MUMBAI: Nickelodeon will air live-action, magical mermaid adventure, H2O. The new half-hour series will kick off with a prime-time, hour-long movie on 14 March, at 8 pm (all times ET/PT), followed by the series premiere on 16 March, at 8.30 pm.

H2O centres on Emma, Rikki and Cleo, three 16-year-old girls who stumble upon an ancient cavern under a volcano and undergo a transformation that changes their lives forever. The heroines are ordinary teens on land but extraordinary teen mermaids with magical powers under the sea. With the ability to freeze, boil and manipulate water at any time, these mermaids discover that the world is truly their oyster.

Shot on location in the Gold Coast Region of Queensland, Australia, the series will air regularly on Sundays at 7:30 pm on Nickelodeon.