Five nostalgic local kid shows you can stream online

I remember coming home from school and immediately rushing to turn on the television to watch my favourite TV shows. I was so hooked on Kid Central and Okto shows that toilet breaks were only taken during commercial breaks – and it involved sprints – just so I wouldn’t miss any second of my favourite shows.

But as I grew older, these shows were discontinued and I switched into watching other shows from different channels.

However, these shows have since been made available for streaming online and I’m glad that I get to relive my childhood with some iconic kid shows from the 2000s that I grew up with. 

Here are five nostalgic local kid shows you can stream online.

Ubin Boy tells the tale of a Singapore city boy, Steven, who goes to spend his school holidays at Pulau Ubin after his father loses his company to a financial crisis. Steven is miserably thrusted into an island with no internet and no air-conditioning. To make matters worse, he has to spend the holidays with his cousin Ah Boy, who pranks and makes fun of him.

Through the three seasons, new characters like Xiao Min and Bib are introduced as they accompany Steven and Ah Boy on exciting adventures in Nature around Pulau Ubin.

Watch all three seasons of Ubin Boy on MeWatch here.

Whizzes Of The Void Deck is about three kids, Jene, MC and Flash finding a way for MC to go back in time to discover her mother’s secret. But due to Jene’s mother not wanting her son to conduct experiments at home, they find themselves a room at the void deck.

Unfortunately, to use the space they have to either pay rent or provide service to the community. The kids chose the latter and found themselves helping the community with the power of science.

The bulk of the show explained science facts and showcased all sorts of easy experiments for kids to carry out using items you can find lying around at home. 

Try out some of these experiments from the show here.

We are R.E.M can be dubbed as Singapore’s live action version of the popular animated series Totally Spies. The iconic show revolved around three female students, Rachel, E-Ching and Mo – hence the name R.E.M –  who spend their time after school solving mysteries and crimes.

The show really showcased the power of friendship and reinforces the idea of female empowerment. We are R.E.M was so popular that the series was rebooted with R.E.M.: The Next Generation, but I personally feel that the original series was more enticing to me due to the nostalgic factor.

Put on your thinking caps and solve mysteries with R.E.M here.

Dream School is an Okto Original musical drama about a group of teenagers who join a school of the arts. Teenagers Mo, Jin, Samantha, Xian, Irwan and Song applied for Dream School as they believed that their dreams would become a reality.

The upbeat drama showcases the power of friendship as the group of students help each other during their troubles and keep each other motivated in school.

Since Dream School is a musical drama, the teens also break out into song and dance every now and then by original soundtracks by Okto. Some may even likened it as the Singaporean version of High School Musical.

Check out Dream School here.

I’m sure at one point in time every kid dreamt of being on Groom My Room. The series is essentially a room renovation show where in every episode a kid transforms their room in a short time frame within a budget.

The contestant will be given two “lifelines” to use throughout the course of the entire game and if the contestant keeps within the budget, lifelines and time frame, they would win a bonus $100 voucher as a prize, on top of the room makeover they got.

Reminisce on the times we were all envious of these room makeovers here.

These are only a fraction of the shows I binge watched when I was a child on Kid Central and Okto. Hopefully Mediacorp releases more old school TV shows like Sketch or Wushu Warriors so that I could rewatch them and reminisce about my childhood.