

Johnny and the Bomb
2006 · BBC One · 40 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Déjà Voodoo
Sun, 29 Jan, 11:00 pm
Johnny and his friends make a final trip back, retracing their steps to try and put things right. Paradise Street is doomed, along with Johnny's teenage grandparents unless they can re-write history and divert a whole squadron of German bombers. Can they make it in time or will Wobbler stay in World War 2 while Johnny won't even exist, at least not in this life?
About
Based on the book by Terry Pratchett, the adventure begins for thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell and his four friends when they come to the aid of eccentric homeless woman, Mrs Tachyon, and are left minding her trolley full of black bags while she is hospitalised. When the children later visit her in hospital, Mrs Tachyon lets them into the secret that her black bags-- or 'Bags of Time-- are special and can be used to create a gateway to the past. The five youngsters end up during the Blitz where fun and games turn serious when they quickly realise the prejudices of the era. But when they return to their own time, the gang discover they have somehow changed history as a result Johnny's grandmother died in a bombing as a teenage girl meaning Johnny's mother and, in turn, himself were never born. The children are now in a race to fix the path in order to save the future but can they succeed before the bombs start falling...?
Episodes
- E01
Mrs Tachyon and the Bags of Time
Sun, 15 Jan· 40 min - E02
The Butterfly Effect
Sun, 22 Jan· 40 min - E03
Déjà Voodoo
Sun, 29 Jan· 40 minJohnny and his friends make a final trip back, retracing their steps to try and put things right. Paradise Street is doomed, along with Johnny's teenage grandparents unless they can re-write history and divert a whole squadron of German bombers. Can they make it in time or will Wobbler stay in World War 2 while Johnny won't even exist, at least not in this life?