After Maudie, a ten-year-old puzzle prodigy, solves a crime on her first day at school with her new classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle, the future is obvious: the four children must form a detective agency together.
The Inbestigators - Series 1
After Maudie, a ten-year-old puzzle prodigy, solves a crime on her first day at school with her new classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle, the future is obvious: the four children must form a detective agency together. Operating out of the granny flat in Ezra’s backyard, these funny and disparate kids from Grade Five solve one thorny school playground or neighbourhood mystery after another, and become best friends in the process.
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The Inbestigators (Season overview)
After Maudie, a ten-year-old puzzle prodigy, solves a crime on her first day at school with her new classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle, the future is obvious: the four children must form a detective agency together.
The Inbestigators - Series 2 (2019)
When ten-year-old Maudie, a freakishly gifted observer of human behaviour, forms an investigator agency with her classmates Ezra, Ava and Kyle, no school or neighbourhood crime is left unsolved.
Episodes
Episode 1 The Case of the Curious New Girl
When Maudie solves a playground robbery on her first day at school, she and new friends Ezra, Ava and Kyle create The Inbestigators Detective Agency.
Episode 2 The Case of the Disappearing Deliveries
When Sophie’s online shopping parcels are delivered but never received she hires the Inbestigators to track them down.
Episode 3 The Case of the Missing Solar System
Pixie is horrified when her space diorama goes missing and Miss Tan falsely accuses her of not doing her homework.
Episode 4 The Case of the Distressed Dancer
When his dance troupe’s concert routine is sabotaged, Zac hires the Inbestigators to find out who at the dance academy is responsible.
Episode 5 The Case of the Sleepover Secret
Pixie is furious when something she privately told Ava is made public, so Maudie resolves to find out how Pixie’s secret got out.
Episode 6 The Case of the Big Mouth Challenge
When Ben mounts a competition to see who can fit a very large biscuit in their mouth like he can, Maudie is suspicious.
Episode 7 The Case of the Pestering Prank Caller
When a prank caller targets Ezra and his neighbours, Maudie believes the Inbestigators can track down who is making the mystery calls.
Episode 8 The Case of the Spoiled Sports Day
At the sports carnival, Kyle loses his temper when he doesn’t win a race, but Maudie suspects there might be more to Kyle’s unexpected loss.
Episode 9 The Case of the Exciting Excursion
The Grade Five rock climbing excursion is jeopardised when the permission slips go missing, but Maudie suspects they may have been hidden on purpose.
Episode 10 The Case of the Very Lost Notebook
When Maudie loses her beloved notebook Ezra, Ava and Kyle band together to reunite their friend with her most prized possession.
Episode 11 The Case of the Suspect Sprinkler
When the timer on Mrs Maniaci’s sprinkler system is tampered with before the ‘Garden of the Year’ competition, the Inbestigators must track down the culprit.
Episode 12 The Case of the Peculiar Pop Quiz
Maudie and Ava infiltrate Mr Barker’s grade six class to watch his famous pop quiz, where Maudie uncovers a crime.
Episode 13 The Case of the Science Sabotage
When Annie’s science fair experiment is stolen, the Inbestigators must track it down before the judging commences.
Episode 14 The Case of the Wrecked Rehearsal
When Esther is injured in the dress rehearsal of the Grade Five play, Maudie must figure out who caused the mishap before showtime.
Episode 15 The Case of the Perplexing Painting
When Esther’s painting is damaged during the Art Show, Maudie has trouble proving who ruined the artwork without finding the evidence first.
Episode 16 The Case of the Turtle Thief
When a turtle is stolen from Ryan’s back yard, Ezra offers the agency’s services but Maudie is convinced something about the robbery doesn’t add up.
Episode 17 The Case of the Misplaced Mug
Mr McGillick is upset after he loses his precious ‘World’s Best Principal’ mug so Ezra makes it his personal mission to get it back.
Episode 18 The Case of the Sad Little Sister
Poppy loses her school hat and is forced to sit in the shelter shed, where Maudie discovers there may be more to the missing hat.
Episode 19 The Case of the Disoriented Drone
After a little girl’s drone is blown away, the Inbestigators must prove that a boy in a neighbouring house has claimed it as his own.
Episode 20 The Case of the Baffling Birthday
Ava wants to give Maudie her first proper birthday party but Maudie gets sidetracked by a mystery.
ACTF Education
The mystery genre is so engaging partly because it positions readers as active participants in solving a crime. They put themselves in the detectives' shoes and collect clues alongside them, paying close attention to what the detective thinks, sees, does, and says.
Learning tasks in this resource will help Year 3-6 students to better comprehend the mystery genre, teaching them to read and think like a detective. Tasks also build the knowledge and skills necessary for students to craft their own engaging mystery stories.
Lessons can be approached individually or incorporated into a longer unit on the mystery genre. Learning tasks in The Inbestigators Teaching Toolkit are aligned to the Australian Curriculum, with links made to English, Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Capability.
In an ACTF Education webinar, inquisitive primary students from all over Australia had the chance to interview Anna Cooke, Abby Bergman, Aston Droomer, and Jamil Smyth-Secka – cast members from the popular children’s series The Inbestigators.
Working either independently, in pairs or as a class with teacher support, this resource guides Year 5 and 6 students in examining representations and points of view in children’s television. Students will learn from industry experts, then view and respond to short clips drawn from children’s television programs. The short learning tasks encourage students to critically reflect on their roles as audience members and content creators.
Media representations portray people, places and ideas; media literate students understand how and why these representations are constructed. Join the ACTF and ACMI Education for an interactive virtual workshop examining representations and points of view in children’s television. Students will view and respond to short clips drawn from children’s television programs while critically reflecting on their roles as audience members and content creators. Teachers may choose to print copies of our worksheet before viewing this virtual workshop with students. Our hosts indicate when to pause the video to complete learning tasks about media representations.
This clip collection is designed to help students understand and practice respectful communication, focusing on concepts of consent, bodily autonomy and personal boundaries. Using clips from Australian children’s television content, students work through activities that build their awareness of how to ask for, give, and deny permission.
Join us for Script a Smile: Comedy Writing Virtual Workshop - an interactive, fun-filled session where you’ll learn how to create humourous stories and characters that will have everyone giggling. Whether you’re into slapstick jokes, wordplay, or punchlines, we’ll show you how to turn your wild ideas into punchy comedy scripts.