
The Wombles
1973•10m•7.5/10
AnimationFamily
Ratings
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7.5/10(14)
The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
Production
FilmFair
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
February 5, 1973
Last Aired
October 24, 1975
Networks
BBC One
Created By
Elizabeth Beresford
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
Air date: 1973-02-05
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.

E2
The Rocking Chair
Air date: 1973-02-06
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.

E3
A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
Air date: 1973-02-07
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.

E4
Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
Air date: 1973-02-09
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.

E5
A Safe Place
Air date: 1973-02-12
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.

E6
Peep-Peep-Peep
Air date: 1973-02-13
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"!

E7
The Purple Paw Mystery
Air date: 1973-02-14
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.

E8
Bungo's Birthday Party
Air date: 1973-02-16
Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.

E9
The Invisible Womble
Air date: 1973-02-19
Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.

E10
Orinoco Sees The Light
Air date: 1973-02-20
Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.

E11
The Conkering Hero
Air date: 1973-02-21
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.

E12
One Pair Of Feet
Air date: 1973-02-23
After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...

E13
Tobermory On Television
Air date: 1973-02-26
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

E14
Crossed Lines
Air date: 1973-02-27
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.

E15
Blow The Womble Down
Air date: 1973-02-28
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.

E16
Madame Cholet Returns
Air date: 1973-03-02
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

E17
Weighing In Time
Air date: 1973-06-18
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.

E18
Musical Wombles
Air date: 1973-06-19
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

E19
Wombles And Ladders
Air date: 1973-06-20
A ladder is adapted to Womble size

E20
Orinoco And The Ghost
Air date: 1973-06-21
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

E21
A Game Of Golf
Air date: 1973-06-22
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

E22
North, South, East, West
Air date: 1973-06-25
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

E23
The Picnic
Air date: 1973-06-26
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.

E24
Games In The Snow
Air date: 1973-06-27
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche

E25
The Snow Wombles
Air date: 1973-06-28
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.

E26
What's Cooking?
Air date: 1973-06-29
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

E27
Spring Cleaning Time
Air date: 1973-07-02
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.

E28
Marrow Pie
Air date: 1973-07-03
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.

E29
The Cement Mixer
Air date: 1973-07-05
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

E30
The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
Air date: 1973-07-06
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.























