Hardball is an Australian children's television series, produced by Northern Pictures with Screen Australia in association with Create NSW and the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF). It was released on the ABC Me app on April 1, 2019, and aired on April 22 on the same channel. The second season came out in 2021. The series was filmed at La Perouse Public School in La Perouse, NSW, Australia. The show follows the protagonist, Mikey, trying to get better at schoolyard handball at his new school.
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Plot
Mikey moves to Western Sydney, where he meets Jerry and Salwa, who want to help him win at handball. The elected school principal is Ms. Crapper and Tiffany's dads are Steele and Stone.
Cast
Semisi Cheekam as Mikey
Reannah Hamdan as Salwa
Holly Simon as Prisha
Logan Reberger as Jerry
Erin Choy as Tiffany
Helen Dallimore as Ms. Crahper
Daya Sao-Mafiti as Daddy
Maria Walker as Auntie
Sam Everingham as Viktor
Ella Holowell as Ivanka
Jack Scott as Kevin
Nicholas Cradock as Lance
Tilly Jefferson as Lily
Taylan Gogan as Bao
Mahdi Mourad as Mustafa
Michael Denkha as Jim
Jack Scott as Kevin (IT)
Lila Tapper as Z-pop (Edie)
Guests
Guy Edmonds as Bevan Stone
Matt Zeremes as Steele
Wendy Strehlow as Wanda the Tuck Shop Lady/Food Truck Lady/Chip Shop Lady
Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Connor McCaan
Sam Alhaje as Chicken Billy
Jay Laga'aia as Mr. Butte
Haiha Le as Miss Bahm
Andrew Ryan as Garry Garrison
Madeleine Jones as Reporter
Episodes
Season 2
The second season of Hardball screened from 25 June 2021. It became available for viewing on Netflix in July 2024.