Guinevere Jones

Guinevere Jones is a Canadian/Australian fantasy television series and a series of four novels. It revolves around the adventures of the title character as she uses magic to fight evil, while at the same time dealing with problems and difficulies of high school. The show debuted May 4th, 2002 on YTV and ten days later in Australia. It ran for twenty-six episodes over two seasons.

Television Show

Elizabeth Stewart created the television show. Both seasons aired in 2002.

Episodes

There are a total of twenty-six episodes, with thirteen in each season. Each episode has a self-contained little plot, but there are also several story arcs stretching across multiple episodes. Indeed, most episodes start with both a teaser and a "Last Time on Guinevere Jones" plot review. The last three episodes are direct continuations of each other and are essentially a miniature serial.

Season 1

Season 1 Aired in May, June, and July of 2002.

1.1 Hard Rain

The series opener. Running from sinister things in Canada, Gwen and her mother move to suburban Melbourne. Gwen's Mom is declared insane and is put in a hospital. Gwen is put in foster care. She meets Merlin and finds out that she is the reincarnation of Guinevere and learns that here true destiny is to fight evil.

1.2 Psyched

People in St. James' Hospital are seeing things. Gwen and her Mom see them too.

1.3 That Old Black Magic

Morgana kidnaps Tasha. Josh and Gwen must rescue her.

1.4 Ordinary Evil

Gwen is removed from Harve and Louise's foster care. She believes that she may have inadvertantly cast a spell to cause that.

1.5 Weird Sisters

During a rehearsal for a school production of MacBeth, Gwen starts to see visions of the future. They start comng true. Meanwhile, her pendant goes missing, and Reine develops a crush on Josh.

1.6 Dybbukkin

A mischevious demon possesses Spencer. Reine finds out that Gwen can do magic.

1.7 First Date

1.8 Warwe and Mineer

A magical rock with Aborigine paintings and magical powers traps Spencer inside.

1.9 Love Hurts

This is the first episode with Michael. Tasha has a crush on him, and tries to get Gwen to cast a love spell on him. It goes wrong.

1.10 The Dryad

A dryad named Fern lives in the huge tree near the glade where Gwen meets Merlin. The tree is due to be cut down by a company owned by Reine's father.

1.11 Solo Act

1.12 Shadows

Gwen manages to get Gadowain to stop following Michael around while invisible, but now he can't leave Tasha's shop and starts eating all of the snacks.

1.13 Choices

A woman named Amanda enters Gwen's life and provides proof that she is her Aunt. However, there is something disturbing about Amanda.

Season 2

Season 2 aired in September, October, November, and December of 2002.

2.1 Lost and Found

2.2 Time Cuts

2.3 Detention

2.4 Wishes

Spencer accidentally sells his emotions for complete knowledge of the secrets of the universe. Gwen must get them back.

2.5 Tribes

2.6 Easy Money

Someone casts a spell and tries to frame Gwen for stealing money. Gwen must find the real culprit and contend with an over-zealous police investigator who thinks she is guilty.

2.7 No Place Like Home

This is a partial clip show. Someone casts a spell on Gwen to prevent her from leaving her foster parents' shop. She must find out who did it, why they did it, and how to stop them.

2.8 Bloodlines

Michael's parents are in a car accident. This unleashes a chain of events that leads to him finding out a dark secret about his past.

2.9 Fifi

2.10 Spellbound

2.11 What Guinevere Knew

Gwen makes an attempt to retrieve Merlin's Stone.

2.12 Darkness Falls

Morgana succeeds in her goal and reign of terror and darkness falls across the land. Gwen must put an end to it.

2.13 Rebellion

The series finale. Gwen learns who Morgana really is, and finds who is her father.

Yani Gellman is credited in this episode, but does not appear. He absence is explained as being due to Morgana's Magic.

See also: category:Guinevere Jones episodes

Characters

There are several major characters in the television show and books:

• Gwen Jones is the protagonist. She uses magic to fight evil. She finds out in the first episode that she is the reincarnation of Guinevere from King Arthur's time.

• Tasha Myers is Josh's sister. She works at a cafe called the ARC which is frequented by students at the school and is Gwen's best friend.

• Josh Myers Tasha's brother. He is very much a foil to his sister.

• Michael Medina is Gwen's friend and sometimes boyfriend.

• Spencer Huang is a friend of Tasha's.

• Reine is the primary antagonist of Gwen and her friends. She has some knowledge of magic herself. She has a crush on Josh.

• Fire Bromsky is a member of Reine's gang.

• Wind, whose real name is Winifred Winters, is a member of Reine's gang.

• Morgana La Faye is an evil witch who opposes Gwen and Merlin.

• Merlin often offers Gwen advice but is also difficult. He is actually a spirit projecting himself from the past.

• Patrick O'Leary is one of Gwen's teachers at the school.

• Penelope Blatt is the Socials teacher.

• Gadowain is a troublesome faerie.

• Harve Rosen is Gwen's foster father.

• Louise Rosen is Gwen's foster mother.

• Katie Dawson is Gwen's foster sister and in foster care herself.

• Karen Jones is Gwen's mom.

See Guinevere Jones minor characters for a listing of minor characters.

Magic

Based on the discussions in the series, people whose souls have been around for many lifetimes have magical ability. There appears to be a direct relationship between the age of the soul and a character's magic. Gwen, who has had many lifetimes, has powerful magic. Her Mom has some magic but not as much as Gwen. This is specifically discussed in the second episode.

It is specifically mentioned in the fifth episode (Weird Sisters) that objects do not have any magical ability. They just assist the bearer. This does not mean that objects cannot have spells cast on them.

The glade where Gwen talks to Merlin is near two Ley lines. This allows Gwen to focus her magic better.

Magical Artifacts

There are several magical items. The most important is a large fluorescent blue gemstone called Merlin's Stone. It is so powerful that it could allow the bearer to become immortal and break away from the endless cycle of death and rebirth.

Formed from a tiny piece of the stone is Gwen's pendant. Assists her in using magic. She has used for some of these purposes: Erasing memories, and influencing the actions of other people. She has used it for other purposes. The pendant lights up when near Merlin's stone.

In the first episode, Gwen receives a book from an unknown person. In the third episode the book gets destroyed because evil magic is in it.

Settings

The majority of the action takes place in several places. The fictional Griffin High School is where most of the scenes involving school take place. It is casually mentioned in the thirteenth episode that the setting is near Melbourne, Australia.

Near the school is a small forest glade where Gwen can talk to Merlin. Merlin mentions that the glade is near where two ley lines intersect.

The Arc is the cafe and arcade where Tasha works. It is frequented by other students.

The store Gwen's foster parents run is called The New Sage. It sells herbs. Gwen and her foster family live on the second floor of that same building.

The hospital is called St. James's Hospital.

Cast and Crew

Main Article: Guinevere Jones cast and crew

Cast

• Gwen is played by Canadian actress Tamara Hope.
• Tasha is played by Australian actress Greta Larkins.
• Josh is played by Australian actor Damien Bodie.
• Michael is played by Canadian actor Yani Gellman.

Frequently Recurring Characters

• Reine is played by Canadian actress Bridget Neval.
• Merlin is played by Ted Hamilton.
• Mr. O'Leary played by Don Halbert.
• Morgana is played by Mercia Deane-Johns.
• Fire (Bromsky) is played by Vanessa Elliott.
• Gadowain is played by Ian Dixon.
• Wind (Winifred Winters) is played by Katie Campbell.
• Ms. Blatt is played by Pepe Trevor.
• Spencer is played by Australian actor Algin Abella.
• Katie is played by Madeline Page.
• Louise is played by Briony Behets.
• Harve is played by Dennis Coard.

For the actors and actresses playing minor characters, see Guinevere Jones cast and crew

Production and Writing

Elizabeth Stewart is the producer and creator of the series.

The show was filmed at St. Hellier's Convent, a 120-year old building and heritage site in Melbourne, Australia.

Aired On

Guinevere Jones is or was aired on: YTV and several other networks for its initial run. On March 1st, 2005, YTV announced that it would be airing reruns of the show during the last half of March through May. In 2005, it appeared on Disney Italy and FR2. France.

Books

The four novels are a direct novelization of the television series.

The first book is called A River Through Time and covers the events from the first fourth of the series. It was written by Sophie Masson.

The second book covers the events of the remainder of the first season. It was written by Felicity Pulman. Its title is Love and Other Magic.

Quote

• "I told you, my name is Gwen." Said by Gwen in every opening credit sequence.

See Also

• Category:Guinevere Jones

References

• TVTome page accessed April 15 2005
• Official Site accessed April 15 2005
  • Character Page accessed April 15 2005

External Links

• Guinevere Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Site
• Guinevere Jones at YTV