Roman All Over

"**Roman All Over**" is the twenty-third episode of the first series of the British children's television programme *Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde*. The episode was directed by Albert Barber and written by series creator Jim Eldridge. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 8 March 1996.

In the episode, Julia Jekyll (Olivia Hallinan) finds an ancient Roman relic at the Rocket Academy's garden, leading to all sorts of shenanigans with the Blisters (Robert Portal, Karen Salt, and Tiffany Griffiths).

## Plot

Mrs. Rocket is walking down a corridor of the Rocket Academy, with a box encasing new plates in her hands. She greets a familiar, but terrifying face to her left, that familiar, but terrifying face being Harriet Hyde. Mrs. Rocket screams in horror, drops and breaks the box of plates, while Harriet Hyde transforms back into her normal self - Julia Jekyll. Julia walks to find to her left, a very distressed Mrs. Rocket.

The now-broken plates are replaced by plates made of paper. In the cafeteria, while Mrs. Rocket is preparing food for Lester Blister, the food drops and falls onto the floor. Lester argues about the making of the paper plates, but Mrs. Rocket tells him that Harriet was the cause of the broken plates and the paper plates were the only plates available, and orders for the next person in line - Memphis Rocket - to come up. Memphis smiles, as his mother has prepared his favorite Korean red seaweed soup. Mrs. Rocket puts the soup on Memphis' plate, only for the soup to seep through a gaping hole.

In the Rocket Academy's garden, while Lester is sitting in a beach chair reading a magazine, and the Blister Sisters are looking at the magazine with interest, Julia Jekyll, Edward Knickers, Roger, and the rest of the students are digging up the flowerbed to study the Roman culture. Roger thinks it is slave labor, but Julia states that she loves gardening and being in the cycle of life, and Edward says he wants to be on the cycle, rather, a bicycle. After some tunneling, Julia discovers something in the flowerbed. Lester and his nieces rush over to look at what Julia found (with Lester stating that he was in charge of this operation), but Nicola and Sharon dismiss it as a piece of junk. Edward examines the 'jug', and concludes that it's an ancient Roman artifact. Nicola grabs the artifact out of Julia's hands, then Lester grabs it from Nicola's, stating that the artifact was his. Edward insists that Julia found the artifact, but Lester dismisses Edward's argument, still proclaiming the artifact is in his possession. Memphis arrives, wondering if Lester's found a mine, and the students explain Julia's finding. Memphis is astounded by the discovery, although Lester still thinks that the artifact is in his possession, and Edward once again insists that Julia found the artifact. Julia says that she'd like to donate the Roman artifact to the school museum, but Memphis thinks it's too valuable for the school museum. Lester takes the artifact out of Memphis' hands, once again saying it's his. Memphis decides on behalf of the school, to donate the Roman jug to the local museum. The local museum is closed until morning, so it needs to be in a safe place. Lester volunteers to take it, but the responsibility is given to Julia.

While everyone is walking to their next class, Sharon and Nicola grumble about the cost of the artifact that will now be in the museum, while the pair could be spending its price on 'useful things'. Such useful things include burgers, sweets, video games, catapults, peashooters, bazookas, and tanks. Before continuing on, Nicola hatches up a plan to get the artifact. Sharon asks how the plan will work, and Nicola explains.

Nicola's plan will consist of:

1. Nicola, while impersonating Mrs. Rocket, calling Edward. When Edward shows up, they'll tell him to go to the room on their left, and lock him inside.
2. After Edward's locked in, they can take the artifact off of Julia's (who's in the room on Sharon and Nicola's right) keeping.

Sharon questions what'll happens if they run into Harriet Hyde. Nicola assures that they won't see her, since Sharon will be standing outside the room, holding the door shut, while Nicola will get the artifact. Sharon asks to swap roles, and Nicola, while grabbing Sharon by her shoulders, insists not to since it's her idea. After their slight quarrel, they carry out their plan. Their first step works well, but they fail their second step. While Sharon's holding the door shut, Nicola demands Julia to hand over the jug and walks into the room Julia's in. Offscreen, Julia transforms into Harriet Hyde, and she proceeds to hurl out of the room a very dazed and surprised Nicola.

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