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The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
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Season 1

  • Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
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    Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Rocking Chair
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    The Rocking Chair

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/6/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

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

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
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    Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • A Safe Place
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    A Safe Place

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Peep-Peep-Peep
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    Peep-Peep-Peep

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/1973

    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"!

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Purple Paw Mystery
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    The Purple Paw Mystery

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1973

    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.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Bungo's Birthday Party
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    Bungo's Birthday Party

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/16/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Invisible Womble
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    The Invisible Womble

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/19/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Orinoco Sees The Light
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    Orinoco Sees The Light

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/20/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Conkering Hero
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    The Conkering Hero

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/21/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • One Pair Of Feet
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    One Pair Of Feet

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Tobermory On Television
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    Tobermory On Television

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/1973

    Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Crossed Lines
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    Crossed Lines

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Blow The Womble Down
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    Blow The Womble Down

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/28/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Madame Cholet Returns
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    Madame Cholet Returns

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/1973

    Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Weighing In Time
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    Weighing In Time

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/18/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Musical Wombles
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    Musical Wombles

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/19/1973

    The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Wombles And Ladders
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    Wombles And Ladders

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/20/1973

    A ladder is adapted to Womble size

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Orinoco And The Ghost
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    Orinoco And The Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/21/1973

    Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • A Game Of Golf
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    A Game Of Golf

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/22/1973

    Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • North, South, East, West
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    North, South, East, West

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/25/1973

    Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Picnic
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    The Picnic

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/26/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Games In The Snow
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    Games In The Snow

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/27/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Snow Wombles
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    The Snow Wombles

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/28/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • What's Cooking?
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    What's Cooking?

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 6/29/1973

    A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Spring Cleaning Time
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    Spring Cleaning Time

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 7/2/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • Marrow Pie
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    Marrow Pie

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 7/3/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Cement Mixer
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    The Cement Mixer

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 7/5/1973

    The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford

  • The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
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    The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 7/6/1973

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

    Director: Ivor Wood

    Writer: Elizabeth Beresford