Australian Television: Round The Twist: episode guide

Round The Twist: episode guide

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The Big Burp

Episode 3.01
UK premiere: Monday, January 10, 2000
Australian premiere: Tuesday, February 29, 2000
Canadian premiere: Thursday, September 07, 2000
Written and Directed by Esben Storm

Pete finally meets the girl of his dreams. He can't believe his luck—Jeannie is the most beautiful girl in Port Niranda—even if she is a tree spirit. But when Pete discovers he is pregnant, Linda, Bronson and the Gribble Gang deliver the surprise of their lives.

With: Jeannie Loftus as Jeanie Dryad, Alfredo Nicdao as Reporter 1, Nicole Stinton as Reporter 2, Vickie D'Montel & Louise Williams as Pete Tummy Doubles.

Viking Book Of Love

Episode 3.02
Written and Directed by Esben Storm

Emerging from an eerie fog enveloping Port Niranda, is an ancient long boat of Vikings lead by the hirsute Chief Snorri and his son Snorrison. Hardly the sort of tourists Gribble wants in Port Niranda, especially when Chief Snorri claims the lighthouse, and Linda falls in love with Snorrisen after he reads to her from the enchanted Viking Book of Love.

With: David Swann as Chief Snorri, Nikolai Nikolaeff as Snorrison, David Glazebrook as Lars, Paul Gardner as Archeologst, Rick Tonna, Mark Wickham and Russell Frost as Jet Skiers, Ray Roordink, Chris Wilson, Graham Jahne and Stuart Fraser as Vikings, Szumai Anderson as Linda Double, Chris Kemp as Snorrison Double.

Whirling Derfish

Episode 3.03
Written and Directed by Ray Boseley

Everyone knows that Bronson will eat anything! But when he swallows a rare whirling derfish nobody could have guessed his willy would spin like a propeller and he would become a human outboard motor known as "The Port Niranda Porpoise." Then Linda discovers the derfish is one of the last breeding pair in existence and she demands that Bronson cough it up.

With: Rachel Maza as Genevieve, Fiona Harris as Reporter, Clayton Jacobson as Guard, Phillipa Cahill as Newspaper Girl.
Awards: winner of the 2000 Rockie Award for best children's programme at the Banff Television Festival in Canada, a 2000 AFI Award nominee for Best Children's Television Drama, and winner of the New York Festivals' 2000 Best Show Grand Award

UMI

Episode 3.04
Written by Chris Anastassiades
Directed by Pino Amenta

Beware of Gizmos! You never know what could happen when you play a video game. One flick of the switch and BANG, Pete's mind is in Mr. Gribble's body and vice versa! But while Pete is spending a terrifying night in Gribble's house with Matron Gribble, Gribble is making the most of a nasty situation, convincing Tony to sell the Lighthouse.

With: John Penman as Attendant, Raymond Mow as Abusive Passenger, Brett Anderson as Pete Driving School, Eliott Lomas as Kid.

Truth Hits Everybody

Episode 3.05
Written by Chris Anastassiades
Directed by Pino Amenta

After loosing out to Gribbs as the host of the Port Niranda High School Broadcast, Linda decides to do her own show. Anthony, Fiona, Pete and Linda rustle up some old video and sound equipment only to discover they have a magic microphone that makes everyone, even Mr. Gribble, speak the truth, no matter what!

With: Fiona Harris as News Reporter, Anthony Anselmo as Bruno, Tom Wright as Milo, Meliisa O'Hara as Taylor Triplet #1, Anastasia Keras as Taylor Triplet #2, Lucinda Freedman as Taylor Triplet #3.

The Nirandathal Beast

Episode 3.06
Written by Chris Anastassiades
Directed by Pino Amenta

In the Twist household there is tradition that the razor is passed on from father to son. So when Bronson secretly uses the razor before Pete, chaos is unleashed. First Bronson is cursed with a three-foot beard that won't stop growing, then he is mistaken for the legendary Nirandathal Beast, prompting a swarm of bounty hunters come to town in search of the reported creature.

With: Matthew Molony as The Beast, Adriano Cortese as Con the Barber, Rosemary Johns as Woman in Window, Christopher Street as Student, Simon McSweeney as Reporter, Ken Weaver as Hunter, Stuart Frase as Hunter Driver #1, Russell Frost as Hunter Driver #2, Rick Tonna as Hunter Driver #3, Margie Bainbridge as Conservationist.

Mali-Boo

Episode 3.07
Written by Chris Anastassiades
Directed by Pino Amenta

When Tony discovers an old Malibu surfboard in the garage, Pete is keen to make a splash at the Port Niranda surf carnival. Just when it looks like Pete might finally get to impress the girls, the ghost owner of the board, Moondoggy Throckmorton, turns up and together they surf the legendary 200 foot tidal wave that hits Port Niranda every thirty years.

With: Matt Ralph as Moondoggy, Robin Hart as Photographer, Mark Simon as Pete Surfing Double, Will Day as Gribbs Surfing Double, Zeb McNamara-Walsh as Tiger Surfing Double, Simon Cottet as Rabbit Surfing Double.

Brainless

Episode 3.08
Written and Directed by Ray Boseley

Bronson teams up with resident geekazoid Anthony for a science project that ends up with Pete and Linda having their brains sucked out through their noses. While Bronson is searching for their brains at the local tip, Gribbs and his gang kidnap Linda and Pete's bodies and make them their personal slaves.

With: Scott Cameron as Skateboarder, Robert Tuttleby as Picnicker #1, Meg Elkins as Picnicker #2, Arch Roberts as Truck Driver.

Toy Love

Episode 3.09
Written and Directed by Esben Storm

Linda's old Veronique doll comes back to haunt her. It won't leave her alone, neither will Gribbs who has heard Linda read from the Viking Book of Love and is acting really weird.

With: none

The Tears Of Innocence

Episode 3.10
Written and Directed by Esben Storm

Port Niranda is in the middle of a drought when, days before the annual flower show, Derek the rainmaker arrives. Pete has high hopes which are dashed when Derek not only refuses to make rain, he also takes part in a hoax with Gribbs and the gang. It is only when Pete confronts Derek with real faith and the tears of an innocent, that Derek has the ingredients required to perform a miracle. Fay moves out of the lighthouse after Mr. Snapper reads to her from the Viking Book of Love.

With: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Derek, Ross Daniels as O'Leary, Con Dermanakis as Limo Driver
Awards: this episode received an Honourable Mention at the 48th Columbus International Film & Video Festival held in September 2000 in New York as well as winning the New York Festivals' 2000 Gold World Medal for the category "Youth Programs (Ages 7 - 12)"

The Icecream Man Cometh

Episode 3.11
Written and Directed by Ray Boseley

When Linda is fired from Mr. Gribble's icecream parlor, she finds work with Paulo the master icecream maker. She soon discovers the mystery behind Paulo's famous "all natural" ice cream—Giorgio—a huge hulking simpleton who Paulo keeps hidden away. Linda is not sure whether Giorgio is man or machine when she sees him making icecream by blowing it out his nose!

With: Darcy Neave as Giorgio, George Kapiniaris as Paulo, Woody Miles as Gelati Customer, Johnny Baird as Paulo Driving Double.

If The Walls Could Talk

Episode 3.12
Written by Chris Anastassiades
Directed by Pino Amenta

No one ever tells Bronson anything. They all think he is too young. If only the walls could talk, he sighs, and then, all of a sudden they do! But not only the walls, also the doors, the floors, the furniture, his pillow, even his desk starts talking. Using this newfound power, Bronson decides to retrieve the Viking Book of Love and Fay from Mr. Snapper.