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Australian-British children's comedy television series

The Genie from Down Under is a British-Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC from 1996 to 1998.

The Genie from Down Under is based on an idea from Steve J Spears which was developed into a series concept with a 'Round The Twist' flavour.^[1] Esben Storm, Steve Spears and a team of writers work-shopped the storylines.

Patricia Edgar was looking for a new idea for a comedy series which would capture the debate about Australia becoming a Republic - a significant issue in Australia at the time. She invited a few writers to submit original ideas then chose the concept submitted by Steve Spears to workshop its potential.

She asked Esben Storm, who had been the co-author and Director of the successful Round the Twist series to lead the development workshop.^[2]

Following the success of Round the Twist on the