Vice Versa (1981)
This seven-part series from ATV was set in the Victorian era and based on a story published in 1882 by F. Anstey, the pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie. 13-year-old Dick Bultitude (Paul Spurrier) wishes he didn’t have to return to school, but having made his wish over the magical Garuda stone – a talisman given to him by his Uncle Marmaduke (Jeremy Child) – he finds himself magically transformed into his dapper but pompous 42-year-old businessman father Paul (Peter Bowles) – and vice versa.
- Created By
Jeremy BurnhamThomas Anstey Guthrie
- First Aired on
Sep 29, 1981
- Popularity: 1.0824
- 1 votes
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Nov 10, 1981
Last episode: The Reckoning
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 7 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1The Transformation min
Paul Spurrier is given a magical stone and unknowingly wishes to be his father to skip school duties. His wish comes true and he and his father swap bodies. Classic novel about young Dick Bultitude and his pompous father Paul whose roles are reversed by the magic of the Garuda Stone.
Episode 2The Outcast30 min
Dick and his father Paul have changed bodies. At boarding school; Dick is becoming very unpopular while, in London, Paul enjoys his adult freedom.
Episode 3The Trial30 min
Since Dick magically changed bodies with his father! schooldays have been going badly for "Dick”.
Episode 4The Fight30 min
Paul Bultitude, having been changed by magic into his son, Dick, angers the headmaster with his adult behavior, while Dick, who has been changed into his father, befriends the office boy.
Episode 5The Letter30 min
The magic of the Garuda stone is still working on Dick Bultltude and his father, Paul, who are occupying each other's bodies. "Dick's" problems at school have been made worse by his rejection of the affections of Dulcie Grimstone. "Paul," in London finds that the middle-aged body he's inhabiting won't stand his pace of life and is taken ill.
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