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COLLECTION · Series · 1995

Sky Trackers

Sky Trackers was a television series created by Jeff Peck and Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation. The series was a winner of various Television Awards. The pilot was produced by Anthony Buckley.

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* 7.5 (2)ActionAdventureDramaFamilyFantasyScience FictionAustralia
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Creators
Tony Morphett · Jeff Pack
Countries
Australia
Studios
Seven Network
Runtime
22 min/ep
Release
25/03/1995
Score
7.5 / 10 (2)

Awards and nominations

  • Best Children's Television Drama
  • Young Actor Award
  • Nominated at Banff Television Festival , Canada — Banff Rockie Award for Best Children's Program
  • Winner at Cairo International Film Festival for Children in Egypt — Golden Cairo for TV Programmes
  • Winner at Cairo International Film Festival for Children in Egypt — Best Children's Television Series
  • Selected — Cairo International Film Festival for Children in Egypt
  • Finalist — Cairo International Film Festival for Children in Egypt
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
26 episodes · 1995
Episode 1. Skating the Dish
1995-03-25 · 22 min

Mike Masters and his father, Tony, arrive at Kaputa after having been away for eight years. The dish is parked as it cools down to operating temperature and so Mike decides to put on his roller blades and skate the dish. Against Nikki's…

Episode 2. Meteor Rights
1995-04-01

photograph the shower at night and track one meteorite that has hit the earth. Another student, Bruce, and his gang decide to find the meteorite as well, planning to sell it for money. The meteorite is eventually found in the middle of…

Episode 3. The Beast
1995-04-08

Mike convinces his father, Tony, that it's time to buy a horse. But when Mike goes for a ride, the horse throws him, and Tony decides it's too dangerous. Mike swears that something scared the horse. To prove his point, the kids lay bait…

Episode 4. Tell Someone Who Cares
1995-04-15

Tony asks Mike to go camping with him. Mike declines. Tony camps near where he and his late wife used to collect gemstones. Tony's vehicle gets bogged and his mobile phone is out of range so he is unable to contact Mike. Mike gets…

Episode 5. The Big Skip
1995-04-22

Maggie, while listening into CB radio, hears a distress call from a child. But no one believes her. Nikki thinks Maggie's doing it for attention. Maggie has given a Valentine Card to Mike. But Mike has presumed it came from Nikki and so…

Episode 6. Goddess of the Dawn
1995-04-29

Visiting Wright Foundation student Romy arrives to study an atmospheric phenomenon called The Southern Lights. Mike decides its time to try for the first kiss with Nikki. The kids observe sun spot activity and estimations made as to how…

Episode 7. Dead Ducks
1995-05-06

The local legend of "The Sundowner", a turn-of-the-century bushranger, sparks Mike's interest in looking for the bushranger's hideout. Dead ducks are discovered in a lake and an autopsy reveals that lead poisoning was the cause of death.…

Episode 8. Is There Life on Earth?
1995-05-13

Shane, a visiting student, is doing a project on the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. Mike gets jealous that Nikki and Shane are spending so much time together and hatches a plan to fool Shane into believing that radio signals…

Episode 9. Letting Go
1995-05-20

Items that Tony's late wife Ellen had with her on her final, fatal flight wash up in a lake. Mike wants to find out more, but Tony doesn't. Tony thinks that he's dealt with the issue of Ellen's death and doesn't want to open up old…

Episode 10. To Tell or Not to Tell
1995-05-27

The magnetic field of Jupiter is a project that Zoe is supposedly studying as a Wright Foundation student. Unfortunately, it's Nikki's project as well. Zoe is not interested in science; her domineering mother has forced her into it. Zoe…

Episode 11. Kiss The Sky
1995-06-03

Nikki needs software to help her complete drawings for her project on Mars, but she can't afford the software. Nikki sets about making enough money to buy the software. Meanwhile, she is asked to teach a local girl Lynne how to use a word…

Episode 12. Can't Buy Me Love
1995-06-10

Marie's old boyfriend offers her a position with RGM Research, a private research organization based in Sydney. Nikki doesn't want to leave Mike and live in Sydney. With Tony's help, Nikki finds out more about the company using a computer…

Episode 13. Rocket To Me
1995-06-17

An inter-school competition sees the local school pitted against other schools to build the best rocket. During rocket testing, Mike discovers that his friend Brad is being bashed by his father. And Nikki and Mike's parents are concerned…

Episode 14. Aliens
1995-06-24

Nikki, Mike and Maggie see lights in the sky one night. They wonder if it's a UFO. Giles seems to be acting strangely and Maggie thinks Giles might be an alien. Mike and Nikki discover that Giles is interested in UFO's: a friend of Giles…

Episode 15. Trees a Crowd
1995-07-01

Maggie's favourite tree is under threat, about to be cut down by a bureaucrat Mr. Carver to make way for a new building. Maggie and Tim and a visiting Wright Foundation student band together to save the tree. They stage a sit-in up the…

Episode 16. Ice Balls
1995-07-08

As Tony is preparing to leave for America and the shuttle mission, Nikki discovers a comet. To verify her discovery, she needs to use the optical scope at a nearby observatory. Whilst at school, Nikki and Mike fight because word leaks…

Episode 17. Long Distance Call
1995-07-15

Tony is launched into space aboard the shuttle. Nikki and Mike make up after their argument and the two hurry back from school to speak with Tony in space. The space shuttle is hit by space junk and communication is lost for a few hours.…

Episode 18. Star Time
1995-07-22

Tony returns to Australia a hero after his scientific experiments in space. Coral Lee, a television producer who wants him to become a celebrity on U.S. television, accompanies him. Tony leaves the decision about going to America up to…

Episode 19. Secrets
1995-07-29

Wright Foundation student Simon comes to Kaputa to use remote sensing to locate ancient aboriginal sites. Simon uses both intuition and science to help him locate an ancient cave. Mike doesn't believe in intuition. A new road being built…

Episode 20. The Wish Star
1995-08-05

Maggie and Nikki's father Robert arrives from France to do a story on Dr. Tony Masters. Maggie thinks she sees a new star in the sky, but when Nikki looks it's no longer there. Meanwhile, Tony is trying to build up the courage to ask…

Episode 21. Origins
1995-08-12

Cleo, a Wright Foundation student, makes a major discovery. She detects a mass of hydrogen far out in space but when it's suggested she and her parents have their photo taken for a newspaper, she declines. Cleo has just discovered that…

Episode 22. Penguin Point
1995-08-19

Tony and Marie and their children go on a holiday together. Nikki discovers what looks like an oil slick on the ocean and the discovery of an oil-soaked penguin confirms the children's fear. Mike and Nikki race against time to tell their…

Episode 23. The Black Prince
1995-08-26

Nikki is accepted into Space Camp. In her view, this is the first step towards her life long dream of being the first woman on Mars. Meanwhile, Elfie is doing a study on the local wallaby population. Mike and Nikki argue and Nikki thinks…

Episode 24. Wow
1995-09-02

Nikki is making a video on the Search for Extra Terrestrials which Tony is researching. But Tony seems like he is losing his enthusiasm for science, until a real signal momentarily appears. But the signal doesn't reappear the next night.…

Episode 25. Precious Days
1995-09-09

Against the backdrop of Tony and Marie's impending marriage, Wright Foundation student Jake attempts to complete the "final experiment". At the point of his own death, he aims to transmit his energy through the dish and into space. Nikki…

Episode 26. Do or Die
1995-09-16

Tony, Marie, Nikki, Maggie and Mike fly to Melbourne where Nikki is attending Space Camp. During the flight Nikki gets motion sickness. This worries Nikki who fears that the exercises at Space Camp will cause further bouts of motion…

Cast by season
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Emily-Jane Romig
Maggie Colbert
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Mark Venn
Brad
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Dyen Vu
Lisa
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Kaz Hall
Steve
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Nelson Leongue
Sam
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Frank Veneziano
Dick
Petra Yared
Petra Yared
Nikki Colbert
Zbych Trofimiuk
Zbych Trofimiuk
Mike Masters
Steve Jacobs
Steve Jacobs
Tony Masters
Anna Maria Monticelli
Anna Maria Monticelli
Marie Colbert
Paul Sonkkila
Paul Sonkkila
Frank Giles
Marco Chiappi
Marco Chiappi
Christian
Roz Hammond
Roz Hammond
Elfie
Justin Anderson
Justin Anderson
Bruce
Gareth Yuen
Gareth Yuen
Joe
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Kathryn Markey
Kathy
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