7.7/1047 votes#1 - Scoop Saves the Day
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/1999
Bob and the machines are in great demand after a heavy storm causes destruction. Meanwhile, at the farm Muck and Lofty find it hard to cope when a fallen tree by the pond traps Pilchard and a family of ducks.
Director: Sarah Ball
Writer: N/A
7.1/1028 votes#2 - Travis Paints the Town
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/1999
Bob and the machines are painting line-markings on the road. Bob is called away to repair Mrs Potts' garden fence. Spud then sees a way to make mischief! He attaches the line-marking machine to Travis. Travis then speeds off and doesn't know he is leaving a mess. Who will stop him before he paints the whole town white?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1027 votes#3 - Bob Saves the Hedgehogs
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/1999
Roley nearly flattens a family of hedgehogs who are crossing the road Bob and the machines are working on. They need to find a permanent solution. How will hedgehogs get across a busy road?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1029 votes#4 - Pilchard in a Pickle
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/10/1999
Bob and the machines are laying pipes in a field. Meanwhile, Wendy tries to look for Pilchard and gets in a panic when she can't find her anywhere.
Director: Sarah Ball
Writer: N/A
7.4/1031 votes#5 - Muck Gets Stuck
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/1999
Bob and the machines are repairing a tunnel. Bob sends Muck inside carrying a load of bricks. The generator breaks down and the lights go out. Poor Muck is stuck inside the dark tunnel. What can make him move?
Director: Sarah Ball
Writer: N/A
6.5/1025 votes#6 - Wendy's Busy Day
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/1999
Bob and the machines have a major job of resurfacing the main road that must be done today. But poor Bob has a very bad cold. Wendy offers to take over the job. All goes well until Dizzy gets stuck in some wet cement. How will they get her out without letting Bob know?
Director: Sarah Ball
Writer: N/A
6.1/1025 votes#7 - Bob's Bugle
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/7/1999
Bob finds a bit of pipe that he thinks makes a noise like a trumpet and so he fashions it into a bugle. While learning to play it, he doesn't realise that it makes an awful noise!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1027 votes#8 - Buffalo Bob
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/14/1999
Bob and the machines are building a dance floor stage ready for a line-dancing contest that evening. Bob needs to go home for some final practice. But when his dancing partner Mavis sprains her ankle, will Bob find someone else to dance with in time?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1025 votes#9 - Travis and Scoop's Race Day
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/5/1999
Scoop and Travis decide to have a race to find out who is fastest? Bob prepares the racecourse. Spud wants Travis to win so he tries some sneaky sabotage to keep Scoop back!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1024 votes#10 - Bob's Birthday
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/12/1999
Wendy and the machines decide to pretend to have forgotten Bob's birthday and then surprise him with a party. Wendy goes home to make a cake, and then Muck and Dizzy decide to make a concrete cake for Bob to keep forever.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1024 votes#11 - Naughty Spud
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/19/1999
Bob and the machines are finishing Travis' new shed. Spud wants to pick go apple-picking but cannot reach the apples from the trees. While Bob is working on the shed roof, Spud takes the ladder away. How will poor Bob ever get down?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1026 votes#12 - Scary Spud
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/26/1999
Spud is worried he is not scary enough anymore after he tries to scare Bird. His problems get worse when he loses his turnip nose and it falls into a mole hole. Muck and Dizzy try to help him find a suitable new nose. Will Spud ever be scary again?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1023 votes#13 - Bob's Barnraising
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/2/1999
Bob and the machines have to repair Farmer Pickles' barn which is in danger of collapsing. Farmer Pickles is gathering the haystacks. Everything has to be done before a heavy storm breaks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Bob the Builder Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Scoop Saves the Day" is the best rated episode of "Bob the Builder" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Sarah Ball and written by N/A, it aired on 4/12/1999. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Travis Paints the Town".