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The Best Episodes of Watership Down Season 1

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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
    Watership Down Season 1 Episode 1 - The Promised Land
    9.0/10(19 votes)

    #1 - The Promised Land

    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 2 - Home on the Down
    9.0/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Home on the Down

    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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  3. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 3 - The Easy Life
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #3 - The Easy Life

    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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  4. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 4 - Strawberry Fayre
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Strawberry Fayre

    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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  5. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 5 - The Shadow of Efrefa
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #5 - The Shadow of Efrefa

    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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  6. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 6 - The Raid
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #6 - The Raid

    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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  7. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 7 - Challenge to Efrefa
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Challenge to Efrefa

    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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  8. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 8 - Escape from Efrefa
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Escape from Efrefa

    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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  9. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 9 - The Vision
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #9 - The Vision

    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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  10. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 10 - A Tale of a Mouse
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #10 - A Tale of a Mouse

    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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  11. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 11 - Lost
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Lost

    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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  12. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 12 - Friends and Enemy
    9.0/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Friends and Enemy

    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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  13. Watership Down Season 1 Episode 13 - Kidnapped
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Kidnapped

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Promised Land" is the best rated episode of "Watership Down" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Troy Sullivan and written by Martin Riley, it aired on 9/28/1999. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Home on the Down".