Round The Twist

It's the bicentenary of Port Niranda and the centrepiece of the celebrations is a play directed by Mr Snapper. Mr Snapper's 'performers' include the Twist and Gribble families, but they are absolutely woeful.The ghosts of the theatrical performers, the Von Clapps, see their opportunity to impersonate the Twists and get their final curtain call, they put on an incredible show!

For a long time now, Bronson has been avoiding his cleaning duties around the lighthouse. But now, the dust has come home to roost and Bronson has to do his duty. Little does he know that the Lintmonster under his bed is swelling up with all the dust, grime and smelly socks from around the lighthouse and Bronson has to clean up the Lintmonster in a dust-defying showdown.

Linda gains the power to become invisible thanks to a cursed perfume bottle. After ruining Gribbs' reputation she agrees to help Pete win a horserace but ends up revealing a lot more than the fact she's holding the reins.

Count Dracumite, a Transylvanian flea, escapes from the flea circus and bites Pete. When the sun goes down, Pete becomes a werewolf and goes on the prowl. While the locals are taken aback to see Pete falling for Fiona's dog, Miss Offenbach, his family are trying to rescue him before time runs out and he becomes a full-blooded, full-time werewolf.

When the TV takes over the remote control, the Twist kids find themselves behaving like their favourite TV stars. When the Twists are suddenly sucked into their TV, they soon discover their heroes are total phonies and the TV stars threaten to turn the Twists off forever.

The Rat, a jumpy, accident-prone crim escapes from jail and comes to Port Niranda, where he has hidden his loot. Meanwhile, Bronson wants to be rich like the Gribbles. Gribbs tells him that one of the tricks to getting rich is to face his fear by staying overnight in the cemetery. Bronson finds more in Old Man Crenshaw's grave than a skeleton.

Linda and Gribbs are opponents in the election for school council, and Linda may have an advantage after a bad hairdo gives her the power to read minds.

Mr Gribble suddenly has a spring in his step. He's discovered that Port Niranda has the potential to become the Mineral Water capital of the world - and he's ready to milk it for all it's worth. When Jade, a beautiful new girl, arrives at school, Pete leaps for her and soon discovers that beauty is only skin deep.

Bronson's exploring the cliff top, looking for bad smells when he crash lands in a huge bird's nest. The owner of the nest, a big, strange, boy-faced bird, follows Bronson home and crash lands in his bedroom. Whilst recuperating, the Boy Bird sings the most beautiful, ethereal song. Everyone wants to exploit the bird and the fate of Boy Bird is in Bronson's hands.

During a total eclipse, Linda's shadow breaks free and tells her the bad news. She's boring! With Linda's shadow now in charge, Linda starts to live the wild life, until she comes face to face with the Shadow Master.

Using Nell's old radio, Pete and Linda are transported back to World War II. As they soon realise, everything they do in 1945 reflects what happens in 2001. Now, Linda and Pete must make life go back to normal or the Gribbles will have complete control of Port Niranda.

Bronson feels insecure and invents a superhero alter ego, Skunkman. He starts doing good deeds and soon gets a reputation as the smelliest superhero around town. It's not long before Bronson realises being a superhero isn't all it's cracked up to be, and he decides to put away his cape. But not before he has to contend with Gribbs, who is obsessed with uncovering the disgrace behind the face.

All along Pete has been desperate for a girlfriend. He's stunned when he meets Ariel, a most beautiful girl who is the princess of Avalon, a floating island that is the last remnant of Atlantis. The island is desperate for people so she invites all the children to come with her to this perfect world. The only catch is, once they've gone, they can never return.