Dani's House
- Season 1 - Episodes
(13)
In the first episode Dani is in a big dilemma. She has broken her mum's favourite vase and, as she's already "borrowed" money from Max, is in desperate need of cash to sort out the gift.
Dani is left to look after the baby while her friends get go to the party of the century without her. Toby and Sam are surprised at how well they get on together without Dani, and the young actress starts to wonder whether three is becoming a crowd.
Dani's lost her lucky socks - and she needs them for this afternoon's audition. Will she find them in time. Meanwhile, Max starts winning loads of competitions - with the help of Ben
Dani's vivid imagination gets the better of her. She's convinced that Toby and Sam's surprise birthday party plans for her actually involve having her assassinated! Lil' Chris stars as one of the "Hit men"
Sam sleeps over at Dani's so she can revise for an important exam in peace, but all Dani wants to do is practise for her Grease auditions. With Ben on sleepover to redress the boy/girl balance, everyone is getting restless. What do the aliens observing them from the skies make of it all?
Dani is being a "Halloween humbug" and refuses to take little brother Max and his friend, Ben, trick-or-treating. The two boys plot their revenge, roping in Toby and Sam to help trick Dani into becoming a Halloween believer, by pretending the house is haunted. A frightened Dani hires a ghost hunter to banish the ghouls but, when she realises she has been tricked, she turns the tables and spooks the others. The whole gang gets the shivers when they find out there is actually a ghost in the house.
Toby and Dani are set to enter the Utterly Go Dancing heats, but when Dani takes a fall, not only can she not remember the steps, she also can't even remember her own name – let alone her friends' names. Former EastEnders star Shaun Williamson makes a cameo appearance in the episode.
Toby's new pet-sitting service is under threat when his snake escapes. With Dani's fear of snakes and Max desperate to fund a record deal for Ben, there's enough screaming in the house to wake an irritable and jet-lagged Aunt Sheila.
Dani and Max are accused of wasting so much electricity because they leave things on all the time when they're not using them. Sam tries to help reduce their carbon footprint by turning off the lights, the televisions and the heating. However, Max is able to make a profit out of it by convincing Toby to buy his TV vouchers for a fiver. In the end, everybody contributes to Sam's scheme which ultimately convinces Dani to help the planet.
Dani and Sam set out to find Toby some male company. Toby is tired of being with the girls all the time but realises he has no male friends to bond with, so the girls set out to help him by holding an X Factor style audition.Toby angers Dani by stating girls can't choose a man's friends, so she sets out to prove him wrong and transforms herself into Dan.
Dani has been nominated for her first award and is busy choosing what to wear for her big night. She is also expecting a visit from her old acting class chum, Mo White. Dani appears to be the only person not to realise that Mo is super-duper famous, Former Blue Peter presenter Zoe Salmon guest stars as Molly White, who has made it big in the States.
Dani and Max are filled with panic and despair after being snowed in. It gradually dawns on the brother and sister that they will be forced to spend time in each other's company. Trapped, the bickering siblings make frantic calls to their friends for help. Things take a turn for the worse when the electricity, gas and telephone are all cut off and the baby needs to be fed.
Dani discovers that her house is up for sale. The aspiring young actress needs to scupper the plans laid by Max and his greedy mentor, estate agent Edgar Molloy, if she wants to keep the big bedroom and stay living close to her friends. Toby is also in a spot of bother after borrowing Sam's savings to set up a joke supply company, which is failing and yet to generate a sale.