About this season
The misadventures of a small community dedicated to cleaning up litter and putting it to their own use.
Episodes (30)
1. Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
Aired 5 February 1973
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
2. The Rocking Chair
Aired 6 February 1973
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
3. A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
Aired 7 February 1973
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
4. Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
Aired 9 February 1973
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
5. A Safe Place
Aired 12 February 1973
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
6. Peep-Peep-Peep
Aired 13 February 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"!
7. The Purple Paw Mystery
Aired 14 February 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 the ink, but when he cuts corners he creates a mess around the entire burrow.
8. Bungo's Birthday Party
Aired 16 February 1973
Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.
9. The Invisible Womble
Aired 19 February 1973
Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.
10. Orinoco Sees The Light
Aired 20 February 1973
Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.
11. The Conkering Hero
Aired 21 February 1973
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
12. One Pair Of Feet
Aired 23 February 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...
13. Tobermory On Television
Aired 26 February 1973
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
14. Crossed Lines
Aired 27 February 1973
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.
15. Blow The Womble Down
Aired 28 February 1973
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
16. Madame Cholet Returns
Aired 2 March 1973
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
17. Weighing In Time
Aired 18 June 1973
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
18. Musical Wombles
Aired 19 June 1973
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
19. Wombles And Ladders
Aired 20 June 1973
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
20. Orinoco And The Ghost
Aired 21 June 1973
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
21. A Game Of Golf
Aired 22 June 1973
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
22. North, South, East, West
Aired 25 June 1973
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
23. The Picnic
Aired 26 June 1973
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
24. Games In The Snow
Aired 27 June 1973
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
25. The Snow Wombles
Aired 28 June 1973
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
26. What's Cooking?
Aired 29 June 1973
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
27. Spring Cleaning Time
Aired 2 July 1973
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
28. Marrow Pie
Aired 3 July 1973
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
29. The Cement Mixer
Aired 5 July 1973
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
30. The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
Aired 6 July 1973
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.