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 (25)
1. Johnny’s Flat, Hartley’s Office
Aired 5 August 1974 • 15 min
Johnny is now in charge but without Mr Pipkin to teach him to make puppets, how will he earn money to buy food ? He has an idea…
2. Their First Job
Aired 6 August 1974 • 15 min
Johnny, Hartley, Tortoise, Topov and co start up in business as 'Pipkins', the help people. Hartley answers the phone in the office, while Pig and Topov go out in the van to help people…
3. New Housekeeper
Aired 7 August 1974 • 15 min
With everyone working, who is going to do the housework ? The only one who could do it is Octavia but she breaks everything with her feet. So they advertise for a housekeeper…
4. Mrs P’s Suite
Aired 8 August 1974 • 15 min
Mrs P, the new Penguin housekeeper, feels she should not be asked to sleep in the kitchen sink. So Johnny gets a new kitchen sink unit and puts it out in the yard.
5. Building the Bank
Aired 9 August 1978 • 15 min
Tortoise can’t go on keeping money under the settee, he needs somewhere special to put it. Charlie the dustman comes to the rescue with an idea.
6. Bertha’s Spuds
Aired 12 August 1974 • 15 min
Bertha tries to help run the office but she upsets Hartley’s way of doing things. However she does find a quick way of planting potatoes…
7. Uncle Goes a-Wooing
Aired 13 August 1974 • 15 min
Uncle Hare takes Mrs P into town and finds he likes his own hollow much better. But Mrs P likes one place they visit... where they keep fish on ice!
8. Charlie the Nurse
Aired 14 August 1974 • 15 min
Hartley feels poorly, but he’s in good hands as Charlie is looking after him. However as Hartley recovers, strange things start to happen to Charlie…
9. The Money Programme
Aired 15 August 1974 • 15 min
Pig, Topov and Hartley all have very different ideas on how to spend the money they have saved from their work.
10. Stripe
Aired 16 August 1974 • 15 min
11. Play
Aired 19 August 1974 • 15 min
12. Charlie and the Duck
Aired 20 August 1974 • 15 min
13. Growing
Aired 21 August 1974 • 15 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 22 August 1974 • 15 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 23 August 1974 • 15 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 26 August 1974 • 15 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 27 August 1974 • 15 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 28 August 1974 • 15 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 29 August 1974 • 15 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 30 August 1974 • 15 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 2 September 1974 • 15 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 3 September 1974 • 15 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 4 September 1974 • 15 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 5 September 1974 • 15 min
25. Camping
Aired 6 September 1974 • 15 min
It's holiday time for Pipkins, and they are camping in the woods. Everyone has a job to do, and they are all happy. At least, almost everyone... Octavia can’t stand the mud!