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'''My Phone Genie''' is a British children's comedy-drama TV series that premiered on CITV from 1 January to 1 December 2012. The series would continue to be repeated on CITV until 28 August 2016, at which point the show was completely purged from CITV, pulled from all streaming services including ITV Hub, and without the show ever having been archived or preserved in full by anyone, making almost all of its episodes lost media and not available to watch anywhere at all.
'''''My Phone Genie''''' is a British children's comedy-drama TV series who's first season premiered on CITV from January 1st to March 25th, 2012, and second season from September 8th to December 1st, 2012. The series would continue to be repeated on CITV until August 28th, 2016,<ref>http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/trilt/index.php/prog/02DF1A1F?bcast=122383186</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180717154138/https://www.dvber.co.uk/CITV/My+Phone+Genie</ref> at which point the show was completely purged from CITV, pulled from all streaming services including ITV Hub, and without the show ever having been archived or preserved in full by anyone, resulting in almost all of its episodes becoming lost (as they are not available to watch anywhere at all).


==Plot==
==Plot==
The show revolves around Jaz Hart that has a genie in her phone named Gene, after trying to download a new ringtone on her phone advertised in an online advert.
The show revolves around a girl named Jaz Hart that has a genie in her phone named Gene after trying to download a new ringtone on her phone advertised in an online advert.
 
==Cast==
* '''Adam Wadsworth''' as Gene
* '''Bessie Cursons''' as Jaz
* '''Haruka Abe''' as Naoko
* '''Fox Jackson-Keen''' as Mobbsy
* '''Heather Nicol''' as Pene
* '''Lothaire Gérard''' as Brent
* '''Ethan Hammer''' as Reese
 
==Episode List==
===Season 1===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |#
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Title
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Synopsis
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Airdate
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Status
|-
|1
|Serve and Protect
|Worried about her first day at a new school, Gene’s help to protect Jaz gets her in more trouble than she could ever have imagined.
|Jan 1, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|2
|Home Movie
|Gene makes Jaz and her friends the stars in a selection of movies after Jaz wishes that her Saturday afternoon could be more interesting.
|Jan 8, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|3
|It's a Jungle in Here
|Gene helps Jaz revive the school plants she's forgotten to water over the holidays...turning the house into a living jungle!
|Jan 15, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|4
|Growing Pains
|Annoyed at her younger brother’s silly antics, Jaz wishes he ‘would just grow up’. But the problem starts when Gene grants and made Reese into a full sized adult.
|Jan 22, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|5
|The Sleepover
|A sleepover at Jaz’s house has the kids play a game of ‘Truth or Dare’ with Gene choosing the dares!
|Jan 29, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|6
|Talk to the Hair
|Wishing for some confidence in the school debate, Jaz is surprised when Gene gives her hair a mind and uncontrollable attitude of its own.
|Feb 5, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|7
|Cheat
|When Jaz wishes for help with her school project, Gene downloads a cheat application for her which makes Jaz cheat at everything.
|Feb 12, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|8
|Pene's Perfect Date
|Gene steps in to help find Pene the perfect date for the school dance which doesn’t go exactly to plan.
|Feb 19, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|9
|Garage Band
|Jaz, Mobbsy and Naoko form a rock band and with Gene as manager become an internet sensation.
|Feb 26, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|10
|The Exciting Life of Jaz
|Jaz wishes for a more exciting life but doesn’t expect Gene to make her life into a reality show with her as the ‘star’.
|Mar 5, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|11
|Clever
|Gene grants Jaz a wish to show how smart she can be, but he makes her super smart at everything which brings its own problems.
|Mar 12, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|12
|The Party
|Gene throws a party in school detention which everybody else in the school soon wants to join in with.
|Mar 19, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|13
|Double Losers
|When Jaz gives her friends each a wish, Naoko ends up inside a video game while Mobbsy has his own problems.
|Mar 26, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
===Season 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |#
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Title
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Synopsis
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Airdate
! style="background-color:lightgreen" |Status
|-
|14
|Side FX
|Mobbsy becomes unwell just before a talent contest and Gene’s treatment has unexpected side effects.
|Sep 8, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|15
|Jaz Plastic
|Gene loses Jaz when a wish backfires and he must work out what she wished for and where she has ended up.
|Sep 15, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|16
|Unfriend Me
|Jaz wants her teacher to be more approachable so Gene creates a new social network for her.
|Sep 22, 2012
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|17
|Upgrades
|When Jaz needs to clean the house after a party, Gene gets all the household appliances to help.
|Sep 29, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|18
|Sisters
|After Jaz wins tickets to a concert, she battles her sister to see who gets to go.
|Oct 6, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|19
|Saving Face
|When Jaz wakes up with a pixelated face, Gene takes control of getting her through the day without it being noticed.
|Oct 13, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|20
|Parents Day
|Jaz is disappointed when her parents can’t attend Parents’ Day, so Gene creates far more interesting parents for her.
|Oct 20, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|21
|Indoor Activities
|When Jaz, Mobbsy and Naoko miss a school trip and get locked inside the school overnight, Gene creates his own survival course for them.
|Oct 27, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|22
|Grounded
|Jaz breaks the family television and is grounded. As she is not able to leave her room, Gene brings the outside world to her.
|Nov 3, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|23
|Technical Hitch
|Jaz’s phone breaks and results in her being sent an older model with a much older Genie. Nobody ever reads the manual!
|Nov 10, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|24
|Super Heroes
|Jaz, Naoko and Mobbsy want to be superheroes, but Gene gives them all rather unusual and not very superhero powers!
|Nov 17, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|25
|Dumb and Dummy
|Gene grants Jaz’s wish to make fake things real - which leads to experiences that none of the team could ever have imagined!
|Nov 24, 2012
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|26
|Mobbsy's Girlfriend
|Mobbsy’s obsession with a new Girlfriend App on his phone leads Gene to take him and the girls inside the app in order to dump her.
|Dec 1, 2012
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}


==Availability==
==Availability==
In total, the series had 26 episodes. There are only two episodes that are available and found, they originate from a streaming service called [https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand Box of Broadcasts]. Those two episodes are "Dumb and Dummy" as broadcast on 24 June 2013,<ref>https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/02DDC75E?bcast=97711004</ref> and "Unfriend Me" as broadcast on 11 August 2014,<ref>https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/02CE2A2A?bcast=113919478</ref> and those two episodes would be uploaded by the YouTube user [https://www.youtube.com/@RVF2007 RVF2007]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFi9Y3JPIg</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0XVzDT2z8s</ref> where it  is accessible to anyone.
In total, the series had 26 episodes (13 for each season). There are only two episodes that are available and found. They originate from a streaming service called [https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand Box of Broadcasts]. Those two episodes are episode 25, "Dumb and Dummy", re-ran on June 24th, 2013,<ref>https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/02DDC75E?bcast=97711004</ref> and episode 16, "Unfriend Me", re-ran just a year later, on August 11th, 2014,<ref>https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/02CE2A2A?bcast=113919478</ref> and those two episodes would be uploaded to YouTube by [https://www.youtube.com/@RVF2007 RVF2007]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFi9Y3JPIg</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0XVzDT2z8s</ref> where they are publically available to watch.
 
'''Other than the two found episodes, all other 24 episodes are lost'''. There are a few incomplete clips of the show uploaded by other YouTube users such as [https://www.youtube.com/@Dogberry98 Dogberry98] but nothing much more than that.
 
==See Also==
*[[Astro Farm (partially found CiTV claymation series; 1990s)]]
*[[Billy (partially found CITV animated series; 1998-1999)]]
*[[The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (partially found ITV adaptation of children's detective book; 1991)]]
*[[Dream Street (found British children's TV series; 1999-2002)]]
*[[The Fugitives (partially found British children's sci-fi TV series; 2005)]]
*[[Pocoyo (partially lost pilots of Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series; 2002-2004)]]
*[[Ripley and Scuff (partially found British children's television series; 2002-2003)]]
*[[Sooty's Amazing Adventures (partially lost animated spin-off of Sooty; 1996-1997)]]
*[[The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995)]]
*[[StarStreet (partially lost British children's television series; 2001-2002)]]
*[[The Twins (partially found animated series; 2000)]]


Other than that, all other 24 episodes are lost. There are a few incomplete clips of the show uploaded by other YouTube users such as [https://www.youtube.com/@Dogberry98 Dogberry98] but nothing much more than that.
==External Links==
* https://myphonegenie.fandom.com
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Phone_Genie
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2204867/


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 17:19, 4 October 2024

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Title card.

Status: Partially Found

My Phone Genie is a British children's comedy-drama TV series who's first season premiered on CITV from January 1st to March 25th, 2012, and second season from September 8th to December 1st, 2012. The series would continue to be repeated on CITV until August 28th, 2016,[1][2] at which point the show was completely purged from CITV, pulled from all streaming services including ITV Hub, and without the show ever having been archived or preserved in full by anyone, resulting in almost all of its episodes becoming lost (as they are not available to watch anywhere at all).

Plot

The show revolves around a girl named Jaz Hart that has a genie in her phone named Gene after trying to download a new ringtone on her phone advertised in an online advert.

Cast

  • Adam Wadsworth as Gene
  • Bessie Cursons as Jaz
  • Haruka Abe as Naoko
  • Fox Jackson-Keen as Mobbsy
  • Heather Nicol as Pene
  • Lothaire Gérard as Brent
  • Ethan Hammer as Reese

Episode List

Season 1

# Title Synopsis Airdate Status
1 Serve and Protect Worried about her first day at a new school, Gene’s help to protect Jaz gets her in more trouble than she could ever have imagined. Jan 1, 2012 Lost
2 Home Movie Gene makes Jaz and her friends the stars in a selection of movies after Jaz wishes that her Saturday afternoon could be more interesting. Jan 8, 2012 Lost
3 It's a Jungle in Here Gene helps Jaz revive the school plants she's forgotten to water over the holidays...turning the house into a living jungle! Jan 15, 2012 Lost
4 Growing Pains Annoyed at her younger brother’s silly antics, Jaz wishes he ‘would just grow up’. But the problem starts when Gene grants and made Reese into a full sized adult. Jan 22, 2012 Lost
5 The Sleepover A sleepover at Jaz’s house has the kids play a game of ‘Truth or Dare’ with Gene choosing the dares! Jan 29, 2012 Lost
6 Talk to the Hair Wishing for some confidence in the school debate, Jaz is surprised when Gene gives her hair a mind and uncontrollable attitude of its own. Feb 5, 2012 Lost
7 Cheat When Jaz wishes for help with her school project, Gene downloads a cheat application for her which makes Jaz cheat at everything. Feb 12, 2012 Lost
8 Pene's Perfect Date Gene steps in to help find Pene the perfect date for the school dance which doesn’t go exactly to plan. Feb 19, 2012 Lost
9 Garage Band Jaz, Mobbsy and Naoko form a rock band and with Gene as manager become an internet sensation. Feb 26, 2012 Lost
10 The Exciting Life of Jaz Jaz wishes for a more exciting life but doesn’t expect Gene to make her life into a reality show with her as the ‘star’. Mar 5, 2012 Lost
11 Clever Gene grants Jaz a wish to show how smart she can be, but he makes her super smart at everything which brings its own problems. Mar 12, 2012 Lost
12 The Party Gene throws a party in school detention which everybody else in the school soon wants to join in with. Mar 19, 2012 Lost
13 Double Losers When Jaz gives her friends each a wish, Naoko ends up inside a video game while Mobbsy has his own problems. Mar 26, 2012 Lost

Season 2

# Title Synopsis Airdate Status
14 Side FX Mobbsy becomes unwell just before a talent contest and Gene’s treatment has unexpected side effects. Sep 8, 2012 Lost
15 Jaz Plastic Gene loses Jaz when a wish backfires and he must work out what she wished for and where she has ended up. Sep 15, 2012 Lost
16 Unfriend Me Jaz wants her teacher to be more approachable so Gene creates a new social network for her. Sep 22, 2012 Found
17 Upgrades When Jaz needs to clean the house after a party, Gene gets all the household appliances to help. Sep 29, 2012 Lost
18 Sisters After Jaz wins tickets to a concert, she battles her sister to see who gets to go. Oct 6, 2012 Lost
19 Saving Face When Jaz wakes up with a pixelated face, Gene takes control of getting her through the day without it being noticed. Oct 13, 2012 Lost
20 Parents Day Jaz is disappointed when her parents can’t attend Parents’ Day, so Gene creates far more interesting parents for her. Oct 20, 2012 Lost
21 Indoor Activities When Jaz, Mobbsy and Naoko miss a school trip and get locked inside the school overnight, Gene creates his own survival course for them. Oct 27, 2012 Lost
22 Grounded Jaz breaks the family television and is grounded. As she is not able to leave her room, Gene brings the outside world to her. Nov 3, 2012 Lost
23 Technical Hitch Jaz’s phone breaks and results in her being sent an older model with a much older Genie. Nobody ever reads the manual! Nov 10, 2012 Lost
24 Super Heroes Jaz, Naoko and Mobbsy want to be superheroes, but Gene gives them all rather unusual and not very superhero powers! Nov 17, 2012 Lost
25 Dumb and Dummy Gene grants Jaz’s wish to make fake things real - which leads to experiences that none of the team could ever have imagined! Nov 24, 2012 Found
26 Mobbsy's Girlfriend Mobbsy’s obsession with a new Girlfriend App on his phone leads Gene to take him and the girls inside the app in order to dump her. Dec 1, 2012 Lost

Availability

In total, the series had 26 episodes (13 for each season). There are only two episodes that are available and found. They originate from a streaming service called Box of Broadcasts. Those two episodes are episode 25, "Dumb and Dummy", re-ran on June 24th, 2013,[3] and episode 16, "Unfriend Me", re-ran just a year later, on August 11th, 2014,[4] and those two episodes would be uploaded to YouTube by RVF2007[5][6] where they are publically available to watch.

Other than the two found episodes, all other 24 episodes are lost. There are a few incomplete clips of the show uploaded by other YouTube users such as Dogberry98 but nothing much more than that.

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/trilt/index.php/prog/02DF1A1F?bcast=122383186
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180717154138/https://www.dvber.co.uk/CITV/My+Phone+Genie
  3. ↑ https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/02DDC75E?bcast=97711004
  4. ↑ https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/02CE2A2A?bcast=113919478
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eFi9Y3JPIg
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0XVzDT2z8s
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