Series 7 premiered on May 23, 2005, 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 July 2006, and on Kids Central in Singapore.
Cast[]
Hi-5[]
Puppeteers[]
Songs Of The Week[]
Ch-Ch-Changing (Changing)
Making Music (Making)
Action Hero (Action)
Come Around To My Place (Visiting)
Home Sweet Home (City, Country)
Rainbow 'Round The World (Rainbows)
T.E.A.M. (Teams)
Some Kind Of Wonderful (Wonderful)
Planet Disco (Journeys)
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 | Nature | Ch-Ch-Changing (changing) | May 23, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN paints a picture of the blue ocean on a summer day, before the weather starts to change. CHARLI pretends to be the waves. KELLIE paints a picture of Chats in front of Uluru before the sky changes colour. CHARLI draws a circle and turns it into different things. TIM goes sailing and fishing while he listens to the sounds of the sea. CHARLI wants to catch a big fish. NATHAN shows how the trees change through the seasons. CHARLI rakes up the autumn leaves. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about three sisters (Charli, Kellie, and Kathleen) who love to look at the moon (Tim) from their bedroom at night, they notice the moon changes its shape and they want it to visit them. | |||
| 2 | People | Ch-Ch-Changing (changing) | May 24, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN builds a house for the small family. CHARLI takes the toe family swimming. NATHAN measures the family box heights. CHARLI sings about feeling happy and healthy. TIM plays an opera for the Hi-5 band. CHARLI dances the dragon disco dance. KELLIE uses dress-ups to show Chats how she has changed over time after looking through an old photo book. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about an old washing machine (Nathan), who gets used incorrectly by a family (Tim, Kellie, and Charli), leading to a mixed-up load of laundry. | |||
| 3 | The world | Ch-Ch-Changing (changing) | May 25, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN goes for a ride in a hot air balloon. CHARLI blows small and huge bubbles. NATHAN invents a flying machine that can travel in the air, float on the ocean, and journey to outer space. CHARLI does actions and we have to guess if she pretends to be in the sky, in the water, or on the land. TIM and Johann Sebastian Bach (Nathan) play music together. CHARLI pretends to play the piano. KELLIE gives Chats a get-well card when she is feeling sick with pictures inside that tell a story. CHARLI says a get well message. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about two robots (Tim and Nathan) that work in a factory, but when the factory manager (Charli) realises that they're working slowly, she buys a new and faster robot (Kathleen). | |||
| 4 | In your home | Ch-Ch-Changing (changing) | May 26, 2005 |
| KELLIE misinterprets what Chats means when she asks her guests to "bring a plate" to her barbecue. CHARLI shows us her shoes with wheels. NATHAN turns a table into different machines to travel. CHARLI turns a table into a cubby house. TIM dresses up in magical clothes which make him think of the music that matches them. CHARLI tries on Tim's Hawaiian shirt. KATHLEEN changes a garden into a sitting place. CHARLI has worked hard and she needs to wind down and relax. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about four birds (Nathan the kookaburra, Charli the magpie, Tim the crow, and Kathleen the willie wagtail) who try to decide which of the group has the best bird call. | |||
| 5 | Changing shape | Ch-Ch-Changing (changing) | May 27, 2005 |
| KELLIE and Chats do some magic tricks changing the things that are inside a hat. CHARLI pretends to be a magician. TIM polishes a recorder and a genie (Nathan) grants him three musical wishes. CHARLI gives herself three genie wishes. NATHAN sings about shapes. CHARLI plays with Nathan's fitball. KATHLEEN makes a zucchini roll for the Hi-5 band. CHARLI pretends to make a pizza. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about three buildings (Charli the skyscraper, Nathan the museum, and Kellie the greenhouse) who watch as a builder (Kathleen) arrives to construct something new in the centre of their area. | |||
| 6 | In nature | Making Music (making) | May 30, 2005 |
| KELLIE helps Chats decorate her fish tank. CHARLI pretends to be a fish exploring a fish tank. TIM listens to his musical plants as they bloom; a pop music flower (Kathleen), a blues flower (Nathan), and a marching music flower (Kellie). CHARLI sings about popcorn. NATHAN looks at a Venus flytrap and then he dresses up like one. CHARLI catches balls like a Venus flytrap. KATHLEEN arranges some flowers and then she puts them in a vase. CHARLI plucks the dried rose petals. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a tadpole (Kellie) who goes to visit her grandparents (Charli and Tim) along with her friend (Kathleen), but they change into frogs along the way. | |||
| 7 | A work of art | Making Music (making) | May 31, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN does different hat dances. CHARLI puts on different sports hats. TIM paints to the rhythm of the music. CHARLI's body and scarves swirl. NATHAN dresses up as a magical creature which he has created in his imagination. CHARLI makes yellow, blue, and green handprints. Chats looks for a friend. KELLIE makes a poem about an owl. CHARLI does lightning bolt moves. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about three tubes of paint (Nathan the blue one, Kellie the red one, and Tim the yellow one), who each hope that their painter (Charli) will choose their colour to paint something wonderful. | |||
| 8 | A space for me | Making Music (making) | June 1, 2005 |
| NATHAN gives his space lots of colours and energy. CHARLI and Nathan pretend to be laughing clowns. KELLIE changes the box colour according to her feelings. CHARLI tries to control her busy fingers. Professor TIM tests his new mood music machine. CHARLI sings about feelings. KATHLEEN makes every-sized bubbles. CHARLI floats in her hoop like a bubble in the air. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about two sisters (Kathleen and Kellie) who turn a cardboard box into a fairy racer, before their brothers (Tim and Nathan) turn it into a wizard mobile. | |||
| 9 | A surprise | Making Music (making) | June 2, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN makes a surprise breakfast for her mother. CHARLI makes an egg shape with her body and rolls around. KELLIE tries to cure Chats' hiccups with a tongue twister and by surprising her. CHARLI tries to surprise Kathleen. TIM and Kellie test out a musical invention he has made as a surprise for Kathleen's birthday. CHARLI wraps surprise presents for the Hi-5 band. NATHAN makes a pasta surprise; spaghetti. CHARLI pretends to be an uncooked spaghetti and a cooked spaghetti. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a group of monkeys (Charli, Kellie, and Nathan) who plan a party for the youngest monkey (Kathleen), who thinks they have forgotten her birthday. | |||
| 10 | Things animals create | Making Music (making) | June 3, 2005 |
| NATHAN and Tim pretend to be weaver ants building a nest for their family. CHARLI makes a queen ant using playdough and lots of little ants too. KELLIE and Chats go on a quest for different nests in the African jungle. CHARLI does a monkey dance. TIM finds a little spider (Kathleen) weaving her web like strings, and he imagines meeting her while making up a song. CHARLI pretends to be a spider. KATHLEEN builds a nest for three little birds. CHARLI pretends to be a bird building a nest of the things she finds. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a swarm of worker bees (Tim, Kathleen and Nathan), who set off to find some new food for their queen (Kellie) to eat when she announces she'd like a change from honey. | |||
| 11 | Games and sports | Action Hero (action) | June 6, 2005 |
| NATHAN hosts a game show called What's That Action?, where contestants Kellie and Kathleen must guess and perform physical movements. KATHLEEN practises a taekwondo pattern and Jup Jup changes the speed of the song. CHARLI does stretchy elastic exercises. TIM and Nathan play a singing and moving game to see who gets the last muffin. CHARLI and the Hi-5 band do some actions and then they try to remember them together. KELLIE and Chats make their own flag semaphore signs, then Chats pretends to be a lighthouse and Kellie pretends to be a ship. CHARLI uses a pair of mitts to communicate. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about four friends (Tim, Nathan, Charli, and Kathleen) who form a toboggan team and try to find the best positions needed to steer the toboggan. | |||
| 12 | Jobs | Action Hero (action) | June 7, 2005 |
| KELLIE pretends to do rock climbing to rescue Chats from the top of a mountain. CHARLI pretends to climb a steep mountain. KATHLEEN plants a passion fruit vine, which Jup Jup waters with magic water. TIM pretends to be the singing lift operator in a department store. CHARLI feels like the luckiest girl when she becomes a toy tester in a department store. NATHAN builds a harbour and pretends to be a lighthouse. CHARLI goes for a walk and jog before watching the sun come out. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a kangaroo (Kellie) who loves being by the beach, she finds her friends (Charli the dolphin and Kathleen the crab), soon a lifesaver (Nathan) lets them know about the big beach carnival where there will be competitions of every kind. | |||
| 13 | Machines and other things that move | Action Hero (action) | June 8, 2005 |
| NATHAN builds a brick wall. CHARLI finds the best way to carry her suitcase. KATHLEEN uses a pulley to lift up blocks in order to build a house for her teddy. CHARLI builds a tower as tall as herself. TIM builds a machine that makes a duplicate of himself. CHARLI and Kathleen pretend to be twins while wearing the same outfits. KELLIE and Chats find a strange machine in their space and they try to find out what it is for. CHARLI turns her arm into a vacuum cleaner and cleans up Kathleen's space. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about three heavy lifting machines (Kellie the forklift, Tim the dump truck, and Charli the crane), who work together to rescue a duck (Kathleen) that is stuck in a pond. | |||
| 14 | Action heroes | Action Hero (action) | June 9, 2005 |
| TIM plays music for a superhero named Hyper Guy (Nathan) while following him around. CHARLI gets superhero clothes. KATHLEEN dresses up as a superhero, while Jup Jup gives her things to become a super beetle. CHARLI practises her superhero moves. KELLIE asks Chats the talking toadstool to grant her a wish and magically turn her into a super action fairy. CHARLI does actions to stop being shy. NATHAN pretends to be a super active hero who can move at different speeds. CHARLI pretends to be a superhero. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about three superheroes (Kellie "Captain Zoom", Nathan "Super Spy", and Kathleen "Fairy Fabulous") who got together to see who was the most super, when an ordinary boy (Tim) appears and proves his superpower. | |||
| 15 | Health and fitness | Action Hero (action) | June 10, 2005 |
| Chef NATHAN creates a new healthy recipe using his favourite foods. CHARLI makes an energy snack. KATHLEEN makes snack packs for the Hi-5 band. CHARLI sings and dances about fruit. TIM starts a fitness session, so he runs a Hi-5 disco workout. CHARLI does a disco workout. KELLIE keeps in time with her skipping by following along to Chats' skipping song, which has a surprise in it. CHARLI plays a jumping, hopping, and skipping game. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a squirrel (Tim) who becomes preoccupied with singing songs and forgets to collect nuts for the winter when his friends (Charli, Kellie, and Nathan) advise him to. | |||
| 16 | Hello | Come Around to My Place (visiting) | June 13, 2005 |
| NATHAN makes a smiley face to welcome a far away visitor. CHARLI pretends to be a friend from outer space. Repair person KELLIE tries to figure out why Chats' dryer is making a funny sound. CHARLI pretends to be a dishwasher and a clothes dryer. TIM wants to hear the sound of the birds in the garden, but he only finds a cat (Nathan) chasing the birds. CHARLI, Kellie, and Kathleen pretend to be birds. KATHLEEN's friend is going to visit her and she makes a game about circles. CHARLI makes circle shapes, triangle shapes and a star shape with her body. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a spider (Kellie), whose first web gets damaged by the wind, leading her neighbours (Charli and Kathleen) to help her repair it to show her father (Tim). | |||
| 17 | Special places and interest | Come Around to My Place (visiting) | June 14, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN visits the museum, and Jup Jup comes along inside her backpack. CHARLI pretends to be a tyrannosaurus rex. TIM visits the barber (Kellie) and her team (Charli, Nathan, and Kathleen). CHARLI cuts some paper flowers to visit a friend. NATHAN builds an observatory and looks at the stars through two telescopes. CHARLI pretends to be a shooting star. KELLIE shows Chats her time capsule, and they make a new one. CHARLI swings on her swing. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about three children (Nathan, Kellie, and Charli) who are greeted by a shooting star (Kathleen) when she lands in their backyard, and try to find a way to get her back into the sky. | |||
| 18 | Welcome | Come Around to My Place (visiting) | June 15, 2005 |
| NATHAN makes a world greeting for Kellie before she leaves on a trip around the world, so that she can say "hello" anywhere she goes. CHARLI has got a new way to say "hello" and Tim helps her. TIM visits his uncle's office and he listens to all the sounds everybody makes. Chats looks for a friend. KELLIE visits Chats' Arabic desert tent, where they learn how to say "hello" in different languages. CHARLI says "hello" and "goodbye" in Swazi. KATHLEEN decorates a hat to welcome a friend from Brazil. CHARLI dances the samba. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about three white clouds (Kellie, Tim, and Charli) who meet a storm cloud (Nathan), who teaches them how to create storms like him. | |||
| 19 | Animal visits and visitors | Come Around to My Place (visiting) | June 16, 2005 |
| NATHAN prepares beds of different shapes for some animals who come to visit him inside on a rainy day. CHARLI and the Hi-5 band pretend to be funky chicks. KELLIE helps Chats to see things from a different perspective after her clothes get eaten by moths. CHARLI looks after a puppy visitor who likes to chew her shoes. TIM visits the African jungle to learn all about rain dances. CHARLI pretends to be a monkey from Congo. KATHLEEN looks for a noisy possum that visits her garden every night. CHARLI dresses up as a koala. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a penguin (Kellie) who meets an emu (Tim), an owl (Kathleen), and a cockatoo (Nathan), and they get amazed because they have never seen a penguin before. | |||
| 20 | Imaginary places, people and things | Come Around to My Place (visiting) | June 17, 2005 |
| Prince of knights NATHAN makes a lonely dragon (Tim) feel proud. Princess CHARLI wants a drink. Pirate KATHLEEN sails the seas and looks for treasure. Pirate CHARLI tells us where the treasure is. TIM plays a glockenspiel and then he dreams about visiting Planet Glong. CHARLI stands still and then she moves crazily. KELLIE and Chats pretend to visit Planet Playful, where everything starts with P. CHARLI finds words that start with P. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about three teddy bears (Nathan, Kathleen, and Tim) who go on an imaginary indoor pirate adventure in search of a special treasure, which they find from their mother (Charli). | |||
| 21 | Landscapes | Home Sweet Home (city/country) | June 20, 2005 |
| KELLIE and Chats travel by train while playing "I spy". CHARLI pretends to be a train. DJ TIM mixes rap music with country music along with Nathan. CHARLI and Kellie do a bush dance. KATHLEEN follows some signs to find a park. CHARLI goes for a walk around Alphabet City. NATHAN builds a city out of plastic stuff. CHARLI enjoys a wonderful day. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a farm dog (Tim), who is inspired to build a new kennel after his trip to the city, with the help of his animal friends (Charli the duck, Kellie the pig, and Nathan the rooster). | |||
| 22 | Animals | Home Sweet Home (city/country) | June 21, 2005 |
| NATHAN builds a fence for his animals. KELLIE guesses animal toys by touching them. CHARLI gives milk to a lamb. TIM helps farmer Kathleen round up the sheep (Nathan and Charli) after her sheepdog (Kellie) gets confused from all the whistling. CHARLI plays with her animal cuddly toys. KATHLEEN finds pillows and she makes farm animals out of them. CHARLI dresses herself in clothes made of wool, to keep warm like a sheep. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about an elephant (Nathan) that visits a house where two sisters (Charli and Kathleen) live along with their dad (Tim), and they try to please the elephant like he was in Africa. | |||
| 23 | Day and night | Home Sweet Home (city/country) | June 22, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN puts on a night city show. CHARLI pretends to walk along the city streets and up a hilly area. NATHAN runs a city café and watches the city life pass him by. CHARLI pretends to be a customer, a waiter, and a chef of a French café. TIM and Kellie remember the sounds they heard at night when they were in the country and the city. CHARLI sings a song to feel fine. KELLIE and Chats visit a cave and find out that some stalagmites look like animals. CHARLI makes shadow puppets. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a helicopter (Kathleen) who travels to the desert on her first flight, and asks some animals along the way (Tim and Kellie) to help her find the wildlife photographer (Nathan) she is collecting a package from. | |||
| 24 | Food & crops | Home Sweet Home (city/country) | June 23, 2005 |
| NATHAN goes shopping for groceries. CHARLI unpacks the groceries. KATHLEEN sorts fruit to make some patterns. CHARLI makes a pattern of fruit. TIM and the Hi-5 band join the cajun band and play at the Hi-5 feast. CHARLI dances to cajun music. KELLIE imagines being the sun and Chats imagines being a rain cloud, so they both can make the vegetables grow. CHARLI pretends to be an apple seed growing into an apple tree. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a trolley (Kellie) from the supermarket that visits the country and realises that the food doesn't come from the supermarket when she meets a hen (Kathleen), a farmer (Charli) milking a cow, and an apple tree (Nathan). | |||
| 25 | Every day | Home Sweet Home (city/country) | June 24, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN pretends to be a busy worker, who has a list of jobs she needs to do. CHARLI gets dressed as fast as she can. KELLIE tries different ways to wake Chats up to play a tennis match. CHARLI pretends to be an alarm clock. Farmer TIM collects the eggs from the hens while they sing together. CHARLI puts eggs she collected on the farm into an egg carton. NATHAN builds a barn and pretends to be the different animals who live inside. CHARLI pretends to be a duck. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a farm tractor (Tim) who visits the city, and learns about city traffic from two cars (Kellie and Kathleen) and a police officer (Charli). | |||
| 26 | Colours in nature | Rainbow 'Round the World (rainbows) | June 27, 2005 |
| KELLIE climbs up a rainbow and tastes Chats' different coloured ice cream along the way. CHARLI makes arcs with her body. TIM makes a rainbow necklace for Kellie, but he accidentally breaks it, so he turns it into shakers. CHARLI pretends to be a colourful kite. KATHLEEN jumps over and in some puddles. CHARLI pretends to jump in puddles. NATHAN dresses up as his favourite orange fruits and vegetables, and discovers their different shapes. CHARLI guesses what fruit she is eating without peeping. SHARING STORIES: Chats tells us a story about five friends (Nathan, Kathleen, Tim, Kellie, and Charli), who go on a holiday to the beach, but change their plans when the weather keeps changing. | |||
| 27 | Animals | Rainbow 'Round the World (rainbows) | June 28, 2005 |
| KELLIE and Chats make a rainbow tree for a lorikeet. CHARLI tries to reach for a rainbow. NATHAN pretends to be a bowerbird and then he makes a bower out of all the blue things he finds. CHARLI wonders why the sea is blue. TIM makes a song for a peacock (Nathan). CHARLI dances to Indian music. KATHLEEN watches the colours of the sea and hides some sea creatures there. CHARLI hides herself around her space. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a zebra (Tim) who leaves the zoo and hides from the zookeepers (Nathan and Kellie) by camouflaging against black and white buildings, before being brought back to the zoo by a child (Kathleen). | |||
| 28 | Mixing, making and discovering | Rainbow 'Round the World (rainbows) | June 29, 2005 |
| NATHAN paints a rainbow coloured spiderweb while dressed as a colourful spider. CHARLI makes kaleidoscope pictures with her hands. KELLIE makes a dyed top for Chats. CHARLI puts her colourful gloves on her feet and her colourful socks on her hands. TIM makes music for the fashion parade where Kellie will show her dyed T-shirts. CHARLI practises marching before the parade. KATHLEEN makes a colourful blanket for her teddy bear. CHARLI does the Blanket rap. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about three penguins (Tim, Kellie, and Nathan) that welcome another penguin (Charli) that has been away on holiday, she got a hat with sunflowers on and then they make colourful hats. | |||
| 29 | Colourful | Rainbow 'Round the World (rainbows) | June 30, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN prepares for a Hi-5 picnic, packing coloured picnic sets for each person. CHARLI sets a picnic under the shade of a tree. KELLIE feels low and Chats makes her feel better with a colourful bulb of a magic lamp. CHARLI feels squoggly and does exercise to fix it. TIM and fellow clown musicians (Kathleen and Nathan) try to keep in time during their circus performance. CHARLI does some silly walking in big clown boots. NATHAN rides a flying rainbow horse. CHARLI plays with a flying rainbow horse and then she pretends to be one. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about two children (Kathleen and Tim), who travel through a rainbow tunnel to a red land where they meet a red ladybird (Nathan), and a yellow land where they meet a yellow butterfly (Charli). | |||
| 30 | Contrast and affinity | Rainbow 'Round the World (rainbows) | July 1, 2005 |
| NATHAN paints a rainbow using the seven rainbow colours. CHARLI finds ways to move around in a small inside space. KELLIE imagines being a colourful fairy who changes the colour of Chats's flowers to a rainbow mix. CHARLI pretends to be a fairy. TIM and Kellie dress up in different colourful costumes for a bright and happy performance. CHARLI and Nathan can't agree on a game to play. KATHLEEN decorates some biscuits to make them look like mice, before Jup Jup changes her plans. CHARLI sings about a pig stuck in the mud and three animals (a duck, a dog and a kangaroo) that try to help him. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a flower bud (Charli) that want to grow and turn into a flower, a busy bee (Kellie) picks up the pollen from a red flower (Tim) and a yellow one (Kathleen), and that's the way the flower bud is helped to grow up. | |||
| 31 | Sports | T.E.A.M. (teams) | July 4, 2005 |
| KELLIE and Chats try to find the right call they need to attract a hog. CHARLI pretends to be a horse in a horse riding competition. KATHLEEN decides to try out for the tennis team, but must change her sport when Jup Jup replaces the ball. CHARLI plays totem tennis. TIM writes a song for the Hi-5 hopping team to help them keep in time with each other.. CHARLI practises cheering for a team. NATHAN and Tim practise playing silly party games. CHARLI plays a game of "pin the tail on the donkey". SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about three creatures (Tim, Nathan, and Charli) from a strange planet that play blast ball, but once the ball gets stuck in Tim's blutter and it doesn't sound anymore, so he visits the doctor (Kellie). | |||
| 32 | When am I a team player? | T.E.A.M. (teams) | July 5, 2005 |
| NATHAN and the Hi-5 band practise synchronised swimming. CHARLI, Kathleen, Nathan, and Kellie take part in a swimming medley relay. KELLIE and Chats make a thermometer and they'll know how hot it is. CHARLI makes some orange juice. Penguin TIM conducts the Hi-5 penguin band, who are very hungry. CHARLI encourages her feet to work together by doing a tap dance. KATHLEEN becomes an ambulance worker, a doctor, and a chef for her sick teddy bear. CHARLI takes care of her cuddly toys. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a girl (Kathleen) who, in excitement of receiving new dancing dolls (Charli and Tim), loses her favourite toy monkey (Nathan), and the dancing dolls work together to find him. | |||
| 33 | Animals | T.E.A.M. (teams) | July 6, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN is going to deliver presents by sleigh but she must lay them out first. CHARLI unwraps boxes. Jellyfish NATHAN and his jellyfish friends (Kathleen, Tim, and Kellie) catch a wave together. CHARLI pretends to be a crab, snapping with her claws. TIM pretends to be an African oxpecker bird who befriends a hippo (Nathan). CHARLI pretends to be a hippo. KELLIE and Chats pretend to be beavers working together to build a dam. CHARLI and Nathan sing Give It A Go. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about three friends (Kathleen the giraffe, Charli the crocodile, and Kellie the hippo) that play soccer but the ball gets stuck in the branches of a tree (Tim), so they find a way to get it back. | |||
| 34 | Cooperations and communities | T.E.A.M. (teams) | July 7, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN pretends to be a firefighter with a pretend fire. CHARLI practises her lifesaver drills. TIM plays a drum, so Kathleen and Kellie can paddle at a time on a dragon boat. CHARLI goes for a paddle boat ride. NATHAN uses rollers to move a heavy block across his space. CHARLI makes her body parts roll. KELLIE lost her voice and Chats tries to guess what she wants her to know. CHARLI's feet are tired and she gives them a rub. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a whale (Nathan) who gets stuck on a sandbank while water skiing with a mermaid (Charli), and is rescued with the help of a lighthouse (Kellie) and a tugboat (Kathleen). | |||
| 35 | Teams | T.E.A.M. (teams) | July 8, 2005 |
| TIM is visited by a group of aliens (the Hi-5 band) who mistake him for a music manager from Mars. CHARLI visits Tim and dances the Charleston believing he is going to put on a musical show. NATHAN and his marching team practise marching in time together. KELLIE shows Chats a marionette and then she pretends to be one. CHARLI looks through a photo album and remembers what it was like to be a baby. KATHLEEN decides on a circus trick to perform while Jup Jup gives her some ideas. CHARLI pretends to walk on a tightrope. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a lonely king (Tim) who summons a tricky magic jester (Nathan) to help him find something exciting to do: a request which culminates in him forming a band with two other queens (Kellie and Kathleen). | |||
| 36 | World | Some Kind of Wonderful (wonderful) | July 11, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN uses cooking ingredients to create bubbling lava for a miniature volcano. CHARLI pretends to be a volcano. KELLIE shows Chats a kaleidoscope and then she dresses up with colourful clothes around her waist. CHARLI's space lights itself up and she feels in different ways. TIM imagines the sounds he would hear under the sea. CHARLI pretends to be an octopus. NATHAN makes patterns with big shells. CHARLI and Nathan make the Sydney Harbour Bridge shape together. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a girl (Charli) who gets a pair of jet powered rocket boots, so she can visit her friend from the North Pole (Tim) and her friends from the tropical jungle (Kathleen and Nathan). | |||
| 37 | People | Some Kind of Wonderful (wonderful) | July 12, 2005 |
| NATHAN pretends to be a tugboat with the job of guiding a large ship into the harbour. CHARLI and Kathleen have a tugging competition. KATHLEEN drives a bus and takes her animal friends to the park for a picnic, but Jup Jup changes the steering wheel. TIM, Kathleen, Nathan, and Kellie sing a cappella on their camping trip, even Jup Jup joins them. CHARLI pretends to be a frog. KELLIE does voice exercises and Chats tries to follow her though she always sings out of time. CHARLI warms up her fingers and hands before she does some writing. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about a boy (Tim) who wants to be a firefighter like his uncle (Nathan), and spends a day at the station with his team (Charli and Kellie), seeing how they do their drills before helping them during a real emergency. | |||
| 38 | Places | Some Kind of Wonderful (wonderful) | July 13, 2005 |
| TIM imagines visiting the North Pole where he meets a talking snowman (Nathan) after he discovers a new snow dome in his collection. CHARLI pretends to be a floating snowflake and a heavy raindrop. Warrior NATHAN goes to the Egyptian pyramids for the sunset chariot race. CHARLI does the sphinx and the cobra snake poses. KELLIE's wonderful place is her bed and she imagines travelling to the Northern Territory along with Chats. CHARLI collects food like a lizard, a Venus flytrap, and an elephant. KATHLEEN uses a globe to decide on a wonderful place in the world to visit. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a spade (Charli), a bucket (Nathan), and a wheelbarrow (Kathleen) that are visited by a wombat (Kellie), they all go to the wombat's burrow and they find out it is too small because the wombat doesn't like digging. | |||
| 39 | Days | Some Kind of Wonderful (wonderful) | July 14, 2005 |
| NATHAN and the Hi-5 band get ready for the wonders of the world parade. CHARLI leans like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. TIM and the Hi-5 band celebrate the beat drum festival. CHARLI does drumming with her feet. KELLIE and Chats create Night-Day, a day for pretending that it's night. CHARLI sings to the stars and moon as she gets ready for sleep. KATHLEEN makes some new friends when she crafts some sock puppets. CHARLI shows us her tiniest and biggest ways to say "hello" and "goodbye". SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a cat (Kellie), a dog (Nathan), a mouse (Kathleen), and a rabbit (Tim) living together, and they all want to celebrate their own special day which triggers a disagreement. | |||
| 40 | Gifts & treasures | Some Kind of Wonderful (wonderful) | July 15, 2005 |
| KELLIE is sad because her favourite music box is broken, so Chats finds a way to cheer her up. CHARLI does balancing poses. NATHAN finds a treasure chest with a pirate costume inside. Pirate CHARLI builds up strength by doing push-ups to help climb the rigging. TIM uses dishes in the kitchen sink to make music while cleaning. CHARLI makes a kitchen sink dance. KATHLEEN makes a surprise for Nathan with a balloon. CHARLI pretends to be a balloon. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a teddy bear (Kathleen) of a girl (Charli), who fears she is not as shiny and new as the other toys (Kellie the ballerina and Tim the toy soldier). | |||
| 41 | Animals | Planet Disco (journeys) | July 18, 2005 |
| Snow goose NATHAN teaches his class (the Hi-5 band) how to fly in formation. CHARLI practises her snow goose moves. Chats looks for a friend. KELLIE pretends to be a homing pigeon and Chats gives her a message to send. CHARLI pretends to be a homing cat. Busy bee TIM finds fresh flowers full of pollen and tells the other bees (the Hi-5 band) how to get there. CHARLI pretends to be a bee and does the Big Bee Hop. Hermit crab KATHLEEN looks for a shell that fits her. CHARLI pretends to be a possum that likes hiding. SHARING STORIES: Nathan tells us a story about a family of swallows where the mother (Charli) teaches her babies (Kellie and Tim) how to fly, including the youngest (Kathleen), who is afraid of leaving the nest. | |||
| 42 | People | Planet Disco (journeys) | July 19, 2005 |
| TIM remembers the long car trips with his family and the songs they used to sing. CHARLI has a break during a long car trip to stretch her body. KELLIE packs her camping stuff and rolls them in a swag. CHARLI turns her sun hat into a swagy sun hat. KATHLEEN cooks different foods from Mexico when she decides to change the recipe. CHARLI and Kathleen do a Mexican dance. Desert dweller NATHAN rides a camel across the desert. CHARLI journeys to the desert on a magical flying carpet. SHARING STORIES: Charli tells us a story about a city girl (Kellie) who receives a parcel which has been sent to the wrong address, and travels with her father (Tim) to a farm to deliver it to its rightful owner (Kathleen), after stopping off at a different farmer's address (Nathan) along the way. | |||
| 43 | Places | Planet Disco (journeys) | July 20, 2005 |
| KATHLEEN visits Paris and Jup Jup hides inside her backpack. CHARLI sings in French. KELLIE and Chats go on an imaginary journey in search of a legendary bunyip. CHARLI turns her hands into bunyips. TIM's xylophone has a missing key and he takes it to the xylophone factory to fix it. CHARLI plays a giant xylophone. NATHAN makes a map of the neighbourhood where he lives and he'll show it to his grandmother because she has moved there. CHARLI and Nathan walk to her grandmother's house while safely crossing the road. SHARING STORIES: Kellie tells us a story about a squid (Nathan) living in the ocean, who journeys to the edge of the coral reef for a picnic lunch, while meeting some friends along the way (Tim the sea urchin, Charli the stingray, and Kathleen the seahorse). | |||
| 44 | Life | Planet Disco (journeys) | July 21, 2005 |
| NATHAN tries to make himself taller to see what is making a noise behind a wall. CHARLI stretches her body to be taller. KELLIE tries to read while Chats is trying to decide on what she'll be when she grows up. CHARLI pretends to be a racing car driver. TIM doesn't know how to play a jew's harp and a teacher (Nathan) makes him do a wibbly-wobbly dance. CHARLI is confused about the different meanings of jiggling, wobbling, bobbling, and waggling. KATHLEEN makes a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly for Charli. CHARLI pretends to be a butterfly. SHARING STORIES: Tim tells us a story about a group of friends (Charli, Kathleen, and Nathan) who welcome a new member (Kellie), and try to help her fit in with their routine for the boot scootin' barn dance. | |||
| 45 | Journeys through your imagination | Planet Disco (journeys) | July 22, 2005 |
| NATHAN turns his white bed sheets into snowy mountains as he goes on a climbing adventure. CHARLI pretends to be a shirt hanging on the clothesline. KATHLEEN uses a pair of chairs to travel anywhere she pleases. CHARLI skips the rope in different ways. TIM hears three different sounds and imagines what animal could make them. CHARLI makes honker-clopper-rattlesaurus sounds. KELLIE and Chats imagine riding a roller coaster and a carousel. CHARLI throws balls through a hoop. SHARING STORIES: Kathleen tells us a story about two children (Tim and Charli) who have got sore throats and have to miss a school excursion, so their mum (Kellie) takes them on a trip through their imagination to Pillow land, where they meet a puffy pillow (Nathan). | |||
VHS and DVDs[]
Hi-5 Dance Hits Volume 1 (2005)
Action Heroes (2005)
Hi-5 Dance Hits Volume 2 (2005)
Wonderful Journeys (2005)
Hi-5 Dance Hits Volume 3 (2006)
Mix It Up (2006)
CD[]
TV Series DVDs (Hong Kong & Singapore)[]
- Series 7 Volume 1: Ch-Ch-Changing
- Series 7 Volume 2: Making Music
- Series 7 Volume 3: Action
- Series 7 Volume 4: Come Around To My Place
- Series 7 Volume 5: Home Sweet Home
- Series 7 Volume 6: Rainbow 'Round The World
- Series 7 Volume 7: Teams
- Series 7 Volume 8: Some Kind Of Wonderful
- Series 7 Volume 9: Planet Disco
Trivia[]
- This series marked:
- The last series to have the original Kids Like Us logo and the 2002-2006 Nine Network logo.
- The last series to use the updated segment intros from Series 5. The next series will have a different animation.
- The last series where the orange characters have green hands.
- The first series to credit Charli as 'Charli Delaney'.
- The first series to use the brand new Song Of The Week's set which will be used until Series 13.
- From this series onwards, after the Song Of The Week is shown at the end of each episode, the group interacts and high-fives with the audience while the credits roll. However, in Changing week, the group and the audience dance, and in Wonderful week, children take the Hi-5 band's places as "Some Kind Of Wonderful" is played.
- Most of the costumes for four Series 7 songs (Making Music, Action Hero, T.E.A.M. and Some Kind Of Wonderful) were reused for Hi-5 USA Series 2 when performing the same songs for their second series; Karla used a couple of outfits different from Charli's so her complexion would be better complimented.
- This series was filmed from September to November 2004.
- There are Songs Of The Week that are referenced in it's respective opening theme:
- Ch-Ch-Changing (As "Changing"), Making Music (As "Making"), Action Hero (As "Action"), Rainbow 'Round The World (As "Rainbows"), T.E.A.M. (Not counting the periods), and Some Kind Of Wonderful (As "Wonderful") have some words in their titles referenced.
Awards and nominations[]
| Award(s) | Year | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVIA Awards | 2006 | Action Heroes | Best DVD Marketing Campaign | Won |
| APRA Screen Music Awards | 2005 | Chris Harriott, Leone Carey (for "Making Music") | Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series | Nominated |
| Logie Awards | 2006 | Hi-5 | Most Outstanding Children's Program | Nominated |