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The Genie from Down Under

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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.

Jun 19, 19962 seasons26 episodesEndedEN

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Alexandra Milman

Penelope Townes

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Rhys Muldoon

Bruce

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Glenn Meldrum

Baz

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Anna Galvin

Lady Diana Townes

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Monica Maughan

Miss Mossop

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Mark Mitchell

Otto von Meister

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Fletcher Humphrys

Conrad von Meister

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Ian McFadyen

Lord Roderick 'Bubbles' Ackington-Smyth

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Kylie Belling

Trish Emu

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Seasons

Season 1

13 episodes

Premiered Jun 19, 1996

Season 2

13 episodes

Premiered Jul 23, 1998

Episodes

1–6 of 13

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Ep 1

Wishing and Hoping

Jun 19, 1996

When 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 have anything she wants. Bruce, however, has other ideas.

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Ep 2

It's My Opal...(and I'll cry if I want to)

Jun 26, 1996

Tour 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 years before and he and Conrad are desperate to get it back.

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Ep 3

Where it's at

Jul 3, 1996

Bruce 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.

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Ep 4

Good Cop, Bad Genie

Jul 10, 1996

Penelope 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 Penelope would have liked.

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Ep 5

Customs

Jul 17, 1996

Penelope, 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 missing from the Royal Mint.

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Ep 6

Larceny

Jul 24, 1996

Bruce 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 sort the mess out.

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