Elizabeth Beresford
Director
The Wombles (1973)
Series 1
The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
Released Feb. 5, 1973
Episode 5 min
2+
Keywords: tmdb.london-england, tmdb.based-on-children-s-book, tmdb.repurposing, tmdb.city-park, tmdb.anthropomorphic-puppets, imdb.recycling, imdb.garbage + 8 more, imdb.fantasy-folk, imdb.litter, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.stop-motion, imdb.stop-motion-animation, tmdb.garbage, tmdb.recycling, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray
Production Companies: FilmFair
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
Feb. 5, 1973, midnight
S1E2 - The Rocking Chair
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
Feb. 6, 1973, midnight
S1E3 - A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
Feb. 7, 1973, midnight
S1E4 - Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
Feb. 9, 1973, midnight
S1E5 - A Safe Place
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
Feb. 12, 1973, midnight
S1E6 - Peep-Peep-Peep
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"!
Feb. 13, 1973, midnight
S1E7 - The Purple Paw Mystery
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.
Feb. 14, 1973, midnight
S1E8 - Bungo's Birthday Party
Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.
Feb. 16, 1973, midnight
S1E9 - The Invisible Womble
Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.
Feb. 19, 1973, midnight
S1E10 - Orinoco Sees The Light
Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.
Feb. 20, 1973, midnight
S1E11 - The Conkering Hero
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
Feb. 21, 1973, midnight
S1E12 - One Pair Of Feet
After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...
Feb. 23, 1973, midnight
S1E13 - Tobermory On Television
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
Feb. 26, 1973, midnight
S1E14 - Crossed Lines
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.
Feb. 27, 1973, midnight
S1E15 - Blow The Womble Down
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
Feb. 28, 1973, midnight
S1E16 - Madame Cholet Returns
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
March 2, 1973, midnight
S1E17 - Weighing In Time
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
June 18, 1973, midnight
S1E18 - Musical Wombles
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
June 19, 1973, midnight
S1E19 - Wombles And Ladders
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
June 20, 1973, midnight
S1E20 - Orinoco And The Ghost
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
June 21, 1973, midnight
S1E21 - A Game Of Golf
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
June 22, 1973, midnight
S1E22 - North, South, East, West
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
June 25, 1973, midnight
S1E23 - The Picnic
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
June 26, 1973, midnight
S1E24 - Games In The Snow
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
June 27, 1973, midnight
S1E25 - The Snow Wombles
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
June 28, 1973, midnight
S1E26 - What's Cooking?
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
June 29, 1973, midnight
S1E27 - Spring Cleaning Time
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
July 2, 1973, midnight
S1E28 - Marrow Pie
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
July 3, 1973, midnight
S1E29 - The Cement Mixer
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
July 5, 1973, midnight
S1E30 - The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.
July 6, 1973, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 5 min.
Season Runtime: 5 min.
Released: Feb. 5, 1973
Last Air Date: Oct. 24, 1975, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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