It's Karen's birthday, and Bernard is trying to find just the right present to give her.

Bernard's Mum and Dad both have meetings to attend and have an argument about the meetings, not realising that Bernard is there, so thinking they don't care anymore Bernard looks after himself for the Afternoon.

Bernard and his Dad go fishing which causes the magic watch to break, Bernard is very upset however the postman steps in and saves the day.

Karen is bored when she has to stay with her Gran, but having the magic watch proves to be very useful at times like this.

Karen's mother happens across the watch and, unaware of its powers, is amazed at how much she can do with her time.

Bernard is staying with Grandad during the school holiday, but Grandad accidentally hurts his foot. Fortunately, plenty of people have time for him and Bernard.

Karen's mother's car breaks down when Karen is going to her music exam.

Bernard's demanding cousin Lucy is staying with him, and looking after her takes all the time the watch can give. However, Lucy soon changes her ways when Bernard does a particularly good deed for her.

Karen is sick of her classmate Fergus always borrowing her things without asking. No one understands, so Karen uses the watch to give Fergus just the lesson he deserves.

This episode is a pilot episode, and was the first run of Bernard's watch, it is very rare, and only ever shown once on the children's channel citv, Bernard is trying to raise money for a local Pet Sanctuary, and his Grandad agrees to help by giving a darts masterclass. Unfortunately he isn't as good as he once claimed to be, Bernard is forced to intervene.

Karen loves looking in other people's houses in frozen time, She especially loved looking in Mrs Sadge's house as it was very old and because she is old Karen decided to help her out and Mrs Sadge thinks Karen is an elf.

Bernard wakes up on New Year's Eve to find that his watch has been stolen by an arch-criminal Mr Rattle. Mr Rattle is mean to Bernard and his mother knocks Mr Rattle out with a vase. When he finally gets it back, the villain's deeds have made the watch stop working. Could the new millennium be the end of Bernard's watch?