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 (41)
1. The Barbecue
Aired 29 January 1979 • 15 min
Octavia is going to give everyone a treat in Pipkins. Everyone, that is who is old enough to enjoy it...
2. Episode 2
Aired 30 January 1979 • 15 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 31 January 1979 • 15 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 1 February 1979 • 15 min
5. Cry Hare
Aired 2 February 1979 • 15 min
6. Oh, What a Circus!
Aired 5 March 1979 • 15 min
7. Trifle
Aired 6 March 1979 • 15 min
8. Tortoise Rules, O.K ?
Aired 7 March 1979 • 15 min
9. Treat Week
Aired 8 March 1979 • 15 min
10. The Magic Stork
Aired 9 March 1979 • 15 min
11. Tom Thumb
Aired 9 April 1979 • 15 min
12. Knees and Elbows
Aired 10 April 1979 • 15 min
13. The Plant Growers
Aired 11 April 1979 • 15 min
Pipkins look after Mrs McNamarra's plants while she is on holiday...
14. Alive, Alive Oh
Aired 12 April 1979 • 15 min
15. Pig In Trouble
Aired 13 April 1979 • 15 min
16. Moving Out
Aired 11 December 1979 • 15 min
Everything needs mending in Pipkins but Tortoise says it will cost too much. So they all decide to move to a new place, where things actually work...
17. Moving In
Aired 12 December 1979 • 15 min
18. Topov's Place
Aired 13 December 1979 • 15 min
19. Odd One Out
Aired 14 December 1979 • 15 min
Hartley wants to go fishing but everyone else would rather go to the park. How can the problem be solved ?
20. The Haunted House
Aired 1 January 1980 • 15 min
Witches are about at Pipkins. Doors shut without anyone touching them and there are strange clankings and creakings. It gets so bad that a visitor wishes he had never called...
21. The Birdwatcher
Aired 8 January 1980 • 15 min
Hartley knows that birds fly in the sky. He also knows that they sit in the trees and run about in the grass. But when he sets out to do some birdwatching they all vanish...
22. Getting Tom's Attention
Aired 15 January 1980 • 15 min
Tom finds a way of helping Topov get over a bicycle accident - he gives him some special cake and reads him a story. Naturally, Hartley and co go out to get some cake and stories of their own...
23. All That Glitters
Aired 22 January 1980 • 15 min
Hartley dreams about what he would do if he found a diamond worth a great deal of money...
24. The Monster
Aired 29 January 1980 • 15 min
Hartley is spending a lot of time in his bedroom because he thinks there is a monster in the cellar...
25. The Dressing Up Parade
Aired 5 February 1980 • 15 min
Hartley dresses up and pretends to be someone else, his dressing up costume provides problems though...
26. Why Can't Teddy Go Home ?
Aired 12 February 1980 • 15 min
Topov's teddy bear has an accident while playing. Can his arm be mended ?
27. The Allotment
Aired 19 February 1980 • 15 min
28. The Invisible Hare
Aired 26 February 1980 • 15 min
A rather strange thing is happening to Hartley - people don't seem to see him. They look through him as though he isn't actually there...
29. Many Paws Make Light Work
Aired 4 March 1980 • 15 min
Hartley finds it difficult to do two things at once - he can't be on the phone in his study and also fetch Pig what he wants from the cellar. Luckily, an unexpected visitor helps out...
30. Pipkin of the Year
Aired 11 March 1980 • 15 min
Some people are better at some things than others. But nobody is best at everything. Hartley discovers there are people who can actually do things that he can't...
31. Quiet Please
Aired 18 March 1980 • 15 min
Hartley has trouble learning the words of a song because of all the noise Pig and Tom are making but when he tries to stop the noise, he interrupts the smooth running of Pipkins...
32. The More the Merrier
Aired 25 March 1980 • 15 min
Hartley decides to put on a play, but he soon runs into difficulties because he wants to do everything himself...
33. Body Beautiful
Aired 1 April 1980 • 15 min
Hartley has become too big for his dressing gown. How did it happen and what can he do to make himself smaller again ? Can Pig's intervention solve the problems ?
34. Topov the Lookout
Aired 8 April 1980 • 15 min
Pig is making something secret in the cellar and doesn't want anyone to come near. So he orders Topov to guard the gate and keep people out. But Sophie and Hartley find themselves on the wrong side of it...
35. Hartley in a Hurry
Aired 15 April 1980 • 15 min
36. Topov Asks Why
Aired 22 April 1980 • 15 min
37. Uncle's Whistle
Aired 29 April 1980 • 15 min
Uncle Hare's system for stopping the cow from eating his carrots doesn't always work...
38. Clean Sweep
Aired 6 May 1980 • 15 min
When Hartley decides to clean up Pipkins, he throws away more than just rubbish...
39. The Grass is Greener
Aired 13 May 1980 • 15 min
Topov is unhappy. He thinks there are better places to live than Pipkins and that everyone else is better off...
40. Hartley the Conjuror
Aired 20 May 1980 • 15 min
Mrs Muddle, Pipkins next door neighbour returns some eggs. Hartley is pleased, as he knows a few tricks with eggs...
41. Painting
Aired 27 May 1980 • 15 min
Hartley shows Pig that painting is not like a photograph. When you look at a painting, it is just a lot of splodges and blobs. But when you stand back, you see something quite different...