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The Best Episodes of The Wombles Season 1

Every episode of The Wombles Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Wombles Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Wombles Season 1

The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC...

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  1. Background image for The Purple Paw Mystery
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #1 - The Purple Paw Mystery

    S1:E7

    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.

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  2. Background image for Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    S1:E1

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

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  3. Background image for Peep-Peep-Peep
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Peep-Peep-Peep

    S1:E6

    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"!

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  4. Background image for The Conkering Hero
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #4 - The Conkering Hero

    S1:E11

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

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  5. Background image for Tobermory On Television
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Tobermory On Television

    S1:E13

    Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

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    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:N/A
  6. Background image for Weighing In Time
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Weighing In Time

    S1:E17

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

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  8. Background image for What's Cooking?
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #7 - What's Cooking?

    S1:E26

    A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

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  9. Background image for The Cement Mixer
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #8 - The Cement Mixer

    S1:E29

    The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

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  10. Background image for The Rocking Chair
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #9 - The Rocking Chair

    S1:E2

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

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  11. Background image for Bungo's Birthday Party
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Bungo's Birthday Party

    S1:E8

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

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  12. Background image for Blow The Womble Down
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Blow The Womble Down

    S1:E15

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

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  13. Background image for Games In The Snow
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Games In The Snow

    S1:E24

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

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  14. Background image for The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #13 - The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    S1:E30

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

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  15. Background image for Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

    S1:E4

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

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  16. Background image for Crossed Lines
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #15 - Crossed Lines

    S1:E14

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

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  17. Background image for Madame Cholet Returns
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Madame Cholet Returns

    S1:E16

    Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

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  18. Background image for Musical Wombles
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #17 - Musical Wombles

    S1:E18

    The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  19. Background image for The Snow Wombles
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #18 - The Snow Wombles

    S1:E25

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

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  20. Background image for Spring Cleaning Time
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Spring Cleaning Time

    S1:E27

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

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  21. Background image for A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #20 - A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)

    S1:E3

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

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  22. Background image for A Safe Place
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #21 - A Safe Place

    S1:E5

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

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  23. Background image for Orinoco Sees The Light
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Orinoco Sees The Light

    S1:E10

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

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  24. Background image for Wombles And Ladders
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Wombles And Ladders

    S1:E19

    A ladder is adapted to Womble size

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  25. Background image for North, South, East, West
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #24 - North, South, East, West

    S1:E22

    Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

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    Director:Ivor Wood
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  26. Background image for Marrow Pie
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #25 - Marrow Pie

    S1:E28

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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Purple Paw Mystery" is the best rated episode of "The Wombles" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/14/1973. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella".