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

    #1 - 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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  2. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 7 - Speak Up
    6.2/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Speak Up

    S2:E7

    Tomsk accidentally joins the water pipe to the telephone pipe.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  3. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 9 - Madame Cholet & the Blackberries
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Madame Cholet & the Blackberries

    S2:E9

    Nobody will pick any blackberries, and that makes Madame Cholet angry.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

    #4 - Wombles And Ladders

    S1:E19

    A ladder is adapted to Womble size

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

    #5 - A Game Of Golf

    S1:E21

    Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

    #6 - 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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  7. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 28 - Marrow Pie
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #7 - Marrow Pie

    S1:E28

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  8. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 2 - Time And Slow Motion
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Time And Slow Motion

    S2:E2

    Tobermory organises the young Wombles' tidying-up methods.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

    #9 - Musical Wombles

    S1:E18

    The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

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

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

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

    #13 - 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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  14. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 4 - The Largest Womble In The World
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #14 - The Largest Womble In The World

    S2:E4

    Orinoco uses a coat and a pair of boots to trick Bungo and Tomsk.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  15. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 6 - Orinoco's Midnight Feast
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Orinoco's Midnight Feast

    S2:E6

    Orinoco's greed ruins a midnight feast.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  16. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 8 - The Vanishing Pancake
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #16 - The Vanishing Pancake

    S2:E8

    Orinoco goes fishing for pancakes after being shooed out of the kitchen.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

    #17 - 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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  18. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 27 - Spring Cleaning Time
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Spring Cleaning Time

    S1:E27

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  19. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 29 - The Cement Mixer
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #19 - The Cement Mixer

    S1:E29

    The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

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

    #21 - 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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  22. The Wombles Season 1 Episode 30 - The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #22 - The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    S1:E30

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

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  23. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 3 - Tomsk In Trouble
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Tomsk In Trouble

    S2:E3

    Tomsk cannot make his bed so builds a hammock.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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  24. The Wombles Season 2 Episode 5 - Running Out Of Steam
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Running Out Of Steam

    S2:E5

    Wellington, Tomsk and Bungo make their own train.

    Director:Ivor Wood
    Writer:Elizabeth Beresford

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

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Orinoco And The Ghost" is the worst rated episode of "The Wombles". It scored 6.2/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Ivor Wood and written by Elizabeth Beresford, it aired on 6/21/1973. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Speak Up".