The Wombles (1973)
Synopsis
The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
First Air Date: 1973-02-05
Last Air Date: 1975-10-24
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 60
Created By: Elizabeth Beresford
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Bernard Cribbins as Narrator
Seasons
Series 1 (1973)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
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Ep. 2: The Rocking Chair
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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Ep. 3: A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
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Ep. 4: 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.
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Ep. 5: A Safe Place
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
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Ep. 6: 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"!
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Ep. 7: 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.
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Ep. 8: 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.
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Ep. 9: The Invisible Womble
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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Ep. 10: 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.
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Ep. 11: The Conkering Hero
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
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Ep. 12: 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...
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Ep. 13: Tobermory On Television
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
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Ep. 14: Crossed Lines
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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Ep. 15: Blow The Womble Down
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
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Ep. 16: Madame Cholet Returns
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
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Ep. 17: Weighing In Time
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
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Ep. 18: Musical Wombles
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
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Ep. 19: Wombles And Ladders
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
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Ep. 20: Orinoco And The Ghost
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
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Ep. 21: A Game Of Golf
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
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Ep. 22: North, South, East, West
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
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Ep. 23: The Picnic
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
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Ep. 24: Games In The Snow
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
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Ep. 25: The Snow Wombles
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
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Ep. 26: What's Cooking?
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
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Ep. 27: Spring Cleaning Time
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
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Ep. 28: Marrow Pie
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
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Ep. 29: The Cement Mixer
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
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Ep. 30: The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.
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