Series 4 premiered on July 1, 2002, 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.
It was also shown on Nick Jr. Australia in September 2004, and on Kids Central in Singapore.
Cast[]
Hi-5[]
Puppeteers[]
Songs Of The Week[]
Inside My Heart (Inside)
Going Out (Outside)
One Step Forward (Can Do)
Give It A Go (Ideas)
Celebrate (Around Us)
E-N-E-R-G-Y (Energy)
Move It! (Patterns)
Hand In Hand (Team Work)
Reach Out (Finding Out)
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 | House | Inside My Heart (inside) | July 1, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN sings “You Can't See Me”. KATHLEEN notices some nibbled fruit and believes it was a mouse in the house. CHARLI pretends to be a mouse in the house. KELLIE and Chats furnish a dollhouse. CHARLI sings about the bathroom. NATHAN explores how a washing basket could become a home for different animals. CHARLI pretends to be a snail. TIM makes sounds with his rocking horse (Nathan), his clock (Kellie), and his door with a bell (Kathleen). CHARLI tidies up her clothes. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who wants to play in school, but sometimes her classmates (Nathan, Kathleen, and Tim) don't want to, so she finds a way where they can all play together. | |||
| 2 | Special places | Inside My Heart (inside) | July 2, 2002 |
| KELLIE sings “Wordplay”. KELLIE relaxes in a hammock and thinks of other words that start with H along with Chats. CHARLI hides under a table. KATHLEEN makes an indoor beach. CHARLI feels very silly in her space. TIM feels very noisy, and he plays his instruments. CHARLI does some stretches in her space. NATHAN turns a cardboard box into a special place, but it doesn't have much room to fit other items. CHARLI's hand likes being inside a glove, and her other hand likes being inside a mitten. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who loves her bed because she can pretend to travel anywhere, like in a jungle, where she meets a hippo (Tim), a toucan (Kathleen), and a jungle girl (Charli). | |||
| 3 | Body | Inside My Heart (inside) | July 3, 2002 |
| NATHAN works as a doctor and attends to his first patient, Tim. CHARLI's hands can't stop clapping, and her feet can't stop tapping. KATHLEEN is ready to do some workout, but Jup Jup makes a mess around her space. CHARLI explores how joints help her arms and legs to bend. KELLIE is given a necklace as a present from Chats with a picture of herself inside. CHARLI practises the high jump, but she starts to feel afraid. TIM uses a recording machine to collect different sounds made by the body and compiles them into a song. CHARLI pretends to be a rumbling tummy. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a professor (Tim) and a doctor (Kathleen) who go on an investigation of an ancient tribe of people called the "Yuck Yucks", and find out why they were inclined to laugh a lot. | |||
| 4 | Head | Inside My Heart (inside) | July 4, 2002 |
| KELLIE sings “Wordplay”. KELLIE tries on different kinds of ears. CHARLI makes sounds with her body, trying to imitate sounds made by Tim. TIM, Kellie, and Nathan play the music that's inside their heads. CHARLI does moves that come from inside her head. KATHLEEN is sick, so Jup Jup helps her with a recipe for a lemon honey drink. CHARLI gives Kathleen a head massage to make her head feel better. NATHAN imagines being a superhero of a video game. CHARLI pretends to be a taekwondo master. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about three teeth (Charli, Nathan, and Kellie) from inside a mouth, that are always clean until a piece of spinach (Kathleen) gets stuck between them. | |||
| 5 | Natural world | Inside My Heart (inside) | July 5, 2002 |
| NATHAN makes a little volcano. CHARLI feels fizzy after opening a bottle of bubbling water. KATHLEEN pretends to be a joey living inside a kangaroo pouch. CHARLI pretends to be a big red kangaroo. TIM finds termites inside a branch that looks like a didgeridoo. CHARLI imagines how a magical bush creature would be. KELLIE sings “Wordplay”. Chats finds a cicada shell and KELLIE pretends to be a cicada. CHARLI pretends to be a cicada leaving her small shell. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a slug (Kellie), who is left out of a game with the other insects (Tim the grasshopper, Nathan the bee, and Charli the ladybird) when they believe she isn't capable of participating, before they later find a way to appreciate her talents. | |||
| 6 | Garden | Going Out (outside) | July 8, 2002 |
| NATHAN skips a rope, and then he makes a picture of skipping ropes. CHARLI pretends to skip the rope. KATHLEEN plants some yellow and purple flowers. CHARLI pretends to be a flower seed turning into a flower. TIM makes a song for a frog, about how a frog egg becomes a tadpole and then becomes a frog. CHARLI swims like a frog and a duck. KELLIE takes care of her little garden, which is full of baby tomatoes, lettuce, and carrots. CHARLI pretends to be a cob of corn growing. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who visits his grandfather's garden, where he meets a scarecrow (Tim), a bird (Kathleen), and a fairy (Kellie). | |||
| 7 | Beach | Going Out (outside) | July 9, 2002 |
| NATHAN practises for a surfing safari at the beach. CHARLI plays frisbee, and then she pretends to be one. TIM and Kathleen paint the waves according to their sound. CHARLI pretends to jump over the waves. KELLIE and Chats are sitting on the sand, watching everything and finding words that start with S. CHARLI puts on some sunscreen. KATHLEEN tidies up her beach things. CHARLI plays on the sand and looks for shells before going for a swim. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a forgetful family (Charli, Nathan, Kathleen, and Tim) who arrive for a day at the beach and unpack all of their belongings from the car. | |||
| 8 | Outdoor games | Going Out (outside) | July 10, 2002 |
| KELLIE makes a tricky skipping rope game. CHARLI jumps over a slithering rope on the ground. TIM and the Hi-5 band play a game of musical rounds on stepping stones. CHARLI jumps from flower to flower. KATHLEEN sings “You Can't See Me”. KATHLEEN makes an obstacle course indoors, but Jup Jup destroys it, so she makes one outside. CHARLI does an outdoor obstacle course made by Kathleen. NATHAN plays a game of skittles using different balls to knock over a stack of tin cans. CHARLI pretends to be an old tin can being knocked over by a ball. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) who builds a sandcastle and imagines that a princess (Kellie) lives there, waiting for a royal guard (Tim) to rescue her from a dragon (Charli). | |||
| 9 | Great outdoors | Going Out (outside) | July 11, 2002 |
| KELLIE and Chats observe a hummingbird (Kathleen) and a cassowary (Tim) from a treehouse. CHARLI looks for animals while bushwalking. NATHAN builds a water feature for Charli. CHARLI sings under the rain. TIM goes camping in the bush and listens to the sounds of nature around him. CHARLI sets up an indoor cubby house for camping. KATHLEEN dresses up like a snail. CHARLI pretends to be a snail and an elephant. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who goes on a camping holiday with her mother (Kellie), where she meets a turtle (Charli) and a fellow camper (Tim), who both show her how they sleep outside. | |||
| 10 | Outside living | Going Out (outside) | July 12, 2002 |
| Ranger KATHLEEN is on scene and sets up a picnic for her animal friends. Ranger CHARLI takes care of a little imaginary bird. NATHAN goes on an African safari and finds different animals. CHARLI adventures in the Congo rainforest. TIM climbs a mountain and listens to his echo. CHARLI plays a copycat game with Tim, matching her movements. KELLIE and Chats paddle in a canoe in search of a crocodile. CHARLI pretends to paddle into crocodile country. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a silly pair of explorers (Tim and Kellie) who go on an expedition and challenge themselves to find the silliest town in Australia, where they meet the mayor (Nathan) and a kangaroo (Kathleen) along the way. | |||
| 11 | Trying something new | One Step Forward (can do) | July 15, 2002 |
| NATHAN paints with his foot and dances with his hands. CHARLI paints with her feet. KATHLEEN practises juggling. CHARLI practises bouncing a ball. KELLIE sings “Wordplay”. KELLIE helps Chats read a book by herself for the first time by acting out the story. CHARLI crawls to the mall to buy a ball. TIM attends the Hi-5 Marching Band trial, but everyone has things to do, so he tries to do everything on his own. CHARLI pretends to play a drum kit, and Kellie gives her a real one. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who can't remember which is her left hand and which is her right one, so her sister (Kathleen), her friend (Nathan), and her dancing teacher (Kellie) help her to get it right. | |||
| 12 | Asking for help | One Step Forward (can do) | July 16, 2002 |
| NATHAN builds a teepee, but he can't do it on his own, so he asks Tim for help. CHARLI asks Kathleen to play a three-legged running race together. KATHLEEN invents a story, and Jup Jup helps her by giving her some ideas. CHARLI uses a sock puppet to spell a word in the air. TIM asks the Hi-5 band to help him play the instruments for a new song. CHARLI's hand wants to clap, but it needs another hand. KELLIE helps Chats become a racing car driver using a cardboard box as her racing car. CHARLI pretends to be a wheel. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who decorates her Christmas tree with a little drummer boy (Tim), a miniature Santa Claus (Nathan), and an angel (Charli), who all come alive and help her choose where to place them. | |||
| 13 | In a different way | One Step Forward (can do) | July 17, 2002 |
| NATHAN becomes a magician when he uses the same shapes to create different pictures. CHARLI makes different shapes with her body while stretching. TIM tries to work out how to play a harp with rainbow strings that the Hi-5 band created for him. CHARLI does the slipper slide. KATHLEEN decorates a cake with a fruit pattern to match another one for her friends who are twins. CHARLI tries to carry a piece of cake to Kathleen without dropping it. KELLIE feels angry after dropping a cake and finds ways to calm herself down with Chats. CHARLI shows what she does when she feels grumpy and happy. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a boy (Nathan) with his messy bedroom, who is encouraged by his father (Tim) to find a fun way to clean it, which leads him to transform his room into an amusement park with his sister (Kathleen). | |||
| 14 | I can do anything | One Step Forward (can do) | July 18, 2002 |
| KELLIE can do the cancan, the twist, the cha-cha, and lots of different dances. CHARLI can do the kick and the jump. TIM plays funky-punky music in his space, but is not sure if his friends will enjoy it too. CHARLI pretends to be a funky punky rocker. KATHLEEN's got a job about fixing everything. CHARLI's got a stiff shoulder and she rolls them. NATHAN pretends to dance around the world. CHARLI pretends to go to the jungle and to swim under the sea. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a girl (Kellie) who tries to train her dog (Nathan), she asks her mother (Kathleen) and brother (Tim) about new tricks for her dog to do. | |||
| 15 | I can fix it | One Step Forward (can do) | July 19, 2002 |
| KELLIE repurposes Nathan's old superhero costume as a new one for herself. CHARLI flies with a super cape. KATHLEEN makes a duck farm, but Jup Jup takes away her little ducks. CHARLI plays with farm animal toys, including a pig stuck in the mud. TIM says he can make a song about anything, and Kellie shows things for him to sing. CHARLI makes a dance about breakfast. NATHAN tries to build a tower using boxes of different sizes. CHARLI builds a house using her hands, arms, and body. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who meets a funny bunny (Tim), who tries to grant wishes for her, along with her friend (Charli) and sister (Kellie), using his magic hats. | |||
| 16 | Inventions | Give it a Go (ideas) | July 22, 2002 |
| TIM builds a musical dog kennel for his dog, Jock. CHARLI invents a new dance for Jock. NATHAN invents a mood-o-metre, so he'll be able to know how he feels. CHARLI adds a goofy face for Nathan's mood-o-metre. KELLIE invents a musical map with pictures that play a tune. CHARLI dances like a cloud. KATHLEEN makes a clock that tells her which activity she has to do. CHARLI hangs the clothes up to the tick-tock beat. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who invents a robot (Tim) that tidies up her bedroom when her father (Nathan) asks for it, then her mother (Kellie) washes the car, and Kathleen makes the robot do it. | |||
| 17 | Imagination | Give it a Go (ideas) | July 23, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN pretends to be an opera singer. CHARLI pretends to be an opera singer too. KELLIE and Chats imagine visiting an aquarium, and they see lots of fish. CHARLI pretends to be a fish. TIM finds a musical house with notes on the wall, spelling the word "face". CHARLI pretends to be a musical note. NATHAN pretends to be an astronaut landing on the Moon and playing crater ball with a Moon creature (Tim). CHARLI plays football on the moon. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about two children (Kellie and Nathan) who find a seesaw at a park with their mother (Charli), and imagine travelling to a land full of zig-zag shapes with a whimsical host (Tim). | |||
| 18 | Find any way | Give it a Go (ideas) | July 24, 2002 |
| KELLIE tries on different kinds of hats and wonders about her perfect job. CHARLI does some actions, and we have to guess which job she is pretending to do. TIM pretends to be a tyrannosaurus rex playing music. CHARLI pretends to be a dancing dinosaur. NATHAN puts some things in a plastic jar, and he will send it to a friend. CHARLI shows different ways to greet. KATHLEEN choreographs a dance and uses symbols to represent the movements on instruction cards. CHARLI follows some footprints to dance. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a wobbly wall (Charli) who comes together with three other walls (Kellie, Tim, and Kathleen) to form a stable house. | |||
| 19 | Creativity | Give it a Go (ideas) | July 25, 2002 |
| NATHAN builds two-dimensional sculptures using different items from around the house. CHARLI pretends to ride a bike. KATHLEEN makes a fish out of blocks and another one out of cushions. CHARLI finds some cushions, and she decides to take a rest. TIM plays the bongos, and the Hi-5 band plays different instruments to the rhythm of the bongos. CHARLI starts the conga line, and the Hi-5 band follows her. KELLIE and Chats invent a story about a pig and a donkey. CHARLI tries to build a house of cards. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a man (Nathan) who loves building things, but he isn't very good, and his tools (Charli the saw, Kathleen the measuring tape, and Kellie the hammer) always help him. | |||
| 20 | Adventure | Give it a Go (ideas) | July 26, 2002 |
| NATHAN goes on a deep-sea diving adventure. CHARLI pretends to be a dolphin. KELLIE and Chats look for animals that start with A. CHARLI pretends to be an albatross. TIM imagines travelling to Brass Blowers Land, where he becomes a tuba. CHARLI pretends to play a flute, a trumpet, and a trombone. KATHLEEN makes a game for Kellie, hiding cards inside her wall. CHARLI pretends to swim. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who dresses up as his favourite superhero for a birthday party planned by his mother (Charli), before his friends (Nathan and Kathleen) arrive wearing the same costume as him. | |||
| 21 | Hi-5 fete | Celebrate (around us) | July 29, 2002 |
| NATHAN sells funny glasses. CHARLI tries on different groovy shoes. TIM invites the Hi-5 band to try the loud-o-metre. CHARLI ate too much food, and she can't get up. KATHLEEN sells things from far away places. CHARLI sings about her fan. KELLIE and Chats sell lemonade. CHARLI plays orangeball. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about an ant family; they visit the fete, and the children (Kathleen and Nathan) get stuck in some fairy floss, and their parents (Charli and Tim) help them to get out. | |||
| 22 | Fruits and vegetables | Celebrate (around us) | July 30, 2002 |
| NATHAN becomes a scarecrow to keep the birds away from his veggies. CHARLI pretends to be a scarecrow. KELLIE and Chats cook some pesto pasta. CHARLI touches and feels some veggies without seeing, and she guesses them. KATHLEEN wants a fruit snack, but Jup Jup changes the fruits. CHARLI sings about a fruit salad. TIM waters and sings to his plants to make them grow, and then he can make a salad. CHARLI sings about dinner time. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who plants a tomato seed, which soon becomes a plant (Kellie) after growing under the sun (Charli) and a rain cloud (Nathan). | |||
| 23 | Around the world and celebrations | Celebrate (around us) | July 31, 2002 |
| TIM sets up World Music Day, and everyone plays a different instrument. CHARLI dances the flamenco. NATHAN makes a picture of the world and its wonders. CHARLI sings about the world while she does some signs. KATHLEEN gets the decorations and a piñata ready for Chats' party. CHARLI makes a birthday song for Chats. KELLIE and the Hi-5 band celebrate Chats' birthday. CHARLI plays with her own piñata. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about two girls (Charli and Kellie) who prepare to attend a wedding with their mother (Kathleen), but are magically turned invisible by a leprechaun (Nathan) before they leave. | |||
| 24 | Dancing and costumes | Celebrate (around us) | August 1, 2002 |
| KELLIE and Chats dance the samba, and they join the carnival parade. CHARLI dances the samba too. NATHAN dances like an emu and a kangaroo. CHARLI dances like a brolga. TIM plays a Chinese gong and makes music using the pentatonic scale. CHARLI and the Hi-5 band are part of a dancing dragon. KATHLEEN sings “You Can't See Me”. KATHLEEN dances to Japanese, Hawaiian, and Greek music while she wears costumes. CHARLI and Nathan dance to Greek music. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about four different handbags (Charli the school bag, Tim the tartan carryall bag, Kathleen the fluffy handbag, and Kellie the shiny handbag) who live in a shop window, all waiting to be purchased. | |||
| 25 | Animals | Celebrate (around us) | August 2, 2002 |
| KELLIE pretends to be a frog from Jamaica. CHARLI the snake hides from Kellie the frog, but the music starts playing, and she moves to the rhythm. KATHLEEN wears a kanga from Africa and makes her own with painted animal footprints. CHARLI pretends to be a yodeling cow. TIM invites cats from around the world to make meowsic together. CHARLI sings about two different cats. NATHAN finds clothes to dress up like different animals. CHARLI pretends to be a fox. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a baby rhinoceros (Tim) who struggles to find his balance due to the horn on his head, and seeks help from his mother (Kellie) and a tick-bird (Kathleen) asks him to look after her baby (Nathan). | |||
| 26 | Body | E-N-E-R-G-Y (energy) | August 5, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN feels cold, and Jup Jup takes away her warm clothes, so she does an exercise routine. CHARLI skips with a rope slower every time. NATHAN, Tim, and Kathleen paddle down an imaginary river in a boat. CHARLI practises her tennis moves. TIM just had a rest, and he feels full of energy to play a trombone. CHARLI feels low, but Tim makes her feel better. KELLIE sings “Wordplay”. KELLIE blows a balloon, finding energy inside her body. CHARLI uses elbow grease while she cleans using her elbow. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about two cows (Kathleen and Kellie) who just chew and moo all day long, until a calf (Nathan) tells them about a new cow in the herd (Charli) with new moves and grooves. | |||
| 27 | Renewable energy | E-N-E-R-G-Y (energy) | August 6, 2002 |
| NATHAN blows a windmill, and then he pretends to be one. CHARLI moves along with a windmill. KATHLEEN plays fishing, and she finds a way to play the same with static electricity. CHARLI imagines her hand is a magnet. Scientist TIM makes a solar-powered musical robot (Kathleen). CHARLI pretends to be a robot who is powered by the sun. KELLIE makes a wind vane. CHARLI walks in the summer breeze; suddenly the wind starts to blow stronger. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who is about to make her first snowman; she does it on her own because her father (Tim) is a little bit busy, and once she gets it, the snowman (Nathan) comes alive and they play together. | |||
| 28 | Machines | E-N-E-R-G-Y (energy) | August 7, 2002 |
| KELLIE and Chats fly helicopters. CHARLI pretends to be two helicopters. NATHAN plays with springs and goes on a pogo stick race against Tim. CHARLI pretends to be a spring. TIM and the Hi-5 band sing “Feel The Beat”. TIM finds sounds on Kellie's bike. CHARLI pretends to ride an upside-down bike. KATHLEEN looks for wheels for her train. CHARLI fills her car with petrol, and then she rides it. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a snail (Tim) that looks for a car; he visits the slug's (Kellie) bug car yard, but a ladybird (Kathleen) and a caterpillar (Charli) buy the cars he wants first. | |||
| 29 | House | E-N-E-R-G-Y (energy) | August 8, 2002 |
| NATHAN puts on his super energy dust-busting suit to clean all around. CHARLI pretends to be a washing machine. KATHLEEN decorates her window. CHARLI pretends to be a sunflower growing. TIM uses his metronome to play his guitar while Nathan plays some tricks on him. CHARLI's fingers dance to the metronome beat. KELLIE imagines her toothbrush was an electric one. CHARLI pretends to be a hairdresser. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a lonely picture frame (Nathan) who goes looking for friends while his owner (Kathleen) is sleeping, so he finds a plate (Charli) and a cowboy hat (Tim) to hang by him. | |||
| 30 | Food | E-N-E-R-G-Y (energy) | August 9, 2002 |
| KELLIE makes energy biscuits, using sultanas to write a word. CHARLI ate one of Kellie's biscuits, and she feels full of energy. KATHLEEN pretends to be a rabbit collecting carrots and making a carrot drink. CHARLI pretends to be a rabbit eating and hopping. TIM makes music while he cooks because he is very hungry. CHARLI pretends to make porridge. NATHAN, Kellie, Tim, and Kathleen play a guessing game about dancing like fruits and vegetables. CHARLI pretends to be a pumpkin and a celery. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about three pieces of jelly (Nathan, Kathleen, and Tim) from a grocery store, who come to life to compete in a contest, which is judged by a slice of cheese (Kellie). | |||
| 31 | Babies | Move It! (patterns) | August 12, 2002 |
| NATHAN pretends to be a baby shark. CHARLI pretends to be a silly shark. KELLIE and Chats play a game with egg, baby chick, and hen costumes. CHARLI remembers the time she had chickenpox. TIM pretends to be a baby magpie learning to sing. CHARLI tries to whistle for the first time, with the help of Kellie. KATHLEEN pretends to be a bee collecting pollen and taking it back to the baby bees. CHARLI pretends to eat some fruit, and we have to guess which one. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who gets excited when her parents (Tim and Kellie) bring her a new brother (Nathan), but he doesn't stop crying. | |||
| 32 | Recycling | Move It! (patterns) | August 13, 2002 |
| TIM makes a drum kit out of old tins. CHARLI matches some jars with their lids. NATHAN makes a puppet made from rubbish. CHARLI pretends to be a puppet made of recycled clothes. KATHLEEN sings “You Can't See Me”. KATHLEEN tidies up her space and sorts out all the rubbish. CHARLI recycles the “Move Your Body” song by changing the lyrics. KELLIE and Chats hold a garage sale and sell items starting with G. CHARLI looks for her reading glasses. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about an old unstable table (Kellie) and her owners (Kathleen and Nathan) fix it to keep it. | |||
| 33 | Routines | Move It! (patterns) | August 14, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN is going away for the weekend and makes a list of all the things she will take. CHARLI pretends to brush her hair, her fingernails, and her shoes. TIM wonders which time of the morning is the best for him to practise the saxophone. CHARLI stretches her muscles to dance. NATHAN does some slow tai chi exercises. CHARLI does Nathan's tai chi exercises. KELLIE and Chats read a story about a baby bunyip as part of their bedtime routine. CHARLI demonstrates her different sleeping positions. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a rude prince (Tim) who never says please or thank you; his server (Nathan), his cook (Charli), and his friend (Kellie), make a plan to make him start saying those words. | |||
| 34 | Nature cycles | Move It! (patterns) | August 15, 2002 |
| TIM plays a drum, copying the sound of the waves. CHARLI pretends to be a wave. KELLIE shakes clothes, imitating the ocean, while Chats pretends to be the sun and a storm cloud. CHARLI rolls her arms like if they were waves. KATHLEEN sings “You Can't See Me”. KATHLEEN shows how the world spins around. CHARLI spins a hula hoop around, and then she spins around too. NATHAN talks about the phases of the moon. CHARLI pretends to be the moon in its different phases. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about an astronaut (Nathan) and his daughter (Charli); they get visitors (Kathleen and Tim) from planet Blue and have dinner together. | |||
| 35 | Pictures | Move It! (patterns) | August 16, 2002 |
| KELLIE gets a kete from her friend who lives in Aotearoa. CHARLI uses a poi to dance in a Māori way. TIM hears a rhythm and imagines being in a city where everyone does everything to that same rhythm. CHARLI pretends to be a postie from Rhythm City. KATHLEEN follows four instruction cards to perform a dance pattern, but Jup Jup makes the pictures disappear. CHARLI makes a rhythm with her body. NATHAN makes patterns using footprints and handprints. CHARLI makes patterns with her hands, just like a kaleidoscope. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about some shoes (Charli, Kellie, and Tim) living in a wardrobe who rehearse for a show together, but one of them (Kathleen) is afraid of performing in front of the audience. | |||
| 36 | My special things | Hand in Hand (team work) | August 19, 2002 |
| NATHAN, Kathleen, Tim, and Kellie practise the bush dance in a square. CHARLI dances with heels and toes. KATHLEEN and Nathan work together to make lamingtons. CHARLI pretends to cook using her wooden spoon, measuring cup, and rolling pin. TIM pretends to be a magician and practises a special magic trick. CHARLI pretends to be a magician too. KELLIE and Chats learn about alliteration while talking about ladybirds. CHARLI pretends to be different-winged animals. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who spends time playing with her new doll (Kellie), leading her toy spade (Tim) and toy truck (Nathan) to feel neglected. | |||
| 37 | Games | Hand in Hand (team work) | August 20, 2002 |
| KELLIE completes her soccer training inside on a rainy day, while Chats acts as her coach. CHARLI practises with a soccer ball, and then she plays against Kellie. NATHAN, Kathleen, Kellie, and Tim play a game where they have to guess the body shape the others will do. CHARLI plays musical statues. TIM and Kathleen play an opposite game. CHARLI sings about opposites. KATHLEEN and Kellie build pyramids of cards. CHARLI makes diamonds using her hands, arms, and legs. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about three yellow pencils (Charli, Kellie, and Nathan) colouring a drawing together, who reject the help of a blue pencil (Kathleen) until they realise that they need her help. | |||
| 38 | Feelings, thoughts and memories | Hand in Hand (team work) | August 21, 2002 |
| KELLIE shows a memory book full of her baby memories. CHARLI pretends to be a baby. TIM makes a happy song and asks the others how it makes them feel. CHARLI feels proud of being herself. KATHLEEN sorts her photos, and she must choose six of them to put in a frame. CHARLI and Kathleen play hockey. NATHAN teaches us how to tie shoelaces. CHARLI ties a bow around her panda's head. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a letterbox where an express parcel (Charli), a phone bill (Kathleen), a birthday card (Nathan), and a Mexican postcard (Tim) talk about themselves. | |||
| 39 | Jobs | Hand in Hand (team work) | August 22, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN tries to fix a broken wooden chair and asks Kellie for help. CHARLI paints a chair. NATHAN and Tim dress up like clowns to cheer at a party. CHARLI and Kellie dress up like clowns too. TIM and the Hi-5 band make rattles for a soccer match. CHARLI and Tim perform a cheer to support a sports team. KELLIE uses tools to work in the garden. CHARLI tries to reach for a flower up high. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a school for statues, where three students (Charli, Kellie, and Kathleen) learn how to stand still under the guidance of their teacher (Tim). | |||
| 40 | Making a movie | Hand in Hand (team work) | August 23, 2002 |
| Everyone has a job to do for the Hi-5 movie. KELLIE and Chats write the movie script. CHARLI choreographs a dance to include in the movie. KATHLEEN makes the props for the movie, including the costumes and a signpost. CHARLI acts like a signpost. TIM works as a composer and makes sound effects and a song for the movie. CHARLI and the Hi-5 band do adventurer moves together. NATHAN gets the set ready for the movie. CHARLI acts like a sneaky, greedy adventurer. SHARING STORIES: Chats tells us the story of the Hi-5 movie, in which two adventurers (Tim and Kellie) go on a quest in search of a rare platypus (Kathleen) with the help of a wombat (Nathan), but are intercepted by a sneaky villain (Charli) who tries to find it herself. | |||
| 41 | Colours | Reach Out (finding out) | August 26, 2002 |
| NATHAN paints a screen for Kathleen. CHARLI matches the colours with her feelings. KELLIE makes a fruit salad rainbow. CHARLI peels an orange. TIM plays rainbow-coloured playing pipes. CHARLI dances with rainbow-coloured clothes. KATHLEEN wonders why the sea is blue. CHARLI pretends to go on skis. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who wants to build a sandcastle at the beach, and three crabs (Nathan, Kathleen, and Kellie) help him. | |||
| 42 | About and around me | Reach Out (finding out) | August 27, 2002 |
| TIM finds his own groove to dance jazz. CHARLI dances to jazz music. KATHLEEN looks at the little garden creatures and counts their legs. CHARLI imagines how the combination of a butterfly, grasshopper, and beetle might move. KELLIE makes a tiny soccer field and blows at the ball with a straw. CHARLI does moves that a dice tells her. NATHAN pretends to be a starfish. CHARLI explains what crabs do. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a young star (Kellie) who is yet to shine, which leads her to seek advice from her friend (Charli) and her sister (Kathleen) and the keeper of the night sky (Tim) to help her begin to sparkle. | |||
| 43 | Experiments | Reach Out (finding out) | August 28, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN makes a bubble mixture. CHARLI plays with balloons. Scientists TIM and Kellie make instruments from ordinary things. CHARLI makes her bed. NATHAN makes different shapes out of clay. CHARLI makes a cat out of playdough. KELLIE and Chats make a fizzer bath for a rubber duck. CHARLI has taken a bath, and she gets dry with a towel. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about three cookbooks (Tim, Kellie, and Nathan) that can never stand up and the last one always falls over until they call a bookend (Charli). | |||
| 44 | Cleverness | Reach Out (finding out) | August 29, 2002 |
| KATHLEEN pretends to sail a boat and looks for a lighthouse before it gets dark. CHARLI pretends to be a sailor. KELLIE and Chats find out which liquid is the heavier and which one is lighter. CHARLI pretends to be a rubber duck and a bar of soap. TIM and the Hi-5 band make mouth music. NATHAN plays with a whompy toy; he mixes the parts of its body. CHARLI imagines how it would be if the parts of our bodies had another function. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who finds a shy baby dinosaur (Kathleen) in the garden and invites it to stay inside the house with her parents (Kellie and Nathan). | |||
| 45 | Creativity | Reach Out (finding out) | August 30, 2002 |
| Miner NATHAN goes underground to collect precious rocks. CHARLI pretends to cross a tunnel that gets lower. KATHLEEN imagines being granted three wishes while Jup Jup acts as her genie. CHARLI does magical genie movements. TIM plays an African double-headed drum and imagines African crane birds. CHARLI leaps around. KELLIE and Chats play a guessing game involving acting out different words. CHARLI performs a rain dance. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about three elves (Charli, Tim, and Kathleen) who offer to deliver the presents for Santa (Nathan) when he falls sick on Christmas eve. | |||
VHS and DVDs[]
CD and Cassette[]
Celebrate (2002)
CD-ROMs[]
TV Series VCDs[]
- Series 4 - Inside: House/Special Place
- Series 4 - Inside: Body/Head
- Series 4 - Inside: Natural World/Outside: Garden
- Series 4 - Outside: Beach/Outdoor Games
- Series 4 - Outside: Outside Living/Great Outdoors
- Series 4 - Can Do: Something I've Never Done Before/I Can Do It With Some Help
- Series 4 - Can Do: I Can Do It In A Different Way/I Can Do Anything
- Series 4 - Can Do: I Can Make / Ideas: Inventions
- Series 4 - Ideas: Dreams - Imagine - Fantasy/My Great Idea
- Series 4 - Ideas: Building-Sharing Ideas/Adventure
- Series 4 - Around Us: Community Fete/From My Garden To My Plate
- Series 4 - Around Us: Celebrations/Dance And Costume
- Series 4 - Around Us: Animals/Energy: Personal Energy
- Series 4 - Energy: Natural Energy Sources/Machines - Transport
- Series 4 - Energy: House/Food
- Series 4 - Patterns: Life Cycles/Recycling
- Series 4 - Patterns: Babies/Routines
- Series 4 - Patterns: Patterns In The Arts/Teamwork: My Special Things
- Series 4 - Teamwork: Games/Feelings, Thoughts & Memories
- Series 4 - Teamwork: Jobs/Making A Movie
- Series 4 - Finding Out: Colours/New Game And Sport
- Series 4 - Finding Out: Home Science/Exploration
- Series 4 - Finding Out: Creativity
Trivia[]
- This series marked:
- The last series to have the Nine Network 2001-2002 logo.
- The last series to have the segment intros from 1999 (Charli's and Tim's segments) and 2000 (Kathleen's and Nathan's segments).
- The first series to have the 2002-2005 intro of the Sharing Stories Segment.
- The second series where all the Songs of the Week did not have a remake in Series 13, Hi-5 House, and Series 17. It is also the only one where none of the songs were in other adaptations.
- However, some songs were planned to have remakes in Series 18.
- This series was filmed from November 2001 to January 2002.
- After this series was filmed, Hi-5 USA started filming their first series while the Australian cast went on tour. [1]
- The songlet, You Can't See Me, has been remade and used for Series 4 and 6.
- But Series 4 has been shortened as the first verse was omitted while the Series 6 has the complete version.
- There are Songs of the Week titles that are referenced in the opening theme:
- There are no namesakes. “Inside My Heart” (As "Inside"), “Going Out” (As "Outside"), “E-N-E-R-G-Y” (Not counting the dashes), and “Reach Out” (As "Finding Out") have some words in their titles referenced. This is the first series to have no namesakes in the Song of the Week titles.
- It was in this series that Hi-5 began to have more props, including costumes and a brand-new intro.
- The costumes from Series 4 songs, “E-N-E-R-G-Y” and “Hand In Hand”, were similar to Hi-5 USA Series 1 songs for “Ready Or Not” and “North South East And West” respectively.
Awards and nominations[]
| Award(s) | Year | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APRA Screen Music Awards | 2003 | Chris Harriott, Lisa Hoppe (for "Celebrate") | Best Music for Children's Television | Nominated |
| Logie Awards | 2003 | Hi-5 | Most Outstanding Children's Program | Nominated |
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Hi 5 series 4 Bloopers *Language Warning* (rare footage!!)