Episode 1 – Action
There are new friendships to be forged and old alliances to be renewed as the Year 9 media studies class at Sunridge Park School begins the new term. Mr Long sets them a new challenge – a three-minute video on the topic of their choice. Ruth sees the project as the chance to help Fiona find true love.
Episode 2 – Wheels on Fire
Anna doesn’t feel a part of the media studies class and is going to leave until Mr Long teams her up with Oscar to work on a video. Ross badgers Sophie to help him with his soccer video, but in his enthusiasm to watch the game he tips her out of her wheelchair. Sophie and Oscar both discover that the camera can lie – with a bit of creative editing.
Episode 3 – Money or the Box
Fiona is still not talking to Ruth after the fiasco of the Laz video, but she is forced to team up with her when she wants to video and meet her favourite band – International Oyster. But instead of meeting the band, Fiona lands in trouble and Ruth gets to meet them. Ross learns a lesson about sharing when Oscar discovers a family video that Ross has been editing.
Episode 4 – Au Naturel
When Anna shows her nature video to the class they agree on one thing – it’s boring. The class is not afraid to tell Anna what they think. Mr Long knows how to remedy that attitude – everyone has to make a nature video. What seems simple proves far more difficult and Anna becomes the most popular girl in class as everyone tries to solicit her help.
Episode 5 – Crash and Burn
The twins video the aftermath of a car accident outside the school. They see the video as a way to make fast money on TV’s Funniest Home Video. Ross has his sights set on bigger fish – a new series called Funniest Home Car Crashes. For Sophie it is all too close to home – bringing back the bad memories of the accident that killed her father and left her in a wheelchair. It is up to Sophie to get the message across.
Episode 6 – Home and Away
Collaboration – Mr Long teams Ross with Anna and Kurt with Ruth to produce videos with very mixed results. Laz has moved in with friends and Ross sees his video as a chance to show their mum how well Laz is going. Ruth sees the collaboration as a chance to get close to Kurt. They are both disappointed.
Episode 7 – Wonder Twins Activate
Ruth thinks a video of Kurt’s home life will help the class understand him. Oscar thinks an inside look at the twins’ home life will help get the terrible two off his back. The two exposes into the private lives of Kurt and the twins have vastly different results for Ruth and Oscar. Ruth is a pariah and Oscar is a hero.
Episode 8 – Burn Baby, Burn
Sophie can’t bring herself to like her mother’s boyfriend, Glenn. No matter how hard he tries Glenn can’t do a thing right and Sophie won’t give him an even break. Life at home is difficult for Ruth, too. When her mother goes on a diet she is forced to join in even though she doesn’t need to lose any weight.
Episode 9 – My Funny Valentine
When Mr Long forces Anna and Ross to work together and they have to find a topic they can agree on it seems like an impossible task – until Anna comes up with and idea. They will swap character traits! Oscar begs his family not to embarrass him when Fiona comes for tea. And Kurt decides to make a video on the old lady next door.
Episode 10 – The Grass is Greener
Kurt’s video of his elderly neighbour, Mrs Green begins as a joke. He wants to hurt the old lady by making her seem stupid, but the more time he spends with her the more he gets to like her. The new Kurt surprises his classmates, but not Mrs Green. She always knew there was more to the sullen boy. Kurt and Mrs Green form a close bond that is broken when she passes away before his video is completed.
Episode 11 – Super Geek
Directing his first film script proves to be a much harder job than Oscar imagined. The cast wants to rewrite the script and can’t agree on Oscar’s image of the characters. Kurt is still mourning his friend and neighbour, Mrs Green but his mood lightens when a new family moves in next door and their daughter is everything he dreamt of in a girl – a female version of him!
Episode 12 – The Thrill of the Chase
The class is led on a merry chase when the twins steal the class video camera and hold it to ransom. They have been kicked out of the media studies class and want to prove they should be able to return and not be forced into tech design. Kurt is the only one not involved in the hostage drama. He has his own problems – a reluctance to take part in a personal profile video.
Episode 13 – A Fete Worse Than Death
The end of term is approaching and everyone is looking forward to the holiday. The class organises an awards night with the winner of the best film getting to take the camera home for the holidays. But before the holiday there is muck-up day. Pandemonium reigns until a word appears on the school over. Chaos takes over. And it is chaos that could see Kurt expelled.