Nikhil and Jay

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[Energetic music plays, door creaks, boing]

DESCRIPTION: In an animation, the front door of a townhouse opens, and Nikhil smiles. He has short brown hair and brown eyes and wears a red hooded sweater. Inside the house, his little brother, Jay, also has short brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a blueish-purple shirt with blue-green trim.

NIKHIL: Hi, I'm Nikhil.

JAY: And I'm Jay!

[Map rustles, boings, plane whooshes, Appa shouts, Amma laughs]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls down a map showing a small boat in the water off the coast of South India. Amma’s face appears. She has chin-length brown hair with a yellow bow. A plane flies to England, and Appa’s face appears. He has short brown hair and a beard. A heart-shaped outline surrounds them. Amma dances, and Appa holds a cat-shaped mug.

[Song] Here's a little story about where our family's from. It starts in South India with Amma, our mom. She caught a plane to England and met our dad, Appa. She loves to dance, and he makes the best cuppa. Oh. And then we came along. Oh. And this is our song.

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance with their parents.

[Song] Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay. Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay.

JAY: Nikhil likes...

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil peers through binoculars.

NIKHIL: Missions! Jay likes...

[Boings, energetic music continues]

DESCRIPTION: Jay bounces with his arms in the air.

JAY: Being loud!

[Chimes, coins rattle, rocket ship whooshes]

DESCRIPTION: They high-five and daydream about riding coins on a carrom board. In outer space, they peer through the window of a rocket ship.

[Song] We both love to dream. We can shoot a carrom pocket. Yeah, or blast off in a rocket. We make the greatest team.

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay fist-bump.

[Needle scratches a record, slide whistle]

NIKHIL: Wait.

JAY: What?

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay hold a picture of their grandparents, Ammamma and Thatha. Ammamma has short black hair and wears a yellow shirt and a blue saree. Thatha has short white hair and wears a yellow jacket, a white shirt, and eyeglasses on a chain around his neck.

NIKHIL: There's Ammamma and Thatha.

[Jim and Nana exclaim]

DESCRIPTION: Jim and Nana stand behind Nikhil and Jay. Jim has short brown hair and holds a tray of food. He wears a green shirt and brown pants. Nana holds her lollipop stop sign.

JAY: And Jim and Nana.

NIKHIL: And don't forget Max the cat.

[Max meows, crash, slide whistles]

DESCRIPTION: Max, an orange tabby cat, licks her paw, then lunges forward. Nikhil and Jay dance with their parents, Nana, Jim, and Max.

[Song] Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay. Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay. Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay. Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay.

[Door slams, both giggle]

[Title] Nikhil and Jay.

[Episode Title] Nikhil and Jay and the Christmas Wish.

[Opening Credits] B.B.C. Based on the books by Chitra Soundar. Series Director: Jamie Teehan. Director: Nandita Jain. Written by Chitra Soundar.

[Bells jingle, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In their bedroom, Nikhil and Jay sleep on their bunk beds, with red ribbon wrapped around the frame and a Santa hat resting on top of a post. A sunbeam shines through the curtains, falling on Jay’s face on the bottom bunk and the floor.

JAY: Hmm. Huh?

[Jay gasps, boing, Nikhil exclaims, the bells stop]

DESCRIPTION: Jay stands on the edge of his bed and looks over the top guardrail at Nikhil.

JAY: Nikhil! Nikhil! It's—

[Rustle]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pushes down his blankets and sits up. He and Jay raise their fists.

BOTH: Christmas!

JAY: Come on!

[Bells jingle, boings, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In the dining room, Jay dances excitedly by the table.

JAY: Has Santa made my wish come true?

[Curtains whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: Jay opens the curtains and looks through a window at falling snow.

JAY: Yes! Yes! Yes!

[Chiming]

DESCRIPTION: Outside, snow covers the backyard.

JAY: Wow! Wow!

[Max meows, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Max looks out the window with Jay, and Jay hugs her.

[The music stops]

JAY: I wished for all the snow from the North Pole, Max!

[Nikhil gasps, chime]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil looks out the window.

NIKHIL: Wow! This is gonna be the best Christmas.

JAY: Ever! Ever! Ever!

[Max meows]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay look at each other, then raise their arms.

BOTH: Stockings!

[Bells jingle, upbeat music plays, boys giggle, Max meows, Appa yawns, Nikhil gasps]

DESCRIPTION: Over the fireplace, five stockings hang from the mantel. A green and blue stocking has a pink bunny on it, a red and pink stocking has a bird, a purple and green stocking has a rocket ship and Saturn, a yellow stocking has monsters, and a red stocking has a pawprint. Nikhil and Jay run to the stockings. Nikhil takes the rocket ship stocking, and Jay takes the monster stocking and the paw print stocking, which he puts on the floor for Max. Appa and Amma arrive, carrying mugs. Nikhil hugs Amma, and Jay hugs Appa.

NIKHIL: Amma! Appa!

APPA: Whoa! Watch the cuppa!

JAY SHOUTS: Merry, snowy Christmas!

[Parents laugh]

AMMA: Ah! Chellams!

APPA: Ah!

DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma hug each other, and Nikhil and Jay.

AMMA AND APPA: Merry Christmas, Nikhil and Jay.

NIKHIL: We can't wait to go to Nana and Jim's!

JAY: Yeah!

[Squeaking, chiming]

DESCRIPTION: Jay lies on the floor and imitates making a snow angel.

JAY: We can make snow angels in the garden!

[Upbeat music plays]

AMMA: Wait! Wait! Wait! We have to do our family tradition first. Stockings open on three, two, one.

[Nikhil and Jay giggle, gifts rustle, chiming, triumphant music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Amma holds up fingers as she counts. Nikhil and Jay take presents out of their stockings. They each take a banana out of their stocking and hold it up.

BOTH: Yay! The Christmas banana!

[Boing]

DESCRIPTION: Amma and Appa each take a banana from their stockings.

APPA: Yeah!

[Max meows]

APPA: Oh?

APPA: Here you go, Max.

[Max meows, phone rings, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Appa takes a banana out of Max’s stocking, and she narrows one eye. Appa holds his banana beside his ear, imitating answering the phone.

APPA: Uh, hello? Sorry. Can you speak up, please?

[Nikhil, Jay, and Amma giggle]

APPA: Can't hear you. Is anyone there?

[Nikhil and Jay giggle]

NIKHIL: Wait. Did Santa remember to drop off our other presents at Nana's?

[Bells jingle]

JAY: I'm sure he did. He made my wish come true.

[Amma groans]

APPA: What's the matter?

AMMA: The roads are blocked with snow! So uh. We can't go to Nana and Jim's for Christmas.

NIKHIL AND JAY SHOUT: No!

APPA: Hey? The snow can't be that bad.

[Door whooshes, Appa gasps, wind gusts]

DESCRIPTION: Appa slides open the patio door and looks at the falling snow.

APPA: Where's the garden gone? Oh, dear.

[Door shuts, Appa chuckles, sad music plays]

JAY: But we always go to Nana and Jim's for Christmas.

NIKHIL: What about Jim's Christmas jokes and party games?

JAY: And Nana's Christmas dinner.

NIKHIL: Aw. This is the worst Christmas...

JAY: Ever, ever, ever.

[Nikhil sighs, the music stops]

AMMA AND APPA: Aw.

APPA: But we can, uh, make it the best worst Christmas ever! Ah?

[Nikhil and Jay groan]

DESCRIPTION: Amma smiles and nods while Nikhil and Jay’s shoulders slump.

AMMA: A bit of snow won't stop us! Best worst Christmas it is!

[Jay groans, Nikhil sighs, bells jingle, Max meows, sad music notes play]

DESCRIPTION: Amma gives a thumbs up. Later, Jay sits at the bottom of a staircase with Max.

[The music stops]

JAY: I've broken Christmas, Max. I need to get rid of all the snow I wished for.

[Max meows]

DESCRIPTION: Max nods.

JAY: But how? Huh?

[Gasps, wings flap, whoosh, bells jingle, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In a daydream, Jay imagines he flies in the sky using purple butterfly wings and flapping his arms. He swoops down to the ground to a snowman-shaped snow monster with two curling antler-like branches on its head, black eyes, a carrot nose, and fangs.

JAY: Whish! Snow monster.

[Snow monster grunts]

JAY: Can you please help me crunch up all the snow?

[The music stops]

DESCRIPTION: The snow monster shakes its head and rubs its tummy.

JAY: Oh! You're too full.

[Bells jingle, upbeat music plays, whooshing, wings and arms flap]

DESCRIPTION: Jay flies up to the sun.

JAY: Summer sun. Please melt all the snow. Please!

[Music and bells stop]

DESCRIPTION: The sun shakes its head and puts on sunglasses and a sunhat. It picks up a suitcase and leaves.

SUN: Uh-uh.

DESCRIPTION: The sky darkens, and the stars appear.

JAY: Oh. You're off on holiday.

[Bells jingle]

JAY: Huh?

[Jay gasps, bells jingle, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In the sky, Santa’s sleigh reindeer fly in front of the full moon.

SANTA: Ho-ho-ho!

DESCRIPTION: The daydream ends, and Jay stands up on the bottom step.

JAY: Max! We need Santa!

[Max meows, whoosh, wind gusts, Nikhil sighs, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In the dining room, Nikhil looks through the window at snow falling outside as his parents pace behind him.

AMMA AND APPA: Hmm.

AMMA: I can do games!

APPA: I'll cover jokes.

NIKHIL: But we don't have anything for Christmas dinner.

[Amma sighs, Appa exclaims, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Appa runs to the kitchen.

APPA: Trust me. If there's food to be found, I'll find it. It's one of my special gifts.

[Eyebrows boing, fridge door clicks, bottles clink]

DESCRIPTION: Appa raises and lowers his eyebrows. He opens the fridge and looks inside.

APPA: Right. Um. No, not that.

NIKHIL: Uh.

AMMA: Mmm.

[Fridge door slams, sprouts rustle, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil looks at Amma, and she smiles back. Appa takes three plastic containers out of the fridge and nudges the door shut with his right elbow.

APPA: Right! Look here. What did I tell you? We've got, um, soggy sprouts. Mmm. And this is old dosa batter. And…

[Appa sniffs]

APPA: Oh! Ripe cheese. Woo-hoo. And that's just what we need for, um... something.

[Blinks chime, ding]

DESCRIPTION: Amma stares at Appa, blinks rapidly, then smiles and gives him two thumbs up.

NIKHIL: Um.

[Whoosh, Max meows]

DESCRIPTION: In Jay and Nikhil’s bedroom, Max sits in front of a pair of purple cardboard butterfly wings.

JAY: That's it! You can save Christmas, Max. Just fly to the North Pole, find Santa, and make him take all the snow back.

[Max meows]

JAY: I would go, but uh...

APPA: Jay?

JAY: They need me.

DESCRIPTION: Jay hugs Max.

JAY WHISPERS: Jaldi, jaldi, Max.

[Max meows, whoosh, steps boing, tires screech]

DESCRIPTION: Jay runs to the living room and stops beside Nikhil and his parents.

AMMA: There you are, boys! Right on time. We might not have Jim and his Christmas joke book, but—

[Amma imitates a trumpet fanfare, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Amma mimes playing a trumpet, then gestures at smiling Appa.

AMMA: We do have...

APPA: Me! And I can remember all of Jim's Christmas jokes. Like the one about the, um... Is it turkey? Or was it Santa?

[Nikhil and Amma chuckle]

APPA: Or his sleigh? Hey, what?

DESCRIPTION: Amma puts her hand on Appa’s left shoulder.

AMMA: Sorry. It's just…

[Amma laughs]

AMMA: You really are the worst joke-teller.

NIKHIL: The best worst joke-teller.

APPA: Well, what can I say? It's a gift.

[Amma and Nikhil laugh, soft music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Jay walks to the window and looks out at the snow.

JAY: Aw.

[Max purrs]

DESCRIPTION: Max rubs against Jay’s leg.

JAY: Huh? Max!

[Max purrs]

JAY: You're supposed to be flying to Santa.

APPA: Right, lads! Ready for some Christmas games?

[Steps boing]

DESCRIPTION: Jay and Max run to Appa. Appa crouches and puts his arms around Jay and Nikhil.

NIKHIL: What? Here?

APPA: Sure. The real pass-the-parcel is at Nana and Jim's…

[Nikhil and Jay whimper]

APPA: But...

DESCRIPTION: Amma holds a parcel wrapped with three types of wrapping paper over her head.

AMMA: There's nothing I can't make!

[Triumphant music plays]

AMMA: So, there wasn't enough paper, so there's only one layer, and I couldn't find anything to wrap, so, um, it's empty! But let's do this.

[Beeps, upbeat music plays, Max meows, slide whistles, Nikhil giggles, Appa chuckles, Amma laughs]

DESCRIPTION: Amma takes out her smartphone and throws the parcel to Nikhil. Max jumps in the air, chasing the parcel as it moves from Nikhil, to Appa, to Amma. Behind them, Jay looks out the window.

APPA: Yeah!

[Amma and Appa cheer]

DESCRIPTION: Max looks out the window with Jay.

JAY: It's okay if you didn't fly to Santa, but what are we going to do now?

APPA: Jay! Catch!

[Thud, needle scratches a record, the music stops, wrapping paper rips]

DESCRIPTION: Appa throws the package backwards between his legs. It lands on the floor, and the wrapping paper rips.

NIKHIL: Jay! You broke it.

[Nikhil laughs]

DESCRIPTION: At the window, Jay turns with tears in his eyes.

JAY: I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to break Christmas.

[Jay cries, sad music plays, others exclaim]

DESCRIPTION: Jay runs past Nikhil and his parents.

[The music stops]

APPA: What does he mean? He broke Christmas?

AMMA: Hmm.

NIKHIL: Um. I'll go and see if he's okay.

[Wind gusts, Jay whimpers]

DESCRIPTION: In the bedroom, Jay looks through the window and wipes a tear from his eye.

NIKHIL: Jay?

[Soft music plays]

JAY: I'm sorry, Nikhil. It was my wish.

[Squeak]

DESCRIPTION: Jay drags his palm down the window.

JAY: I wished for all the snow in the North Pole, but now I've broken Christmas.

[Squeak]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil walks to Jay and hugs him.

JAY: I asked Max to tell Santa to take all the snow back, but Max couldn't go.

NIKHIL: Don't worry. I'll help. Hmm. How can we tell Santa to take all the snow back?

[Bells jingle, upbeat music plays, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: In a daydream, Santa’s sleigh flies over the house, and he drops a present into the chimney. Inside the house, the present flies out of the fireplace and floats to Nikhil.

NIKHIL: Wow!

[Nikhil gasps]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil catches the present, then waves to the fireplace.

NIKHIL: Bye, Santa!

[Rustle, the music stops]

DESCRIPTION: The daydream ends. In the bedroom, Nikhil turns to Jay.

NIKHIL: Actually, Santa comes down the chimney. So, to get a message to Santa, we should send it up the chimney.

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil points at the ceiling.

JAY: But the North Pole is very far away. Will he hear us?

NIKHIL: Hmm. We need something loud.

[Chiming]

DESCRIPTION: Across the room, crayons, pom poms, and cardboard scraps gleam.

NIKHIL: Ah-ha!

[Whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: Later, Nikhil and Jay kneel by the fireplace, and Nikhil speaks through a homemade megaphone.

NIKHIL, ECHOING: Hi, Santa.

[Robin chirps]

DESCRIPTION: Outside, a robin on top of the chimney looks down and then flies away.

JAY, ECHOING: Sorry, I wished for so much snow, Santa. Please unwish my wish!

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Amma and Appa look into the room.

AMMA: Huh?

APPA: Hmm.

AMMA: Hey, what's going on here?

[Soft music plays]

JAY: Amma, Appa, I'm so sorry. I messed it all up.

AMMA: Aw. Messed up what, Chellam?

JAY: I wished for all the snow in the North Pole, and I broke Christmas.

[Footsteps tap]

DESCRIPTION: Jay’s eyes fill with tears. His Appa kneels beside him and Amma kneels beside Nikhil.

APPA: Oh, Jay. It's not your fault it's snowing. I think it's just bad weather. Some winters are like that, buddy.

[Jay gasps, slide whistles, bells jingles]

DESCRIPTION: Appa rubs Jay’s cheek.

AMMA: Christmas is not broken, Chellam. Today we're celebrating the world's one and only best worst Christmas! And soon, we'll celebrate our usual Christmas at Nana's and Jim's just like we planned.

[Jay gasps]

JAY: So, we get two Christmases?

NIKHIL: Yeah! You didn't break Christmas, Jay. You doubled it!

JAY: I guess I did. Does that mean we get two Christmas dinners?

[The music stops]

DESCRIPTION: Appa stands and walks to the kitchen.

APPA: Oh, sort of.

NIKHIL AND JAY: Huh?

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Appa shows everyone a pizza with Brussel sprouts arranged as two eyes and a smile.

APPA: Today, my lads, you shall be served a crispy dosa base…

[Nikhil and Jay cheer, exclaim]

APPA: Topped with the most Christmasy sprouts and crumbly cheese. Ta-da!

[The music stops]

DESCRIPTION: Appa smiles.

NIKHIL: Yeah! The best worst...

JAY: Christmas dosa pizza!

[Everyone laughs, tablet rings, chimes]

DESCRIPTION: Amma picks up a tablet and touches the screen. Ammamma and Thatha appear in a split screen with Nana and Jim. They wave.

AMMAMMA AND THATHA: Merry Christmas, everyone!

NANA AND JIM: Merry, snowy Christmas!

[Bells jingle, upbeat music plays]

NIKHIL, JAY, AND THEIR PARENTS: Merry Christmas!

NANA: Oh, my little snowballs! I'm so sorry you couldn't come over. Hope you haven't had the worst Christmas.

NIKHIL: No! We've had the best worst Christmas.

JAY: Ever, ever, ever!

[Everyone laughs]

GRANDPARENTS: Bye!

[Whoosh, the music stops, Max meows]

DESCRIPTION: Later, Max looks out the window, and Jay and Nikhil arrive behind her.

[Bells jingle, chiming, Max purrs]

JAY: Oh! It stopped snowing! Santa must've got our message. Thank you for helping me, Nikhil.

DESCRIPTION: Jay hugs Nikhil, and hearts appear around them. In the living room, Nikhil and Jay point the megaphone at the fireplace.

NIKHIL AND JAY, ECHOING: Thank you, Santa!

[Both giggle]

DESCRIPTION: Nikhil puts down the megaphone and chases Jay.

[Bells jingle]

SANTA: You're welcome. Ho-ho-ho!

[Max yowls, rustling, carrom coins clatter, Max meows, playful music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Max startles and falls off a bookcase, knocking over a carrom board.

[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). Copyright Paper Bananas Limited 2024. Copyright Nik and Jay Series One Limited 2024.

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