Commissioned Script Synopses

1. Aaaggghh!
By Louise Moon

Harry has a nightmare in which he is chased by a monster, so he goes to Dino

World in an attempt to hide from it. But because the monster is created by
Harry's imagination it materialises in Dino-world and terrorises Harry and
the dinos until Harry imagines the monster as harmless and friendly.

2. Overdue
By Paddy Granleese

Harry is upset to learn that he must return his library book so decides to
hide the book in Dino-World. Although Harry and the dinos try to entertain
the book, it is unhappy in Dino-World and tries to escape. Eventually the
book persuades Harry to return it to the library where there are lots more
books waiting to be read.

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3. But I Like Mud
By Michael Maurer

Harry is reluctant to have a bath so he goes to Dino-World where he

endeavours to become as dirty and stinky as he possibly can. He becomes so
repulsively filthy that even the dinosaurs don't want to play with him and he
is even crowned King of the Swamp. However, when faced with losing his hair
as a result of his uncleanness, Harry decides a bath would actually be quite
nice after all!

4. It's a Kitty!
By Richard Clark

Harry's friend Charlie brings her new kitten (Buster) to visit Harry. Buster
follows the terrified dinosaurs into Dino-World where there ensues a safari-
style mission to catch Buster and bring him safely back home.

5. Can I join?
By Karen Moonah

Harry is disappointed to find that he is not able to join in with any of the
activities his family are taking part in at home, so he decides to go to Dino-
world to invent his own clubs, which only himself and the dinosaurs can join -
i.e. Bungee jumping, messy cooking…

6. What Mess?
By Cathy Moss

When Harry is told to tidy his room he simply transfers all the mess into
Dino-world, where he is told there is a 'no tidying up rule'. This results in
chaos in Dino-World and Pterence ends up getting lost in all the rubbish
causing Harry to tidy Dino-World - and his bedroom.

7. Uh-Oh
By Victor Nicolle

Harry accidentally smashes his mum's favourite china teacup. Harry,

Charlie, and the Dinos are unable to fix it themselves so they take it to

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Dino-World to try and repair it. Unable to do so, Harry is forced to admit to
his Mum that he has broken it. As a thoughtful gesture, Harry replaces the
cup with a homemade cup.

8. Nobody's Listening To Me
By Bruce Robb

Harry needs help making up a story to go with his new drawing but gets the
impression that everybody at home is ignoring him so he heads into Dino-
World in a bad mood. The Dinos follow him, now committed to helping him,
but they all lose their voices whilst arguing over what the story should be
about. There follows a struggled attempt to get their voices back, which
inadvertently provides the story that Harry was looking for all along.

9. I Wish
By Dennise Fordham

When Harry is disappointed that none of his wishes come true in the real
world, the dinosaurs take him to visit the wishing well in Dino-World where
wishes are readily granted. The story ends with Harry wishing he hadn't
wished for anything in the first place!

10. Yo Ho Ho
By Louise Moon

Harry, Charlie, and the dinosaurs are playing at being pirates. Harry is the
captain of the pirate ship but becomes so unbearably bossy that Charlie and
the dinos decide to strike and partake in a mutiny - banishing Harry to a
desert island alone. Upon reflection, Harry realises how badly he has
behaved, and after apologising, he promises never to be bossy again.

11. Harry, Ace Reporter!

By Tony Collingwood

Harry decides to imitate his Mum by becoming a newspaper reporter for the
day. Harry can find nothing news-worthy at home so goes to Dino-World to
report on the world's first ever dinosaur race!

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12. What's for Breakfast?
By Karen Moonah

When Harry is disappointed that he can't have what he wants for breakfast
he goes to Dino-world where he has created a diner and appointed himself as
head chef. Harry starts to feel the pressure of running a diner when the
dinos start complaining about the quality of the food. In an attempt to
please everybody, Harry bakes a special dino-cake, but this turns out to be
very unpopular. The episode ends with Harry returning home for some of
Nana's cooking which he thoroughly enjoys.

13. I Wish it Would Stop Raining

By Bruce Robb

Harry fails to see any benefit in rain when a visit to the beach is rained off.
He decides to go to Dino World where it is extremely sunny and hot, and
more importantly, he can wear his new sunglasses. However, the discovery
of a beached dolphin and subsequent rescue operation soon makes Harry
realise just how important rain is.

14. Goal!
By Paddy Granleese

Harry and Charlie have their football confiscated because they are unable to
play football together without arguing. They go to Dino-World to find a
replacement football and have another match. Charlie is not very good at
Football so Harry becomes vociferously frustrated with her and then sulks
off on his own. While Harry is alone reflecting on his behaviour, the dinos
help Charlie to improve her football skills. He ends up apologising for being
so mean to Charlie and the story ends with the pair reconciled and enjoying a
friendly game of football in Harry's garden.

15. Achoo!
By Richard Clark

Harry has a cold but gets bored of staying in bed so decides to go and play in
Dino world where he manages to make all of the other dinosaurs sick, except
Steggy who gets upset when he can't even catch one of Taury's stray spots.

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Patsy and Harry set up a hospital to take care of the sick dinos, but when
Patsy also falls ill and Taury's cure recipe fails, Harry takes all the dinos
back to his room for some of Mum's chicken soup.

16. Super Harry

By Mark Holloway

At home, Harry is pretending to be a Super Hero, but his efforts to help his
family only cause more problems, so he goes to Dino-World where he can be
a real Super Hero thanks to the super-hero qualities displayed by each of
his dinos! When he finds his Mum's missing car keys Harry becomes a true
Super Hero in her eyes.

17. Today's The Day

By Larry Mirkin

Harry is finding it difficult to learn to play the violin and is fearful about
performing in his school concert so he goes to Dino-World to practice. As he
is playing, musical notes come to life around him. When Harry finds he is
making lots of mistakes he decides to quit, at which point the musical notes
run away to the jumpin' joint on Piano Hill. Harry and the dinos follow the
notes and learn that making music, even when making mistakes, is great fun!

18. You're Too Little

By Alexandra Zarowny

When Harry discovers that he is too small to pick apples he goes to the
Dino-World Mooseum to find some growth enhancing milk from a mechanical
cow. To Harry's surprise and concern the milk first makes him far too big
then far too small. With the help of an ant army, Harry and the dinos
manage to find the cow again and return Harry to his normal size.

19. Can you hear a drip?

By Alan Gilbey

When Sam uses Harry's bucket to collect drips from a leak in the house
Harry rushes to Dino-World to save the dinos from drowning. Dino World
has flooded and is inhabited by Harry's bathtub toys which lead him to

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discover that the source of the leak is the running bath faucet. Harry
rushes home to stop the leak.

20. Who Says Dinosaurs Aren't Cool?

By Michael Maurer

At his school's 'Show and Tell', Harry's dinosaurs are branded as old-
fashioned in comparison to one of the other kid's hi-tech Dino-Robot.
Harry's dinos decide to build him a Raging-Rex robot, but upon completion
the creature quickly becomes out of control. Harry rushes to rescue the
dinos and is so impressed by their bravery and the powers attributed to
them by his imagination that he proudly informs his peers at the next 'Show
and Tell' just how amazing his dinos really are.

21. I Can't Find My Favourite Sock

By Bruce Robb

Harry can't find one of his red cowboy socks - the ones with a white fringe.
Unable to find it at home, he goes to Dino-World in an attempt to track it
down. Upon arrival, Harry and the dinos find that Dino World is overrun by a
herd of lost socks, amongst which is the one he's looking for. Now all he
needs to do is coax it back to reality…

22. I Promise
By Dennise Fordham

When Charlie lends Harry her Sergeant Shout toy for the weekend, Harry
promises not to let it leave in his bedroom. But because the bucket is also in
Harry's bedroom, he thinks it would technically be OK for him to take
Sergeant Shout into Dino World. Sgt. Shout loves dino world and through
intense boot camp style training, he tries to teach Harry and the dinos how
to be soldiers. Harry finds that promises can be hard to keep when Sgt.
Shout is reluctant to return to the real world.

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23. Abracadabra
By Richard Clark

Harry receives a box of magic tricks for Christmas but is unable to create
any magic. Disgruntled, he visits Dino-World where to his delight he comes
across a book of magic tricks who tries to teach him how to do tricks
properly. When all of the tricks go ridiculously wrong the owner of the book
- a rabbit named Mr. Wiggle-Noso teaches Harry that to believe in and
create magic he must first believe in himself.

24. I'm not Going

By Victor Nicolle

Harry is scared of going to the dentist, but when Trike complains that his
horn is sore Harry insists that Trike goes to the Horntist in Dino World.
Harry is allowed to be the Horntist's Assistant for the visit and quickly
becomes fascinated by the world of dino-dentistry. Upon returning home
Harry can't wait for the dinos to accompany him to see his dentist.

25. Me First
By Karen Moonah

Whilst playing in the yard with Charlie, Harry insists on being first on the
swing, and then manages to destroy her sandcastle by being boisterous in
the sandbox. Charlie goes home annoyed, so Nana gives Harry a book on King
Arthur and his Knights so that he can learn about good manners. But after
reading the book, Harry is more interested in knightly activities like jousting
and battling with Dragons, than chivalry and kindness, so he goes to Dino
World to play at being a knight. When Harry is imprisoned by a selfish
Dragon, he learns that good manners are very important.

26. Ooops!
By Sheila Dinsmore

Harry is playing his favourite computer game when he accidentally loses

Mum's latest report for her newspaper. With the help of a computer mouse
in Dino-World he embarks on a journey to the computers recycle bin in an
attempt to retrieve it before it is lost forever.

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27. Who To Choose
By Paddy Granleese

Charlie is having a sleepover and has invited Harry, however, Charlie's Mum
says he is only allowed to bring one of the dinos with him. Harry f9ind is very
difficult to choose so as a final solution, Harry invites Charlie to a sleepover
at his house instead - problem solved!

28. Origami
By Karen Moonah

Harry goes to Dino-World to learn how to make origami animals. In Dino-

Japan he meets Tatsu the dragon who accidentally burns all of his origami
creations every time he breathes. Harry makes a giant origami fan from
some blueprint designs created by Tatsu, the fan blows out Tatsu's fire thus
enabling him to continue making origami animals.

29. I Win!
By Richard Clark

Harry is pleased when he wins a game he is playing with Nana so he visits

Dino-World where he makes up lots of games and wins every time. To find
out who is the ultimate winner, the dinos invent a new complicated game, but
after the game has taken them on a fun journey all over dino-world they
realise that winning isn't important as long as they are having fun.

30. Do them All

By Dennise Fordham

Harry wants to do lots of things all at once so instead of choosing one

activity he goes to Dino-World to replicate himself so that he can do them
all. The play-doh clones of himself that Harry creates aren't much fun for
the dinos to play with. The story ends with Harry learning the value of
pacing himself and taking part in one activity at a time.

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31. I Keep Going Over The Edges
By Bruce Robb

Harry has difficulty colouring in - he keeps going over the edges.

Frustrated, he goes to Dino-World where he can make as much mess as he
wants as there are no edges and no rules. Whilst there, Harry meets a sad
Zebra who lives in a part of Dino-World that is black and white. Harry and
the dinos colour in this bleak part of dino-world by painting all the flowers,
traffic lights, trees etc. In doing so, Harry discovers that he does have the
ability to stay within the edges but that sometimes it's fun to make a mess
too.

32. Cookies
By Alexandra Zarowny

When Harry thinks his delicious cookie has been stolen he goes to Dino-
World where he plays at being a detective searching for the thief. After
much searching, and a court trial, Harry realises that, much to his
embarrassment, he had actually eaten the cookie himself!

33. Can I Keep It?

By Sheila Dinsmore

When Harry finds a nest with an egg in it he wants to keep it, but Nana
explains that it wouldn't be fair. In Dino-World Harry finds, and takes care
of, an egg far larger than the egg at home. Eventually a baby chick is born
and thinks that Sid is it's mother, now Sid and the chick are inseparable, but
they all learn that caring for a baby is hard work. So Harry and the Dino's
endeavour to reunite the chick with its real mother, and are relieved to
watch them fly south together.

34. I Don't want to go to bed

By Michael Maurer

Harry wants to stay up all night so he goes to Dino-World where he can play
for as long as he wants. But Harry and the Dinos discover that their energy
has a limit when they all become thoroughly exhausted from trying to avoid

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Harry's angry alarm clock, which has chased them around Dino -World all
night!

35. Look What I Found!

By Karen Moonah

Harry finds a skipping rope outside his house and decides that 'Finders
should be Keepers', so he goes to Dino World to play with it. Whilst there,
Sid loses his glasses, and finds that they have been claimed by a troll who
also believes in the 'Finders Keepers' rule. Harry and the dinos have trouble
getting the glasses back, and learn that it's not fair to keep things that
belong to someone else.

36. I Still Can't Hear You

By Paddy Granleese

Harry is nervous about giving a speech about dinosaurs to his classmates, so

he goes to Dino-World to practice, in the hope of gaining confidence. Whilst
there, he finds that the annual dinosaur convention is taking place, and
Steggy, who is suffering from severe stage fright, is expected to deliver
the key-note speech. Steggy and Harry help each other overcome their
fears and both deliver triumphant speeches.

37. To Outerspace
By Sheila Dinsmore

Harry takes his blue and red robots into Dino World so that he can continue
the battle they were having at home, but without Nana's scorn. When he
arrives he finds a spaceship waiting for him which takes him to meet two
rangers who are trying to build a space station, but they're creation is
hindered by their constant quarrelling. By trying to reconcile the rangers
Harry learns that it is far better to be friendly and work as a team than to
argue and fight.

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38. Hail The Queen!
By Victor Nicolle & Mark Holloway

After watching a movie about the life of a Cleopatra, the gang go to Dino
World to make Patsy Queen. The other dinos grow a little restless, and want
to play a game that is a little more interesting and includes treating
everyone as equals. Patsy then decides to have a chariot race, and learns
that playing with the other dinos is much more fun than being waited on hand
and foot.

39. Steggy's Not Here

By Karen Moonah

Harry returns from a day out at a theme park and finds that Steggy is
missing. After searching the house, Harry wonders where else he could
look? In DinoWorld of course! After much searching, Harry remembers that
they had been playing hide and seek before visiting the theme park - it turns
out that Steggy was at home looking for them all along.

40. Get Growing!

By Ian Whybrow

Harry wants to grow some roses for Mother's day but he needs them to
grow in just one day so he goes to Dino-World where flowers grow quickly.
When Harry covers his seeds in too much 'grow fast' powder they take over
the garden, he then has to shrink the plants back to normal size in order to
get out of the garden and go home. Harry learns that growing flowers takes
time so he thoughtfully gives his Mom a flowerpot containing rose seeds so
that she will have roses on every Mother's day.

41. Let's Rock

By Sheila Dinsmore

Harry isn't allowed to join Sam's band because he's not very good at playing
the drums. He goes to dino-world where he and the dinos gather together
to play various percussion instruments. Pterence leaves the group because he
can't keep time so he goes off to a cave by himself. He learns to play some
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dinos miss Pterence and go to find him, they are very impressed by what he
has learnt.

42. I Wish I Was A Builder

By Richard Clark
Harry wants to build a dream house and realises he must go to Dino-World in
order to find the space and materials to build. Once there, the dinos each
offer Harry different ideas and advice on how and what to build, so Harry
decides that everyone should build their own individual dream homes.
Although Steggy finds it difficult to build, he turns out to be great at
demolition and when Dino world becomes is helps the dinos turn Rocklake
Valley back to its original state by knocking down all the buildings.

43.What Happens Next?

By Karen Moonah

Nana is reading Harry a bedtime fairy story, but decides it is time for Harry
to go to sleep before the story is finished. Although Nana promises to finish
the story by tomorrow, Harry and the Dinos go to Dino World to invent the
ending themselves.

44. Circus
By Paddy Granleese

Charlie wants to go to the circus but her Mum is unable to take her. As a
solution, Harry and the dinos create a make-believe circus in Harry's garden
for Charlie. Trouble is, next-door's cat isn't a very realistic lion, so the
gang head to Dino World to join a real circus!

45. When I Grow Up

By Dennise Fordham

Harry decides he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up, but he can't

wait until then so he opens his very own zoo in Dino-World. Harry befriends
a young elephant, and with the help of his friends, endeavours to teach it
how to trumpet.

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46. The Mailman's Here
By Nicola Demerse

When a letter addressed to a 'Mr. Snow' is delivered to Harry's house,

Harry concludes that Mr. Snow must live in Dino-World so he sets off with
the dinos to hand-deliver the letter to him. After a series of adventures,
Harry finds Mr. Snow but learns that the letter is not for him, it is for Mr.
Snow's twin who lives on Harry's street!

47. I Can Play Music!

By Alexandra Zarowny

Harry wants to surprise Mom when she returns home from shopping - so he
decides he will play her some music. However, he doesn't want to play his
violin so he goes to Dino World in search of a new instrument to play.

48. Help!
By Paddy Granleese

Harry is impressed when he learns that Firemen don't just put out fires,
they also rescue people. In fact, he's so impressed that he decides to
become a fireman himself - in Dino World! Whilst in training, Harry and the
dinos learn all about the importance of good communication and teamwork.

49. It's In Nana's Room

By Sheila Dinsmore

Harry and the dinos discover that there's a new dinosaur in the house, and it
belongs to Nana. Aptly named the 'Nanosaurus', it turns out that this little
dinosaur is renowned for it's clumsiness. When Harry and the dinos chase
the Nanosaurus into Dino World, they only have to follow the trail of
wreckage left in its wake in order to find it.

50. Can I Sleep In My Tent?

By Richard Clark

Harry wants to sleep out in his new tent in the garden so that he can
practice his scout skills. He looks out of the window and it is pouring with

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rain, but there's no room to put up his tent in his bedroom. If Harry can’t
camp in the garden for real, there’s only one other place he can practice his
scout skills…

51. I Spy
By Alexandra Zarowny

Harry and the dinos are playing a game of 'I Spy'', Harry decides to 'spy'
his dinos, but he can't remember their proper dinosaur names. Nana once
invented a song to help her remember the names when she was Harry's age,
but she's forgotten the words! Surely the words will be found in Dino-
World, especially with the help of Harry's friend Old Saxon the saxophone.

52. Is It Really Made Of Cheese?

By Nicole Demerse

Harry and Charlie are arguing over what the moon is made of. In order to
settle their dispute they take a rocket journey to the moon via Dino World.
Once they arrive, they discover that the moon is in fact made of Chocolate
chip cookies, they also discover why it's covered in huge craters - the moon
is inhabited by a hungry monster!

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