About this season
Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes.
Episodes (25)
2. Catnapped
Aired 16 September 1996 • 15 min
Someone threatens to kidnap Mrs Dribelle's cat Fluffykins. Bodger agrees to look after the cat while she finds a detective, so Mousey leaves home in protest.
3. Here Comes Smarty Pants!
Aired 23 September 1996 • 15 min
Mrs Dribelle has a sneaky new tenant, Alec Smart, who always has plenty of dishonest money-making schemes. When he notices Simon's expensive camera, he tricks the handyman into swapping it for some false stain remover.
4. Funny Money
Aired 30 September 1996 • 15 min
Mr Smart decides to buy Mrs Dribelle's house using money he got by photocopying £50 notes. Badger tries to cheer Simon up with practical jokes.
5. Wet Paint!
Aired 7 October 1996 • 15 min
Mr Smart is up to his tricks again - trying to make money from Badger's 'mash painting'.
6. Gnome from Gnome
Aired 14 October 1996 • 15 min
Mrs Dribelle's garden gnomes are going missing.
7. Mrs Dribelle's Big Day
Aired 21 October 1996 • 15 min
Will it be wedding bells for Mrs Dribelle and Mr Smart? Not if Badger and Mousey have anything to do with it.
8. World Badger Day
Aired 28 October 1996 • 15 min
Badger invents World Badger Day - a time when everyone has to be nice to all badgers (and mice).
10. Wotcha Vicky
Aired 11 November 1996 • 15 min
Badger gets a new friend when Vicky moves in upstairs and, what's more, she loves mashed potato!
11. Radio Competition
Aired 18 November 1996 • 15 min
Badger helps Vicky write a song for the radio, but the words don't come out as expected.
12. Monkey Trouble
Aired 25 November 1996 • 15 min
Vicky goes to the market and gets a drumming job where she has to dress up as a gorilla, so Bodger and Badger go to the market, but the gorilla outfit annoys Mrs Dribelle.
13. Say Cheese!
Aired 2 December 1996 • 15 min
When Mousey chews through Mrs Dribelle's best dress, there's trouble ahead.
14. Vicky is a Hit
Aired 9 December 1996 • 15 min
When Mrs Dribelle turns up unexpectedly, Vicky's drums go into the shower with her!
16. Mashy Christmas Everybody
Aired 1 January 1997 • 15 min
Badger and Mousey celebrate Christmas and remember some of their adventures this year.
17. Too Close For Comfort
Aired 6 January 1997 • 15 min
Mrs Dribelle moves into the flat upstairs and Simon sticks her wallpaper on with mashed potato by mistake. Then Badger and Mousey pretend to be ghosts to frighten her.
18. Good Luck, Vicky
Aired 13 January 1997 • 15 min
Mrs Dribelle tries to make Vicky work on her last afternoon, but Vicky has other plans.
19. The Mashy Mushtake
Aired 20 January 1997 • 15 min
Badger and Mousey get things mixed up, including Mrs Dribelle's beauty cream and some mashed potato.
20. While the Cat's Away
Aired 27 January 1997 • 15 min
Bodger and Mousey try to trap a burglar.
21. Mrs Dribelle's Dancing Partner
Aired 3 February 1997 • 15 min
Simon's shower isn't working but Mrs Dribelle is so wrapped up in her dancing he has to use her shower while she's out.
22. Vote for Me - Or Else!
Aired 10 February 1997 • 15 min
Mrs Dribelle stands for election to the town council - but will anyone vote for her?
23. Cuckoo
Aired 17 February 1997 • 15 min
After Simon inherits a grandfather clock, Badger and Mousey decide to turn it into a cuckoo clock.
24. The Mash Baa-sh
Aired 24 February 1997 • 15 min
When Badger can't sleep, Mousey suggests that he count sheep.
25. On The Blink
Aired 3 March 1997 • 15 min
Simon gets a letter telling him the video he sent of himself reading poems is going to be on the programme 'Say Cheese', but he runs into problems trying to watch it on TV.
26. Pasta Masha
Aired 10 March 1997 • 15 min
Badger has a visit from his Italian friend, a fellow badger who enjoys hurling spaghetti.
27. Clay Days
Aired 17 March 1997 • 15 min
Simon enters a pottery competition, but he doesn't expect Mousey to be in the pot.
28. The Time Masheen
Aired 24 March 1997 • 15 min
Badger and Mousey travel back in time to relive some of their favourite adventures.