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* BakerStreetRegular: Helen's friend Saleem in series 4 is part of a street gang, and they help Jack search for Cleopatra's treasure. The boys playing the gang get a credit on the final episode.

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* BakerStreetRegular: Helen's friend Saleem in series 4 is part of a street gang, and they help Jack search for Cleopatra's treasure. The boys playing the gang get a credit on the final episode. episode.
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* BakerStreetRegular: Helen's friend Saleem in series 4 is part of a street gang, and they help Jack search for Cleopatra's treasure. The boys playing the gang get a credit on the final episode.
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* {{Flanderization}}: The final series sees Dorothy get even dippier and more facetious, M lose any authority he had and become a pompous fool, and the Vixen lose any subtlety or intelligence she might have had and become a booming megalomaniac.
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* ColdHam: The Vixen.

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* ColdHam: The Vixen. Occasionally she becomes a LargeHam.



* StockFootage: Shows Jack's journey to (a very studio-bound) Egypt in series 4.

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* StockFootage: Shows Jack's journey to around (a very studio-bound) Egypt in series 4.
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* ShowWithinAShow: While in Egypt, Jack puts on a play about Cleopatra's treasure with the aim of BluffingTheMurderer and bringing in an audience of everyone interested in stealing that treasure. Though, considering it's everyone he's already met, he needn't have bothered.
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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeAndAway'' and ''Series/ Neighbours''.

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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeAndAway'' and ''Series/ Neighbours''.''Series/{{Neighbours}}''.
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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeAndAway'' and ''Series/Neighbours''.

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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeAndAway'' and ''Series/Neighbours''.''Series/ Neighbours''.
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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeandAway'' and ''Series/Neighbours''.

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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeandAway'' ''Series/HomeAndAway'' and ''Series/Neighbours''.
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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Dennis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred.

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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Dennis Denis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred. Later in the series the Australians torture M by singing him the themes and reciting plots from soaps such as ''Series/HomeandAway'' and ''Series/Neighbours''.
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* SnakeCharmer: Saleem, an Egyptian boy who befriends Helen in series 4. He joins her side after her Uncle Jack saves the life of Saleem's pet snake.
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* The'90s: Helen's pink jacket, enormous hair and bum bag in series 4.

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* The'90s: The90s: Helen's pink jacket, enormous hair and bum bag in series 4.
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* NoBudget: The final series looks noticeably cheaper than those that came before, with minimal location shooting and the whole of Egypt built in the studio.


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* The'90s: Helen's pink jacket, enormous hair and bum bag in series 4.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Characters randomly start addressing the camera during series 4.



*{{Flanderization}}: The final series sees Dorothy get even dippier and more facetious, M lose any authority he had and become a pompous fool, and the Vixen lose any subtlety or intelligence she might have had and become a booming megalomaniac.



* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''.

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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Eldorado''. There are even more ''Film/JamesBond'' references than usual with failed spy Dennis Ashington-Smythe, who wears a white tuxedo and bow-tie at every hour of the day, and even wants his orange juice shaken, not stirred.
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* NationalStereotypes: The British, American and Russian Ambassadors in the first series.

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* NationalStereotypes: The British, American and Russian Ambassadors in the first series. The Australians and the Egyptians in the final series.
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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Series/Eldorado''.

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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Series/Eldorado''.''Eldorado''.



* StockFootage: Shows Jack's journey to a (very studio-bound) Egypt in series 4.

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* StockFootage: Shows Jack's journey to a (very (a very studio-bound) Egypt in series 4.
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* ShoutOut: The opening episode of series 4 references ''Series/GrangeHill'' (when Jack is researching 'ancient cereals') and ''Series/Eldorado''.


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* StockFootage: Shows Jack's journey to a (very studio-bound) Egypt in series 4.
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* LethalEatery: Mustapha Pipi's cafe, the Camel's Breath, in series 4. He assures Jack it is very clean, and starts killing bugs to prove it.


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* TreasureHuntEpisode: Practically every character is looking for Cleopatra's treasure in series 4, in contrast to the environmental plots of previous series.
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* Mummy: Guarding Cleopatra's tomb in series 4.

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* Mummy: {{Mummy}}: Guarding Cleopatra's tomb in series 4.
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* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Series 4 starts with Jack visiting a museum to research vital information for his trip to Egypt. Only trouble is, he's still dressed as a penguin, having come straight from a demo about Antarctica. And is trying to drive.


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* Mummy: Guarding Cleopatra's tomb in series 4.
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* FunnyForeigner: Jose Cuervo, a South American would-be revolutionary who works alongside the Vixen in her early schemes, then becomes the caretaker at Kate's school in series 3. He's played by a pre-''Series/CoronationStreet'' Jimmi Harkishin. Replaced by Mustapha Pipi (yes, I know) in series 4.

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* FunnyForeigner: Jose Cuervo, a South American would-be revolutionary who works alongside the Vixen in her early schemes, then becomes the caretaker at Kate's school in series 3.3 and is working in Egypt in series 4. He's played by a pre-''Series/CoronationStreet'' Jimmi Harkishin. Replaced by Mustapha Pipi (yes, I know) in series 4.
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''Uncle Jack'' starred former ''Music/ManfredMann'' frontman Paul Jones as Jack Green, a committed environmental activist whose life was one long crusade against plans by TheGovernment or MegaCorp organisations to ruin our planet. In doing so, he became entangled with the intelligence services, as represented by M.I.5, its leader M (Roger Hammond) and delightfully dotty Dorothy, aka Agent Seven (Tricia George), in a vague parody of the ''Film/JamesBond'' films. He was assisted by his nephew and niece Kate and Michael, and in the final series by another niece, Helen. In each series the BigBad was the Vixen (Fenella Fielding), a female super-spy and expert marine biologist who planned to exploit her own or others' scientific knowledge to conquer the world.

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''Uncle Jack'' starred former ''Music/ManfredMann'' frontman Paul Jones as Jack Green, a committed environmental activist whose life was one long crusade against plans by TheGovernment or MegaCorp organisations to ruin our planet. In doing so, he became entangled with the intelligence services, as represented by M.I.5, its leader M (Roger Hammond) and delightfully dotty Dorothy, aka Agent Seven (Tricia George), in a vague parody of the ''Film/JamesBond'' films. He was assisted by his nephew and niece Kate and Michael, and in the final series by another niece, Helen. In each series the BigBad was the Vixen (Fenella Fielding), (Creator/FenellaFielding), a female super-spy and expert marine biologist who planned to exploit her own or others' scientific knowledge to conquer the world.



* SpyCatsuit: Worn with great style by the middle-aged Fenella Fielding as the Vixen.

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* SpyCatsuit: Worn with great style by the middle-aged Fenella Fielding Creator/FenellaFielding as the Vixen.

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