The Genie from Down Under

2 Seasons 1996 - 1998 NR 25m 7.2

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.

When Penelope Townes discovers a long-forgotten old trunk in the attic of her decaying mansion home, her curiosity leads her to check its contents. In it, she finds a beautiful, but dusty, opal pendant and is delighted with her find - little realising how much this small gem will affect her future life (and that of her mother as well).

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Wishing and Hoping

1. Wishing and Hoping

Aired: Jun 19, 1996

Unknown to Penelope, her mother is marrying for security, not love. But when ...

Episode 3 Where It's At

3. Where It's At

Aired: Jul 3, 1996

The genies try to trick Penelope into granting them their freedom but the pla...

Episode 4 Good Cop, Bad Genie

4. Good Cop, Bad Genie

Aired: Jul 10, 1996

A trying day: Penelope tries to win a race without wishes, Bubbles tries conv...

Episode 5 Customs

5. Customs

Aired: Jul 17, 1996

Penelope, Lady Diana and Mossie are arrested by a Customs Officer when they r...

Episode 6 Larceny

6. Larceny

Aired: Jul 24, 1996

Bruce helped Otto and Conrad get the opal, but he only did it because he thou...

Episode 8 Nobody's Perfect

8. Nobody's Perfect

Aired: Aug 7, 1996

Bruce always misinterprets her wishes, so Penelope writes down her perfect wi...

Episode 9 The Triple Agent

9. The Triple Agent

Aired: Aug 14, 1996

Conrad is certain that Bruce is weird, so he tries to capture him. Meanwhile,...

Episode 10 A Tale of Two Cities

10. A Tale of Two Cities

Aired: Aug 21, 1996

Conrad figures out that Bruce and Baz are magical genies, so he decides to wo...

Episode 11 School Daze

11. School Daze

Aired: Aug 28, 1996

Penelope wishes that she would be in England in time for Marcia's birthday pa...

Episode 12 Triple Threat

12. Triple Threat

Aired: Sep 4, 1996

Identical twins give Otto and Conrad the idea to make a copy of the opal and ...

Episode 13 It's Still Magic

13. It's Still Magic

Aired: Sep 11, 1996

Bruce manages to get the opal back to the cave. Penelope on the other hand co...

Info about The Genie from Down Under

Network: ABC TV

Production Countries: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance