Dani's House (series 1)

Dani's House (series 1)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	CBBC Channel
Original release	September 26 – December 19, 2008

The first ever series of Dani's House was aired on the 26th September 2008 on BBC and CBBC. The series stars Dani Dani Harmer, Sam Klariza Clayton, Toby Harry Culverhouse, Max Sebastian Applewhite and Ben James Gandhi. It also features two aliens Coordinator Zang and Zark on every start, middle and end of the episode. They are played by Dani Harmer and Harry Culverhouse.

Cast and Characters

• Dani - Dani Harmer
• Sam - Klariza Clayton
• Toby - Harry Culverhouse
• Max - Sebastian Applewhite
• Ben - James Gandhi
• Coordinator Zang - Harry Culverhouse
• Coordinator Zark - Dani Harmer

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pirates"	Dez Mccarthy	Paul Rose	26 September 2008	2.8
Dani is in a dilemma. Just when Dani and Max were caught fighting, Dani accidentally throws a parrot at the vase and the vase was broken. Dani was supposed to hit Max with the parrot but she missed. Instead, she has accidentally knocked her mum's favourite vase. She doesn't have enough money to repair it so she goes out to find a job leaving Sam and Toby looking after the Baby From Hell. Later, Max pretends that he found an old treasure map in the attic and that there is buried treature in the house. Dani falls for it since that she is desperately to find money so she can repair her mum's favourite vase before she gets home
2	2	"Best Friends"	Dez Mccarthy	Joe Williams	3 October 2008	2.3
Dani, Sam and Toby were looking forward to Mexican party. Just then, Dani's mum calls and says that she has to stay in and look after Max and the Baby from Hell. Sam and Toby go off without Dani. Later when they came back, Dani felt like she was ignored, more like invisible. Sam and Toby have been talking to each other and hanging out without Dani. Dani then says that she would be going out on a movie premiere with Daniel Radcliffe, only to make Sam and Toby jealous. Meanwhile, Max and Ben try to get their water pistols back from Dani.
3	3	"Luck"	Jeremy Wooding	Paul Rose	10 October 2008	2.6
Dani has got an audition today but she can't find her lucky socks. Everytime when she wears her lucky socks, her auditions has always been a success, but this time she can't find them. When Sam and Toby were helping Dani search for her lucky socks, Sam tries to convince Dani that there is no such thing as luck. But Dani tries every single lucky charm and it still doesn't work. Later, more bad luck happens when Dani walked through the ladder and Toby opening the umbrella inside. Meanwhile, Max is winning a lot of prizes from Ben's fantastic comments. But how did he win every single prize? Is he lucky?
4	4	"Killer Party"	Dez Mccarthy	Holly Lyons	17 October 2008	2.3
It is Dani's birthday and Dani can't wait for Sam and Toby's presents that they are going to give her. But they didn't and they didn't even celebrate at night. Instead, Dani entertains herself by watching a horror movie (of herself). The next day, Dani overhears Sam and Toby planning an assassination just because Dani ruined their phone calls. But Sam and Toby were actually planning a surprise party. Meanwhile, Max tries to get all of Dani's birthday presents.
5	5	"Sleepover"	Dez Mccarthy	Emma Ko	24 October 2008	2.6
Dani is auditioning for Grease and Sam has got a science reset because she failed her last exam. So Dani agrees that Sam should stay for a sleepover so she can revise her periodic table in peace. Max is stressed that he will be sharing the house with two girls, so he asks Ben if he could stay over as well. Sam has been watching and listening about her periodic table that the periodic table doesn't stay in Sam's head, instead it stays in Dani's. Dani says that Sam has not been the best room-mate to Toby. So Dani teaches Sam about the periodic table. Meanwhile, Zang and Zark have got a lot of cleaning up to do.
6	6	"Ghost Mutterer"	Dez Mccarthy	Emma Ko	31 October 2008	2.1
It is Hallowe'en but Dani is in a Halloween hum-bugness since that she doesn't have a Hallowe'en spirit. Sam and Toby try to light her up and Toby is selling his Hallowe'en t-shirts. Max and Ben were planning to go trick-o-treating but Dan won't let them. So Max, Ben, Sam and Toby try to scare Dani onto believing that the ghosts is out to get her for not having a Hallowe'en spirit. Dani hires a ghost ex-terminator to catch the ghost. But when the weird ghost ex-terminator comes, she just might be a ghost.
7	7	"Amnesia"	Jeremy Wooding	Paul Rose	7 November 2008	2.6
Toby and Dani are set to enter the Utterly Go Dancing heats, but when Dani takes a fall, she is left unable to remember any of the moves... or anything, for that matter, even her own name. Max is especially worried – how will he get his favourite CD back if Dani cannot remember the combination to the safe she locked it in?
8	8	"Snakes"	Dez Mccarthy	Paul Rose	14 November 2008	2.4
Toby's pet-sitting service comes under threat when his snake escapes in Dani's house. With Dani's phobia of snakes and Max desperate to fund a record deal for Ben, there is enough screaming in the house to wake an irritable and jet-lagged Aunt Sheila.
9	9	"Toby No-Mates"	Dez Mccarthy	Kay Stonham	21 November 2008	2.6
Dani is determined to prove to Toby that girls can find mates for guys – even if she has to be the guy herself. Meanwhile, the tables are turned with Ben finally whooping Max at computer games, leaving Max feeling like the bumbling loser. With the girls being far too obsessed with Orlando Bloom for him to hang out with them 24/7, Toby eventually finds a mate in the most unexpected place.
10	10	"It's Not Easy Being Green"	Dez Mccarthy	Paul Mckenzie	28 November 2008	2.4
Sam is doing a green school project and dares Dani and Toby to cut their carbon footprint. Can Toby survive without all his electronic gizmos? Max and Ben offer to offset some of his carbon as their latest moneymaking scheme. Do they know what they are letting themselves in for?
11	11	"Celebrity"	Jeremy Wooding	Emma Ko	5 December 2008	2.4
Dani's old acting friend Mo White visits and turns out to be super-famous, leaving Toby and Sam speechless and starstruck, much to Dani's annoyance. Max and Ben, meanwhile, have a cunning plan to use Mo to help them get rich quick, but their scheme lands them in mega-trouble.
12	12	"Snowed In!"	Jeremy Wooding	Kay Stonham	12 December 2008	2.2
Dani and Max are snowed in alone. At each other's throats at the best of times, how will they survive the claustrophobia of having to spend a whole day in each other's company? Plus, there is no food and no heating. Who will trudge through the snow first to save the two from themselves – Sam, Toby, or a very lost Ben?
13	13	"House for Sale"	Dez Mccarthy	Paul Rose	19 December 2008	2.1
The friends discover to their horror that Dani's house is up for sale – at least if Max and his greedy mentor, estate agent Edgar Molloy, have anything to do with it. Can Dani scupper their plans or is this the end for Dani and her friends?