Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestTony, 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 sickness. As the new family books into the hotel, Maggie thinks that she sees a movie star, but no one believes her. Mike inveigles his way into Space Camp with Nikki, much to her disgust. During the final exercise at Space Camp, Nikki feels motion sickness and Mike helps her overcome it. Maggie eventually tracks down the elusive movie star and has her photo taken with him.
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.
Writing
Smart kids who actually sound like kids
Production
Surprisingly ambitious space station sets for kids TV
Creators
Tony Morphett, Jeff Pack, Tony Morphett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series was one of the Australian Children's Television Foundation's most expensive productions at the time, with custom-built space station sets that ate most of the budget.
Sky Trackers arrived during a golden era of Australian kids' TV exports, helping establish the ACTF's reputation for smart, internationally competitive children's programming before Blue Water High or Round the Twist became global hits.
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