The Wombles (Season 1)

The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.

  • Poster for Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella (Episode 1)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-05

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

  • Poster for The Rocking Chair

    The Rocking Chair (Episode 2)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-06

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

  • Poster for A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)

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

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-07

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

  • Poster for Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

    Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson (Episode 4)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-09

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

  • Poster for A Safe Place

    A Safe Place (Episode 5)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-12

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

  • Poster for Peep-Peep-Peep

    Peep-Peep-Peep (Episode 6)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-13

    Overview: 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"!

  • Poster for The Purple Paw Mystery

    The Purple Paw Mystery (Episode 7)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-14

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Bungo's Birthday Party

    Bungo's Birthday Party (Episode 8)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-16

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

  • Poster for The Invisible Womble

    The Invisible Womble (Episode 9)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-19

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

  • Poster for Orinoco Sees The Light

    Orinoco Sees The Light (Episode 10)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-20

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

  • Poster for The Conkering Hero

    The Conkering Hero (Episode 11)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-21

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

  • Poster for One Pair Of Feet

    One Pair Of Feet (Episode 12)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-23

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

  • Poster for Tobermory On Television

    Tobermory On Television (Episode 13)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-26

    Overview: Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

  • Poster for Crossed Lines

    Crossed Lines (Episode 14)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-27

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

  • Poster for Blow The Womble Down

    Blow The Womble Down (Episode 15)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-02-28

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

  • Poster for Madame Cholet Returns

    Madame Cholet Returns (Episode 16)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-03-02

    Overview: Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

  • Poster for Weighing In Time

    Weighing In Time (Episode 17)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-18

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

  • Poster for Musical Wombles

    Musical Wombles (Episode 18)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-19

    Overview: The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

  • Poster for Wombles And Ladders

    Wombles And Ladders (Episode 19)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-20

    Overview: A ladder is adapted to Womble size

  • Poster for Orinoco And The Ghost

    Orinoco And The Ghost (Episode 20)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-21

    Overview: Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

  • Poster for A Game Of Golf

    A Game Of Golf (Episode 21)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-22

    Overview: Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

  • Poster for North, South, East, West

    North, South, East, West (Episode 22)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-25

    Overview: Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

  • Poster for The Picnic

    The Picnic (Episode 23)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-26

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

  • Poster for Games In The Snow

    Games In The Snow (Episode 24)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-27

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

  • Poster for The Snow Wombles

    The Snow Wombles (Episode 25)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-28

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

  • Poster for What's Cooking?

    What's Cooking? (Episode 26)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-06-29

    Overview: A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

  • Poster for Spring Cleaning Time

    Spring Cleaning Time (Episode 27)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-07-02

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

  • Poster for Marrow Pie

    Marrow Pie (Episode 28)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-07-03

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

  • Poster for The Cement Mixer

    The Cement Mixer (Episode 29)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-07-05

    Overview: The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

  • Poster for The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    The Circus Comes To Wimbledon (Episode 30)

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

    Air date: 1973-07-06

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

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