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30 episodes

The Wombles - Series 1

First aired Feb 5, 1973Season 1

Browse all 30 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

NR
Feb 5, 1973

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

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Episode 2

The Rocking Chair

NR
Feb 6, 1973

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

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Episode 3

A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)

NR
Feb 7, 1973

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

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Episode 4

Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

NR
Feb 9, 1973

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

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Episode 5

A Safe Place

NR
Feb 12, 1973

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

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Episode 6

Peep-Peep-Peep

NR
Feb 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 Orinoco, a "talking tin can"!

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Episode 7

The Purple Paw Mystery

NR
Feb 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 enlists the help of Tomsk in manufacturing the ink, but when he cuts corners he creates a mess around the entire burrow.

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Episode 8

Bungo's Birthday Party

NR
Feb 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.

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Episode 9

The Invisible Womble

NR
Feb 19, 1973

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

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Episode 10

Orinoco Sees The Light

NR
Feb 20, 1973

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

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Episode 11

The Conkering Hero

NR
Feb 21, 1973

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

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Episode 12

One Pair Of Feet

NR
Feb 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...

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Episode 13

Tobermory On Television

NR
Feb 26, 1973

Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

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Episode 14

Crossed Lines

NR
Feb 27, 1973

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

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Episode 15

Blow The Womble Down

NR
Feb 28, 1973

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

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Episode 16

Madame Cholet Returns

NR
Mar 2, 1973

Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

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Episode 17

Weighing In Time

NR
Jun 18, 1973

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

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Episode 18

Musical Wombles

NR
Jun 19, 1973

The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

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Episode 19

Wombles And Ladders

NR
Jun 20, 1973

A ladder is adapted to Womble size

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Episode 20

Orinoco And The Ghost

NR
Jun 21, 1973

Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

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Episode 21

A Game Of Golf

NR
Jun 22, 1973

Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

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Episode 22

North, South, East, West

NR
Jun 25, 1973

Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

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Episode 23

The Picnic

NR
Jun 26, 1973

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

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Episode 24

Games In The Snow

NR
Jun 27, 1973

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

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Episode 25

The Snow Wombles

NR
Jun 28, 1973

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

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Episode 26

What's Cooking?

NR
Jun 29, 1973

A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

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Episode 27

Spring Cleaning Time

NR
Jul 2, 1973

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

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Episode 28

Marrow Pie

NR
Jul 3, 1973

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

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Episode 29

The Cement Mixer

NR
Jul 5, 1973

The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

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Episode 30

The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

NR
Jul 6, 1973

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