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The Queen's Nose is a British television series based on the children's novel by Dick King-Smith. The series, which broadcast on BBC One (CBBC), was adapted by Steve Attridge, and ran from 15 November 1995 to 16 December 2003 for seven series and 42 episodes.[1]

Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1615 November 199520 December 1995
2613 November 199618 December 1996
3618 November 199823 December 1998
Specials230 December 199928 August 2000
4613 November 200018 December 2000
5624 September 200129 October 2001
6623 September 200230 October 2002
7611 November 200316 December 2003

Episodes

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Series 1 (1995)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Episode 1"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge15 November 1995 (1995-11-15)
Harmony is a twelve-year-old girl who loves animals. Harmony and her friend Tom, have set up an amateur veterinary practice in Harmony's back garden due to her parents forbidding her from having a pet. Later, Harmony's Uncle "Ginger" visits, he gives her a 50 pence coin that can grant eight wishes.
2"Episode 2"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge22 November 1995 (1995-11-22)
Harmony uses her first wish for a rabbit. However, her family don't share Harmony's love for Anita the rabbit. Harmony then wishes that her family was different and then she soon realizes that change isn't always for the better.
3"Episode 3"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge29 November 1995 (1995-11-29)
Mrs. Parker takes Harmony's magical 50 pence piece and spends it. Harmony later recovers it and wishes for a bike but as well as the bike comes other problems that her family are not too happy about.
4"Episode 4"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge6 December 1995 (1995-12-06)
The magical 50 pence piece goes missing and Harmony discovers the missing coin is caused by her sister Melody. Harmony then sets to seek revenge on Melody.
5"Episode 5"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge13 December 1995 (1995-12-13)
Summer holidays are over and it is time to return to school but Harmony does not want to go back, so she decides to use the Queen's Nose to stay off school. She ends up in hospital and then offers to grant her sister Melody a wish.
6"Episode 6"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge20 December 1995 (1995-12-20)

Series 2 (1996)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
7"Episode 1"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge13 November 1996 (1996-11-13)
8"Episode 2"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge20 November 1996 (1996-11-20)
9"Episode 3"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge27 November 1996 (1996-11-27)
10"Episode 4"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge4 December 1996 (1996-12-04)
11"Episode 5"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge11 December 1996 (1996-12-11)
12"Episode 6"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge18 December 1996 (1996-12-18)

Series 3 (1998)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
13"Episode 1"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge18 November 1998 (1998-11-18)
Harmony and Melody are living with their Aunt Glenda on a canal barge.
14"Episode 2"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge25 November 1998 (1998-11-25)
Gregory and Harmony set up a garden centre together but the plants wither.
15"Episode 3"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge2 December 1998 (1998-12-02)
Puddle turns out to be the coin thief, and Aunt Glenda is convinced that Dino is a boy.
16"Episode 4"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge9 December 1998 (1998-12-09)
Gus threatens to blow up the garden centre when Melody rejects his advances.
17"Episode 5"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough16 December 1998 (1998-12-16)
Harmony and Dino are brought closer together when they discover they are cousins.
18"Episode 6"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge23 December 1998 (1998-12-23)
Dino tells Harmony about Block, a shady Fagin type who used her as an artful dodger.

Specials (1999–2000)

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Two specials which broadcast in 1999 and 2000 are feature-length versions for both series two and series three.

TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
"Harmony's Return"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge30 December 1999 (1999-12-30)
"Harmony's Holiday"Carol WisemanSteve Attridge28 August 2000 (2000-08-28)

Series 4 (2000)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
19"Episode 1"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough13 November 2000 (2000-11-13)
An overworked Arthur gets more than he bargained for when he wishes with the coin.
20"Episode 2"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough20 November 2000 (2000-11-20)
The Parker family are busy preparing for Harmony's going-away party.
21"Episode 3"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough27 November 2000 (2000-11-27)
Jordan puts on Sam's coat - with the Queen's Nose in its pocket.
22"Episode 4"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough4 December 2000 (2000-12-04)
Sam grants Jordan and Pansy one wish each, but things go horribly wrong.
23"Episode 5"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough11 December 2000 (2000-12-11)
Sam rashly wishes for Audrey's problems and finds they have swapped bodies.
24"Episode 6"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough18 December 2000 (2000-12-18)
There's a great deal of confusion involving goats and the social services.

Series 5 (2001)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
25"Episode 1"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough24 September 2001 (2001-09-24)
Audrey and Arthur Parker plan to take the children on holiday, but disaster strikes.
26"Episode 2"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough1 October 2001 (2001-10-01)
Arthur and Audrey find an abandoned baby, which they decide to keep.
27"Episode 3"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough8 October 2001 (2001-10-08)
Sophie manages to conjure up a magical barn.
28"Episode 4"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough15 October 2001 (2001-10-15)
A surprise picnic is organised for Sam's birthday. Simon is smitten with Melody.
29"Episode 5"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)
Sam's wish to hear other people's thoughts comes true.
30"Episode 6"Carol WisemanGraham Alborough29 October 2001 (2001-10-29)
Nick is determined to prove that he was not responsible for the fire.

Series 6 (2002)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
31"Episode 1"David SkynnerGraham Alborough23 September 2002 (2002-09-23)
Sam uses the Queen's Nose to improve a run-down fairground ride.
32"Episode 2"David SkynnerGraham Alborough30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)
The girls decide to advertise themselves as a help agency.
33"Episode 3"David SkynnerGraham Alborough9 October 2002 (2002-10-09)
Following Gregory's on-set antics, Melody's video is a disaster.
34"Episode 4"David SkynnerGraham Alborough16 October 2002 (2002-10-16)
Despite Melody's musical success there is still not a lot of money to go around.
35"Episode 5"David SkynnerGraham Alborough23 October 2002 (2002-10-23)
Melody prepares to go on Top of the Pops. The agency has some grotty jobs for the girls.
36"Episode 6"David SkynnerGraham Alborough30 October 2002 (2002-10-30)
Melody is in a permanent bad mood after the pop show debacle.

Series 7 (2003)

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No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
37"Episode 1"David SkynnerGraham Alborough11 November 2003 (2003-11-11)
Jake finds the Queen's Nose and accidentally gives his ferret the power of speech.
38"Episode 2"David SkynnerGraham Alborough18 November 2003 (2003-11-18)
Jake wishes to become the coolest boy in school, with surprising results.
39"Episode 3"David SkynnerGraham Alborough25 November 2003 (2003-11-25)
Gemma is sceptical when she finds out about the Queen's Nose.
40"Episode 4"David SkynnerGraham Alborough2 December 2003 (2003-12-02)
The children are roped into helping out at Chief's store after wishing it was busy.
41"Episode 5"David SkynnerGraham Alborough9 December 2003 (2003-12-09)
Jake and Gemma realise Duncan owns the shop that is putting Chief out of business.
42"Episode 6"David SkynnerGraham Alborough16 December 2003 (2003-12-16)
Wesley wishes for a pound every time anyone says `it's mine', but soon piles on weight.

References

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  1. ^ "Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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