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The Worst Episodes of Bob the Builder

Every episode of Bob the Builder ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Bob the Builder!

Worst episode
S6E6 Lofty and the Giant Carrot
4.530 votes
Best episode
S10E6 Where's Robert?
9.466 votes
Top season
Season 10
8.2avg
Binge time
1d 18h
255 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Bob the Builder Season 6 Episode 6 - Lofty and the Giant Carrot
    4.5/10(30 votes)

    S6:E6

    Lofty finds a giant carrot & gets scared.

    Director:Nick Herbert
    Writer:Jimmy Hibbert

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  2. Bob the Builder Season 4 Episode 3 - Roley's Animal Rescue
    5.0/10(18 votes)

    S4:E3

    Bob finds a hibernating Porcupine in Farmer Pickles' cottage so he sends Scoop to take it back to the yard. Roley decides to look after it. When Farmer Pickles arrives to see Wendy, Scruffty jumps out of Travis' trailer and he and Pilchard chase each other. Roley worries that it might wake the Porcupine.

    Director:Brian Little
    Writer:Chris Trengove

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  3. Bob the Builder Season 5 Episode 8 - Pilchard Steals the Show
    5.2/10(22 votes)

    S5:E8

    When Scoop notices that Farmer Pickles has entered Scruffty into the dog show, he becomes determined to enter Pilchard, even though she's a cat!

    Director:Sarah Ball
    Writer:Jimmy Hibbert

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  4. Bob the Builder Season 15 Episode 3 - Roley Brings The House Down
    4.9/10(15 votes)

    S15:E3

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bob the Builder Season 3 Episode 12 - Muck's Sleep-Over
    5.4/10(25 votes)

    S3:E12

    Bob and the machines are working at a tunnel overnight. Muck is staying overnight at the farm with Travis. However, he gets scared of the dark and Spud's scary noises and runs away and goes missing. Meanwhile, Pilchard investigates an owl hoot and also goes missing and Spud gets lost in the woods.

    Director:Sarah Ball
    Writer:Ben Randall

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  6. Bob the Builder Season 9 Episode 2 - Bob the Farmer
    4.7/10(11 votes)

    S9:E2

    Bob volunteers to look after the farm while Farmer Pickles takes Humpty to a pig show but he soon has his hands full when all the animals escape.

    Director:Gilly Fogg
    Writer:Glenn Dakin

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  7. Bob the Builder Season 9 Episode 9 - Muck's Surprise
    4.8/10(10 votes)

    S9:E9

    Bob's gang builds a summer house as an anniversary present for Mrs. Bentley, but Muck nearly ruins the surprise.

    Director:Gilly Fogg
    Writer:Marc Seal

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  8. Bob the Builder Season 4 Episode 5 - One Shot Wendy
    5.4/10(18 votes)

    S4:E5

    Wendy and the machines are building a crazy golf course. Bob prepares a windmill for one of the holes. Wendy finds out that she has the instructions for Bob's windmill, but when Wendy phones Bob he says he doesn't need them. Back at the yard, there's one finished Bob-sized windmill.

    Director:Brian Little
    Writers:Ben Randall, Simon Jowett

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  9. Bob the Builder Season 4 Episode 11 - Roley and the Rock Star
    5.5/10(19 votes)

    S4:E11

    Roley gets excited when Bob builds a pond in his favourite rock star's garden.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bob the Builder Season 4 Episode 8 - Farmer Pickles' Pigpen
    5.5/10(18 votes)

    S4:E8

    Farmer Pickles asks Bob to build a dog house for Scruffty, and drops his phone. Mrs Percival phones to remind Farmer Pickles to look after the guinea-pigs for the school holidays, and Wendy answers it. Wendy sends Scoop off with the phone and the message, but he passes it on to Spud, who passes it on to Travis. When Farmer Pickles gets the message, he thinks he's getting a delivery of little pigs and realises he has nowhere to put them.

    Director:Brian Little
    Writer:Jimmy Hibbert

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  11. Bob the Builder Season 5 Episode 1 - Scruffty's Big Dig
    5.7/10(23 votes)

    S5:E1

    Whilst chasing rabbits in a field, Scruffty falls down a hole. Muck is spooked by the noises he makes and thinks it's a ghost. He calls Bob to have a look and then Lofty hauls Scruffty out of the hole.

    Director:Nick Herbert
    Writer:Diane Redmond

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  12. Bob the Builder Season 5 Episode 9 - Bob's Hide
    5.5/10(16 votes)

    S5:E9

    Bob, Mr Bentley and the machines are building a bird hide at the nature reserve and then waiting to catch a glimpse of the rare Grebe Warbler. But instead they see Spud disguised as the bird!

    Director:Liz Whitaker
    Writer:James Henry

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  13. Bob the Builder Season 17 Episode 9 - Dizzy In Charge
    5.2/10(11 votes)

    S17:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Bob the Builder Season 4 Episode 4 - Scarecrow Dizzy
    5.6/10(18 votes)

    S4:E4

    Bob and Wendy are working on a shed and a painting job for Farmer Pickles. Dizzy has to guard the wet cement while Bob gets the shed to put up. Meanwhile, things go wrong when Wendy lets Spud help to paint the farmhouse.

    Director:Brian Little
    Writer:James Henry

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  15. Bob the Builder Season 4 Episode 12 - Scruffty the Detective
    5.6/10(18 votes)

    S4:E12

    Bob is building a time capsule for Mr Ellis. It is to be buried outside the museum and in 100 years time someone will open it. However, when Spud finds it, he takes it away thinking it's a treasure chest! He throws everything out of it and plans to bury it himself. Will someone find Spud and the missing time capsule before Spud buries it?

    Director:Sarah Ball
    Writer:Sarah Ball

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  16. Bob the Builder Season 9 Episode 7 - Where's Muck
    5.0/10(9 votes)

    S9:E7

    Bob and the team are repairing an eroded river bank in the countryside when Muck tries to bring a lost duck he/she named Quack back to his family.

    Director:Gilly Fogg
    Writer:Peter Richard Reeves

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  17. Bob the Builder Season 17 Episode 5 - Roley’s Rovers
    5.4/10(13 votes)

    S17:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sharon Miller

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  18. Bob the Builder Season 8 Episode 13 - Scruffty on Guard
    5.2/10(10 votes)

    S8:E13

    Farmer Pickles has a new family of pigs delivered to his farm, and Bob must build a new home for them.

    Director:Gilly Fogg
    Writer:Glenn Dakin

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  19. Bob the Builder Season 9 Episode 1 - Scoop the Disco Digger
    5.2/10(10 votes)

    S9:E1

    Scoop is busy helping Bob and doesn't have time to learn to dance for a special dance display.

    Director:Andy Burns
    Writer:Diane Redmond

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  20. Bob the Builder Season 9 Episode 4 - Spud's Statue
    5.2/10(10 votes)

    S9:E4

    Spud breaks Molly's statue, so he tries to make a new one out of Bob's building materials only to leave Bob without the wood to fix the pavilion.

    Director:Andy Burns
    Writer:Jimmy Hibbert

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  21. Bob the Builder Season 14 Episode 5 - Muck’s Mootastic Dairy
    5.2/10(10 votes)

    S14:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bob the Builder Season 7 Episode 3 - Trix and the Otters
    5.4/10(12 votes)

    S7:E3

    Molly sees a family of otters by a stream. Trix wants to watch them too, but they are scared when they see a big shiny machine. Muck devises a good way to watch them.

    Director:Sarah Ball
    Writer:Lee Price

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  23. Bob the Builder Season 7 Episode 11 - Lofty's Long Load
    5.4/10(12 votes)

    S7:E11

    Bob is building a through-lounge for Mr and Mrs Bentley. He asks Lofty to carry the long metal girder. But when Dizzy and Trix decide to have a race, the girder accidentally damages the sides of a bridge.

    Director:Liz Whitaker
    Writer:Guy Hallifax

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  24. Bob the Builder Season 16 Episode 9 - Roley’s Flat Graden
    5.4/10(12 votes)

    S16:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bob the Builder Season 8 Episode 10 - First Aid Molly
    5.3/10(10 votes)

    S8:E10

    Molly wants to be a doctor.

    Director:Liz Whitaker
    Writer:Peter Richard Reeves

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lofty and the Giant Carrot" is the worst rated episode of Bob the Builder. It scored 4.5/10 from 30 votes. Directed by Nick Herbert and written by Jimmy Hibbert, it aired on September 7, 2002. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Roley's Animal Rescue".

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