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The Wombles

Series 1

1973 · 30 episodes

  1. 1. Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    1973-02-05

    On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.

  2. 2. The Rocking Chair

    1973-02-06

    After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.

  3. 3. A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)

    1973-02-07

    The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.

  4. 4. Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

    1973-02-09

    After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.

  5. 5. A Safe Place

    1973-02-12

    A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.

  6. 6. Peep-Peep-Peep

    1973-02-13

    Great Uncle Bulgaria wants the Wombles to keep in touch with each other while they're working, so Wellington invents, in the words of Orinoco, a "talking tin can"!

  7. 7. The Purple Paw Mystery

    1973-02-14

    Great Uncle Bulgaria's fountain pen runs out of ink, so asks Tomsk to pay Tobermary a visit to collect some more. While there, Tobermary enlists the help of Tomsk in manufacturing the ink, but when he cuts corners he creates a mess around the entire burrow.

  8. 8. Bungo's Birthday Party

    1973-02-16

    Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.

  9. 9. The Invisible Womble

    1973-02-19

    Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.

  10. 10. Orinoco Sees The Light

    1973-02-20

    Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.

  11. 11. The Conkering Hero

    1973-02-21

    The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.

  12. 12. One Pair Of Feet

    1973-02-23

    After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...

  13. 13. Tobermory On Television

    1973-02-26

    Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

  14. 14. Crossed Lines

    1973-02-27

    Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.

  15. 15. Blow The Womble Down

    1973-02-28

    The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.

  16. 16. Madame Cholet Returns

    1973-03-02

    Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

  17. 17. Weighing In Time

    1973-06-18

    Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.

  18. 18. Musical Wombles

    1973-06-19

    The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

  19. 19. Wombles And Ladders

    1973-06-20

    A ladder is adapted to Womble size

  20. 20. Orinoco And The Ghost

    1973-06-21

    Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

  21. 21. A Game Of Golf

    1973-06-22

    Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

  22. 22. North, South, East, West

    1973-06-25

    Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

  23. 23. The Picnic

    1973-06-26

    Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.

  24. 24. Games In The Snow

    1973-06-27

    The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche

  25. 25. The Snow Wombles

    1973-06-28

    The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.

  26. 26. What's Cooking?

    1973-06-29

    A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

  27. 27. Spring Cleaning Time

    1973-07-02

    When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.

  28. 28. Marrow Pie

    1973-07-03

    The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.

  29. 29. The Cement Mixer

    1973-07-05

    The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

  30. 30. The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    1973-07-06

    When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.

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