| About Round the Twist
Round The Twist centres on the Twist
family, who live in a haunted lighthouse and have adventures with bizarre
magical devices, neurotic ghosts, rampaging entrepreneurs and sneering
school bullies. Each story is self-contained with an unpredictable twist
at the end.
The stories encourage self-exploration and learning to cope with change.
What we take for granted is questioned in every episode, raising the important
issues of ethics and behaviour.
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Synopses of episodes and lesson plans
Details of all of the episodes and lesson plans for Series 1 and 2 of
Round the Twist are listed below. Many of the lesson plans are relevant
to episodes in series 3 & 4 which have a series synopses provided
below.
Series One I Series
Two I Series Three I Series
Four
Episode 1: Skeleton on the
Dunny:
Lesson Idea: Skeleton on
the Dunny
|
When the Twists move from the city to live in an old
lighthouse, they discover that the outside dunny is haunted. One stormy
night they decide to have a showdown with a very flushed ghost. |
Episode 2 – Birdsdo:
Lesson Idea: Birdsdo
|
Nell is committed to hospital for believing in dragons; so Linda,
Pete and Bronson set off to prove her sanity. While rogue seagulls
imprison Linda and Pete in a shack buried in bird droppings, Bronson
finds the dragon’s egg and Nell is released. |
Episode 3 – A Good Tip for Ghosts:
Lesson Idea: A Good Tip for Ghosts |
To pass a nerve test, Pete has to collect a rotting skull from the
pond at the tip in the middle of the night. But he encounters the
resident ghost who wants something from him. |
Episode 4 – The Cabbage Patch Fib:
Lesson Idea: Cabbage Patch
Fib
Cabbage Patch Fib B
|
Believing that babies grow in the cabbage patch, Bronson actually
finds one there. But he soon discovers that the responsibilities of
parenthood have their drawbacks. |
Episode 5 – Spaghetti Pig out:
Lesson Idea: Spaghetti Pig out
Developing a film script from a book |
Chaos reigns after a bolt of lightning hits the video remote control
- it works on people! Pause, rewind and fast-forward have amusing
consequences, particularly at the spaghetti eating competition. |
Episode 6 – The Gum Leaf War:
Lesson Idea: The Gum Leaf War |
Dreaming that she has a huge nose, Linda takes her problems to Aunt
Tuneless’ shack in the mountains where a war is in progress.
People can inflict their own ailments on others by playing the gum
leaves from a twisted tree. |
Episode 7 – Santa Claws:
Lesson Idea:
Santa Claws |
Pete’s dream comes true when he meets Santa Claws Number 115,302
who grants each member of the Twist family two wishes, something they
all end up wishing had never happened. |
Episode 8 – Wunderpants:
Lesson Idea: Wunderpants
|
When Pete dries his underpants in the microwave, special powers
are conveyed with embarrassing consequences. But when Pete’s
frog competes in the jumping competition, the wunderpants save the
day |
Episode 9 – Lucky Lips:
Lesson Idea: Lucky Lips |
Pete becomes irresistible to women with the help of some magic lipstick.
Dad wants the lipstick too but Gribble Junior steals it, much to his
regret. |
Episode 10 – Know All:
Lesson Idea: Know All |
The Twists find a trunk full of old circus costumes and dress the
scarecrow in a clown’s outfit. But the scarecrow comes to life
and chases Linda. Fortunately Dad, dressed as a fortune teller, sees
and knows all. |
Episode 11 – The Copy:
Lesson Idea: The Copy |
The Twist children discover old Tom’s cloning machine and
use it with some potentially dangerous results. |
Episode 12 – Without My Pants:
Lesson Idea: Without My
Pants
Without My Pants B
|
Pete is inflicted with a bizarre speech defect. He compulsively
adds the words “without my pants” to the end of every
sentence with hilarious and embarrassing results. |
Episode 13 – Lighthouse Blues:
Lesson Idea: Lighthouse
Blues
Lighthouse Blues B
|
Gribble and his partner evict the Twists from the lighthouse in
order to build an amusement park. But with the help of some friendly
ghosts, the Twists win the battle to save their home. |
Series One I Series
Two I Series Three I Series
Four
Episode 1: Next Time Around:
Lesson Idea: Copy Cat |
After being successfully hypnotised by Linda, every
time someone says the word `now', Pete behaves like a chicken for
ten seconds. Unfortunately, Linda can't undo the hypnosis so Pete
gets himself into some serious trouble at school. |
Episode 2 – Copy Cat:
Lesson Idea: Copy Cat
|
Bronson finds an ancient Mongolian copy cat hat. Linda wears it
during the `Birdman' competition and she copies a seagull soaring
through the sky. But Dad and Gribble aren't quite so lucky when they
wear the copy cat hat. |
Episode 3 – Little Squirt:
Lesson Idea: Little Squirt
Little Squirt B
|
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 his no `little squirt'. |
Episode 4 – Pink Bow Tie:
Lesson Idea: Pink Bow Tie
|
When Pete, Gribble, Rabbit and Tiger witness an "age-rager"
it really makes their hair stand on end - a sight that does not impress
their principal. |
Episode 5 – Nails:
Lesson Idea: Developing a Film
Script from a Book
Nails
|
When a new boy, who never removes his gloves, arrives at school,
Linda earns his trust and discovers his mysterious secret. |
Episode 6 – Sloppy Jalopy:
Lesson Idea: Sloppy Jalopy |
When Pete lands in the middle of a sea of polluted sludge from Mr
Gribble's waste disposal unit, even showers will not wash off the
putrid smell. All kinds of old junk begin to attach to him until he
unravels the mystery. |
Episode 7 – Smelly Feat:
Lesson Idea:
Smelly Feat |
Bronson upsets Ms James by refusing to attend her birthday party.
But there is something he absolutely must do which is related to the
fact that he has not taken off his shoes for six months. |
Episode 8 – Grandma’s Gifts:
Lesson Idea: Grandma’s
Gifts |
When Linda hears a strange and terrible sound behind the wall in
her room she is convinced that it is connected with the lemon tree
which has begun sprouting fruit. But only Nell knows the true reason. |
Episode 9 – Ice Maiden:
Lesson Idea: Ice Maiden |
Besotted with Dad's sculpture of the Ice Maiden, Bronson resolves
to save it form his red-haired cousin Terry. With one small kiss,
Bronson and the Ice Maiden become inseparable. |
Episode 10 – Yuckles:
Lesson Idea: Yuckles |
Mr Gribble plans to build a casino on the site of a thousand year
old rainforest - the home of the mysterious `Yuckle'. Pete, Linda
and Bronson set out to find a Yuckle and Mr Gribble's plans blow up
in his face. |
Episode 11 – Quivering Heap:
Lesson Idea: Quivering Heap |
Young Gribble plans to prevent Pete from playing Dracula in the
school play. He locks him in a lonely toilet block inhabited by a
failed ghost who is doomed to stay there forever unless he can prove
that he is capable of really scaring someone. |
Episode 12 – Little Black Balls:
Lesson Idea: Little Black
Balls
|
When a goat eats Nell's valuable opal, Bronson is forced to collect
and examine each of the goat's droppings. The townsfolk are disgusted
until they discover what Bronson hopes to find and there is a mad
scramble for the little black balls. |
Episode 13 –Seeing
the Light:
Lesson Idea: Seeing the
Light
|
On election night everyone gathers at the lighthouse for a party,
but a storm begins and they are all trapped inside. 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. |
Series One I Series
Two I Series Three I Series
Four
Tony Twist (Dad) and his three children – fourteen year old twins
Pete and Linda and eight year old Bronson live in an old lighthouse on
the rugged Australian coast. The lighthouse is haunted and strange things
happen. The Twist children each have weird and wonderful adventures with
unpredictable ghosts, monsters and gismos. The kids experience first love
and heartbreak and Fay, Bronson’s teacher, moves in with Dad for
a trial marriage. And for some added passion, the kids discover The Viking
Book of Love, which casts a spell of love on everyone who reads from it.
Episodes with related Lesson Plans:
The Big Burp
ep 1 vol 7
Whirling Derfish ep
3 vol 7
UMI ep 4 vol.7
Truth Hits Everybody ep 5 vol 7
The Nirandathal Beast ep 6 vol. 8
Mali-boo ep 7 vol 8
Brainless
ep.8 vol 8
The Ice Cream Man Cometh
ep.11 vol 9
Toy Love ep 9 vol
8
If the Walls Could Talk ep.12
vol 9
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Series One I Series
Two I Series Three I Series
Four
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