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The Best Episodes of Watership Down

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Follows the lives of a group of rabbits as they leave their endangered warren in search of a safe new home. They travel across the English countryside, braving perilous danger, until they find a hill

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Watership Down Season 1 Episode 1 - The Promised Land
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    S1:E1

    Seven of the rabbits from Sandleford Warren set out in search of the 'High Lonely Hills' that Fiver has seen in a vision as being a place of safety. Along the way they encounter many dangers such as the river and a dog.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Martin Riley

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  2. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 5 - The Shadow of Efrefa
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    S1:E5

    Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig decide to take a visit to Efrafa after hearing reports that Efrafa want to kill all outsiders. Hazel encounters General Woundwort and asks him a few questions, unaware Woundwort is set out to kill him. While there, Hazel falls for a rabbit called Primrose. After Fiver has a vision about Woundwort's past they escape, making a new enemy in the process.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Peter Colley

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  3. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 8 - Escape from Efrefa
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    S1:E8

    Bigwig joins Efrafa and plans to help Primrose escape. Meanwhile, Hazel and the others are still stuck under the stone bridge with the Efrafan guards on top of it. They hatch a plan with Kehaar and flee towards the grounds of Efrafa. They meet Bigwig there and he tells them of his plan to free Primrose and Blackavar. After some time, they finally elude the Efrafans and make their escape on a boat, leaving Woundwort raging.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Roger Stennett

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  4. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 3 - The Easy Life
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    S1:E3

    In search of Pimpernel, the rabbits travel to a nearby warren believed to be a place of safety. This warren, led by Cowslip, seems a little too good to be true...and it is!

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Martin Riley

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  5. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 2 - Home on the Down
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    S1:E2

    The rabbits begin to settle into their new home on the down, however problems become apparent. The burrows need digging, but there's only one doe and bucks don't dig!! There's also a weasel that arrives at the down. Meanwhile, a mysterious visitor is looking for Bigwig.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Martin Riley

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  6. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 12 - Friends and Enemy
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    S1:E12

    Certain that the Efrafans are getting closer to the warren, Hazel and his friends decide to leave false trails leading them astray. However trouble lies for Captain Campion as he has an encounter with a Hawk. Hazel helps Campion but puts his own life in danger when they both meet an enemy the two of them have never encountered before.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Anna Bourque

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  7. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 1 - Prisoner of Efrafa
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    S2:E1

    The rabbits find out the Efrafans have captured Pipkin. Woundwort begins to treat Pipkin well, in order to find out the location of his warren. Meanwhile, Hazel hatches a plan to free Pipkin with help from Campion. They manage to grab as many animals as they can in order to make his plan work, and in the end it works better than they expected.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 4 - Strawberry Fayre
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    S1:E4

    Free from Cowslip's warren, Strawberry begins to settle in at the down. Meanwhile, Bigwig hears of a vicious warren called Efrafa and investigates further.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:David Finley

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  9. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 6 - The Raid
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    S1:E6

    Hazel travels to Nuthanger farm with Pipkin and Fiver to get some new hutch-rabbits to come and join them, in fear that if they don't have enough rabbits living with them they will be wiped out by Efrafa. Hazel heads for trouble involving a man and a gun. They bring back a new rabbit, called Clover.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Roger Stennett

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  10. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 7 - Challenge to Efrefa
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    S1:E7

    Hazel, Bigwig, Fiver, Hawkbit and Blackberry all set off to help rescue Primrose and Blackavar from Efrafa. However, they get trapped under a stone bridge. Bigwig and Hazel have yet another argument and Bigwig storms off, forming a plan to rescue Blackavar and Primrose.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Roger Stennett

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  11. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 10 - A Tale of a Mouse
    6.2/10(18 votes)

    S1:E10

    Hazel, having had new babies, decides to take a trip to the farm with Bigwig, Fiver, and Hawkbit in order to find food for the baby rabbits. Everything seems to be going well until they encounter a dog and a cat. Hannah gets herself into trouble too.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Roger Stennett

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  12. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 13 - Kidnapped
    6.2/10(17 votes)

    S1:E13

    Bigwig and Hazel worry about Watership Down being wiped out and that they have no idea of Woundwort's plans. Deciding that they will try to get Campion on their side they find him out on patrol and ask him to join up with them. Things seem to be going well, until Pipkin is taken away by the river after attempting to swim.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writers:Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford

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  13. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 8 - Christmas on Watership Down (1)
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    S2:E8

    It's snowing and the grass has turned white. The rabbits plan on having a big feast. But with no food Hazel, Bigwig, Hawkbit, Dandelion, Fiver and Kehaar set off to find some. They become lost, and encounter danger with a fox and ice. A rabbit named Buttercup comes along and allows the rabbits to say at her warren, right near a man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 13 - The Homecoming
    6.2/10(11 votes)

    S2:E13

    Vervain, now a slave, escapes and manages to find Hazel's warren. Vervain tells Woundwort and Campion is horrified. Campion sets off to warn Hazel, and is then amazed by the beauty of Watership Down when he sees it for himself. Hazel and his friends set traps for Woundwort's arrival. It is love at first sight for Blackberry and Campion. Now begins the final battle, and Fiver's scary vision becomes reality.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Watership Down Season 3 Episode 9 - The Eyes of Silverweed
    6.2/10(8 votes)

    S3:E9

    Silverweed traps Fiver in a twisted dreamworld illusion, allowing him to invade Fiver's mind and see through his eyes to learn the location of Watership Down for his master, Woundwort. Fiver manages to fight off Silverweed's hold, but not before Silverweed deduces that Watership Down is "in the high hills, near a lone beech tree." Hazel realizes how dangerous Silverweed is so he and the others journey to Darkhaven with the intent of kidnapping him. Meanwhile, Campion and Blackberry have the same idea, whilst Granite becomes Woundwort's new second-in-command when he challenges Vervain to single combat. Vervain forfeits rather than face the stronger Granite.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 11 - Lost
    6.1/10(18 votes)

    S1:E11

    Wondering the burrow, Hawkbit discovers a strange chamber and believes he saw The Black Rabbit of Inlé. Concerned, Hawkbit goes to check it out again with Hazel and Fiver, but they encounter a cave-in. Bigwig believes Hazel, Fiver and Hawkbit have been kidnapped by Efrafa.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:David Finley

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  17. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 7 - The Great Game
    6.0/10(14 votes)

    S2:E7

    Knowing Campion is still under arrest and Vervain is starving him to death, Hazel decides he must do something to help. The rabbits make a cunning plan to turn Vervain into a mad bunny! Afterwards Campion is soon up and running again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 9 - Christmas on Watership Down (2)
    6.0/10(17 votes)

    S2:E9

    Unconvinced that Buttercup's warren is safe, Hazel and his friends decide to flee during night. However they soon find out that Buttercup's warren is harmless, and the men that live nearby are harmless as well. Buttercup lets them take as much food as they want and Kehaar leads them back home safely to Watership Down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 12 - Bigwig's Way
    5.9/10(12 votes)

    S2:E12

    Bigwig sets up an early morning Owsla patrol, but Hannah doesn't show up for her training. Later, she turns up with Hickory, excited that Hickory and Marigold have baby rabbits. Bigwig is annoyed with her and after an argument, Hannah leaves the down. Kehaar manages to convince Hannah to come to Redstone and she agrees. On her way to Redstone, she ends up stranded up a tree, and meets a Squirrel called Tassle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 5 - The Stand
    5.8/10(14 votes)

    S2:E5

    Hickory and Marigold finally make their escape from Cowslip's warren, bringing along some friends with them. Bigwig and his friends help Hickory set up a warren at Redstone. Unawares to anyone, Cowslip has been watching them and meets up with Woundwort. Campion warns Hazel that Woundwort will attack at dawn. Woundwort is disappointed to find Redstone empty and heads off to Cowslip's warren where he is almost caught by the shining wire. Campion, however, is caught by Vervain and arrested.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Watership Down Season 3 Episode 1 - Campion Lives
    5.8/10(9 votes)

    S3:E1

    The Efrafan Owsla flee the collapsing caverns leaving only Woundwort, Vervain, Moss, and a handful of officers alive. Realizing that not even the cave-in will stop General Woundwort from trying to destroy them, Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig make preparations to wage war on Efrafa with Pipkin recruiting all of his animal friends. Fiver meanwhile senses that Campion is not dead, and indeed the Efrafan captain manages to pull himself free from the rubble of the caverns alive but horribly scarred. He meets the Black Rabbit of Inlé, who tells him his time has not yet come and that he has a special destiny in store for him. Meanwhile Moss, seeing that Woundwort is going mad, teams up with a doe named Heather to overthrow him but the Watershippers attack Efrafa in full force.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Watership Down Season 3 Episode 11 - The Betrayal
    5.8/10(8 votes)

    S3:E11

    Spartina soon gets found out by the other Watership Down rabbits and she confesses everything, even admitting putting Blackberry in danger. After finding out about Spartina's betrayal, Woundwort uses her and Blackberry to make Campion confess where Watership Down is and to lead his army into battle there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 9 - The Vision
    5.6/10(16 votes)

    S1:E9

    Primrose feels a little homesick for Redstone. Hazel agrees to take her back despite Fiver's warning that Redstone is empty. On the down, Fiver has another vision that one of their past enemies will return. Meanwhile, Hazel and Primrose are shocked to find that Fiver was right about Redstone being empty. The only one left there is Captain Broom.

    Director:Troy Sullivan
    Writer:Roger Stennett

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  24. Watership Down Season 3 Episode 13 - The Magic
    5.6/10(10 votes)

    S3:E13

    It's time to end the battle once and for all. Both sides collide and there can be only one winner. Bigwig goes one on one with Woundwort and Hannah plans to use 'the magic' to finally be rid of Woundwort forever. Silverweed knows that a high price must be made to use it so he plans to use it, instead of Hannah.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Watership Down Season 2 Episode 2 - The Roundabout
    5.5/10(14 votes)

    S2:E2

    Hickory and Marigold decide it's time to leave Cowslip's warren and set off to find Hazel. Hazel agrees to help them escape, and Hawkbit and Dandelion give them lessons on how to live outside in freedom. Hickory and Marigold decide to start a new warren. Concerned, Primrose suggests that they move into Redstone. Trouble is ahead of them though, when Hickory gets trapped on a roundabout.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Promised Land" is the best rated episode of "Watership Down". It scored 7.1/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Troy Sullivan and written by Martin Riley, it aired on 9/28/1999. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Shadow of Efrefa".