1. One Big Happy Family
2004-08-06
30m
On an otherwise ordinary day in the coastal town of Werrinup, Ben discovers in quick succession that there is a portal to a parallel universe in an old drain, he has a sister, his mother is a Guardian of the Parallax, his best friend has a sneak thief double from another world and these large flying purple insect things (Welkin) want to bite him.
2. A Rare Find
2004-08-09
30m
Together, Ben and Katherine just manage to fight off a welkin attack, though Ben has yet to master the Stave which he's 'borrowed' from Veronica. They both want answers to their mother's role as Guardian and the mysteries of their separate worlds, but when Katherine confronts Veronica, her mother is evasive. In Katherine's World, Ben stops repossession of Katherine's home by smuggling in a valuable heritage artefact.
3. The Artful Dodger
2004-08-10
30m
Ben follows Francis (thief) into the third parallel universe where hippies and tie-dye are the rage. There they work out an arrangement. He and the two Francises work out a scam to pay back Ben's Martin. Veronica works with Katherine and her friend Melinda to recover the Stave.
4. Achey, Breaky Heart
2004-08-11
30m
Ben organises a rock'n'roll dance. Katherine brings Stefan, hoping to reunite him with Veronica. The night is a success thanks to Francis (thief).
5. Lost In Paradise
2004-08-12
30m
Katherine's Melinda goes exploring in Ben's world. Melinda and Florence the Chicken find a new portal that leads to a Hi-Tech rubbish tip. The kids arrive to rescue her and are attacked by Welkin and Ben is bitten.
6. One Man's Rubbish
2004-08-13
30m
Katherine and Ben play an inter-world version of pass the parcel as they each try to off-load Francis (thief's) loot from the futuristic rubbish tip. They are almost caught and their inter-Parallax travels exposed, but Veronica saves the day. Francis (thief) discovers theTechno Town version of Werrinup and Una, the girl of his dreams.
7. Artes Veritas
2004-08-16
30m
Ben discovers that by pressing the points of the portal sign he can travel to a distant new world. He meets Mundi and is introduced to a town where people live in the treetops of a forest . Its fun until he is scratched in a Krellick attack. Veronica, in disguise as a New York art dealer, turns Stefan's exhibition into a success.
8. The Battle of Mundi's World
30m
Ben is sick as a result of the Krellick scratch. His friends travel to Forest World to get the antidote but wind up in a huge battle against the Krellicks. They are losing when Veronica arrives to save the day - and ask pointedly just how many kids are using the supposedly 'secret' portals.
9. The Big Sleep-Over
30m
Katherine and Ben are sent on individual quests. Ben visits Desert World and has to use his head after his rash actions land him in strife. Katherine is sent to Forest World, where a night of singing and dancing teaches her to open up her emotions and that not everything of value has to be ""logical"".
10. The Martin Crimes
30m
Tired of the Martins giving them a hard time, Ben and the gang get their revenge. They lure the Martin from each of their four worlds to Forest World and force them to confront each other. The Martins are terrified when their ""reflections"" talk back.
11. The World According to Betti
30m
In Techno World Francis Zapmeister meets Betti, a mysterious woman who looks like Veronica. She has plans to remove ""aberrants"" from the Parallax and make the worlds a better place. Katherine realises Veronica has been watching her all along, and finally forgives her mother.
12. The Curse of The Incredibly Bad News
30m
Veronica reveals that Betti is her twin sister, and that the Welkin and Krellicks are part of Betti's army, sent to destroy the remaining Guardians to prevent them interfering with her plans to blandish the Parallax. She also tells Ben that Stefan, not Jeremy, is his real father. An angry and disillusioned Ben refuses to follow her to the refuge in Forest World.
13. Decoy
30m
To distract Betti from her search for the newly-found Guardian, Veronica sets herself up as a decoy in Techno World. Ben and Katherine arrive in time to see Veronica disappear in front of Betti in a blinding purple flash.
14. Too Many Chiefs
30m
Jeremy convinces Ben that Veronica must still be alive and that Ben can find her. Ben sets off after Spy Boy in Techno World, but is lured into a trap. Katherine arrives in time to rescue him, but it turns out Ben has also accidentally led his local Tiffany to Forest World, and she doesn't want to leave.
15. Ex-Ben
30m
Betti disguises herself as Veronica and goes to Ben's world, determined to find the mystery male Guardian, but Jeremy, the kids and Mrs Dawes fool her. Ben and Mundi find another Portal in Forest World, along with the missing Guardian's Stave.
