''Itch'' is an Australian children's

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television series which premiered on

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on 31 December 2019 and

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on 15 January 2020. The two ten-part action adventure series is based on the books written by

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. It is directed by

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, Nicholas Verso and Tenika Smith. The show was renewed for a second series in October 2020 which premiered on

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and

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on 17 September 2021. The first series was shot in Albany and

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between February and April 2019 and the second series was filmed in the Albany, Peel region and Perth, Western Australia between October and December 2020.

Plot

Itchingham Lofte loves science, especially chemistry. He is also an element hunter: he is collecting all the elements in the

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, which leads him to conduct sometimes destructive experiments in his bedroom. Itch obtains a rock which he believes is a new element and has strange properties. At first no one believes him, but soon various people – all connected to the powerful GreenCorp – are chasing after the strange new rock. Itch and his family are catapulted into a breathless adventure with terrifyingly high stakes.

Main cast

Episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Awards and nominations

International Broadcast

The first series aired on

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in New Zealand in February 2020,

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in the United States in June 2020,

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in the United Kingdom in November 2020, in Finnish on

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in Finland in September 2020 and in Catalan in

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in Spain in February 2021. Season 2 began airing on BYU TV's app on 1 January 2022, with an official double episode television premiere on 4 January 2022. In Canada, the show airs on

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References

External links

* * {{ABC Television programming Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian children's television series 2020s teen drama television series 2020 Australian television series debuts Australian English-language television shows Australian television series about teenagers Television shows set in Australia Australian teen drama television series