The Genie from Down Under

• E1

  Wishing and Hoping

  When upper class English girl Penelope Townes finds a magic opal which contains two Australian genies, Bruce and his son Baz, she thinks all her problems are over and that she can have anything she wants. Bruce, however, has other ideas.

  1996-06-19
  Mark watched
• E2

  It's My Opal...(and I'll cry if I want to)

  Tour operator, Otto von Meister and his nephew, Conrad arrive at Townes Downs with a load of tourists. When he learns about the opal, Otto recalls that it belonged to their family years before and he and Conrad are desperate to get it back.

  1996-06-26
  Mark watched
• E3

  Where it's at

  Bruce wants to become human but to do this he must take the opal to the cave where it was mined over a hundred years before. He sets out to trick Penelope into visiting the cave.

  1996-07-03
  Mark watched
• E4

  Good Cop, Bad Genie

  Penelope is desperate to win the Cross Country and she does, without any help from the genies. Penelope wishes that Conrad could see her success. He does, but not quite how Penelope would have liked.

  1996-07-10
  Mark watched
• E5

  Customs

  Penelope, Lady Diana and Miss Mossop are arrested by a Customs Officer when they return to England with 20 million pounds provided by the genies. That exact amount has just gone missing from the Royal Mint.

  1996-07-17
  Mark watched
• E6

  Larceny

  Bruce helps Otto and Conrad get the opal because he thinks they will help him return to Australia. Instead the Von Meisters sell it for 25,000 pounds. It's now up to the genies to sort the mess out.

  1996-07-24
  Mark watched
• E7

  The Eternal Quadrangle

  Penelope is furious when Lady Diana's wish for a holiday in Australia is granted and they are once again at Townes Downs. To punish Lady Diana and Bruce, Penelope wishes her mother and Otto would fall madly in love.

  1996-07-31
  Mark watched
• E8

  Nobody's Perfect

  In an effort to stop Bruce continually misinterpreting her wishes, Penelope writes down her perfect wish. All goes well, Penelope is perfect, Lady Diana is rich and Marcia is ugly. However the genies have the last laugh.

  1996-08-07
  Mark watched
• E9

  The Triple Agent

  Conrad realises something is strange about Bruce and is determined to figure it out, with Baz's supposed help. But everyone else begins thinking Conrad is the odd one out.

  1996-08-14
  Mark watched
• E10

  A Tale of Two Cities

  Now that Conrad knows Bruce's secret, he decides to work on Baz to pump the information from him and the first thing he does is steal the opal

  1996-08-21
  Mark watched
• E11

  School Daze

  Returning to England for Marcia's party, Penelope discovers she has to take a catch up exam. Ready to win (with the opal), she attends the party, unaware of what surprises lie ins tore.

  1996-08-28
  Mark watched
• E12

  Triple Treat

  Otto and Conrad send two fake opals into circulation causing trouble for all involved.

  1996-09-04
  Mark watched
• E13

  It's Still Magic

  Bruce decides it's time for he and Baz to be free. First, Penelope tries to convince him not to and then Diana's love comes into play and the suspense is fatal...

  1996-09-11
  Mark watched

Top cast

Alexandra Milman

Penelope Townes

Rhys Muldoon

Bruce

Glenn Meldrum

Baz

Anna Galvin

Lady Diana Townes

Monica Maughan

Miss Mossop

Mark Mitchell

Otto von Meister

Fletcher Humphrys

Conrad von Meister

Ian McFadyen

Lord Roderick 'Bubbles' Ackington-Smyth

Kylie Belling

Trish Emu