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Big School

It's Joe Connolly's first day at secondary school and everything is going wrong. How do you survive the worst first day ever without your best friend by your side?

Trouble

When an adrenaline-fueled game of dares gets out of hand, Joe accidentally throws a ball at a teacher and now he's in big, big trouble.

Forever Eleven

It is Joe Connolly's 12th birthday and he can't wait for everyone at school to know, until he learns about the school tradition of birthday beats.

Girlfriend

Everyone at O'Malley Secondary School seems to have found love apart from Joe. He decides today is the day he will get a girlfriend.

Pickled Onion

Joe knows he will be humiliated if he admits to being scared of Siobhan Murphy's terrifying Halloween story.

Bits

Joe Connolly is going to the dentist while everyone else at school is learning about their bits - how will Joe ever catch up?

Disco

Joe Connolly arrives at the disco with high hopes of a slow dance with Daisy Adeyemi. The only thing standing in his way is his best friend, Frisbo, who has his own high hopes of knee sliding. And girls don't like kneeslides.

Textmas

It's Christmas and Joe is having to stay in his brother, Jamie's room. Joe now must endure a night of Jamie's brotherly cruelty and figure out what to do when a girl texts you.

Deux

After forgetting his permission slip for the school trip, Joe faces a day in school without friends. But luckily Lily Scott will also be in school. Finally, Joe can have a conversation with her.

Plopper

Joe Connolly has never done a poo at school before but that will all change today.

Squeaker

Joe's shoe begins to squeak, and it's funny... at first. But after several lessons of his friends laughing at him, Joe gets back at Frisbo by blurting out an embarrassing secret causing the two of them to fall out.

Valentine

It is Valentine's Day and Joe Connolly has a plan to send Lily Scott a Valentine's card.

Fight

Joe Connolly has never been in a fight, but that doesn't stop him from getting the reputation as the toughest kid in Year 7.

Tadpoles

Joe Connolly has made a decision - he is going to ask Lily Scott to be his girlfriend.

Boyfriend

Joe Connolly is Lily Scott's boyfriend and everything is great. When he witnesses John Longmore getting dumped by Eisha Khela, Joe realises he cannot just be a boyfriend, he must be a good boyfriend.

Parents Evening

It's parents evening and Joe's parents can't wait to meet his girlfriend, Lily. Joe cannot let this happen.

Cosmic Frisbo

Today is the Year 7 talent show and Frisbo will perform his greatest ever magic trick with Joe as his stooge. But when Joe accidentally says yes to being Siobhan Murphy's boyfriend, he has bigger problems to deal with.

Mickey Page

When Steve Malek steals back Joe's Mickey Page football card from Frisbo, Joe decides Steve will be his new best friend.

Bad Sport

Joe Connolly is on a losing streak. With Sports Day fast approaching, he needs to avoid losing again at all costs.

Breaking Up

On the last day of school, Joe learns that Frisbo fancies Kayla Madani. Joe wants to help his best friend, but there is a problem. Kayla is Lily Scott's best friend.

The Penguin

Joe has the best friends in the world but when he doesn't go ice skating with them, he fears he is being left out.

Doodoo

Joe accidentally steps in dog poo and has to get rid of the smell before anyone realises it's coming from his shoe.

Bonkers

Joe brings home a dog from the park and wants to keep it, until he realises it might belong to someone else.

Nickname

Joe goes to extreme lengths to get a nickname and ends up with one he doesn't really want.

Joe loves fireworks night and he has dreams of sharing it with Lily, except something's wrong and she won't tell him what.

Fact Man

Joe is keen to make friends with the new girl on a school trip but Joe's Dad and his embarrassing singing threaten to spoil everything.

Slugs of War

When Joe is invited to a proper party, he worries that Frisbo will embarrass him with his childish Slugs of War sleeping bag game.

Poetry Slam

Joe is convinced that the poetry competition's mystery prize is a games console and he wants to win at all costs, even if that means ruining his friendship with Pete.

Lily

Lily Scott wants to play up front in the football team. She also wants to dump Joe Connolly, but is she too nice to do either?

Drone

It's Christmas and Joe accidentally breaks Gran's dolls house. When Jamie gets the blame, Joe thinks it's a Christmas miracle until he discovers the whole thing was filmed.

After his split with Lily, Joe doesn't want things to be awkward with his friendship group, but everything he does makes things worse.

Farticus

Joe wants to impress Fran with his prank but forgets that the rules say she will have to prank him back. Now he's on high alert for the rest of the day waiting for the prank to happen.

Zapped

When Joe loses his best friend Frisbo to the popular kids from school, laser tag is the only way to get him back.

Super Astronaut

It's careers day at school and Joe wants to be an astronaut but when a test tells him he's going to have a boring job instead, he imagines his future life.

Hole 7

When Joe and his mortal enemy, Hitesh, get stuck on hole seven at mini golf, they find they have more in common than they thought.

Drama

Joe agrees to perform with Fran in her drama showcase but doesn't realise it involves singing.

Onion

Joe wants to prove to his family that he can be trusted so he volunteers to go to the supermarket to buy an onion, but things don't go smoothly.

Rumours

Joe's imagination spirals when he hears a rumour just before his history exam.

Lost

On a school charity walk, Joe and his friends take a shortcut and get lost. But Fran has bigger things to worry about.

Goodbye

It's Fran's last day at school and Joe doesn't want to say goodbye. To distract himself, he focuses on getting rid of his spot instead.

A funny, relatable and heart-warming portrayal of everyday school life in the UK as experienced by 11-year-old Joe Connolly. The series follows Joe as he navigates the dramas and pitfalls of his first year at secondary school. With new situations and embarrassments around every corner, small events mean big drama for Joe, as he tries to fit in, make new friends, girlfriends and even loses his school trousers. But Joe has best friends Frisbo, Pete and Lily at his side, helping him realise that each challenge is really not the end of the world as he triumphs over adversity and survives another school day.

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