About this season
Pipkins was a British children's TV programme. Hartley Hare, Pig, Topov and the gang were the stars of ATV's pre-school series which ran from January 1973 to 29 December 1981.
Episodes (20)
1. The Sink
Aired 11 September 1978 • 15 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 12 September 1978 • 15 min
3. Let's Make an Opera
Aired 13 September 1978 • 15 min
It all started as a game - instead of talking to each other you sing to each other. This leads to a Pipkins play, with singing instead of talking...
4. Episode 4
Aired 14 September 1978 • 15 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 15 September 1978 • 15 min
6. Gnome Sweet Gnome
Aired 16 October 1978 • 15 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 17 October 1978 • 15 min
8. Hartley and Granny Atlas
Aired 18 October 1978 • 15 min
Grannies aren't usually strong enough to lift heavy weights - even if they can roller skate. But Hartley discovers differently in this episode...
9. The Broom Seller
Aired 19 October 1978 • 15 min
Playing at market stalls is fun. It's even more enjoyable if someone else plays at buying items from your market stall. But no one seems prepared to buy anything from Hartley...
10. Bedtime
Aired 20 October 1978 • 15 min
Topov thinks it's unfair that he should have to go to bed first just because he is the youngest. But he soon changes his mind when he goes to bed late...
11. Hartley and the Dog
Aired 20 November 1978 • 15 min
Not every Hare has a dog in the yard, but Hartley finds one there. He decides that if the dog is to come and live with them, it might as well be trained to do something useful...
12. Episode 12
Aired 21 November 1978 • 15 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 22 November 1978 • 15 min
14. Uncle and the Marrow
Aired 23 November 1978 • 15 min
This was nearly the sad tale about the fate of the most beautiful marrow ever grown by Hartley's Uncle. But as it turns out, Uncle makes one of the most amazing and wonderful discoveries of his life...
15. The Royal Astronomer
Aired 24 November 1978 • 15 min
Hartley wants to be an astronomer, but there is more to it than looking through a telescope. You have to know when to look, where to look and it's better if you're not helped by Topov...
16. Episode 16
Aired 25 December 1978 • 15 min
17. Shadows
Aired 26 December 1978 • 15 min
Shadows and strange noises can be frightening, unless you know what they are...
18. Weighing Tortoise
Aired 27 December 1978 • 15 min
Tortoise has his own lift, but something has happened to it. Hartley cannot turn the handle...
19. Hartley Laureate
Aired 28 December 1978 • 15 min
Hartley is a poet, so the whole world has to know it, and he soon becomes very boring...
20. Someone's Birthday
Aired 29 December 1978 • 15 min
Whose birthday is it ? Even if Hartley can find out, how can he provide a present if no one has any money ?