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An Australian Children's Television Foundation production
for BBC Children's International in association with the BBC

Producers: Patricia Edgar, Phil Jones
Executive Producers: Patricia Edgar, Anna Home
Directors: Brendan Maher, Esben Storm Jeremy Swan, Aleksi Vellis, Ray Boseley, Stephen Johnson
Writers: Christine Madafferi, Esben Storm, Jeremy Swan, Mandy Hampson, Philip Dalkin, Steve J. Spears, Louise Fox

Aired: 1995, 1998 (26 x 30 min)

When upper class English girl Penelope finds a magic opal containing two Australian genies, Bruce and his son Baz, she thinks all her problems are over. But Bruce has other ideas. He and Baz trick Penelope into wishing her family to Australia at every opportunity. Penelope hates Australia and is constantly trying to get back to England. It's a comedic battle of wills and a clash of cultures, as Penelope learns that there is a difference between power and wisdom.