

The Genie From Down Under
When Penelope discovers an old trunk in the attic of her home, her curiosity leads her to check its contents. She finds a beautiful, but dusty, opal pendant and is delighted with her find - not realising how much it will affect her life.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Wishing and Hoping
19-06-1996When 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...
- Ep 2
2.It's My Opal...(and I'll cry if I want to)
26-06-1996Tour 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...
- Ep 3
3.Where it's at
03-07-1996Bruce 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 cave.
- Ep 4
4.Good Cop, Bad Genie
10-07-1996Penelope 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 Penelop...
- Ep 5
5.Customs
17-07-1996Penelope, 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 mi...
- Ep 6
6.Larceny
24-07-1996Bruce 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...
- Ep 7
7.The Eternal Quadrangle
31-07-1996Penelope 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...
- Ep 8
8.Nobody's Perfect
07-08-1996In 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....
- Ep 9
9.The Triple Agent
14-08-1996Conrad 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.
- Ep 10
10.A Tale of Two Cities
21-08-1996Now 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
- Ep 11
11.School Daze
28-08-1996Returning 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...
- Ep 12
12.Triple Treat
04-09-1996Otto and Conrad send two fake opals into circulation causing trouble for all involved.
- Ep 13
13.It's Still Magic
11-09-1996Bruce 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...
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