Watch the opening and closing titles to the popular Australian comedy series Round The Twist (plus a few outtakes) below!
Round the Twist opening titles lyrics:
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
Well, have you heard the word,
About the bird and the spider.
That wiggled and wriggled
And giggled inside her?
Well, have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Round the Twist closing titles lyrics:
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
If all the king's horses
And all the king's men,
Couldn't put me back together again.
I'd say...
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
I can hear myself say,
This is not my day.
I'm saying what the hey,
You won't believe me anyway!
I can hear myself say,
This is not my day.
I'm saying what the hey,
You won't believe me anyway!
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
(Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.)
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
Have you ever, ever felt like this?
(Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.)
Have strange things happened,
Are you going round the twist?
About Round The Twist:
Round The Twist is an Australian children's comedy produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and based around the Twist family and the supernatural goings-on in their town. The Twist family are widower Tony Twist and his three children, twins Pete and Linda, and Bronson. They live in the old, and usually haunted, lighthouse at Port Niranda. The show ran for 52 episodes over four series (seasons) between 1989 to 2000 (series one in 1989; series two in 1992; series three in 1999; series four in 2000), with many cast changes along the way. Each episode is a self-contained, supernatural story, but there are central story themes hinted at in each episode throughout a series, culminating in a story that explains them. The first two series were based on short stories by the author Paul Jennings, with adaptations by Esben Storm (a cast member and the director). After Paul Jennings left, Esben Storm took over writing for series 3 and 4. The Queen of the UK visited the set of Round the Twist in the early 1990's.
Throughout its four seasons, Round The Twist starred:
Series 1 (1989)
Richard Moir - Tony Twist
Sam Vandenberg - Pete Twist
Tamsin West - Linda Twist
Rodney McLennan - Bronson Twist
Bunny Brooke - Nell
Frankie J. Holden - Mr. Gribble
Judith McGrath - Mrs. (Matron) Gribble
Lachlan Jeffrey - James (Junior) Gribble
Stuart Atkin - Rabbit
Cameron Nugent - Tiger Gleeson
Robyn Gibbes - Miss (Fay) James
Esben Storm - Mr. Snapper
Daisy Cameron - Fiona
Kymara Stowers - Ghost Sarah Rickards (Nell's little sister)
Timothy Cousins - Ghost Stanley Rickards (Nell's father)
Valentina Levkowicz - Ghost Louise Rickards (Nell's mother)
Lou Toth - Ghost Tom Rickards (Nell's brother)
Paul Jennings - Ben Byron
Series 2 (1992)
Richard Moir - Tony Twist
Ben Thomas - Pete Twist
Joelene Crnogorac - Linda Twist
Jeffrey Walker - Bronson Twist
Bunny Brooke - Nell
Mark Mitchell - Mr. Gribble
Jan Friedl - Mrs. (Matron) Gribble
Richard E. Young - James (Junior) Gribble
Drew Campbell - Rabbit
Nick Mitchell - Tiger Gleeson
Robyn Gibbes - Miss (Fay) James
Esben Storm - Mr. Snapper
Zeta Briggs - Fiona
Marzena Godecki - Beautiful Girl
Andrew Daddo - Ghost Matthew
Neill Gladwin - Ghost Jeremiah
Jessica Collins - Ghost Girl
Glynis Jones - Ghost Mother
Brenda Waite - Ghost Jane
James Caccetta - Ghost Boy
Patrick Brennan - Ghost Sailor
Eamonn Kelly - Andrew Shelford
Peter Bensley - Mr. Shelford
Laura Armstrong - Terry, Red-Haired Spectre
Series 3 (1999)
Andrew S. Gilbert - Tony Twist
Rian McLean - Pete Twist
Ebonnie Masini - Linda Twist
Mathew Waters - Bronson Twist
Marion Heathfield - Nell
Mark Mitchell - Mr. Gribble
Christine Keogh - Mrs. (Matron) Gribble
Brook Rowan - Gribbs (James Gribble)
Samuel Marsland - Rabbit
Tom Budge - Tiger Gleeson
Trudy Hellier - Fay
Esben Storm - Mr. Ralph Snapper
Katie Barnes - Fiona
Rueben Liversidge - Anthony
Nikolai Nikolaeff - Snorrison
Rachen Bowen - Helga
David Swann - Chief Snorri
Janinie Loftus - Jeanie Dryad
Matt Ralph - Moondoggy Throckmorton
Charles 'Bud' Tingwall - Derek (The Rainmaker)
Darcy Neave - Giorgio
George Kapiniaris - Paulo
Series 4 (2000)
Andrew S. Gilbert - Tony Twist
Rian McLean - Pete Twist
Ebonnie Masini - Linda Twist
Mathew Waters - Bronson Twist
Marion Heathfield - Nell
Mark Mitchell - Mr. Gribble
Christine Keogh - Mrs. (Matron) Gribble
Brook Sykes - Gribbs (James Gribble)
Samuel Marsland - Rabbit
Tom Budge - Tiger Gleeson
Susanne Chapman - Fay
Ernie Gray - Mr. Ralph Snapper
Katie Barnes - Fiona
Rueben Liversidge - Anthony
Michala Banas - Ariel
Alan Hopgood - Cornelius Crenshaw
Wayne Hope - The Rat
Michael Burkett - The Shadow Master
Lauren Pratt - Helen Rickards (Young Nell)
Nathan Wentworth - Colin
Brittany Myers - Lois
Charli Rose Anderson - Baby Ariel
The theme tune was written by Andrew Duffield and sung by Tamsin West, the original actress of Linda Twist, and borrows lines from popular nursery rhymes such as "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "Humpty Dumpty" and "Rain Rain Go Away".
Round the Twist originally aired on Seven Network and ABC in Australia, and on Nickelodeon UK between the mid-ninties and the early-noughties.
The official Round the Twist website can be found at roundthetwist.com.
A complete DVD boxset, Completely Round The Twist, featuring every episode of Round the Twist and many extras, is available to purchase on Amazon.co.uk.
The theme song from the Australian cult kids TV show as sung by star of the original show Tamsin West.
This video was shot as part of a project at Bournemouth University in 2004.
Produced & Directed by Jamie Wilson & Sam Smaïl.
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Sources: ClassicKidsTv.co.uk, Wikipedia (I, II).
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