLEEN wonders how to make the best sandcastle. CHARLI pretends to build a sandcastle. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a caterpillar (Kathleen) who dreams of being a great dancer, and seeks help from her bug friends (Nathan and Charli) and a bug shoe seller (Kellie) to find the perfect dance style. | |||
| 37 | Detectives | I Spy (mysteries) | July 31, 2001 |
| NATHAN discovers handprints all around his space and goes as a detective to find who did them. CHARLI wears different disguises to be a detective. KATHLEEN is going to dress up like an animal and Jup Jup gives her some clues to guess which one. CHARLI pretends to be a blue-tongued lizard, a crocodile and a crab. TIM investigates the mixed-up animals. CHARLI does the lion and tiger poses. KELLIE gets a message with a magic marker that paints the letter M. CHARLI finds a piece of paper with three words on it: march, monkey and mash. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who lost the TV remote control, so she starts to ask her siblings (Tim and Charli) some questions, and they find some paw prints that lead them to the dog (Nathan). | |||
| 38 | Physical mysteries | I Spy (mysteries) | August 1, 2001 |
| KELLIE finds a laughing pillow and talks to Chats about different sorts of laughs. CHARLI tells us what happens when she smiles. NATHAN imagines how it would be if we didn't cut hair or nails, or even if we had a shell or a tail. CHARLI pretends to be a naily, taily, hairy, shelly and four-legged dragon. TIM pretends to be a giant musician that plays giant instruments. CHARLI pretends to be a dancing giant. KATHLEEN sets her own restaurant, Nathan is her first customer and he asks for noodle soup but Jup Jup hides the spoon. CHARLI pretends to make a pizza. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who gets the hiccups, her mother (Kellie) and Professor Hiccups (Tim) try to help him but they get the hiccups too until the Hiccups fairy arrives (Kathleen) and she does some magic. | |||
| 39 | Myth and fantasy | I Spy (mysteries) | August 2, 2001 |
| NATHAN goes on a pyramid search in Egypt. CHARLI does the lotus and cobra poses. KATHLEEN doesn't know how to dress up, so Jup Jup gives her a puzzle to show her the right way. CHARLI puts some gloves and a beanie on. TIM goes looking for mermaids. CHARLI pretends to be Chalula, the mermaid. KELLIE and Chats play I Spy using a picture of a magic forest. CHARLI pretends to be a magical tree. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a bunyip (Charli) who never went to sleep, her parents (Kathleen and Tim) try to make her going to bed, and the first idea they get is to take her to the bunyip marathon against another bunyip (Kellie). | |||
| 40 | Fun mysteries & the Hi-5 mystery | I Spy (mysteries) | August 3, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN makes a vegetable face, then she gets a box with a note: "Do not open until Sharing Stories". CHARLI imagines that her body was made of fruits and veggies. KELLIE plays a game about homophone words, then Chats gives her a box with the same note as Kathleen's. CHARLI does some feet workout. TIM and his space music band practise together, then he gets a box with the same note as Kathleen's and Kellie's. CHARLI pretends to be from outer space arriving on Earth. NATHAN follows some signs and they lead him to a box with the same note as Kathleen's, Kellie's and Tim's. CHARLI hops, skips and jumps to get to Sharing Stories but she finds a box with exactly the same note as the others. SHARING STORIES: The Hi-5 band unwraps their boxes, and Chats tells us a story about a circus where the performers (the Hi-5 band) have trouble doing what they're meant to do until they swap their jobs and become much better. | |||
| 41 | People | You’re My Number One (favourites) | August 6, 2001 |
| NATHAN pretends to be a truck driver. CHARLI cleans Nathan's truck. TIM leads his little orchestra, they make the sound of a water stream. CHARLI pretends to conduct an orchestra. KATHLEEN pretends to be a police officer. CHARLI pretends to be a police officer walking and riding a horse. KELLIE and Chats pretend to be firefighters on a mission. Firefighter CHARLI practises to get ready in case of real fire. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about Captain Puffy Pants (Tim), this time he does an emergency simulacrum along with Captain High Note (Kathleen) and Captain Low Note (Nathan), but his pants didn't let room for anyone else into the light boat, so they call a fashion designer of the seas (Charli) to make a change in his pants. | |||
| 42 | Animals | You’re My Number One (favourites) | August 7, 2001 |
| KELLIE and Chats pretend to be meerkats. CHARLI pretends to be a scary lion with a funny roar. TIM's puppies (Nathan, Kellie, and Kathleen) sing together and they become pop stars. CHARLI pretends to be a pop star parrot. KATHLEEN makes a pet using boxes. CHARLI takes care of her kitten. NATHAN talks about penguins and he dresses up like one along with the Hi-5 band. CHARLI pretends to be a penguin ice skating. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a well behaved dog (Tim) with his owner (Kellie), and a not well behaved dog (Charli) with her owner (Nathan), the two dogs meet each other and learn new things. | |||
| 43 | Games | You’re My Number One (favourites) | August 8, 2001 |
| KELLIE practises surfing on land before she goes in search of a wave. CHARLI warms up before going surfing. NATHAN shows his favourite spinning tops. CHARLI spins, jumps and runs. TIM pretends to be a musical magician while Kathleen is his assistant. CHARLI strums an imaginary guitar. KATHLEEN finds some socks and she hangs them in order to find a secret message. CHARLI introduces a sock with another sock. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about four friends (Kellie, Nathan, Tim and Kathleen) on a rainy day, Kellie makes a silly crown and they do a silly dance to win it. | |||
| 44 | Foods | You’re My Number One (favourites) | August 9, 2001 |
| KATHLEEN sets up a sandwich shop, and Jup Jup is the first customer. CHARLI makes imaginary sandwiches for the Hi-5 band. KELLIE and Chats decorate a beach birthday cake. CHARLI dances the jelly wobble. TIM and the Hi-5 band cook a veggie soup. CHARLI stirs with a wooden spoon, whisks eggs, and flips pancakes with a spatula. NATHAN makes art out of pasta. CHARLI makes a pasta necklace for Kellie. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about three siblings (Charli, Kathleen and Tim) who plan an unusual familiar restaurant, and their mother (Kellie) is the first customer. | |||
| 45 | Celebrations | You’re My Number One (favourites) | August 10, 2001 |
| TIM's guitar is turning 5 and the Hi-5 band makes a birthday party. CHARLI plans a party for her toys. Jup Jup gives KATHLEEN fancy pants. CHARLI dances in her fancy pants, a fancy top and a fancy hat. NATHAN has been invited to a fancy dress party, so he has to find a disguise out of a sheet. CHARLI pretends to be inside a cocoon, then she becomes a butterfly. KELLIE and Chats go on a moonlit stroll through the park to find nocturnal animals. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a galaxy called Good Time, and everybody there (Tim from Planet Party, Nathan from Planet Tumble, and Kellie and Kathleen from Planet Bonbon) are going to Planet Piñata to have a great party. | |||
VHS and DVDs[]
CDs and Cassettes[]
Boom Boom Beat (2001)
It's A Hi-5 Christmas (2001)
CD-ROMs[]
TV series VCDs (Hong Kong and Singapore)[]
- Series 3 - Nature: Flowers/Sky
- Series 3 - Nature: Earth/Water
- Series 3 - Nature: Trees/Get Fit: Mind and Body
- Series 3 - Get Fit: Rest and Relaxation/Exercise
- Series 3 - Get Fit: Food/Games and Sport
- Series 3 - Opposites: Perceptions/Inside and Outside
- Series 3 - Opposites: Size/Feelings
- Series 3 - Opposites: Movement/Friends: Differences and Similarities
- Series 3 - Friends: Sharing and Caring/Unusual Friends
- Series 3 - Friends: Making Friends/Fun with Friends
- Series 3 - Pretending: Someone Else World Around Us/Something Else
- Series 3 - Pretending: Animals/Adventures
- Series 3 - Pretending: Fantastical/Inventions: Travel and Space
- Series 3 - Inventions: Home and Community/Games and Play
- Series 3 - Inventions: Communication/Fantasy
- Series 3 - Treasures: Finding Treasures/Collecting Treasure
- Series 3 - Treasures: Creating Treasure/Precious Things
- Series 3 - Treasures: Memories and Moments/Mysteries: Mysteries of Nature
- Series 3 - Mysteries: Detectives/Physical Mysteries
- Series 3 - Mysteries: Mysteries, Myths and Fantasy/The Hi-5 Mystery
- Series 3 - Favourites: People/Animals
- Series 3 - Favourites: Games and Toys/Food
- Series 3 - Favourites: Party
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Trivia[]
- This series marked:
- The first series to be filmed and released in 16:9 widescreen.
- The first series to have the Nine Network 2001-2002 logo.
- The last series to be produced by Southern Star Group until Series 10.
- The first series where all the Songs of the Week did not have a remake in Series 13, Hi-5 House, and Series 17 (not counting adaptations).
- The first series to sometimes have the cast wearing the respective outfit depending on the Songs of the Week, opening week theme, and topic of the episode.
- The first series to have Chats read a sharing story.
- The first series to feature the whole cast of Hi-5 to participate in the Sharing Stories Segment.
- This series was filmed from January to April 2001.
- This series was filmed after Hi-5's sister show, "Cushion Kids", which was filmed in late 2000 and lasted for only two seasons.
- There are Songs Of The Week titles that are referenced in the opening theme:
- Friends is the only song to has its namesake.
- Opposites Attract (As "Opposite") and Buried Treasure (As "Treasures") have some words in their titles referenced.
Awards and nominations[]
| Award(s) | Year | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APRA Screen Music Awards | 2002 | Chris Harriott, Lisa Hoppe, Chris Phillips (for "Opposites Attract") | Best Music for Children's Television | Nominated |
| Chris Harriott, Various (for songlets) | Nominated | |||
| Logie Awards | 2002 | Hi-5 | Most Outstanding Children's Program | Nominated |
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