Programme 2

Programme Outline

'The Red Bookshop' opens for business, but to Dad and Rose's disappointment, very few customers actually buy anything. Running a bookshop turns out to be an opportunity to meet some of the rather narrow-minded local residents.

Ruby and Garnet start school and find that Blob and his gang are their fellow classmates. The teacher gives them a warm welcome, in contrast to the increasing hostilities coming from Blob and the gang. The twins intensify their twin behaviour, which strengthens their togetherness and maintains their isolation from others.

During the painting of a mural on the classroom wall, Garnet teams up with a girl called Judy and they paint a beautiful pair of giraffes, whereas Ruby chooses to paint a couple of fleas. This scene identifies Ruby's jealousy when anyone else tries to get close to Garnet. At this stage it is apparent how much Ruby tries to exert power over her sister and we see how Rose makes a particular effort to comfort Garnet.

Ruby hatches a plan to get them both away from the village and Rose. She suggests to Garnet that if they are really badly behaved, they'll get expelled from school and they'll have to leave! The next day at school, they make their teacher's life a misery by disrupting the classroom routine, wrecking the class mural and incessantly performing their irritating 'double act'. At her wit's end, Ms Debenham informs their dad and they are in 'double trouble'!