Series synopsis
Mirror, Mirror is an Australian drama action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy family television series that premiered on 10 on September 30, 1995. It ended on December 23, 1995. It was created by Posie Graeme-Evans. It stars Petra Yared, Michala Banas, Nicholas Hooper and Judy McIntosh.
When Jo Tiegan is given an oval-shaped mirror, as a gift, by the elderly owner of an antique shop, she is amazed to see another girl's image in the mirror instead of her own reflection. It is also quite obvious that the other girl can see her just as clearly. Jo (from the 1990's) and 'the girl in the mirror', Louisa Iredale (from 1919), later accidently find that they can also travel to each other's times through the mirror - following upon which discovery a relentless sequence of events is set ...
Premise
When Jo Tiegan is given an oval-shaped mirror, as a gift, by the elderly owner of an antique shop, she is amazed to see another girl's image in the mirror instead of her own reflection. It is also quite obvious that the other girl can see her just as clearly. Jo (from the 1990's) and 'the girl in the mirror', Louisa Iredale (from 1919), later accidently find that they can also travel to each other's times through the mirror - following upon which discovery a relentless sequence of events is set in motion.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Petra Yared as Josephine 'Jo' Tiegan
- Michala Banas as Louisa Iredale
- Nicholas Hooper as Nicholas Romanov
- Judy McIntosh as Catherine Guthrie
- Peter Bensley as Andrew Tiegan
- Gerald Bryan as Joshua Iredale
- Michele Amas as Primrose Iredale
- James Ashcroft as Tama Williams
Supporting cast
- Jeffrey Walker as Royce Tiegan
- Jason Gascoigne as Titus Iredale
- Nicholas Hammond as Sir Ivor Creevy-Thorne
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 20 | September 30, 1995 | December 23, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Jo Tiegan is an adopted 14 year old living with her mother Catherine (Judy Mcintosh), a school principal; father Andrew, an aspiring writer; and her younger brother Royce. While shopping with her father, Jo enters an antique shop where the owner, an eldery gentleman gives her an antique mirror, insisting that she was ment to have it. Later on that day Jo gets shocked when she sees a reflection of another girl, Louisa Iredale in the mirror and realizes that the mirror is a travel device to the past. While trying out the mirror, a drum of toxic ends up in the school archeology well. Next day, Jo's best friends, Mia and Jesse get splashed by the same toxic drum and end up in hospital. |
September 30, 1995 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Louisa travels to 1995 and comforts Jo, who blames herself for the sickness of her friends. She gets an idea to travel to 1919 and stop the toxic drum from getting into the well. Tama Williams, Jo's best friend does not believes her until she shows him that she can travell through time, but he is unable to go after her. While trying to go through Tama moves the mirror from it's alignment and breaks the position. Titus Iredale, Louisa's little brother, is convinced that Jo is a ghost until Jo and Louisa prove him wrong and make up that they are searching for buried treasure, just to get him to help them look inside the neighbour's well. The owner, Sir Ivor Creevy-Throne, catches them in their search. Later on, Sir Ivor's ward, Nicholas, who watched the incident in the yard. He wants to meet the world outside his bedroom. |
September 30, 1995 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 When Jo discovers that she can't go back through the mirror to 1995, Louisa's mother, Primrose finds the two girls in the bedroom. Like everyone else, she doesn't believe what Jo has to say. Louisa's father agrees to let Jo stay at their house, after tehy convince him that Jo is lost. Later on, the girls once again sneek over the fence into Sir Ivor's yard to try and find the drum, all the time being watched by Nicholas. Nicholas insists that Sir Ivor allow the girls, and Titus over for afternoon tea. Catherine meanwhile is dealing with Jade's mother, Dr Coigley, who asks Catherine to resign as principal. Meanwhile, Tama is trying to convince Royce that Jo went through the mirror. After stealing the keys, and borrowing Dr Coigley's they get into the lab to do some 'tests'. |
October 7, 1995 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | 10 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 30, 1995 |
| Last aired | December 23, 1995 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday |