1×01: The First Day
New girls Darrell Rivers, Sally Hope and Gwendoline Mary Lacey arrive for their first day at Malory Towers, their new school on a clifftop location above an idyllic coastline. They meet Miss Grayling, the wise and dignified headmistress, no-nonsense First Form mistress Miss Potts, and the stern Matron. Gwendoline hopes that she and Darrell will be best friends, but is due for an unpleasant surprise.
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1×02: The New Girls
Darrell is hopeful of securing a place on the junior lacrosse team, but misses the trials when her sports shoes mysteriously disappear. However, Head Girl Pamela includes Darrell as first reserve. Meanwhile, jealous Gwen is determined to get to the bottom of Darrell’s past at St. Hilda’s.
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1×03: The Trick
Alicia’s new trick sweets are confiscated by Matron, with unfortunate results when Matron unwisely samples one herself. Alicia and Darrell devise another trick with riotous results in Mam’zelle Rougier’s French class. When Gwen sneaks to Matron, Darrell needs to think quickly to avoid being reported to Miss Grayling, but still has to face a difficult interview with Miss Potts.
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1×04: The Slap
Gwen’s unpleasant side surfaces when she bullies timid Mary-Lou in the swimming pool. Darrell loses her temper and does something unspeakable to Gwen. The First Formers hold a form meeting to decide what should be done, which leaves Mary-Lou devoted to Darrell and Gwen more resentful than ever.
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1×05: The Match
Sally suffers a stomach ache and drops out of the lacrosse team. Darrell replaces her as first reserve. But when Malory Towers’ opponents are unexpectedly replaced by St. Hilda’s, her old school, Darrell finds herself having to face her past. In this, she receives good advice from Mary-Lou and Sally, while Gwen hears some home truths.
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1×06: The Midnight Feast
It is Alicia’s birthday and she receives a generous food hamper. She plans a midnight feast in North Tower, but Darrell is reluctant to lose sleep on the night before an important examination. Gwen, to her horror, discovers that exam marks are sent to parents. When the midnight feast is interrupted by Matron, forcing the girls to hide in Miss Grayling’s study, Gwen finds an opportunity to cheat in the exam.
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1×07: The Open Day
It is half term and Malory Towers welcomes the girls’ parents to an open day of picnics and sporting events. Mary-Lou is invited to a picnic by Gwen with her mother, and has to endure Gwen’s untruthful boasting about her academic and sporting prowess. Meanwhile Darrell is worried about the poor grades in her half term report and struggles to find a companion to introduce to her parents as her best friend.
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1×08: The Push
Sally behaves oddly whenever her baby sister is mentioned. Darrell joins the remedial class, taken by Head Girl Pamela, to improve her grades. When Sally is again taken ill with stomach pains, Matron is dismissive, believing she ate too many strawberries at the open day. But Darrell believes otherwise, fearing she may have been the cause. She does all she can to find a doctor so that Sally can be treated. Sally had suffered from appendicitis and got treated by Darrell’s father.
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1×09: The Letter
The Malory Towers ghost appears again, seen by Sally who is recovering in the sanatorium. Darrell, still worried about Sally’s behaviour, has written to Sally’s mother. Her good intentions backfire when Sally disappears after her mother decides to remove her from Malory Towers. Gwen volunteers to replace Sally as Pamela’s monitor, with catastrophic results. Pamela, meanwhile, makes a discovery that seems to explain Darrell’s slowness in class.
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1×10: The Dress
A beautiful dress arrives at Malory Towers and there is much speculation as to who the owner might be. Darrell replaces Gwen as Pamela’s monitor, but is disappointed when she finds out that Pamela has changed her plans to train as a teacher, and will be leaving Malory Towers.
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1×11: The Spider
Timid Mary-Lou is terrified of spiders and falls victim to several spiteful tricks, including the appearance of a large spider that creates mayhem in the French class. Darrell and Sally devise a plan to improve Mary-Lou’s confidence, after which the girls buy her a beautiful fountain pen to remind her of her bravery. Meanwhile, Alicia devises a plan to get Sally out of the San.
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1×12: The Ghost
Darrell and Sally, now best friends, decide to track down the Malory Towers ghost. Sally marks all the sightings of the ghost on a map and the girls mount a night-time watch. After a series of adventures in the dark, involving a secret passage and a family drama, the mystery is finally solved. Meanwhile a jealous act of spite is directed at Mary-Lou.
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1×13: The Last Day
It is the last day of term. The girls are horrified when Mary-Lou discovers her new fountain pen has been deliberately smashed. The evidence seems to point to Darrell, who must defend herself to the rest of the form. But Mary-Lou’s faith in Darrell is unshaken and it is she who finds the evidence that reveals the real culprit.