Episode 11 of 13 of Series 1 (titled School Daze). In this episode, Penelope wishes she could be back in England for Marcia's birthday party. However, upon arriving, she discovers she's also got a school catchup exam!
Stars Alexandra Milman, Anna Galvin, Rhys Muldoon, Glenn Meldrum, Emily Milburn, Kylie Belling and Jacinta Stapleton.
Stars Alexandra Milman, Anna Galvin, Rhys Muldoon, Glenn Meldrum, Emily Milburn, Kylie Belling and Jacinta Stapleton.
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00:00I've served a lot of masters throughout history, now I wanna go back home where I can be free.
00:14Then you come along with the opal in your hand, now your every wish is my command.
00:22That's right!
00:23Genie, genie, from down under, make my wish come true.
00:32Genie, genie, from down under, I wish you could do what I want you to.
00:40Genie from down under.
00:44Dad, we're free!
00:47Right now, there is a letter waiting for me at my home in England.
00:52In this letter, there is an invitation asking me to join Marcia Huntley and her friends to celebrate Marcia's birthday.
00:58This party is not just a party, it's THE party.
01:02Everyone who is anyone will be there, and anyone who isn't someone won't be there.
01:06Being a someone with a genie, I could wish myself to entertain like that.
01:10But I don't want to be mum, because the heat has actually melted her brain.
01:14And now she thinks she likes it here in Australia.
01:17Oh, it's so hot, I wish I had a fan.
01:25I wish you'd hold it for me.
01:38Does Penelope Towns live here?
01:40No, she lives at Towns Hall, Wiltshire.
01:43That's the name of it.
01:46Lady Diana Towns?
01:48She's in the house, but she's got a headache because her brain's melted.
01:51You know, the heat.
02:08What happened to you?
02:09You're always telling me I should go to strangers, and this is really strange.
02:16Dad, you know how Marcia's having a birthday party?
02:20Yeah.
02:21Do you have to be special to have a birthday party?
02:24No, of course not. Everybody has a birthday party.
02:26So when's my birthday?
02:28You were born about 1,500 years ago. I can't remember the exact date.
02:32Slip on that old hat while nipping, Dad. Why a birthday party?
02:39I'm 5,000 years old, and I've never had a birthday party.
02:42Miss Penelope? Baz? Will you come inside, please?
02:47Penelope? Baz? This is Mr. Lestrange. He's with the Education Department.
02:53I was just explaining how we hadn't expected to stay in Australia for so long,
02:58and therefore we've completely overlooked your education.
03:02But now that we're here, we'd be very keen for you to attend the local school.
03:11Yes.
03:12How old are you, Baz?
03:14I was born about 1,500 years ago.
03:16He's not quite that old. He's actually eight. Eight.
03:21When did you say you were born, Baz?
03:23First of April.
03:25Oh, that's a couple of days away. Having a bit of a party, are you?
03:31We were going to have a bit of a party. It was actually going to be a bit of a surprise party, but...
03:36And where have you been going to school up until now?
03:39I've never been...
03:40We've been travelling a fair bit over the last couple of years, and...
03:44Well, luckily, there's a great little school just down the road a bit.
03:48I'm sure it'll be able to accommodate both of you.
03:51Oh, Mum! Isn't that good news?
03:56Take it easy on Baz, will you? I don't think he's ever been in school before.
03:59In fact, I don't think he knows too much about anything.
04:03All right. Let's talk about history.
04:06Who knows anything about the Aboriginals who lived around here?
04:11All right, Baz, seeing you just joined us.
04:14There used to be thousands of them up and down the river.
04:18They were the Barkindji people.
04:20Barkindji means people of the river.
04:22Anyway, there was this kid who lived here about 700 years ago.
04:26He was the fastest runner, faster than Winford Christie and faster than Cathy Freeman.
04:31He kept talking for nearly three hours.
04:34The teacher said she'd never heard anything like it.
04:36She wants Baz to write a book.
04:38The teacher was stoked, Dad.
04:40She wants me to do a CD-Rom about it.
04:42Hmm?
04:43Oh, Marcy, what am I going to do?
04:45What are you going to do about what?
04:48The social event of the year.
04:51Marcy's party, of course.
04:54See? Mummy's brain has melted.
04:57It's oozing out of her ears.
04:59How was your first day at school, darling?
05:01Oh, it was terrible, Mummy.
05:04I can't bear to talk about it.
05:06I just wish you'd let me go back to England so I could get a decent education.
05:12What's a CD-Rom?
05:14Right, darling, if that's what you wish.
05:17Mummy, you won't be sorry.
05:19I'll study and work ever so hard.
05:21I'll be top of the form.
05:23Well, that certainly would be a change.
05:26Darling, I'd quite like to stay here, so Marcy will have to go with you.
05:30I'll make the bus and plane reservations.
05:32Bus and plane?
05:34Now else are you going to get to England?
05:36Magic!
05:40It's like I'm going to Marcy's party after all.
05:43And this time I think we'll stay in England for a long, long, long time.
05:50What about my birthday party?
05:52Well, if you want, you can stay here with Mummy.
05:56Ah, gee, Pen, I'd really appreciate that.
05:58You can come with me.
06:00Oh.
06:01Uh, look, something's come up and I've got to go away for a few days.
06:05I was wondering if you'd mind looking after Baz for me.
06:09Oh, I'd love to.
06:11I feel as though he's sort of becoming a son I never had.
06:14Really? He's never had a mother.
06:16I mean, if you were to be that mother, that'd be...
06:19Well, I mean, of course he's had a mother.
06:21When he was born, he had a mother.
06:23That was a long time ago.
06:25About 1,500 years.
06:27What I'm going to wear to Marcy's party?
06:31I wish I hadn't had love from Harrods.
06:33I can do that.
06:38Sometimes I feel as though I've met you in another life.
06:40Oh, that's possible. I mean, where were you 3,000 years ago?
06:43I was in China.
06:45I mean, well, I feel as if I was in China, which is silly.
06:49Well, it wasn't actually called China then.
06:53What I'm trying to say...
06:56is that I find you...
06:58very easy to be with.
07:01If it wasn't for you and I were behind that,
07:03Marcy and I were in England right now,
07:05riding jumpy across the fields.
07:07I can do that.
07:09I just don't know where they're at.
07:11Where they're coming from.
07:14Or where they're going to.
07:20I find it very easy to be with you too.
07:24Marcy?
07:25I beg your pardon?
07:27I did not wish to be on my toy jumpy.
07:29Why can't you have had a bit of right?
07:36I'm looking for Penelope Towns.
07:40You knew this was going to happen.
07:43Hydeen offers an education that most girls would be proud to receive.
07:47Naturally, to reap the benefit of such an education,
07:50one has to attend.
07:52If you choose not to come to school,
07:54I can't do anything for you, can I?
07:57So, if you don't wish to go to this school...
08:00But I do.
08:01Is that a wish?
08:02No, if you just...
08:06If you don't want to go to this school,
08:08there are many others who would like to take your place.
08:11Please, I do want to go to school here.
08:13Please, I'll work really hard.
08:17All right, then.
08:19There'll be a special examination tomorrow for you and Tanya Scrimshaw.
08:23She too has been away for several weeks.
08:25If you pass this exam, we'll take you back.
08:28If you don't...
08:29Don't you worry.
08:31Miss Penelope will be studying non-stop from now until the exam, won't you, my dear?
08:37What about Marcia's party?
08:39Everybody who's anybody will be there.
08:41Well, you won't be there.
08:43You'll be studying so you can be ducks of the school,
08:46so you can be a somebody when you grow up.
08:49I don't believe it.
08:51Bruce!
08:56Marcia hasn't invited me to her party.
08:59Just because I hate Marcia doesn't mean she shouldn't invite me to her party.
09:03That's right. If you only invited your friends to your parties, hardly anyone would turn up.
09:06Exactly.
09:08Anyway, she's obviously forgotten.
09:10Obviously.
09:11I wish she'd remember.
09:16Marcia! Sophie! What a surprise!
09:19I was wondering if you got my invitation.
09:22Invitation?
09:23To my party.
09:24Of course! It's your birthday.
09:27I forgot all about it.
09:29Happy birthday.
09:30Thank you.
09:31I sent you an invitation, but apparently some of the mail hasn't been getting through.
09:35I do hope you can make it.
09:37I think I'm free tonight.
09:39Not studying?
09:41No. I'm not worried. I've got a special tutor.
09:45You'll need more help than I can give you.
09:47If you just keep quiet, perhaps...
09:51So will anyone be escorting you tonight?
09:53Nearly everyone is bringing someone.
09:55But you don't have to if you don't want to.
09:57If you haven't got anyone, I mean...
09:59It doesn't matter. I don't think Gemma is taking anyone.
10:02Gemma isn't coming.
10:06I'll probably bring someone.
10:08Who?
10:09I don't know. I've had several offers.
10:12I suppose I'll have to make up my mind.
10:17Oh, no. Not bubbles.
10:19Shut up!
10:24Penelope! So good to see you!
10:26Bye, Penelope. Soon.
10:28Bye, Penelope. So good to see you again.
10:30I'm so glad you're able to come tonight.
10:32Yes, you.
10:36Penelope!
10:37Mother, it's so good to see both of you.
10:40I'm so happy. We've got so much to talk about.
10:43Her ladyship is currently abroad.
10:48Oh.
10:50Your mother simply wouldn't recognise me now.
10:52I'm a completely changed man.
10:54It's true, after she rejected me at the altar,
10:56I was despondent for a few months.
10:58Depressed is perhaps a better word.
11:00Actually, I was suicidally depressed.
11:02But then I went into therapy and I realised that rejection wasn't an ending.
11:05It was actually beginning.
11:06You see, I had actually suppressed my masculinity.
11:09Now that I've recovered my masculinity,
11:11I realise it wasn't me that she was rejecting at all,
11:14but just a shadow of my real self.
11:16Now I seldom misplace my car keys
11:18and rejection doesn't faze me at all.
11:20It simply doesn't affect me.
11:22Yes. Yes, bubbles. That's just super.
11:25I've got so much homework to do.
11:27Yes, absolutely. Of course.
11:29Yes.
11:44What about your homework?
11:46Aren't you even going to try?
11:48Why? You've got all the answers.
11:50What sort of idiot do you take me for?
11:52Oh, just an average idiot.
11:53You go through life wishing your way out of everything.
11:59I wish I had something to wear for the party.
12:12It's unique.
12:15It's individual.
12:17Anyone who is anyone is wearing this dress.
12:24I like it.
12:31That's what I like to see.
12:33Somebody working hard.
12:35Yes, Mossie. I'm really enjoying it too.
12:47Now, I need someone to escort me.
12:50Of course it's a four-wheel drive.
12:53Adam, one, two, three, four, five, six.
12:57Do you want to come to my birthday party?
12:59It's going to be a surprise for me.
13:01Sure, I'd love to. When is it?
13:02Tomorrow, but don't tell anyone.
13:04I won't tell a soul.
13:06Do you want to come to my surprise birthday party?
13:08Oh, I'd love to.
13:09When and where is it?
13:10That's a secret.
13:13Howdy-doody, darling.
13:16Oh, it's only Conrad.
13:18Changing a tyre.
13:21Definitely your last chance.
13:23I've been going easy on you until now,
13:25but you've pushed me over the edge.
13:27I'm going to put the spare tyre on...
13:33That's the second time today.
13:35You've got history, pal.
13:37Okay, I'm going to go and get the spare tyre right now.
13:41Would you, uh, like to escort me to a party?
13:45Sure, you'd have to pay me, but...
13:47Oh, I was rather wishing you'd take me just because you wanted to.
13:51Okay, okay, I was just having a lindy.
13:54You want to borrow some money?
13:56No, no, I was pulling your leg, you know?
13:59Is she a few sheep short in the top petticoat or what?
14:03You're her 87th year this morning.
14:06Maybe she is a few sheep short in the top paddock.
14:09Yeah.
14:20I wish we were there right now.
14:22Yeah, let's party!
14:24Cool, a party.
14:29He looks like a grease monkey.
14:32I wish I was dressed like...
14:34I wish I was dressed like... like him!
14:37Oh, hello!
14:41Oh, Penelope!
14:43I'm so pleased you could make it.
14:46You look gorgeous.
14:48Anyone who's wearing that dress.
14:51Thank you very much. Happy birthday.
14:53Oh, thank you.
14:55Come and meet us here.
14:59Have you met Ethel and Garth?
15:02Oh, hello.
15:04This is my friend Conrad.
15:06G'day. Love your duds, mate.
15:09Thank you.
15:11As I was saying, I was riding with Princess Anne the other day.
15:14Oh, yeah, I know. Don't you feel sorry for her?
15:17She's stuck in a family full of no hopers.
15:20You know, the royals.
15:22I was reading about them in a magazine.
15:24Excuse me for a moment.
15:26See you, Pen. Um...
15:28What magazine?
15:31I wish Conrad was the perfect, irresistible English gentleman.
15:35Funny, I was having tea with the Queen the other day,
15:38and she didn't say that she was married.
15:40Yes, I know. It's a real pity.
15:42We do have such high expectations of these people.
15:44Are you making fun of me?
15:46Really, Ethel, what do you mean?
15:48Guy!
15:49I'm sorry. I thought you were the Ethel guy,
15:51but instead you're the guy guy.
15:55Sorry, I was just joking.
15:57Penelope, so brave of you to come out
15:59when you've got such a big exam tomorrow.
16:01Well, it's a matter of knowing what's important,
16:04and I think friends are, and when I've got friends...
16:09He's quite irresistible, isn't he?
16:11Yes.
16:16I'm sorry. I was just joking.
16:18Would you care to dance by the plaza?
16:20Have you ever been to France?
16:22He's quite irresistible, isn't he?
16:44They're all after him.
16:46What can I say? I do great magic.
16:49I think her brain must be melting.
16:52It must be the pressure of her exam.
16:55I wish he was Australian again.
16:57That might cool things down a bit.
17:08You just want to make my life hell, don't you?
17:10What do you mean? Your every wish is my command.
17:13Oh, sure. That's what you say, but when it...
17:16Hey, Pen, is this what happens when your brain melts?
17:26Just when the party was getting interesting, you want a split.
17:30What a wipeout, man.
17:32You disgust me.
17:34I wish you'd forget about everything that's happened tonight,
17:36and then I wish you'd go home.
17:41Of course it's a genuine bush tucker.
17:43We're in the bush. This is food.
17:46Well, you can't... Oh, clean yourself up.
17:56Are you nervous?
17:58No, not really.
18:00I am.
18:02If I don't pass this exam,
18:04I'll lose my scholarship,
18:07and then I'll have to go and work in the factory with my mother.
18:11Oh, don't worry. You'll be fine.
18:14Good morning, girls.
18:18You have three hours.
18:25You may start... now.
18:45Bruce?
18:49Bruce?
18:50Yes?
18:55What year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
19:02Chris didn't discover America.
19:05Just tell me what year Christopher Columbus...
19:09Ah!
19:11The first person to set foot on the American mainland
19:13was, in fact, my friend Rolf,
19:15from Upper Eskomtsetsk in Skordinia.
19:18That's a funny old fellow. He had these big bushy eyes...
19:20I'll take that, thank you.
19:22It seems to be distracting you.
19:24Oh, you can't have my opal.
19:27It's a family heirloom.
19:39Looks like I've got a new master.
19:42Good luck.
20:09Time's up.
20:11Thank you, girls.
20:20I just know I'm going to fail.
20:22My mother's going to be so disappointed.
20:28Don't worry. You'll be OK.
20:31Do you know what I wish?
20:33I wish I could go back to school.
20:36Do you know what I wish?
20:38I wish that we both passed with top marks.
20:46This is a very, very serious situation.
20:50You've both scored top marks.
20:54You have both achieved perfect passes.
20:57Neither of you has made one mistake.
21:01It's almost impossible.
21:03Well, I suppose we studied hard and...
21:06That's why I know that you must have cheated.
21:12No, I didn't cheat, honestly.
21:15I do not believe that you can both achieve such results without cheating.
21:20Therefore, you leave me with no alternative.
21:23Please, I don't know what happened.
21:25I'm sorry I got 100%. It won't happen again.
21:29It certainly won't happen again at this school.
21:31You're both expelled.
21:38You don't need to look at me like that. It's your fault, too.
21:41I beg your pardon.
21:49Tanya didn't cheat.
21:51I was the one that cheated.
21:54I copied her answers.
21:56Yes, that makes sense.
22:01If I get you out of this, will you do something for me?
22:04Well...
22:12I don't quite understand what happened here,
22:15but, Tanya, we shall, of course, be proud to have you continue with us.
22:20Penelope, I'm touched by your honesty in this matter,
22:24so I'm inclined to let you sit the exam again.
22:31Oh, thank you very much.
22:35Mummy, we're back.
22:37Baz, where are you?
22:39There's no one inside.
22:41Don't worry, they'll turn up.
22:43Let's go in and have a nice cup of tea.
22:53He'll be so disappointed.
22:56I promised him a birthday party, and you see what happens?
22:59He'll probably run away from home. He'll be so upset.
23:04I'm sorry, son.
23:17Surprise!
23:19Happy birthday!
23:21Dad!
23:24Happy birthday, Dad.
23:26It's a surprise party for both of us.
23:29Happy birthday, son.
23:31Thanks. You want to come and meet my new friends?
23:34Yeah.
23:36Baz told me that neither of you had ever had a birthday party before,
23:40so we thought this was the least we could do.
23:43Come on, Baz!
23:45I don't know what to say.
23:47Let's party?
23:49Yeah!
23:52Come on.
23:54You don't look like you've ever had an out-of-bed experience.
23:57Hey? Hey? Am I right?
24:01Well, it's not exactly the party of the year,
24:04and everyone who's here isn't especially anyone.
24:07But I think that everyone deserves one day when they feel special.
24:11And if it isn't on your birthday, well, then when is it?
24:22I'm the genie. You're the master.
24:25That's right. I'm the master. You're my genie.
24:29You belong to me. Yes!
24:31I've served a lot of masters throughout history
24:35Now I want to go back home where I can be free
24:40Then you come along with the opal in your hand
24:44Now your every wish is my command
24:49That's right!
24:51Genie, genie, from down under
24:55Make my wish come true
24:58Three more to go
25:00Genie, genie, from down under
25:04I wish you'd do what I want you to
25:07Oh, yeah, all right.
25:12Genie from down under
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