Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (found CBBC TV series; 1995-1998)
Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde is a children's television programme that first aired on BBC One as part of the channel's CBBC programming strand. The first episode, entitled "Julia's Elixir" aired on the channel on September 29th, 1995.[1] The last episode aired on April 2nd, 1998.[2] There were subsequent repeat showings of the episodes on BBC One from the conclusion of series one in March 1996 through to May 20th, 1999. Additional repeats were shown on the CBBC channel throughout late 2002/early 2003.
Plot
Julia Jekyll is the highly intelligent star pupil of the Rocket Academy, a school for gifted children. She develops a refreshing drink as part of a science project (her 'elixir'), however, the school bullies, Sharon and Nicola (known colloquially as the Blister Sisters; also the nieces of the science teacher, Mr. Blister), sabotage her project by adding a bottle of hair growth formula to the concoction. While presenting her project to the class, Julia drinks the elixir, and finds herself transformed into a monstrous creature, who she calls 'Harriet Hyde'. Ever since that moment, Julia has found herself unexpectedly transforming into Harriet Hyde at the most inopportune moments.
The series follows Julia's attempts to try and reverse the effects of the tainted elixir, and the various mishaps and adventures that occur as a result of her unexpected changes into Harriet Hyde.
Status
A selection of episodes were uploaded to YouTube in 2013, however, the account that uploaded these has since been terminated.
In September 2020, YouTube user JJAHHNetwork uploaded all but one episode of the series to YouTube and archive.org. In addition, one other episode only exists in a partially-complete state. Series 3, Episode 8 (titled "Dear Aunt Aggie") cuts out about one minute before the conclusion but is otherwise complete.
Series 3, Episode 12 (titled "Which Witch?") is the only episode that is currently lost. The episode aired on March 26th, 1998, and the plot revolved around Julia and Harriet being suspected of being witches.[3]
Series 2, Episode 12 (titled "The French Connection") also suffers from severe audio distortion to the point where the episode is almost unwatchable. Attempts have been made to improve the audio, but the results have not yielded any significant improvements.
Episode List
Series 1
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Julia's Elixir | Found |
2 | A Fright for Aunt Cassandra | Found |
3 | Beauty and the Beast | Found |
4 | Horror At The Waxworks | Found |
5 | Emmeline Pond Takes Charge | Found |
6 | A Dragon In The Living Room | Found |
7 | Not Yeti | Found |
8 | The Fingers Of Mrs Figgis | Found |
9 | Love is in the Air | Found |
10 | Sister Blister | Found |
11 | Hard Rocket Café | Found |
12 | Gorilla In The Midst | Found |
13 | Gardener's Horror Time | Found |
14 | Going To The Dogs | Found |
15 | The New Boy | Found |
16 | Home Sweet Home | Found |
17 | Big Bunny | Found |
18 | Framed | Found |
19 | Stuck On Harriet | Found |
20 | Aliens | Found |
21 | Mrs Rocket's Diamonds | Found |
22 | Danger - Ball Of Fluff | Found |
23 | Roman All Over | Found |
24 | Mr And Mrs Hyde | Found |
Series 2
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Little Mrs Rocket | Found |
2 | The Magic Cabinet of Mr Rocket | Found |
3 | The New Caretaker | Found |
4 | Top Kids | Found |
5 | I-Spy | Found |
6 | Young Musician Of The Century | Found |
7 | The Big Prize | Found |
8 | Granny Jekyll | Found |
9 | In The Net | Found |
10 | Not All There | Found |
11 | Love's Light Fingers | Found |
12 | The French Connection | Found |
13 | Secrets | Found |
14 | Famed | Found |
15 | A Rocket Christmas | Found |
Series 3
# | Episode Title | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Invitations To Harriet | Found |
2 | Tiddles | Found |
3 | Julia's Birthday | Found |
4 | Astro-Nuts | Found |
5 | Best Girl | Found |
6 | I'm Henry VIII I Am | Found |
7 | Aggro | Found |
8 | Dear Aunt Aggie | Partially Found |
9 | The Duke and Duchess of Rocket | Found |
10 | With a Smile and a Song | Found |
11 | Half Half Term | Found |
12 | Which Witch? | Lost |
13 | Fangs | Found |
14 | Mrs Rocket and the Mermaid Potion | Found |
External Links
- Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde on Wikipedia. Retrieved 10 Mar '21
- Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde Wiki page. Retrieved 10 Mar '21
- Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde IMDB page. Retrieved 10 Mar '21
- Search results for Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde on BBC Genome. Retrieved 10 Mar '21
Reference
- ↑ BBC Genome entry for the show's first airing. Retrieved 10 Mar '21
- ↑ BBC Genome entry for the show's final episode. Retrieved 10 Mar '21
- ↑ BBC Genome page for "Which Witch?". Retrieved 10 Mar '21