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Catch That Snake

Episode 1
Saturday, September 05, 2009 (Nine)
Written by Anthony Watt, Brendan Luno
Directed by Daniel Nettheim

Tiger Johnson is overjoyed because her father has finally accepted reality and is selling Snake Park and moving to the city, but then new-age Miranda Sailendra arrives from England with her teenage daughter Skye and falls in love with the place, upsetting both girls' plans.

With: Alison Bell as Voice of Petal

Disco and Discovery

Episode 2
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Written by Alix Beene
Directed by Daniel Nettheim

Flooding has cut off the Snake Park and they're fast running out of food while Skye is distraught at missing the annual disco back home. When Digby discovers an amazing new breed of snake that captures the interest of famous billionaire Richard Brandsgates, Tiger sees a chance to solve all her problems.

With: Ben Schumman as Goober, Alison Bell as Voice of Petal, Mark Mitchell as Richard Brandsgates

The Scholarship

Episode 3
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Written by Alix Beene
Directed by Ralph Strasser

Tiger is shocked when Skye outscores her in the scholarship exam to the prestigious City Elementary School but before Skye can begin to enjoy her victory she has to deal with a face-to-face interview with the school's formidable and intimidating teacher, Mrs Sneech.

With: Ben Schumman as Goober, Alison Bell as Voice of Petal, Marg Downey as Mrs Sneech

Lights, Camera, Action!

Episode 4
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Written by Sam Carroll
Directed by Ralph Strasser

When a television producer decides to make a reality TV series about life at the Snake Park, things get turned on their head when the two girls are cast to play each other, and try their hardest to make the other look as bad as possible.

With: Ben Schumman as Goober, Alison Bell as Voice of Petal, Francis Greenslade as Terry Shiner, Peter Noble as Ben the Cameraman

The Rock Star & the Smuggler

Episode 5
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Written by Doug Macleod
Directed by Daniel Nettheim

Tiger has her hands full dealing with Jake's latest crazy scheme, the Barren Barren Bed 'n' Breakfast, when things get more complicated as she discovers that two of their guests are a famous rock star and a smuggler — but which is which?

With: Ben Schumman as Goober, Alison Bell as Voice of Petal, Paul McCarthy as Mr Smith, Lachlan McDonald as Mr Brown, Ian Rooney as Mr Taylor, Jennifer Jarman as Mrs Taylor

Girls Will Be Girls

Episode 6
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Written by Sam Carroll
Directed by Daniel Nettheim

Skye freaks out when she discovers that her coolest, chic-est friend Talaria will be visiting from London and will uncover Skye's lies about how brilliant her new home is, but things go from bad to worse when Talaria, instead of being horrified, loves the Snake Park and takes Tiger as her new best friend. At Miranda's behest, Jake takes Harrison camping to try to instruct him in the manly ways.

With: Alison Bell as Voice of Petal, Arielle O'Neill as Talaria

Day of the Parents

Episode 7
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Written by Mark Shirrefs
Directed by Nicholas Verso

When the Snake Park's first busload of visitors in ages coincides with a surprise visit by Digby's parents, Tiger rallies the gang to convince Digby's parents that he goes to a real school, while simultaneously putting on the greatest snake show on Earth.

With: Kaori Hamamoto as Mrs Nyugen, Ferdinand Hoang as Mr Nyugen, Katherine Tonkin as Mrs Federov, Rosi Wositzky-Jones as Trixie

Snake Oil Merchant

Episode 8
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Written by Kris Mrska
Directed by Ralph Strasser

When Skye accidentally discovers oil in the Snake Park she thinks she's found the perfect lure to get her corporate high-flyer father to come and take her away, but when he tries to negotiate with Jake to buy the park, he finds out he's bitten off more than he can chew.

With: Ben Schumman as Goober, Alison Bell as Voice of Petal, David Tredinnick as Hugh Sailendra

The Snake Hunter

Episode 9
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Written by Alix Beene
Directed by Nicholas Verso

When hot teen American actor Logan Strutts comes to the Snake Park to research his new film, The Snake Hunter, Tiger surprisingly finds herself smitten and battles Skye for the star's attention, which gets complicated when Tiny the snake grows to an enormous size and goes on a rampage.

With: David Harrison as Logan Strutts, Jane Allsop as Sadie

The Big Wet

Episode 10
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Written by Sam Carroll
Directed by Ralph Strasser

Jake is excited when he manages to breed a completely new species of snake, but its very existence is threatened by the coming of the Big Wet, which sends everyone's personality haywire and turns Tiger into a crazed, howling and snarling teen werewolf.

With: Alison Bell as Voice of Petal

Taming the Tiger

Episode 11
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Written by Mark Shirrefs
Directed by Daniel Nettheim

When Skye hears about the Banuga Carnival she is desperate to go but Miranda refuses to give her permission until Tiger has a date as well. Skye bribes Goober to woo Tiger, upsetting Harrison's plans for the two of them to observe the extremely rare passage of the comet Hiroto.

With: na

So Sue Me

Episode 12
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Written by Kris Mrska
Directed by Nicholas Verso

Skye defeats Tiger in the election for school captain, but when she reveals her irresponsible plans for the School Fund money, Tiger decides to challenge her with the help of a dodgy lawyer, which starts a chain reaction of everyone suing everyone else.

With: Todd MacDonald as Honest John, Ben Schumann as Goobe

Operation Break Up

Episode 13
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Written by Brendan Luno
Directed by Daniel Nettheim

Tiger and Skye are finally united, working together to destroy the apparently budding realationship between Jake and Miranda, but when their plans succeed beyond her wildest dreams and Jake decides to sell the Snake Park and move to the city, Tiger discovers that her great new life in not all it's cracked up to be.

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