Worst Year of My Life Again

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Worst Year of My Life Again
Genre Comedy drama
Created byMark Brotherhood
StarringNed Napier
Laurence Boxhall
Tiarnie Coupland
Lana Golja
Xander Speight
Liam Erck
Jessie Blott
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersJenny Buckland
Bernadette O'Mahony
Ross Allsop
ProducersRoss Allsop
Bernadette O'Mahony
EditorPhilip Watts
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesAustralian Children’s Television Foundation
Reflective Pictures
Original release
Network CBBC
Release26 April (2014-04-26) 
19 July 2014 (2014-07-19)

Worst Year of My Life Again is an Australian children's television series that premiered on 26 April 2014 on ABC3. It was produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) and Reflective Pictures for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [1] Filming for the show began on 23 April 2013 at Camberwell High School and ended on 15 November 2013. The show also aired on CBBC. On 18 October 2014, the show's cancellation was announced. [2]

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Synopsis

When Alex King goes to bed on the eve of his 15th birthday, he is relieved that the last disastrous year is finally over. But when he wakes up, time has reset itself and he's going to have to relive the worst year of his life all over again. [3]

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Episodes

No.TitleAustralian air dateU.K. air date
1"Happy Birthdays"26 April 2014 (2014-04-26)26 May 2014
2"Valentine's Day"3 May 2014 (2014-05-03)27 May 2014
Valentine's Day is Alex's perfect opportunity to woo the girl of his dreams, but his declaration of love ends up in the wrong hands. So the universe makes it start over again.
3"Beach"10 May 2014 (2014-05-10)28 May 2014
It's fund-raising day at the life-saving club, and Alex gets on the wrong side of his nemesis Mr Norris, as Gibbo and The Gal from EZ1-FM kick-off a treasure hunt.
4"April Fool"17 May 2014 (2014-05-17)29 May 2014
Alex intends to use his 'loop year' to turn the tables on Simon, who has used him as his April Fool target each year.
5"Sam's Party"24 May 2014 (2014-05-24)2 June 2014
When Alex and his sister Sam are left home alone for the night, they decide they should host a house party - with disastrous consequences.
6"Maths Test"31 May 2014 (2014-05-31)3 June 2014
Alex arrives late to Mr Norris's maths lesson, resulting in Mr Norris giving the whole class a maths test.
7"Match Day"7 June 2014 (2014-06-07)4 June 2014
It's the grand final for Alex's soccer team the Mad Dogs, but after he causes a major mix up in a sports store, it's up to Alex's soccer-mad Dad to step in and save the day.
8"Cross Country"14 June 2014 (2014-06-14)5 June 2014
Alex is determined to win the boys' cross country race, even if he has to cheat.
9"School Play"21 June 2014 (2014-06-21)9 June 2014
Alex is thrilled when he gets the chance to play Romeo opposite Nicola's Juliet in the school play. Can he finally land a kiss with his dream girl?
10"Halloween"28 June 2014 (2014-06-28)10 June 2014
Alex creates a cool costume to wear to Nicola's Halloween celebrations, but will he get to the party without getting trick or treated?
11"Concert Tickets"5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)11 June 2014
Alex realises he's got a chance to win Nicola over when he sees an opportunity to get hold of concert tickets for her favourite band Boys AZ-1. He's just got to chase down a garbage truck and dig through his own household rubbish first.
12"Christmas"12 July 2014 (2014-07-12)12 June 2014
Alex does everything he can to speed up his mum's Christmas Day plans, so he can get to Nicola's beach barbeque party.
13"The Last Day"19 July 2014 (2014-07-19)12 June 2014
It's the last day of the school holidays and, at the local pool, Alex is determined to get Nicola alone to profess his love for her.

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References

  1. "Cameras roll on The Worst Year of My Life, Again".
  2. https://www.facebook.com/WYOMLA/ [ user-generated source ]
  3. "Inside Film: Film and Television Industry News and Issues for Australian Content Creators".