The Skinner Boys

Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)

A mysterious thief has disturbed the ancient and mystical Matenga Urn. This in turn has awakened the Skelevore monsters that protect it - and the fireflies that are within it - which magnify the fear of anyone who holds the Urn.

Freezer Burn

A Viking spirit is unleashed by Obsidian Stone who is determined to rule the world by controlling all of the ice in the world.

Drums of Doom

Edward takes one of 7 of the Drums of Doom to improve his drumming, but disaster awaits the Skinners when they return the drum to the volcano island from where it came.

The Conflict Stone

When the Skinner family goes on holiday to a new adventure resort in the Caribbean, they find all the guests and staff arguing. The Skinners end up recovering an ancient ruby that had been broken into four parts during the construction of the resort, thereby restoring peace on the islands.

Eye of the Golden Snake

The Skinners are shrunk to centimetres tall by the power of the 'Eye of the Golden Snake'. To catch the thief of this ancient Chinese artefact and restore themselves to their original size, they ride Edward's pet mongoose, Neville, through a speeding train in China, and must fight a sea of slithering snakes.

Curse of the Ghost Train

A runaway train manned by cowboy ghost Calvin Calhoun and his hoard of stolen gold races across the desert plains - the result of an ancient curse placed on the gold by the Native Americans it was stolen from. While Charles, Tara and Edward become mesmerised by the shining gold, Henry is immune because of his sunnies. While Calhoun turns Tara, Charles and Edward into bank robbers, Henry uses some free-style action to defeat Calhoun, stop the speeding ghost train and save the day.

Castle of the Lost

The kids get lost in a maze-like castle as an evil magician turns back the hands of time.

Mirror of Middlestep

When Henry breaks an old mirror in the attic the gateway to the 5th dimension is opened up.

Dangers of the Deep

While on a beach holiday the Skinners discover various weird goings on in the sea. They soon discover a small boy has removed an artefact from a sunken pirate ship and as a result sea creatures are mutating and attacking people. Tara must overcome her fear of the sea to return it.

The Fire Opal

The Skinners go to Coober Pedy to find a powerful Fire Opal and Charles succumbs to its powers - both good and evil.

The Fountain of Youth

When an artefact goes missing and a new friend of the Skinners is kidnapped the kids find themselves on a race to the Fountain of Youth, where their uber-enemy, Obsidian Stone becomes a baby.

Grimm and Grimmer

The Skinners unlock a mystery as to the appearance of various fairy tale characters.

Wings of the Butterfly

When a butterfly in the Amazon flaps its wings will it really cause a cyclone? Not if the Skinner boys can stop it.

Edward Saves the World

Our heroes discover that an ape which can do a Rubik's Cube in 5 seconds is actually Magnon, a missing link from a parallel universe.

Dragon's Breath

On Halloween, Tara dresses in an old cape she finds in the attic. What everyone at the Skinner Mansion soon learns is it's actually an artefact, which gradually turns Tara into a real, fire-breathing dragon.

The Curse of Invisibility

Stone kidnaps Julia and holds her ransom for the artefact. The Skinner kids find out that Julia is more than just a stay-at-home Mum!

The Crystal of Creation

When Edward and Henry use one of Grandpa's artefacts, the Crystal of Creation, to create tiny insect monsters to duel each other, one of the creatures grows humongo-normous and turns nasty.

The Sacred Scarab

Evil megalomaniac, Obsidian Stone, brings the mummified Egyptian Prince, Nakthi, back to life so he can damn the Nile with upside down pyramids and thereby prove he is the most powerful man on Earth. But he is as short-sighted as he is greedy. He doesn't count on the pesky Skinners tricking him, by dressing Henry as the mummy, and foiling his megalomaniacal scheme. Will they pull this off… or will they get trapped inside the pyramid in the process? Theme: It's not your clothes but your actions that count.

Molewhistle of East Grinsmead

The Skinners battle the Block Topper and an underworld of mutants to save the Queen!

Swampies of the Deep South

The Skinners are called out to a Louisianna Museum where the curator has accidentally turned some school children and their teacher into mindless 'Swampies'!

The Lantern of Truth

Some backpackers discover the Lantern of Truth and one of their shadows comes to life, terrorising them. It's mission on for the Skinners… and Edward's shadow also comes to life, a very pushy shadow. Will they get the shadows back into the lamp before the real folk fade away?

The Ice Crystal

Wellington appears to go bad, stealing an artifact to give to Stone. The kids give chase but not all is as it appears to be.

Festival of the Ancestors

When the Jeweled Skull of Acalan is removed from its resting place in an ancient temple, it starts to bring the dead back to life. These skeletons start to assume the bodies of the living, so our heroes have to return the skull before the skeletons assume their bodies, too.

Blood Blossom

While camping, Charles and Tara stumble on the fearsome Venorok. The only way to stop is to put it to sleep with the scent of the Blood Blossom. Luckily Augustus Skinner stored a seed in the attic, but when Edward and Henry plant it, the Blood Blossom grows at an alarming rate, takes over the mansion and traps Julia &amp; Wellington.

The Tibetan Map of Destiny

In a small monastery in the mystic mountains of Tibet, evil Obsidian Stone tricks the Skinner kids and steals Tara's amulet. However, when he tries to use it to see the future for his own evil purposes, he soon discovers that it doesn't work. That's because Tara is the precious artefact, not her amulet. Who knew? No one is more surprised than her cousins, the Skinner boys. Theme: Your destiny is up to you.

Grandpa Skinner's Journal

The Skinner's arch-rival, Obsidian Stone, sneaks into the Skinner mansion with Pygmalion's Chisel, an artefact that can make pictures become real objects. All seems lost when he sets about materializing all the artefacts in Grandpa's journal for his own use.

The Body Clock of Tingri-La

Edward uses the Body Clock to age himself from 9 to 19, so he can attend a concert given by teen idol Cleo Dove - but this changes all the kids' ages and unleashes the Guardian of the Clock, a yeti statue come to life, who chases Wellington and Mum Skinner all over.

The Crown of Ra

While protecting the Crown of Ra from tomb raiders in Egypt, Tara is given the power to hear thoughts. She later uses this power to find Obsidian Stone after he steals the crown from a local museum but Stone has already damaged the crown and unleashed plagues of frogs and locusts in the process.

Logi's Shield

When Obsidian Stone steals a tunnelling machine to get to the secret, underground temple of Logi's Shield, the Skinners must travel into the earth's crust. They must find the Shield before Stone uses it to unleash a torrent of lava on the earth's surface! After battling noxious gas and getting trapped in a cave, the Skinners manage to find the shield and capture Stone but are they too late?

The Chimes Of Change

After stealing the Chimes of Change, Obsidian Stone uses the artefact to switch bodies with Henry. Now he can raid the mansion for artefacts! Stone creates a fake mission to get rid of the Skinners but Tara secretly stays behind to keep an eye on her cousin.

The Ravenstone

When a boy named Albert is transformed into a raven, in a German forest, the Skinners soon discover the Ravenstone – an artefact that gives the holder almighty power over ravens – has been disturbed by a witch.

The Wand of Enchantment

When Henry's attempt to help Wellington create a fun and exciting magic show fails, he quickly races off to the library to read through Grandpa Skinner's journal in search of something truly magical

The Frog of Fertility

Once every 2000 years when the planets align, the Frog of Fertility emerges from swampy waters in China. On a mission to safeguard the powerful artefact, Edward makes a point of being the first one to grab the artefact; little does he know that Hic, in his invisibility suit has the same idea. The Skinners take the frog back to mansion to keep safe for 24 hours when suddenly multiple Edwards and Hics have infiltrated the mansion. It's mission on for the Skinners as they attempt to reverse the frog's powers!

The Goblet of Goodearth

When a natural avalanche uncovers the secret hiding place of a powerful silver goblet, three greedy Snow Trolls steal the artefact and kidnap Tara, unleashing wild weather in the process. Charles, Henry and Edward must team up with the artefact's Mountain Dwarf guardian to save Tara and the goblet before it is melted down for treasure!

Yes, Edward, Pixies are Real

Evil Obsidian Stone uses a set of magical scissors to cut through the thinly veiled curtain to the unseen, magical world where he steals a unicorn with the power to make dreams come true. It's up to the Skinners to save the unicorn and find the scissors before Stone's dreams of eradicating the Skinners and of world domination become a reality!

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World explorer Augustus Skinner has died and his four teenage grandkids have inherited the big, old Skinner Mansion and its contents. But Grandpa Skinner also left them a big surprise: the Skinners are now Guardians of the Lost Secrets, a collection of artifacts across the world that possess freaky powers, and crazy creatures that nobody ever believed really existed. In the wrong hands, the fabled Stone Maker could turn a whole army to stone or bring a stone army back to life! This is the flipped-out, fun and freakish world of the Skinner family.

The Skinner Boys

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