List of Young Dracula Episodes

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This article lists the episodes and related details for the CBBC children's television programme Young Dracula:

[edit] Series One (2006)

1 "Episode One"  21 September 2006 LCQD450F
Count Dracula, having been forced to move from Transylvania to a castle in England, is disappointed that his son Vlad doesn't want to follow in his bloody footsteps. Meanwhile, the family of their young neighbor Robin Branaugh wishes that he was not such a vampire fan. 
2 "Episode Two"  28 September 2006 LCQD451A
As Vlad and Ingrid attend their first day of school, they must make an extra effort to conceal their vampire heritage. However, the woodworking teacher, a Mr. Van Helsing, seems unusually interested in their family. 
3 "Episode Three"  5 October 2006 LCQD452T
When Vlad and Ingrid's mother Magda shows up, apparently having had a falling out with her current boyfriend, a werewolf, Vlad warns his father not to take her back. Meanwhile, the kids wonder why Van Helsing has been invited to visit the castle. 
4 "Episode Four"  12 October 2006 LCQD453N
The Count becomes addicted to daytime TV, and decides that making a movie would be easy. Meanwhile, vampire-wannabe Robin convinces Dracula that he and Vlad must have been switched at birth. 
5 "Episode Five"  19 October 2006 LCQD454H
When his kids are suspended from school, the Count tries to take on their education at home, but a hypnosis lesson goes astray. 
6 "Episode Six"  26 October 2006 LCQD455B
A toothache makes Vlad think that his fangs are starting to grow out. Meanwhile, Robin's prayers are seemingly answered when Ingrid asks him to become her boyfriend. 
7 "Episode Seven"  2 November 2006 LCQD456W
An Egyptian Mummy with a vendetta escapes from Dracula's castle and heads for town, looking for the children. 
8 "Episode Eight"  9 November 2006 LCQD457P
Vlad's plans to have a "normal" birthday party are ruined when his grandparents arrive for a visit. 
9 "Episode Nine"  16 November 2006 LCQD458J
The Count is delighted when a cockroach epidemic forces the Branaugh family to temporarily move into the castle with him. 
10 "Episode Ten"  23 November 2006 LCQD459D
In his continuing efforts to be normal, Vlad wants to try out for the school rugby union team, but his father does not allow it. 
11 "Episode Eleven"  30 November 2006 LCQD460X
Vlad and Robin take their fathers camping for Father's Day, but the men have an argument that will seemingly end in a duel
12 "Episode Twelve"  7 December 2006 LCQD461R
On Halloween, the main activities of the Dracula and Van Helsing children turn out to be restraining their fathers. 
13 "Episode Thirteen"  14 December 2006 LCQD462K
It is time for Vlad to undergo a test that all vampires must take - the blood test. 
14 "Episode Fourteen"  21 December 2006 LCQD463E
To find a new wife, the Count decides to host a vampire Hunt Ball, but when Van Helsing shoots him with a garlic arrow they believe the Count is dead. Unfortunately for Van Helsing, it turns out his metal flask of poisoned blood saved the Count. 

[edit] Series Two (2007-8)

15 "Kidnipped"  2 November 2007 unknown
With Van Helsing and the Count now each fully aware of the others presence, it's war. They start off by kidnapping each other's children. 
16 "The Yanks are Coming"  9 November 2007
The Draculas are visited by the Count's brother Ivan from America, and his children Boris and Olga. The Count, remembering Ivan as a bloodthirsty, monstrous vampire from his youth, is shocked to find that life in America has turned his brother 'blood-free'. Ivan, who now wishes to be known as Harvey, attempts to convert the Count to the blood-free way of life, but fails miserably. Vlad, meanwhile, meets his cousin Boris, who is to go through the 'transformation' in a couple of days time. Eventually, the Count agrees to go 'blood-free' if and only if his brother can convince Van Helsing to give up slaying. Ivan attempts this, but, having always had a weak spot for slayer's blood, fails and reverts back to his old ways, much to the delight of Dracula. 
17 "Mirror Mirror"  16 November 2007
With the day of his 'transformation' getting ever closer, Boris' 'blood-lusts' and other vampiric traits are starting to show, and are making life increasingly difficult for those around him. Meanwhile, Vlad discovers the Dracula 'Blood Mirror' - an ancient Mirror that controls the power of the Dracula family. Breaking it will prevent Vlad from ever becoming a vampire, but will do the same to every member of his family. With his father being over 600 years in age, transforming him into a human is not recommended... 
18 "Bad Reflection"  23 November 2007
The time has come for Boris to go through the transformation. Once complete, the transformation from small, wimp-like cowering Boris to evil overlord is extreme. Boris tries to convince Vlad that he is not evil, and is in fact the same Boris, but more confident, and powerful. However, behind Vlad's back Boris is stealing power from the Blood Mirror. By the end of the episode, he has become a power-crazed lunatic. Vlad tricks him into returning his powers to the Count and Ivan, and he is carted off back to America in a straitjacket
19 "Dad's Back"  30 November 2007
Whilst learning about Alchemy (used here to describe the science of bringing things back to life), Vlad discovers a diary belonging to Renfield's father. It contains an introduction to a potion to turn a vampire human, but the vital instructions are missing. Vlad brings Renfield Senior back to life, but things do not go according to plan. After having Renfield ejected from the castle, Renfield Senior proceeds with his plan to turn the Count human behind Vlad's back. When Vlad goes as far as to trick Robin into involuntarily donating all of his blood for the potion, it's up to Ingrid, Chloe and Renfield to stop Renfield Senior in his tracks. 
20 "Baby Dracula"  7 December 2007
Magda, Vlad's mother, returns to the castle with a shock-announcement: she is pregnant. Stating that it is the Count's baby, she moves back in, and convinced that it will be a boy, the Count immediately replaces Vlad with the unborn baby as his son and heir. The baby is named Vladimir, and Vlad is renamed Barry. Meanwhile, Van Helsing contimplates giving up slaying for good, pointing out the dangers involved to Jonathan who tries hard to convince him otherwise. After the birth, and just as the Count is about to finish the ceremony to mark baby Vlad's new status as his son and heir, 'Barry' reveals the son to be part-werewolf - clearly not the product of any activities between the Count and Magda... 
21 "Insomnia"  14 December 2007
Vlad is having nightmares where he is being chased by the Branaughs, who are slayers, and is given advice by Robin, depicted as a wise-man. Trouble is, Vlad is falling asleep regularly, and uncontrolably. Worse still, any injuries he obtains whilst dreaming somehow manifest themselves on his person. It becomes clear that he must survive in the 'dreamworld' to survive real life. Meanwhile, Mina, Jonathan's mother, visits him and Van Helsing. Discovering that they are now both obsessed with vampires, the very reason she left Eric in the first place, she decides to stay to try and knock some sense into them. 
22 "Love Bites"  21 December 2007
It's Valentines Day, also known as 'Bag a Breather' day in the vampire world. Vlad must do all he can to prevent his father devouring anyone that day. Problem is, a new girl named Delila distracts Vlad's attention from this task. He and Robin fight over Delila, but Vlad succeeds in the end, using his powers of hypnosis to his benefit. Meanwhile, a money-making scam of Ingrid's is ruined by a boy named Will Clark. In trying to seek her revenge, however, Ingrid finds she cannot hypnotise Will. It translates that this is a sign that Ingrid is in love - as Will is a breather, Ingrid is not happy... 
23 "Bodyswap"  11 January 2008
Vlad finds hope when the staff of Carpathia arrives and could cure vamparism. Meanwhile the count is attempting to destroy the staff and switches bodies with Van Helsing. 
24 "Sweet Sixteen"  18 January 2008
It's Ingrid's 16th birthday and the day of her transformation had arrived, but things don't go to plan, and Vlad, Ingrid and Robin are forced to go on the run. Will Ingrid choose to escape her destiny after all? 
25 "Eclipse"  25 January 2008
A policeman calls round asking for the count Vlad sends him away telling him to come back the next day at 1:00pm but, when a total eclipse makes it dark for a few minutes Ingrid meets Will at the cinema when he remarks about wanting to date a vampire she proves she is one but when Will panics she bites him, meanwhile the police have found a missing man the count kidnapped but all is good when it turns out the missing man is actually a dangerous criminal. 
26 "When Vampires Go Bad"  1 February 2008
The Grand High Vampire comes to Stokely and sentences the Count to death. However the Grand High Vampire is killed first, but by who? Will and Justice Moroi arrange a duel after Moroi calls Will a half-fang. It turns out that the insane Boris slew both Moroi and the Grand High Vampire but he is killed by the Grand High Vampire's Crown. Van Helsing attempts to slay Dracula. Dracula says that unless he leaves quietly Mina will be killed. Van Helsing is kicked out of the slayers' guild. At the end Van Helsing swears revenge. 
27 "The Chosen One"  8 February 2008
It is time to appoint a new grand high vampire, and Vlad is having ghost visions of the old leader telling him that he is the chosen one, after two new leaders are disentergrated by the crown, it falls on the count, meanwhile Eric & Jonno return to the Slayers base against guild orders and run into a professional slayer with some more advanced weaponry, a fight ensues at the crowning ceremony, the Van Helsings are re-united, Eric finally slays his first vampire, the Branaughs & Mina Van Helsing finally accept that the family are all vampires and Will, amongst several other vampires, is slain.