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Next Time Around

Episode 2.01
Written by Paul Jennings
Directed by Esben Storm

Linda is obsessed with hypnotism. After successfully practicing on Russell the rooster, she hypnotizes Pete. As a result, whenever anyone says "now", he acts like a chicken for 10 seconds. Unfortunately, Linda hasn't quite figured out how to undo the hypnosis so Pete gets himself into some serious trouble at school.

Copy Cat

Episode 2.02
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Steve Jodrell

Mr. Gribble runs a "Birdman" competition as part of his political campaign. The Twist kids are determined to make the best flying machine in town. But when Bronson finds an ancient Mongolian copy cat hat, Linda wears it during the competition and she copies a seagull soaring through the sky... but Dad and Gribble Jnr aren't quite so lucky when they wear the copy cat hat.

Guest Cast: Tommy Dysart as Bus Driver, Gareth Yuen as Horse, Debbie Fryers as Bessle, Roger Rufus as Monk.

Little Squirt

Episode 2.03
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Esben Storm

Mr. Gribble plans to build an aquatic wonderworld on a beautiful stretch of the coastline. Bronson, who is the humiliated loser of the school peeing competition, finds an ally in a water spirit who helps him defeat Mr. Gribble and prove that he is no "little squirt."

Guest Cast: Teresa Blake as Water Spirit
Note: Priz Jeunesse, 7-12 age category, Munich, 1994

Pink Bowtie

Episode 2.04
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Steve Jodrell

Pete and his not-so-close friends Gribble Jr., Rabbit, and Tiger, get trapped on a ferry on the way home from a school outing with a pair of dangerous theives. The boys' hair is frozen stiff, literally, when the theives get turned into skeletons by an aging machine. But more importantly, how can they fix their hair for school tomorrow?

Guest Cast: Billie Hammerberg as Glenda (School Secretary)

Nails

Episode 2.05
Written by ?
Directed by ?

A mysterious new boy intrigues Linda. She discovers that, under his gloves, Andrew is growing wierd, overlapping fingernails. In fact they are scales and Andrew is a Mer-man! But can he really leave his father and Linda to follow the call of the sea?

Guest Cast: Eamonn Kelly as Andrew, Peter Bensley as Mr. Shelford, Cheryle Street as Mermaid

Sloppy Jalopy

Episode 2.06
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Steve Jodrell

Linda and Pete are caught "spying" on the Gribble gang and poor Pete lands in the middle of a sea of polluted sludge from Mr. Gribble's waste disposal unit. The stink is so bad that no amount of showers will wash off the putrid smell. But even stranger, Pete becomes a human junk magnet as all kinds of old junk begin to attach to him until he unravels the mystery.

With: Stig Wemyss as Taxi Driver

Smelly Feat

Episode 2.07
Written by ?
Directed by ?

Dad plans a birthday party for Miss James, and orders the kids to go, Bronson in particular. Bronson upsets Miss James by refusing to attend her birthday party. But there is something Bronson absolutely has to do at precisely the time of the party. It is a matter of life and death! Could it be something to do with the fact Bronson has not taken his runners off for 6 months?

Grandad's Gifts

Episode 2.08
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Steve Jodrell

When Linda hears a strange and terrible sound behind the wall in her room, she is convinced there is a connection with the lemon tree outside, which has started sprouting fruit in minutes. Dad has his own problems when Fay is snubbed by Bronson once too often, and she decides that she has no future with the Twist family.

Ice Maiden

Episode 2.09
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Esben Storm

Besotted with Dad's sculpture of the Ice Maiden, Bronson resolves to save it from his red-haired cousin Terry. With one small kiss however, Bronson and the Ice Maiden become inseparable.

Guest Cast: Laura Armstrong as Terry

Yuckles

Episode 2.10
Written by Paul Jennings
Directed by Steve Jodrell

Mr. Gribble decides to build a casino on the site of a 1000 year old rainforest. Old Nell reckons that the endangered magical Yuckle will vanish with the rainforest. The Twist kids set out to find one… and discover there is more to a Yuckle than meets the eye.

Quivering Heap

Episode 2.11
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Esben Storm

Gribble jnr is jealous of Pete because he gets to suck Fiona's neck in a school play of Dracula. Gribble jnr, Tiger and Rabbit lock Pete into an old toilet block at night where Pete befriends a failed ghost who is doomed to stay there forever unless he can prove that he is capable of really scaring someone. Meanwhile, Dad and Fay are becoming closer again.

Guest Cast: Jasper Bagg as Punk Ghost

Little Black Balls

Episode 2.12
Written by Paul Jennings and Esben Storm
Directed by Steve Jodrell

Nell gives Bronson an opal which he is supposed to trade for cash necessary for Nell's election campaign. Instead, Bronson gets sucked into buying a goat which proceeds to eat Nell's opal. The only way Bronson can find the opal is to examine each and every one of the goat's droppings. The townsfolk are disgusted until they discover what Bronson hopes to find and suddenly there is a mad scramble for the little black balls.

Seeing the Light

Episode 2.13
Written by Paul Jennings
Directed by Esben Storm

On election night everyone gathers at the lighthouse for a party, but a wild storm develops, trapping the party guests for the night. Meanwhile the lighthouse ghosts have plans of their own—a ghost ship is sailing home and it's time to put an old wrong right.