Overview of 'The Wombles' Season 1

The Wombles (1973)

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

Writing:

Elizabeth Beresford

Stars:

Release Date: 1973-02-05
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5

7.5/10

Country: GB
Language: English
Runtime: 10

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
Release Date: 1973-02-05
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
Episode 2 - The Rocking Chair
Release 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.
Episode 3 - A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
Release Date: 1973-02-07
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
Episode 4 - Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
Release Date: 1973-02-09
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
Episode 5 - A Safe Place
Release Date: 1973-02-12
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
Episode 6 - Peep-Peep-Peep
Release 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"!
Episode 7 - The Purple Paw Mystery
Release 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.
Episode 8 - Bungo's Birthday Party
Release 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.
Episode 9 - The Invisible Womble
Release 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.
Episode 10 - Orinoco Sees The Light
Release 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.
Episode 11 - The Conkering Hero
Release Date: 1973-02-21
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
Episode 12 - One Pair Of Feet
Release 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...
Episode 13 - Tobermory On Television
Release Date: 1973-02-26
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
Episode 14 - Crossed Lines
Release 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.
Episode 15 - Blow The Womble Down
Release Date: 1973-02-28
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
Episode 16 - Madame Cholet Returns
Release Date: 1973-03-02
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
Episode 17 - Weighing In Time
Release Date: 1973-06-18
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
Episode 18 - Musical Wombles
Release Date: 1973-06-19
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
Episode 19 - Wombles And Ladders
Release Date: 1973-06-20
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
Episode 20 - Orinoco And The Ghost
Release Date: 1973-06-21
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
Episode 21 - A Game Of Golf
Release Date: 1973-06-22
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
Episode 22 - North, South, East, West
Release Date: 1973-06-25
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
Episode 23 - The Picnic
Release Date: 1973-06-26
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
Episode 24 - Games In The Snow
Release Date: 1973-06-27
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
Episode 25 - The Snow Wombles
Release Date: 1973-06-28
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
Episode 26 - What's Cooking?
Release Date: 1973-06-29
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
Episode 27 - Spring Cleaning Time
Release Date: 1973-07-02
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
Episode 28 - Marrow Pie
Release Date: 1973-07-03
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
Episode 29 - The Cement Mixer
Release Date: 1973-07-05
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
Episode 30 - The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
Release Date: 1973-07-06
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.