Round The Twist Season 3
The zany adventures of Tony Twist (Dad) and his three children – twins Pete and Linda and Bronson, who live in a haunted old lighthouse.
The zany adventures of Tony Twist (Dad) and his three children – fourteen year old twins Pete and Linda and eight year old Bronson live in a haunted old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast.
Cast
Andrew Gilbert (Tony "Dad" Twist) , Rian McLean (Pete Twist) , Ebonnie Masini (Linda Twist) , Mark Mitchell (Mr. Harold Gribble) , Mathew Waters (Bronson Twist)
Episodes
The Big Burp
25mPete finally meets the girl of his dreams. He can’t believe his luck - Jeannie is the most beautiful girl in Port Niranda – even if she is a tree spirit. But when Pete discovers he is pregnant, Linda, Bronson and the Gribble Gang deliver the surprise of their lives.
The Viking Book of Love
26mEmerging from an eerie fog enveloping Port Niranda, is an ancient long boat of Vikings, lead by the hirsute Chief, Snorri, and his son, Snorrisen. Hardly the sort of tourists Gribble wants in Port Niranda, especially when Chief Snorri claims the lighthouse. Linda falls in love with Snorrisen after he reads to her from the enchanted Viking Book of Love.
The Whirling Derfish
25mEveryone knows that Bronson will eat anything! But when he swallows a rare Whirling Derfish, nobody could have guessed his willy would spin like a propeller and he would become a human outboard motor known as ‘The Port Niranda Porpoise’. Linda then discovers the Derfish is one of the last breeding pair in existence, and she demands that Bronson cough it up.
Umi
25mBeware of Gizmos! You never know what could happen when you play a video game. One flick of the switch and ‘bang’! Pete’s mind is in Mr. Gribble’s body -and vice versa! But while Pete is spending a terrifying night in Gribble’s house with Matron Gribble, Gribble is making the most of a nasty situation, convincing Tony to sell the Lighthouse.
Truth Hits Everybody
26mAfter losing out to Gribbs as the host of the Port Niranda High School Broadcast, Linda decides to do her own show. Anthony, Fiona, Pete and Linda rustle up some old video and sound equipment from a pawnshop, only to discover they have a magic microphone that makes everyone, even Mr Gribble, speak the truth, no matter what!
The Neanderthal Beast
26mIn the Twist household, there is tradition that the razor is passed on from father to son. So when Bronson secretly uses the razor before Pete, chaos is unleashed. First Bronson is cursed with a three-foot beard that won’t stop growing, then he is mistaken for the legendary Neanderthal Beast, and finally a swarm of bounty hunters come to town…
Mali Boo
25mWhen Tony discovers an old Malibu surfboard in the garage, Pete is keen to make a splash at the Port Niranda surf carnival. Just when it looks like Pete might finally get to impress the girls, the ghost owner of the board, Moondoggy Throckmorton, turns up and together they surf the legendary 200-foot tidal wave that hits Port Niranda every 30 years.
Brainless
24mBronson teams up with resident geekazoid Anthony for a science project that ends up with Pete and Linda having their brains sucked out through their noses. While Bronson is searching for their brains at the local tip, Gribbs and his gang kidnap Linda and Pete’s bodies and make them their personal slaves.
Toy Love
25mLinda’s old Veronique doll comes back to haunt her. It won’t leave her alone, neither will Gribbs, who has heard Linda read from the Viking Book of Love and is acting really weird.
Tears of Innocence
25mPort Niranda is in the middle of a drought, when days before the annual flower show, Derek the rainmaker arrives. Pete has high hopes which are dashed when Derek not only refuses to make rain, he also takes part in a hoax with Gribbs and the gang. It is only when Pete confronts Derek with real faith and the tears of an innocent, that Derek has the ingredients required to perform a miracle.
The Ice Cream Man Cometh
23mWhen Linda is sacked from Mr Gribble’s ice cream parlor, she finds work with Paulo - the master ice-cream maker. She soon discovers the mystery behind Paulo’s famous ice cream - Giorgio – a huge, hulking simpleton who Paulo keeps hidden. Linda is not sure whether Giorgio is man or machine, when she sees him making ice cream by blowing it out his nose.
If the Walls Could Talk
24mNo one ever tells Bronson anything. They all think he is too young. If only the walls could talk, he sighs - and then, all of a sudden they do! But not only the walls, also the doors, the floors, the furniture, his pillow, even his desk starts talking. Using this newfound power, Bronson decides to retrieve the Viking book of Love and Fay from Mr Snapper.
The Big Rock
23mWhen Gribbs gets his hands on The Viking Book of Love and reads the final poem, he unleashes a curse which turns Fay into a frog, and transports all the adults back into the 8th century, leaving the kids alone and unsupervised…