Misery Guts(1998)
First Air Date: 1998-12-24
Average Runtime: 20m
Rating: 7.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Misery Guts was an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that first screened in 1998. Keith is the only son of Vin and Marge Shipley. They live above a fish 'n' chips shop in South London and things are tough. Keith's parents are misery gutses and he is convinced that the only way for the family to regain its former happiness is for him to make his parents smile again. Keith embarks on a mission to cheer his parents up. He buys a brilliantly coloured tropical fish from Australia, where the sun shines all the time, the sea is full of fish and coconuts just fall into your hands. When all his efforts to cheer his parents up fail spectacularly, Keith decides he must somehow get his parents to Australia. People couldn't be unhappy in a paradise where fish sparkle like rainbows and it's sunny and warm all the time. Or could they? Based on Morris Gleitzman's books 'Misery Guts', 'Worry Warts', and 'Puppy Fat'.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Bright Ideas
Air Date: 1998-12-24
Keith watches from the fish 'n chip shop window as his miserable, arguing parents leave, bickering as they drive away...
E02
Follow That Fish
Air Date: N/A
Keith lies awake as his parents, Vin and Marge argue. Keith knows unless he does something drastic to improve their s...
E03
Off His Trolley
Air Date: N/A
Vin and Marge say no to Australia, but take Keith and Dennis to the beach. Keith begins to advertise the chip shop, a...
E04
Pesky Paradise
Air Date: N/A
The Shipleys reach Orchid Cove but Keith soon realises that paradise is not without its problems when he has close en...
E05
Bigger Fish to Fry
Air Date: N/A
Keith's dad decides it's high time he made the effort to find a job but in a small town like Orchid Cove, there's lit...
E06
There's a Place for Us
Air Date: N/A
Keith spots the perfect place to set up a new shop and is determined to prove to his father the viability of a new fi...
E07
Run off His Feet
Air Date: N/A
The bank refuses to loan Vin the money to buy equipment for the new shop. Undeterred, Keith and Tracy come to the res...
E08
Paradise Lost
Air Date: N/A
After his accident, Keith and the family discover the advantages of positive thinking. Tracy teaches Keith how to surf.
E09
Wheels on Fire
Air Date: N/A
Vin and Keith devise a plan to compete with a new takeaway and end up turning the fish and chip shop into a drive-thr...
E10
Road to Riches
Air Date: N/A
Keith sets out to find the Opal fields, but soon runs out of money for the bus. Determined not to give in, he continu...
E11
Cops and Dobbers
Air Date: N/A
Desperate to get to the Opal fields, Keith tells Col and Mick about his family's move to Australia.
E12
Flash of Inspiration
Air Date: N/A
Keith's parents travel to the opal fields to search for him. Keith finds a way into an opal mine.
E13
Sole Search
Air Date: 1999-02-01
Keith and Tracy get trapped in the opal mine when it caves in. Keith vows to end his crazy schemes when he realises t...
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