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Transcript: Nikhil and Jay and the Alien Elephant
Nikhil and Jay: Nikhil and Jay and the Alien Elephant
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat introduction music]
DESCRIPTION: In animation, a boy with short brown hair, Nikhil, opens the front door of a townhouse. Nikhil wears a red hooded pullover sweater. His younger brother, Jay, jumps up to the door. Jay has short brown hair and wears a purple long-sleeved shirt with a green collar and green cuffs.
NIKHIL: Hi, I'm Nikhil!
JAY: And I'm Jay!
NIKHIL: Here's a little story about where our family's from.
SINGERS: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls down a map. Illustrations of their mother, Amma, and their father, Appa, appear. Amma has chin-length brown hair and wears orange glasses. Appa has short brown hair and a thick brown beard.
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: It starts in South India with Amma, our mom. She caught a plane to England and met our dad, Appa!
DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma dance side by side while Appa holds a cup of tea. Amma wears a blue top with orange pants. Appa wears a red quarter-zip sweater and blue pants.
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: She loves to dance, and he makes the best cuppa!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance together and with their parents.
SINGERS: Oh!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: And then we came along.
SINGERS: Oh!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: And this is our song!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance with Amma and Appa.
EVERYONE SINGING: Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay!
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Nikhil likes…
NIKHIL: Missions! Jay likes…
JAY: Being loud!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: We both love to dream!
DESCRIPTION: Miniature versions of Nikhil and Jay play on a carrom board. The brothers fly through the sky in a rocket ship.
JAY SINGING: We can shoot a carrom pocket!
NIKHIL SINGING: Yeah, or blast off in a rocket!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: We make the greatest team!
NIKHIL: Wait.
JAY: What!?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay hold up a tablet, displaying a video call with their grandparents, Ammamma and Thatha. Ammamma has long black hair and wears an orange-and-blue sari. Thatha has short grey hair and wears a beige shirt with glasses hanging around his neck.
NIKHIL: There's Ammamma and Thatha!
DESCRIPTION: Behind Nikhil and Jay are their other set of grandparents, Jim and Nana. Jim has short grey hair and wears a green-collared shirt. He holds a plate of food. Nana has short grey hair and wears a yellow high-visibility jacket. She holds a crossing guard sign.
JAY: And Jim and Nana!
NIKHIL: And don't forget Max the cat!
DESCRIPTION: A tabby cat, Max, licks his paw. Everyone dances.
[Max meowing]
EVERYONE SINGING: Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay!
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
[Opening Credits] “BBC”.
[Title] “Nikhil and Jay.”
[Credits continue] “Based on the books by Chitra Soundar.”
DESCRIPTION: Jay reads out the episode title.
[Episode title] “Nikhil and Jay and the Alien Elephant.”
[Credits continue] “Series Director: Jamie Teehan. Director: Nandita Jain. Written by: Andrew Brenner and Sumita Majumdar.”
NIKHIL: Bleep, bloop bleep.
[Gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On a sunny day, Jay digs in a box garden in the backyard with Appa. Nikhil pops up from behind a bush with a homemade cardboard microphone.
NIKHIL: It's dig, dig, digging time. The farmers are getting the soil ready, but for what? Let's find out.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs over to Appa.
NIKHIL: Mr. Appa Farmer, what are we planting today?
APPA: Oh!
[Appa chuckling]
APPA: It's... beetroot!
DESCRIPTION: Appa holds up a packet of beetroot seeds.
JAY: Treasure!
[Appa laughing]
APPA: Dead right, Jay! Beetroot is a real treasure.
JAY: No, look! I found an elephant!
DESCRIPTION: Jay picks up a small gold elephant.
APPA: An elephant?
NIKHIL: Wow! That looks like real treasure. Like in a museum.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil reaches the elephant. Jay pulls it away and shakes his head.
Jay: Uh-uh. This elephant doesn't want to be in a museum. He wants to play!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs around the backyard with the elephant.
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Whee! Whoo! Whoo-whoo!
DESCRIPTION: Jay taps the elephant against a flower pot and spins a pinwheel.
[Jay giggling]
NIKHIL: Hmm. Maybe there's more treasure.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil digs in the box garden.
[Clanking]
NIKHIL: Huh?
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL: Ooh! Jay! Quick!
JAY: Huh?
NIKHIL: I found something else!
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay joins Nikhil and looks down a hole in the garden.
JAY: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls a metal object with a pipe sticking out of the side of the garden.
JAY: What is it?
NIKHIL: I don't know. A machine, maybe.
[Jay gasping]
JAY: I know! It's a spaceship for an elephant! A tiny alien elephant!
DESCRIPTION: Jay takes the object from Nikhil. He rests the elephant on the object and runs around the yard. Nikhil follows.
JAY: Whish!
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil skids to a stop and looks around.
NIKHIL: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay jumps out from behind a rain barrel.
JAY: Yeah!
NIKHIL: Wha –
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs after Jay.
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs across the yard with the metal object.
JAY: Hey! Come back with the spaceship!
DESCRIPTION: Jay follows Nikhil over to Appa.
NIKHIL: What is this really, Appa?
APPA: Well, it's not a vegetable. That's for sure. It's a, um…it's a thingy?
NIKHIL: Whoa! A thingy! I'm gonna put it in a museum. A real museum we make ourselves! We can put all our treasures in it like this, um, old thingy. And that tiny elephant.
JAY: Tiny alien elephant, Nikhil! And it doesn't want to be in a museum.
NIKHIL: Oh. Not even if it's our own museum?
JAY: Uh-uh. It wants to explore!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs across the yard with the elephant held high. Nikhil frowns.
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Whoosh!
[Magical music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Jay imagines running alongside the elephant.
[Elephant trumpeting]
[Jay gasping]
JAY: Yay!
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Wahoo!
DESCRIPTION: In Jay’s imagination, the metal object, as a spaceship, lowers over Jay and the elephant.
JAY: Oh! Yay!
DESCRIPTION: In the spaceship, Jay and the elephant blast off. They soar through space past vegetable planets.
JAY: Whee! Whoo! Whee! Yeah! Whoo! Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Jay flies past a turnip planet and a broccoli planet. In reality, Appa waters plants in a box garden beside a greenhouse. Nikhil holds the metal object. Jay runs around the yard.
[Jay cheering]
APPA: Yes! Beetroot's all planted and ready to grow. Job done.
JAY: Yay! To planet home!
[Appa chuckling]
NIKHIL: To the museum! Let's go, go, go!
DESCRIPTION: In his and Jay’s bedroom, Nikhil places a bottle with a message rolled up inside, seashells, and the metal object on a table with his plushie Chickpea.
NIKHIL: You can go in the museum, and you, and you, you definitely can.
[Jay giggling]
[Nikhil gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs in with the elephant.
NIKHIL: The elephant! Just in time to be in the museum.
JAY: Nope!
NIKHIL: Please, Jay!
JAY: Ooh!
NIKHIL: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay moves the elephant across the seashells and the metal object.
[Jay imitating trumpeting]
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Jay giggling]
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay picks up the metal object.
JAY: Yes! The spaceship! The alien elephant needs this to go exploring!
NIKHIL: Actually, that needs to go with this in our museum.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil takes the metal object from Jay.
[Intense music briefly plays]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay narrow their gazes.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Hmm.
JAY: Come on, tiny alien elephant, let's find another spaceship. A better one! Whish!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs out of the room with the elephant.
NIKHIL: But it's treasure. Please, Jay! Come back!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil sets down the metal object and runs after Jay. Jay runs down the stairs. He slides the elephant down the handrail.
JAY: Whee! Yeah!
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil follows Jay down the stairs.
NIKHIL: Wait until you see how amazing my museum is going to be. Then you'll want the elephant to be in it.
JAY: Wait until you see how amazing our spaceship is going to be. I'm off! Whish!
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
NIKHIL: How can I make my museum a real museum? Just like the dinosaur one we went to with Amma and Appa.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil imagines himself on a red carpet at a museum, with various items on pedestals, including his message in a bottle, a seashell, a record, a small yellow-and-blue dinosaur, Chickpea with a moustache wearing a top hat and a monocle, and a large green dinosaur.
NIKHIL: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil walks down a red carpet and looks at the different items on display.
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil passes the green dinosaur.
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL: The dinosaur turns its head, then jumps off its pedestal. Nikhil walks up to the metal object on display.
NIKHIL: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: The green dinosaur looks at the metal object.
DINOSAUR: Ooh!
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL YELPING: Ah!
[Nikhil and Dinosaur screaming]
[Elephant trumpeting]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and the green dinosaur turn to the small yellow and blue elephant on the red carpet.
[Elephant trumpeting]
DESCRIPTION: The small elephant leaps into the air, onto a pedestal.
NIKHIL: Ooh!
[Elephant trumpeting]
NIKHIK: Ah-ha!
DESCRIPTION: In reality, Nikhil sits at the bottom of the stairs.
NIKHIL: Actually, I need to put everything on display stands like in a real museum!
NANA: Cooey!
[Nikhil gasping]
NANA: It's me!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil stands and smiles at Nana walks up to the stairs with the green side of her sign facing out.
NANA: Hi, Nikhil.
[Nikhil giggling]
NIKHIL: Hi, Nana! Sorry, got to go. I'm off to find display stands and that elephant.
NANA: Elephant?
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
DESCRIPTION: In the kitchen, Jay bounces the tiny elephant across the kitchen island.
[Jay giggling]
[Humming]
JAY: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks over the counter and spots Appa putting cardboard boxes in a recycling bin. Appa holds up a tin.
[Appa singing quietly]
JAY: Ohh! Appa! Appa! This is the perfect spaceship! Can I use it, please?
APPA: Ooh! Flying to a faraway planet in an empty tin, are we?
JAY: Yep! It's for my tiny alien elephant!
DESCRIPTION: Jay turns toward the elephant on the counter. Max walks across the counter and reaches for the elephant.
[Max meowing]
[Appa gasping]
APPA: Watch out, tiny alien elephant! Giant alien cat!
[Jay gasping]
JAY: Max! No!
DESCRIPTION: Max frowns. Jay grabs the elephant.
JAY: Bleep, blop, bleep, bleep, bleep.
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Max meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max jumps off the counter.
[Jay giggling]
APPA: Oh!
[Appa chuckling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the elephant.
JAY: Bleep, blop, blee, blah, blee.
[Appa chuckling]
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
JAY: The alien elephant said thank you.
DESCRIPTION: Jay puts the elephant back on the counter. Appa sets the empty tin down beside the elephant.
APPA: A blee, bloo, blee, blah, blee, blah.
[Jay gasping]
APPA: Did I say it right?
JAY: Uh-uh. That was something very rude in Alien.
APPA: Oops! Sorry.
DESCRIPTION: Jay puts the elephant in the tin.
[Rattling]
JAY: Yes!
NIKHIL: Ah-ha!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil points toward the tin.
NIKHIL: Perfect!
JAY: Huh?
NIKHIL: Where did you get that?
JAY: From a faraway planet. Whish!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs off with the tin.
NIKHIL: But what is it actually?
APPA: It's a ghee tin from the recycling. Well, from the cupboard. Well, from Mr. Awan's shop. Well, from the –
NIKHIL: It's exactly what I need for the museum!
APPA: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs after Jay.
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil catches up with Jay.
[Jay gasping]
NIKHIL: That's the perfect display stand!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil tries to take the tin from Jay.
[Nikhil grunting]
DESCRIPTION: Max swats at the tin.
[Max meowing]
NIKHIL: Please, Jay!
JAY: It's a spaceship, Nikhil. A ghee tin spaceship!
[Intense music briefly plays]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay stare at each other.
NIKHIL: Display stand!
JAY: Spaceship!
NIKHIL: Appa, do you think that's a spaceship or a museum display stand?
APPA: Ooh! Now, there's a question. Hmm. To me, it looks like, an old ghee tin.
[Nikhil groaning]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil presses his hand to his forehead. Jay pulls the tin free from Nikhil’s grasp.
JAY: Whish!
DESCRIPTION: Jay jumps away. Amma steps through the back door with rolls of floral pink fabric, yellow fabric and blue fabric.
AMMA: Hey, you two. What's going on here?
JAY: Amma! Amma!
AMMA: Oh?
JAY: Do you think this is a display stand or an amazing spaceship for tiny alien elephants?
AMMA: Oh, tricky one. Display stand or spaceship? Hmm.
DESCRIPTION: Amma glances at Appa, and they share a smile. Jay runs around with the tin. Nikhil frowns.
[Jay giggling]
AMMA: Ha! Could it not be something to keep buttons in?
DESCRIPTION: Amma opens her hand, revealing a pile of buttons.
NIKHIL: Hmm. Maybe it's a display stand and a spaceship and something to keep buttons in.
JAY: Do you want a turn with the ghee tin spaceship, Nikhil? I think you do!
DESCRIPTION: Jay gives Nikhil the ghee tin.
NIKHIL: Um, okay.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil waves the tin around.
NIKHIL: Whoa!
[Jay giggling]
NIKHIL: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs around with the tin.
NIKHIL: Whoosh! Whee!
[Jay giggling]
[Appa chuckling]
NIKHIL: Yes! Ha!
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil sets the tin on Jay’s head.
NIKHIL: Ta-da!
JAY: Yay!
NIKHIL: Maybe the alien elephant could come visit the museum in the ghee tin spaceship.
[Jay gasping]
NIKHIL: What do they think, Jay?
[Jay giggling]
JAY: I'll check!
DESCRIPTION: Jay opens the tin.
JAY: Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds the tin to his ear.
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Beeping]
JAY: A blee, blah, blee.
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks at the elephant in the tin.
JAY: They said they would love that!
NIKHIL: Yes!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay run off.
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
APPA: Phew! Close one.
DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma fist bump.
[Amma laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Outside Nikhil and Jay’s bedroom, Nana stands at the door with her sign, with the red side facing out. Amma holds a tablet with Ammamma and Thatha on a video call.
APPA: Uh, is it open yet?
DESCRIPTION: Jim stands between Amma and Appa. Jay runs past with the ghee tin.
JAY: Whish! Zoom!
JIM: Come on!
AMMA: Can we go in now?
DESCRIPTION: Nana peeks inside the bedroom.
NANNA: Is it nearly ready yet, Nikhil?
NIKHIL: Almost!
[All adults sighing]
NIKHIL: Okay, ready now!
ALL ADULTS CHEERING: Yay!
DESCRIPTION: Nana flips her sign to green and leads the way into the bedroom. Nikhil runs ahead with his plushie, Chickpea. Nana admires a shell on display.
NANA: Oh!
JIM: Aw!
DESCRIPTION: Amma follows Nana past a table with the message in a bottle and the metal object on display.
NANA: Ooh!
[Nikhil giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil high-fives Chickpea.
[Chickpea squeaking]
DESCRIPTION: Amma shows Ammamma and Thatha a seashell on display.
AMMAMMA: Whoa! Look at that!
THATHA: Oh! Super, Nikhil!
DESCRIPTION: Nana takes a closer look at the message in a bottle.
NANA: Oh!
DESCRIPTION: Jim looks at a carrom board.
JIM: Oh!
NANA: Oh, it's smashing, Nikhil!
[Jim chuckling]
NANA: So many different things from different places all jumbled together.
[Laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs into the room.
JAY: And different planets!
DESCRIPTION: Jay waves the tin around.
JAY: Whoosh!
DESCRIPTION: Jay dumps the elephant out of the tin onto the tin lid.
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
APPA: Greetings, tiny alien friend. Bloop, bleep. I do hope that means welcome.
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Yeah! We're museum visitors travelling in a ghee tin spaceship!
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
JAY: Whee!
[Nikhil giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls Jay into his arms, and they share a hug.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Hmm.
NIKHIL: Thanks for coming, Jay. And alien elephant. It wouldn't be a real museum without you.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil grabs the metal object from the garden.
NIKHIL: Or this, uh, thingy!
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Yay!
DESCRIPTION: Jay takes the metal object from Nikhil and places the elephant on the end.
JAY: Yeah!
JIM: Thingy? That's my old pond pump!
NIKHIL AND JAY: Huh? Pond pump?
JIM: Yeah! It used to blow bubbles for happy fish. Where did you find that?
NIKHIL: We dug it up like real treasure.
[Angelic music briefly plays]
DESCRIPTION: Jay sets the pond pump on the table and puts the elephant back in the ghee tin.
JAY: Time to explore more worlds, alien elephant. Zoom!
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the tin and runs across the room. Max crouches.
[Max meowing]
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay skids to a stop.
JAY: Watch out for the giant alien cat!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs from Max. Jay slips, falls, and drops the tin.
[Everyone gasping one at a time]
DESCRIPTION: The tin soars across the room. It lands on the carrom board and knocks the board onto the floor.
[Crashing]
DESCRIPTION: The elephant tumbles out of the tin.
JAY: Bloop, bloop, bloop. The alien elephant says, "Oops!"
[Elephant trumpeting faintly
[Everyone laughing]
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
[End credits] Cast: Nikhil, Shiv Senthilkumar. Jay, Sai Ganesh Nadesan. Amma, Charithra Chandran. Appa, Ben Harris. Nana, Janine Duvitski. Jim, Mark Benton. Ammamma, Janaki Sabesh. Thatha, Ravi Swami. Max, Harriet Carmichael. Executive Producer, Chitra Soundar. Produced with Funding from Northern Ireland Screen. Produced with Funding from Cake (trademarked). Logos: King Banana and Paper Owl Films for B.B.C. Copyright Paper Bananas Limited 2024. Copyright Nik and Jay Series One Limited 2024.
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat introduction music]
DESCRIPTION: In animation, a boy with short brown hair, Nikhil, opens the front door of a townhouse. Nikhil wears a red hooded pullover sweater. His younger brother, Jay, jumps up to the door. Jay has short brown hair and wears a purple long-sleeved shirt with a green collar and green cuffs.
NIKHIL: Hi, I'm Nikhil!
JAY: And I'm Jay!
NIKHIL: Here's a little story about where our family's from.
SINGERS: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls down a map. Illustrations of their mother, Amma, and their father, Appa, appear. Amma has chin-length brown hair and wears orange glasses. Appa has short brown hair and a thick brown beard.
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: It starts in South India with Amma, our mom. She caught a plane to England and met our dad, Appa!
DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma dance side by side while Appa holds a cup of tea. Amma wears a blue top with orange pants. Appa wears a red quarter-zip sweater and blue pants.
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: She loves to dance, and he makes the best cuppa!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance together and with their parents.
SINGERS: Oh!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: And then we came along.
SINGERS: Oh!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: And this is our song!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance with Amma and Appa.
EVERYONE SINGING: Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay!
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Nikhil likes…
NIKHIL: Missions! Jay likes…
JAY: Being loud!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: We both love to dream!
DESCRIPTION: Miniature versions of Nikhil and Jay play on a carrom board. The brothers fly through the sky in a rocket ship.
JAY SINGING: We can shoot a carrom pocket!
NIKHIL SINGING: Yeah, or blast off in a rocket!
NIKHIL AND JAY SINGING: We make the greatest team!
NIKHIL: Wait.
JAY: What!?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay hold up a tablet, displaying a video call with their grandparents, Ammamma and Thatha. Ammamma has long black hair and wears an orange-and-blue sari. Thatha has short grey hair and wears a beige shirt with glasses hanging around his neck.
NIKHIL: There's Ammamma and Thatha!
DESCRIPTION: Behind Nikhil and Jay are their other set of grandparents, Jim and Nana. Jim has short grey hair and wears a green-collared shirt. He holds a plate of food. Nana has short grey hair and wears a yellow high-visibility jacket. She holds a crossing guard sign.
JAY: And Jim and Nana!
NIKHIL: And don't forget Max the cat!
DESCRIPTION: A tabby cat, Max, licks his paw. Everyone dances.
[Max meowing]
EVERYONE SINGING: Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay!
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
[Opening Credits] “BBC”.
[Title] “Nikhil and Jay.”
[Credits continue] “Based on the books by Chitra Soundar.”
DESCRIPTION: Jay reads out the episode title.
[Episode title] “Nikhil and Jay and the Alien Elephant.”
[Credits continue] “Series Director: Jamie Teehan. Director: Nandita Jain. Written by: Andrew Brenner and Sumita Majumdar.”
NIKHIL: Bleep, bloop bleep.
[Gentle music plays]
DESCRIPTION: On a sunny day, Jay digs in a box garden in the backyard with Appa. Nikhil pops up from behind a bush with a homemade cardboard microphone.
NIKHIL: It's dig, dig, digging time. The farmers are getting the soil ready, but for what? Let's find out.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs over to Appa.
NIKHIL: Mr. Appa Farmer, what are we planting today?
APPA: Oh!
[Appa chuckling]
APPA: It's... beetroot!
DESCRIPTION: Appa holds up a packet of beetroot seeds.
JAY: Treasure!
[Appa laughing]
APPA: Dead right, Jay! Beetroot is a real treasure.
JAY: No, look! I found an elephant!
DESCRIPTION: Jay picks up a small gold elephant.
APPA: An elephant?
NIKHIL: Wow! That looks like real treasure. Like in a museum.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil reaches the elephant. Jay pulls it away and shakes his head.
Jay: Uh-uh. This elephant doesn't want to be in a museum. He wants to play!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs around the backyard with the elephant.
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Whee! Whoo! Whoo-whoo!
DESCRIPTION: Jay taps the elephant against a flower pot and spins a pinwheel.
[Jay giggling]
NIKHIL: Hmm. Maybe there's more treasure.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil digs in the box garden.
[Clanking]
NIKHIL: Huh?
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL: Ooh! Jay! Quick!
JAY: Huh?
NIKHIL: I found something else!
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay joins Nikhil and looks down a hole in the garden.
JAY: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls a metal object with a pipe sticking out of the side of the garden.
JAY: What is it?
NIKHIL: I don't know. A machine, maybe.
[Jay gasping]
JAY: I know! It's a spaceship for an elephant! A tiny alien elephant!
DESCRIPTION: Jay takes the object from Nikhil. He rests the elephant on the object and runs around the yard. Nikhil follows.
JAY: Whish!
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil skids to a stop and looks around.
NIKHIL: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay jumps out from behind a rain barrel.
JAY: Yeah!
NIKHIL: Wha –
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs after Jay.
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs across the yard with the metal object.
JAY: Hey! Come back with the spaceship!
DESCRIPTION: Jay follows Nikhil over to Appa.
NIKHIL: What is this really, Appa?
APPA: Well, it's not a vegetable. That's for sure. It's a, um…it's a thingy?
NIKHIL: Whoa! A thingy! I'm gonna put it in a museum. A real museum we make ourselves! We can put all our treasures in it like this, um, old thingy. And that tiny elephant.
JAY: Tiny alien elephant, Nikhil! And it doesn't want to be in a museum.
NIKHIL: Oh. Not even if it's our own museum?
JAY: Uh-uh. It wants to explore!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs across the yard with the elephant held high. Nikhil frowns.
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Whoosh!
[Magical music plays]
DESCRIPTION: Jay imagines running alongside the elephant.
[Elephant trumpeting]
[Jay gasping]
JAY: Yay!
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Wahoo!
DESCRIPTION: In Jay’s imagination, the metal object, as a spaceship, lowers over Jay and the elephant.
JAY: Oh! Yay!
DESCRIPTION: In the spaceship, Jay and the elephant blast off. They soar through space past vegetable planets.
JAY: Whee! Whoo! Whee! Yeah! Whoo! Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Jay flies past a turnip planet and a broccoli planet. In reality, Appa waters plants in a box garden beside a greenhouse. Nikhil holds the metal object. Jay runs around the yard.
[Jay cheering]
APPA: Yes! Beetroot's all planted and ready to grow. Job done.
JAY: Yay! To planet home!
[Appa chuckling]
NIKHIL: To the museum! Let's go, go, go!
DESCRIPTION: In his and Jay’s bedroom, Nikhil places a bottle with a message rolled up inside, seashells, and the metal object on a table with his plushie Chickpea.
NIKHIL: You can go in the museum, and you, and you, you definitely can.
[Jay giggling]
[Nikhil gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs in with the elephant.
NIKHIL: The elephant! Just in time to be in the museum.
JAY: Nope!
NIKHIL: Please, Jay!
JAY: Ooh!
NIKHIL: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay moves the elephant across the seashells and the metal object.
[Jay imitating trumpeting]
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Jay giggling]
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay picks up the metal object.
JAY: Yes! The spaceship! The alien elephant needs this to go exploring!
NIKHIL: Actually, that needs to go with this in our museum.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil takes the metal object from Jay.
[Intense music briefly plays]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay narrow their gazes.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Hmm.
JAY: Come on, tiny alien elephant, let's find another spaceship. A better one! Whish!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs out of the room with the elephant.
NIKHIL: But it's treasure. Please, Jay! Come back!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil sets down the metal object and runs after Jay. Jay runs down the stairs. He slides the elephant down the handrail.
JAY: Whee! Yeah!
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil follows Jay down the stairs.
NIKHIL: Wait until you see how amazing my museum is going to be. Then you'll want the elephant to be in it.
JAY: Wait until you see how amazing our spaceship is going to be. I'm off! Whish!
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
NIKHIL: How can I make my museum a real museum? Just like the dinosaur one we went to with Amma and Appa.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil imagines himself on a red carpet at a museum, with various items on pedestals, including his message in a bottle, a seashell, a record, a small yellow-and-blue dinosaur, Chickpea with a moustache wearing a top hat and a monocle, and a large green dinosaur.
NIKHIL: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil walks down a red carpet and looks at the different items on display.
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil passes the green dinosaur.
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL: The dinosaur turns its head, then jumps off its pedestal. Nikhil walks up to the metal object on display.
NIKHIL: Wow!
DESCRIPTION: The green dinosaur looks at the metal object.
DINOSAUR: Ooh!
[Nikhil gasping]
NIKHIL YELPING: Ah!
[Nikhil and Dinosaur screaming]
[Elephant trumpeting]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and the green dinosaur turn to the small yellow and blue elephant on the red carpet.
[Elephant trumpeting]
DESCRIPTION: The small elephant leaps into the air, onto a pedestal.
NIKHIL: Ooh!
[Elephant trumpeting]
NIKHIK: Ah-ha!
DESCRIPTION: In reality, Nikhil sits at the bottom of the stairs.
NIKHIL: Actually, I need to put everything on display stands like in a real museum!
NANA: Cooey!
[Nikhil gasping]
NANA: It's me!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil stands and smiles at Nana walks up to the stairs with the green side of her sign facing out.
NANA: Hi, Nikhil.
[Nikhil giggling]
NIKHIL: Hi, Nana! Sorry, got to go. I'm off to find display stands and that elephant.
NANA: Elephant?
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
DESCRIPTION: In the kitchen, Jay bounces the tiny elephant across the kitchen island.
[Jay giggling]
[Humming]
JAY: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks over the counter and spots Appa putting cardboard boxes in a recycling bin. Appa holds up a tin.
[Appa singing quietly]
JAY: Ohh! Appa! Appa! This is the perfect spaceship! Can I use it, please?
APPA: Ooh! Flying to a faraway planet in an empty tin, are we?
JAY: Yep! It's for my tiny alien elephant!
DESCRIPTION: Jay turns toward the elephant on the counter. Max walks across the counter and reaches for the elephant.
[Max meowing]
[Appa gasping]
APPA: Watch out, tiny alien elephant! Giant alien cat!
[Jay gasping]
JAY: Max! No!
DESCRIPTION: Max frowns. Jay grabs the elephant.
JAY: Bleep, blop, bleep, bleep, bleep.
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Max meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max jumps off the counter.
[Jay giggling]
APPA: Oh!
[Appa chuckling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the elephant.
JAY: Bleep, blop, blee, blah, blee.
[Appa chuckling]
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
JAY: The alien elephant said thank you.
DESCRIPTION: Jay puts the elephant back on the counter. Appa sets the empty tin down beside the elephant.
APPA: A blee, bloo, blee, blah, blee, blah.
[Jay gasping]
APPA: Did I say it right?
JAY: Uh-uh. That was something very rude in Alien.
APPA: Oops! Sorry.
DESCRIPTION: Jay puts the elephant in the tin.
[Rattling]
JAY: Yes!
NIKHIL: Ah-ha!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil points toward the tin.
NIKHIL: Perfect!
JAY: Huh?
NIKHIL: Where did you get that?
JAY: From a faraway planet. Whish!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs off with the tin.
NIKHIL: But what is it actually?
APPA: It's a ghee tin from the recycling. Well, from the cupboard. Well, from Mr. Awan's shop. Well, from the –
NIKHIL: It's exactly what I need for the museum!
APPA: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs after Jay.
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil catches up with Jay.
[Jay gasping]
NIKHIL: That's the perfect display stand!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil tries to take the tin from Jay.
[Nikhil grunting]
DESCRIPTION: Max swats at the tin.
[Max meowing]
NIKHIL: Please, Jay!
JAY: It's a spaceship, Nikhil. A ghee tin spaceship!
[Intense music briefly plays]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay stare at each other.
NIKHIL: Display stand!
JAY: Spaceship!
NIKHIL: Appa, do you think that's a spaceship or a museum display stand?
APPA: Ooh! Now, there's a question. Hmm. To me, it looks like, an old ghee tin.
[Nikhil groaning]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil presses his hand to his forehead. Jay pulls the tin free from Nikhil’s grasp.
JAY: Whish!
DESCRIPTION: Jay jumps away. Amma steps through the back door with rolls of floral pink fabric, yellow fabric and blue fabric.
AMMA: Hey, you two. What's going on here?
JAY: Amma! Amma!
AMMA: Oh?
JAY: Do you think this is a display stand or an amazing spaceship for tiny alien elephants?
AMMA: Oh, tricky one. Display stand or spaceship? Hmm.
DESCRIPTION: Amma glances at Appa, and they share a smile. Jay runs around with the tin. Nikhil frowns.
[Jay giggling]
AMMA: Ha! Could it not be something to keep buttons in?
DESCRIPTION: Amma opens her hand, revealing a pile of buttons.
NIKHIL: Hmm. Maybe it's a display stand and a spaceship and something to keep buttons in.
JAY: Do you want a turn with the ghee tin spaceship, Nikhil? I think you do!
DESCRIPTION: Jay gives Nikhil the ghee tin.
NIKHIL: Um, okay.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil waves the tin around.
NIKHIL: Whoa!
[Jay giggling]
NIKHIL: Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs around with the tin.
NIKHIL: Whoosh! Whee!
[Jay giggling]
[Appa chuckling]
NIKHIL: Yes! Ha!
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil sets the tin on Jay’s head.
NIKHIL: Ta-da!
JAY: Yay!
NIKHIL: Maybe the alien elephant could come visit the museum in the ghee tin spaceship.
[Jay gasping]
NIKHIL: What do they think, Jay?
[Jay giggling]
JAY: I'll check!
DESCRIPTION: Jay opens the tin.
JAY: Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds the tin to his ear.
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
[Beeping]
JAY: A blee, blah, blee.
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks at the elephant in the tin.
JAY: They said they would love that!
NIKHIL: Yes!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay run off.
[Nikhil and Jay giggling]
APPA: Phew! Close one.
DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma fist bump.
[Amma laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Outside Nikhil and Jay’s bedroom, Nana stands at the door with her sign, with the red side facing out. Amma holds a tablet with Ammamma and Thatha on a video call.
APPA: Uh, is it open yet?
DESCRIPTION: Jim stands between Amma and Appa. Jay runs past with the ghee tin.
JAY: Whish! Zoom!
JIM: Come on!
AMMA: Can we go in now?
DESCRIPTION: Nana peeks inside the bedroom.
NANNA: Is it nearly ready yet, Nikhil?
NIKHIL: Almost!
[All adults sighing]
NIKHIL: Okay, ready now!
ALL ADULTS CHEERING: Yay!
DESCRIPTION: Nana flips her sign to green and leads the way into the bedroom. Nikhil runs ahead with his plushie, Chickpea. Nana admires a shell on display.
NANA: Oh!
JIM: Aw!
DESCRIPTION: Amma follows Nana past a table with the message in a bottle and the metal object on display.
NANA: Ooh!
[Nikhil giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil high-fives Chickpea.
[Chickpea squeaking]
DESCRIPTION: Amma shows Ammamma and Thatha a seashell on display.
AMMAMMA: Whoa! Look at that!
THATHA: Oh! Super, Nikhil!
DESCRIPTION: Nana takes a closer look at the message in a bottle.
NANA: Oh!
DESCRIPTION: Jim looks at a carrom board.
JIM: Oh!
NANA: Oh, it's smashing, Nikhil!
[Jim chuckling]
NANA: So many different things from different places all jumbled together.
[Laughing]
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs into the room.
JAY: And different planets!
DESCRIPTION: Jay waves the tin around.
JAY: Whoosh!
DESCRIPTION: Jay dumps the elephant out of the tin onto the tin lid.
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
APPA: Greetings, tiny alien friend. Bloop, bleep. I do hope that means welcome.
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Yeah! We're museum visitors travelling in a ghee tin spaceship!
[Elephant trumpeting faintly]
JAY: Whee!
[Nikhil giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls Jay into his arms, and they share a hug.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Hmm.
NIKHIL: Thanks for coming, Jay. And alien elephant. It wouldn't be a real museum without you.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil grabs the metal object from the garden.
NIKHIL: Or this, uh, thingy!
[Jay giggling]
JAY: Yay!
DESCRIPTION: Jay takes the metal object from Nikhil and places the elephant on the end.
JAY: Yeah!
JIM: Thingy? That's my old pond pump!
NIKHIL AND JAY: Huh? Pond pump?
JIM: Yeah! It used to blow bubbles for happy fish. Where did you find that?
NIKHIL: We dug it up like real treasure.
[Angelic music briefly plays]
DESCRIPTION: Jay sets the pond pump on the table and puts the elephant back in the ghee tin.
JAY: Time to explore more worlds, alien elephant. Zoom!
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the tin and runs across the room. Max crouches.
[Max meowing]
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay skids to a stop.
JAY: Watch out for the giant alien cat!
DESCRIPTION: Jay runs from Max. Jay slips, falls, and drops the tin.
[Everyone gasping one at a time]
DESCRIPTION: The tin soars across the room. It lands on the carrom board and knocks the board onto the floor.
[Crashing]
DESCRIPTION: The elephant tumbles out of the tin.
JAY: Bloop, bloop, bloop. The alien elephant says, "Oops!"
[Elephant trumpeting faintly
[Everyone laughing]
[Gentle, upbeat music plays]
[End credits] Cast: Nikhil, Shiv Senthilkumar. Jay, Sai Ganesh Nadesan. Amma, Charithra Chandran. Appa, Ben Harris. Nana, Janine Duvitski. Jim, Mark Benton. Ammamma, Janaki Sabesh. Thatha, Ravi Swami. Max, Harriet Carmichael. Executive Producer, Chitra Soundar. Produced with Funding from Northern Ireland Screen. Produced with Funding from Cake (trademarked). Logos: King Banana and Paper Owl Films for B.B.C. Copyright Paper Bananas Limited 2024. Copyright Nik and Jay Series One Limited 2024.
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