The Wombles
The Wombles
TV ShowEnded

The Wombles

7.5 / 10
1973
2 seasons
60 episodes
AnimationFamily

The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    1.Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella

    05-02-1973

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

  • The Rocking Chair

    2.The Rocking Chair

    06-02-1973

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

  • A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)

    3.A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)

    07-02-1973

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

  • Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

    4.Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson

    09-02-1973

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

  • A Safe Place

    5.A Safe Place

    12-02-1973

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

  • Peep-Peep-Peep

    6.Peep-Peep-Peep

    13-02-1973

    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"!

  • The Purple Paw Mystery

    7.The Purple Paw Mystery

    14-02-1973

    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...

  • Bungo's Birthday Party

    8.Bungo's Birthday Party

    16-02-1973

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

  • The Invisible Womble

    9.The Invisible Womble

    19-02-1973

    Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.

  • Orinoco Sees The Light

    10.Orinoco Sees The Light

    20-02-1973

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

  • The Conkering Hero

    11.The Conkering Hero

    21-02-1973

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

  • One Pair Of Feet

    12.One Pair Of Feet

    23-02-1973

    After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...

  • Tobermory On Television

    13.Tobermory On Television

    26-02-1973

    Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.

  • Crossed Lines

    14.Crossed Lines

    27-02-1973

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

  • Blow The Womble Down

    15.Blow The Womble Down

    28-02-1973

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

  • Madame Cholet Returns

    16.Madame Cholet Returns

    02-03-1973

    Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.

  • Weighing In Time

    17.Weighing In Time

    18-06-1973

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

  • Musical Wombles

    18.Musical Wombles

    19-06-1973

    The Wombles make music with tins and cans.

  • Wombles And Ladders

    19.Wombles And Ladders

    20-06-1973

    A ladder is adapted to Womble size

  • Orinoco And The Ghost

    20.Orinoco And The Ghost

    21-06-1973

    Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house

  • A Game Of Golf

    21.A Game Of Golf

    22-06-1973

    Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction

  • North, South, East, West

    22.North, South, East, West

    25-06-1973

    Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.

  • The Picnic

    23.The Picnic

    26-06-1973

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

  • Games In The Snow

    24.Games In The Snow

    27-06-1973

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

  • The Snow Wombles

    25.The Snow Wombles

    28-06-1973

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

  • What's Cooking?

    26.What's Cooking?

    29-06-1973

    A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.

  • Spring Cleaning Time

    27.Spring Cleaning Time

    02-07-1973

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

  • Marrow Pie

    28.Marrow Pie

    03-07-1973

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

  • The Cement Mixer

    29.The Cement Mixer

    05-07-1973

    The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.

  • The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    30.The Circus Comes To Wimbledon

    06-07-1973

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

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