Airdate: MaveriX

New ABC ME action series MaveriX, filmed in Alice Springs, debuts this Friday.

The ten-episode series follows a group of wannabe junior motocross champs that make up the first intake of the MaveriX Academy – a bold training program designed to push the riders to their limits, supercharge their talents and set them on a course to the big time.

The series stars Darcy Tadich as Scott, Tatiana Goode plays Jenny, Sam Winspear-Schillings is Bear, Tdjiirm McGuire stars as Richie, Sebastian Tang plays Kaden and Charlotte Maggi is Angelique. They are joined by Jane Harber (Offspring, The Moodys) and Rohan Nichol (Home and Away, A Place To Call Home).

Over their summer holidays Scott, Jenny, Kaden, Richie, Bear and Angelique will train in Central Australia – one of the hottest, toughest yet most beautiful environments known to humankind. Here they will learn to race as a team – or fail.

The adrenaline-charged kids adventure drama introduces six young stars from across the country as the talented young motocross riders at MaveriX Academy.

Production credit: A Brindle Films production for the ABC. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with the ABC and Screen Territory. Financed with support from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation and the South Australian Film Corporation. Created by: Rachel Clements, Sam Meikle & Isaac Elliot. Writers: Sam Meikle, Fin Edquist, Michelle Offen, Kelly Schilling and Sarinah Masukor. Directors: Ian Watson, Geoff Bennett, Isaac Elliott and Kelly Schilling. Producers Trisha Morton-Thomas and Rachel Clements. Executive Producers: Rachel Clements, Sam Meikle, Isaac Elliott, Bernadette O’Mahony. ABC Executive Producer Mary-Ellen Mullane.