The Genie From Down Under

S01E05: 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.

Overview

The Genie From Down Under is an Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC from 1995 to 1998. It was released on video in the 1990s, and is available for order via the ACTF website or Purchase on iTunes.

Episodes

S01E01 Wishing and Hoping

June 19, 1996
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...

S01E02 It's My Opal...(and I'll cry if I want to)

June 26, 1996
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...

S01E03 Where it's at

July 3, 1996
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...

S01E04 Good Cop, Bad Genie

July 10, 1996
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.

S01E05 Customs

July 17, 1996
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...

S01E06 Larceny

July 24, 1996
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...

S01E07 The Eternal Quadrangle

July 31, 1996
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...

S01E08 Nobody's Perfect

August 7, 1996
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...

S01E09 The Triple Agent

August 14, 1996
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.

S01E10 A Tale of Two Cities

August 21, 1996
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

S01E11 School Daze

August 28, 1996
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.

S01E12 Triple Treat

September 4, 1996
Otto and Conrad send two fake opals into circulation causing trouble for all involved.

S01E13 It's Still Magic

September 11, 1996
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...

Cast

Rhys Muldoon
Rhys Muldoon
Ian McFadyen
Monica Maughan
Mark Mitchell
Glenn Meldrum
Anna Galvin
Anna Galvin
Kylie Belling
Kylie Belling
Trish Emu

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