Hardball

SEASON 1

13 X 30 MIN | 2019 | PRODUCED FOR ABC ME

Hardball follows fish out of water Mikey and his two misfit mates, Salwa and Jerry. Their goal - make Mikey the sweetest-bestest-acest handball champ Western Sydney's ever seen!

When Mikey’s daddy (Daddy) scores a rugby league contract in Sydney with the Western Sydney Bullfrogs, he upends their lives in New Zealand and plonks them in Western Sydney. They move in with Mikey’s auntie (Auntie) who has the people skills of a toaster. To make matters worse, her home doubles as a mechanic’s workshop and Mikey has to sleep in the back of a panel van.

During lunchtime on his first day at a new school, Mikey discovers something completely unknown – handball. Where he’s from, rugby rules, but here handball’s where it’s at. Mikey doesn’t know it, but this game’s going to change his life.

SEASON 2

10 X 30 MIN | 2021 | PRODUCED FOR ABC ME

With the end of primary school on the horizon, Mikey and the gang go on an epic adventure to win an even more epic state doubles handball tournament (“Staties”). Life’s skux as. Except for the twin sporting villains, the end of school approaching, and a sweet scholarship opportunity for Mikey that could split up the gang

for good. EEEK! The end of primary school is a tough time for kids. Everyone’s moving on. Some friendships survive, some don’t; some get the school they want, some miss out. But change doesn’t have to be a bad thing and true friendships will weather any storm.

Hardball Season 2 will send our heroes off into the sunset with the knowledge that no matter where they are, or what they’re doing, they’ll be BBFs forever. What better way to toast our heroes than with an epic handball battle at Staties!

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