The Wombles (1973–1975)
Plot
The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Orinoco & The Big Black UmbrellaFebruary 5, 1973—On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind. - S01E02
The Rocking ChairFebruary 6, 1973—After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair. - S01E03
A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)February 7, 1973—The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it. - S01E04
Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit LessonFebruary 9, 1973—After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime. - S01E05
A Safe PlaceFebruary 12, 1973—A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book. - S01E06
Peep-Peep-PeepFebruary 13, 1973—Great Uncle Bulgaria wants the Wombles to keep in touch with each other while they're working, so Wellington invents, in the words of Orinoc - S01E07
The Purple Paw MysteryFebruary 14, 1973—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 enl - S01E08
Bungo's Birthday PartyFebruary 16, 1973—Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known. - S01E09
The Invisible WombleFebruary 19, 1973—Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work. - S01E10
Orinoco Sees The LightFebruary 20, 1973—Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs inst - S01E11
The Conkering HeroFebruary 21, 1973—The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count. - S01E12
One Pair Of FeetFebruary 23, 1973—After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind... - S01E13
Tobermory On TelevisionFebruary 26, 1973—Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles. - S01E14
Crossed LinesFebruary 27, 1973—Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Toberm - S01E15
Blow The Womble DownFebruary 28, 1973—The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner. - S01E16
Madame Cholet ReturnsMarch 2, 1973—Making cakes turns into a problematic situation. - S01E17
Weighing In TimeJune 18, 1973—Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat. - S01E18
Musical WomblesJune 19, 1973—The Wombles make music with tins and cans. - S01E19
Wombles And LaddersJune 20, 1973—A ladder is adapted to Womble size - S01E20
Orinoco And The GhostJune 21, 1973—Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house - S01E21
A Game Of GolfJune 22, 1973—Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction - S01E22
North, South, East, WestJune 25, 1973—Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather. - S01E23
The PicnicJune 26, 1973—Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry. - S01E24
Games In The SnowJune 27, 1973—The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche - S01E25
The Snow WomblesJune 28, 1973—The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman. - S01E26
What's Cooking?June 29, 1973—A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft. - S01E27
Spring Cleaning TimeJuly 2, 1973—When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble. - S01E28
Marrow PieJuly 3, 1973—The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow. - S01E29
The Cement MixerJuly 5, 1973—The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement. - S01E30
The Circus Comes To WimbledonJuly 6, 1973—When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.
Season02
- S02E01Bungo Up A TreeSeptember 15, 1975—Bungo gets stuck up a tree.
- S02E02Time And Slow MotionSeptember 16, 1975—Tobermory organises the young Wombles' tidying-up methods.
- S02E03
Tomsk In TroubleSeptember 17, 1975—Tomsk cannot make his bed so builds a hammock. - S02E04The Largest Womble In The WorldSeptember 18, 1975—Orinoco uses a coat and a pair of boots to trick Bungo and Tomsk.
- S02E05Running Out Of SteamSeptember 19, 1975—Wellington, Tomsk and Bungo make their own train.
- S02E06Orinoco's Midnight FeastSeptember 22, 1975—Orinoco's greed ruins a midnight feast.
- S02E07Speak UpSeptember 23, 1975—Tomsk accidentally joins the water pipe to the telephone pipe.
- S02E08The Vanishing PancakeSeptember 24, 1975—Orinoco goes fishing for pancakes after being shooed out of the kitchen.
- S02E09Madame Cholet & the BlackberriesSeptember 25, 1975—Nobody will pick any blackberries, and that makes Madame Cholet angry.
- S02E10The Fruit MachineSeptember 26, 1975—Orinoco and Wellington make a 'mid-morning snack machine'.
- S02E11Portrait of Great Uncle BulgariaSeptember 29, 1975—Great Uncle Bulgaria's portrait is ruined.
- S02E12Very Behind The TimesSeptember 30, 1975—An enormous road to be built causes panic.
- S02E13Burrow Hot LineOctober 1, 1975—Papers and wet laundry get muddled on the washing line.
- S02E14Trunk CallOctober 2, 1975—Tomsk gets stuck in a hollow tree trunk.
- S02E15MacWomble The TerribleOctober 3, 1975—A Scottish relative comes to stay.
- S02E16A Single PiperOctober 6, 1975—MacWomble's constant bagpipe playing drives everyone crazy.
- S02E17Porridge For BreakfastOctober 7, 1975—MacWomble sends the young Wombles out to gather bracken to make porridge.
- S02E18Highland GamesOctober 8, 1975—The Wombles do their version of the Highland Games.
- S02E19Home SicknessOctober 9, 1975—Seeing that it is Burns Night, MacWomble is feeling homesick. So the other wombles decide to cheer him up.
- S02E20Goodbye MacWombleOctober 10, 1975—MacWomble decides to head back home after the Loch Ness Monster has been sighted.
- S02E21HiccupsOctober 13, 1975—Tomsk and Bungo get hiccups after eating hot buttercup crumpets.
- S02E22Film ShowOctober 14, 1975—Wellington makes a film about the Wimbledon Burrow.
- S02E23Pirate GoldOctober 15, 1975—Tomsk and Wellington hunt for pirate treasure.
- S02E24Warm & CosyOctober 16, 1975—The Wimbledon Burrow needs insulating.
- S02E25Autumn LeavesOctober 17, 1975—Wellington, Orinoco and Tomsk invent a new way to collect fallen leaves.
- S02E26The Wombles TimesOctober 20, 1975—The young Wombles make their own newspaper.
- S02E27Operation W.R.A.P.October 21, 1975—The young Wombles learn first aid.
- S02E28The Secret SnorerOctober 22, 1975—Orinoco falls asleep when he should have been scaring crows away
- S02E29Womble Fool's DayOctober 23, 1975—The young Wombles play practical jokes.
- S02E30Womble Summer PartyOctober 24, 1975—The young Wombles perform magic tricks.
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