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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!

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Wombles Season 1 Episode 1 - Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  2. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 2 - The Rocking Chair
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  3. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 3 - A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  4. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 4 - Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  5. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 5 - A Safe Place
    6.7/10(15 votes)

    #5 - A Safe Place

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  6. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 6 - Peep-Peep-Peep
    7.0/10(16 votes)

    #6 - 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"!

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  7. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 7 - The Purple Paw Mystery
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  8. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 8 - Bungo's Birthday Party
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  9. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 9 - The Invisible Womble
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #9 - The Invisible Womble

    S1:E9

    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

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  10. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 10 - Orinoco Sees The Light
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  11. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 11 - The Conkering Hero
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #11 - The Conkering Hero

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  12. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 12 - One Pair Of Feet
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #12 - One Pair Of Feet

    S1:E12

    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

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  13. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 13 - Tobermory On Television
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Tobermory On Television

    S1:E13

    Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  14. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 14 - Crossed Lines
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  15. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 15 - Blow The Womble Down
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Blow The Womble Down

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  16. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 16 - Madame Cholet Returns
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Madame Cholet Returns

    S1:E16

    Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  17. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 17 - Weighing In Time
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Weighing In Time

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  18. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 18 - Musical Wombles
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Musical Wombles

    S1:E18

    The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  19. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 19 - Wombles And Ladders
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Wombles And Ladders

    S1:E19

    A ladder is adapted to Womble size

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  20. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 20 - Orinoco And The Ghost
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Orinoco And The Ghost

    S1:E20

    Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  21. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 21 - A Game Of Golf
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #21 - A Game Of Golf

    S1:E21

    Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  22. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 22 - North, South, East, West
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #22 - North, South, East, West

    S1:E22

    Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  23. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 23 - The Picnic
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #23 - The Picnic

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  24. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 24 - Games In The Snow
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Games In The Snow

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  25. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 25 - The Snow Wombles
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #25 - The Snow Wombles

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella" is the best rated episode of "The Wombles" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Ivor Wood and written by Elizabeth Beresford, it aired on 2/5/1973. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Rocking Chair".