The Adventures of Skippy
Skippy and the Penfriend
S1 E24:
A balloon is tethered at Habitat as a tourist attraction, while Skippy and the Hammonds have guests - Lou’s friend Tamiko and a Japanese boy who is staying with Tamiko’s family. The Japanese boy is discovered to be the heir to t!he great Nakamura electronics family, sent to Australia to improve his English and find out how ordinary employees of the company live. When his father comes to take him back to Japan, he cuts himself adrift in the balloon, declaring that he wants to stay in Australia. Only timely intervention by Skippy and a concerted effort by everyone else gets him safely back to earth and reunited with his father.
Starring
Andrew Clarke, Simon James, Kate McNeil
Director
Rob Stewart