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Pipkins
1973 - 1981 6.5 (2 votes) 14 Seasons
Genres
Family Kids
Networks
ITV1

Pipkins

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Writer: Gail Renard

Top Cast

George Woodbridge
George Woodbridge

Inigo Pipkin

Jonathan Kydd
Jonathan Kydd

Tom

Sue Nicholls
Sue Nicholls

Heather Tobias
Heather Tobias

Charles McKeown
Charles McKeown

Royce Mills
Royce Mills

Wayne Laryea
Wayne Laryea

Johnny

Seasons

Season 1 (1973)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Mr Pipkin’s Workshop
1973-01-01

This is Mr Pipkin's Workshop. Come on in and look around. See all those puppets ? Well, Mr Pipkin made them and they are rather special, for they can dance and sing just like humans.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Topov the Monkey
1973-01-02

Mr Pipkin and Johnny have finished making a monkey puppet, but as Hartley Hare points out, it doesn’t move...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: A Name for the Monkey
1973-01-03

Now that the monkey can move, Mr Pipkin and Johnny think very hard for a name, they even ask Tortoise for help. What can they call the newcomer ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Mr Pipkin’s Nephew
1973-01-04

Mr Pipkin’s nephew, Fred, visits the workshop and tells his uncle that he is entering a bicycle race, but funny things seem to happen to Fred…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Hartley’s Glasses
1973-01-05

Hartley cannot find his glasses. Are they lost, or has someone hidden them? Poor Hartley is in for a worrying time…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Octavia
1973-01-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
1973-01-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1973-01-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1973-01-11

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
1973-01-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
1973-01-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
1973-01-16

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
1973-01-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
1973-01-18

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
1973-01-19

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1973-01-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
1973-01-23

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
1973-01-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
1973-01-25

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
1973-01-26

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: Episode 21
1973-01-29

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 22: Episode 22
1973-01-30

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 23: Episode 23
1973-01-31

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 24: Going to the Seaside
1973-02-02

Mr Pipkin, Johnny, Hartley, Tortoise and even naughty Topov are all going away to the seaside for a holiday. Dr Stethoscope is going with them to make sure that no one, especially Hartley, gets a cold.

Runtime: 15 min
Season 2 (1973)

No overview available.

25 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Telephone
1973-07-02

Inigo Pipkin has problems. When he had a telephone put into the workshop, he didn’t realize the trouble it would cause…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Topov’s Beard
1973-07-03

Topov keeps getting his beard in the cornflakes…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Hartley and Bertha Clean Up
1973-07-04

Bertha sets out for the workshop to see Johnny but when she arrives Mr Pipkin and Johnny are out. Although she’s a bit cross, she decides to clean up while they are out. Hartley helps out, but finds the vacuum cleaner too loud for his big ears!

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: The New Puppet
1973-07-05

A new puppet has been made and it’s nearly ready to be shown. But Hartley can’t wait. He wants to see it now, and it’s through trying to take peep at it that he has an accident.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Pig
1973-07-06

The new puppet makes snorting noises. He also eats all the time, often rather strange things. Hartley puts up with this for a while, until he finds drawings of food among his own pictures…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
1973-07-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: The Dustman
1973-07-10

A dustman calls to take away the old junk, but Mr Pipkin wants to keep it. He can make animals out of things that people throw away. The dustman is so excited by what he sees in the workshop that he gets left behind by the dust cart.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1973-07-11

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1973-07-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
1973-07-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: An Old Glass Door
1973-07-16

Charlie the dustman brings some "useful junk" round to Mr Pipkin...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
1973-07-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
1973-07-18

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
1973-07-19

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
1973-07-20

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1973-07-23

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
1973-07-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
1973-07-25

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
1973-07-26

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
1973-07-27

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: Episode 21
1973-07-30

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 22: Episode 22
1973-07-31

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 23: Episode 23
1973-08-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 24: Episode 24
1973-08-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 25: Hartley's Birthday
1973-08-03

It's Hartley's birthday - and there are lots of surprises. He doesn't know he's going to have a party, a present and a surprise telephone call!

Runtime: 15 min
Season 3 (1974)

No overview available.

25 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Johnny’s Flat, Hartley’s Office
1974-08-05

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…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Their First Job
1974-08-06

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…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: New Housekeeper
1974-08-07

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…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Mrs P’s Suite
1974-08-08

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.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Building the Bank
1978-08-09

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.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Bertha’s Spuds
1974-08-12

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…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Uncle Goes a-Wooing
1974-08-13

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!

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Charlie the Nurse
1974-08-14

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…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: The Money Programme
1974-08-15

Pig, Topov and Hartley all have very different ideas on how to spend the money they have saved from their work.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Stripe
1974-08-16

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Play
1974-08-19

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Charlie and the Duck
1974-08-20

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Growing
1974-08-21

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
1974-08-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
1974-08-23

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1974-08-26

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
1974-08-27

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
1974-08-28

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
1974-08-29

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
1974-08-30

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: Episode 21
1974-09-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 22: Episode 22
1974-09-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 23: Episode 23
1974-09-04

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 24: Episode 24
1974-09-05

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 25: Camping
1974-09-06

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!

Runtime: 15 min
Season 5 (1975)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Uncle and the Books
1975-01-20

Uncle Hare comes up from the country and discovers a public library: a place where they lend you books - even picture books for Topov who can’t read...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Charlie and the Dog
1975-01-21

Charlie asks Pipkins to look after a homeless dog. But he doesn’t tell them that the dog is enormous. Uncle Hare, however comes to the rescue…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Pig’s Greed
1975-01-22

Pig learns that if you eat too much you need more money to pay for the food, and to get more money you have to do more work. Isn’t life unfair ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: The Garden Swing
1975-01-23

Johnny and Hartley are going to make a garden swing for a child they know. They’re not too keen on Pig helping them, but yet when it comes to solving their biggest problem, Pig proves to be surprisingly helpful.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Bertha Loses Her Scarf
1975-01-24

Bertha brings a present for Johnny, but before Johnny gets back from work, the present has disappeared. Where did it go ? And could Hartley have had anything to do with it ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: The Broken Bicycle
1975-02-24

Johnny finds out the hard way that there are some things you just can’t mend yourself. You need a special machine to do it or send it back to the factory where it was made…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
1975-02-25

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1975-02-26

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1975-02-27

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: On the Canal
1975-02-28

Pipkins set off in a boat along the canal to work for the lock keeper.

Runtime: 15 min
Season 6 (1975)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Where is Topov ?
1975-03-31

Topov is supposed to telephone Hartley to tell him where he is when he’s out working, but naughty Topov doesn’t do this… yet, somehow Hartley finds out… how ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
1975-04-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
1975-04-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
1975-04-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
1975-04-04

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
1975-05-05

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
1975-05-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1975-05-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1975-05-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Charlie the Hero
1975-05-09

Johnny has a cold, so Charlie comes round and does a few little jobs to help out. Hartley makes Johnny feel worse by saying that Charlie is so much better than Johnny, and Topov makes a complete mess of things by trying to copy Charlie…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Charlie Cinderella
1975-06-09

Charlie wants to go to a party with Johnny but has difficulty over his clothing…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Save Uncle’s Hollow
1975-06-11

Hartley’s uncle lives in a hollow in a hay field. One day the farmer decides to cut the hay. Can the Pipkins save the hollow in time ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Mrs P Walks Out
1975-08-20

Hartley and Johnny are tired of being given fish for every meal, even if Mrs P does say that it is good for them. Bertha comes along and tries to help but all she manages to do is make Mrs P very angry…

Runtime: 15 min
Season 8 (1976)

No overview available.

21 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Toy Makers
1976-01-05

The Pipkins make toys for children in hospital and Hartley learns to be careful when using glue...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Charlie and the Carpet
1976-01-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Mooney's Sleep
1976-01-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Bertha and the Wash
1976-01-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Hartley and the Radio
1976-01-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: The Laughing Bag
1976-02-09

Hartley has become too bossy. He won’t even let the others speak for themselves - he always knows best. So Pig and Topov find a way to make him look really silly...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
1976-02-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1976-02-11

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1976-02-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
1976-02-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
1976-03-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
1976-03-16

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
1976-03-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Episode 14
1976-03-18

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Man of Magic
1976-03-19

Charlie, on his way to a children’s party calls in to show them a few of his tricks. All except Pig are impressed by his magic. His last trick is so clever, even Pig can’t think how he did it...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1976-04-19

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
1976-04-20

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
1976-04-21

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
1976-04-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
1976-04-23

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: Bertha and the Wash
1976-06-30

When Bertha does the washing, she’d be better off without Topov’s help…

Runtime: 15 min
Season 9 (1976)

No overview available.

35 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Picnic
1976-09-06

Everyone is going for a picnic in the woods. Hartley prepares delicious things to eat while Topov plans to bring all his toys and comics. but it’s too much to carry on one bike, as Topov learns…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
1976-09-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
1976-09-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
1976-09-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
1976-09-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
1976-09-11

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
1976-09-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1976-09-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1976-09-14

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: It's Not Fair
1976-09-15

Everyone wants something that belongs to somebody else. Why is it that other people’s things seem nicer than yours ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: A Day With the Scrap Man
1976-11-15

Topov doesn’t know what a scrap man does… until he gets a chance to do the job…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
1976-11-16

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
1976-11-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: The Glove Puppet
1976-11-18

Hartley enjoys the things he can make a glove puppet do, but nobody else does…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
1976-11-19

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1976-12-20

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
1976-12-21

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: The Drum
1976-12-22

The bottom has fallen out of Tortoise's world because a flower pot has fallen on his drum and broken it. Can his friends make him happy again ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
1976-12-23

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Episode 20
1976-12-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: Episode 21
1977-01-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 22: Episode 22
1977-01-25

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 23: Episode 23
1977-01-26

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 24: Episode 24
1977-01-27

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 25: Episode 25
1977-01-28

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 26: Topov and the Bananas
1977-02-28

If you eat too many bananas, do you turn into one ? Most people think not, but Topov isn’t so sure…

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 27: Episode 27
1977-03-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 28: Episode 28
1977-03-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 29: Episode 29
1977-03-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 30: Episode 30
1977-03-04

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 31: Episode 31
1977-04-04

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 32: Episode 32
1977-04-05

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 33: Episode 33
1977-04-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 34: Episode 34
1977-04-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 35: Hartley the Leader
1977-04-08

Hartley wants to be the leader…

Runtime: 15 min
Season 11 (1977)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Pig's Famous Washing Line
1977-12-05

The trouble with a washing line is that when it is high enough to dry the clothes, it's too high to reach when you want to get them down. Pig comes to the rescue with one of his machines, but creates more problems in the process...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
1977-12-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
1977-12-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Death of a Goldfish
1977-12-08

Johnny brings home a pet goldfish. Everyone is fond of him, but sadly, he dies. Hartley wants to buy another one. Johnny won't though, until they find out more about how to look after fish...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Octavia in Concert
1977-12-09

Octavia decides her singing is so beautiful that the whole world should have the chance to hear her. She can't get the whole world to listen, but some people in the park, who do, have their doubts...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Uncle and the Hoe
1978-01-09

Uncle comes to have his hoe mended at the workshop. Hartley is worried that Uncle will miss the country, so he produces a rather unusual cow and bird...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Goodbye Pipkins
1978-01-10

When Johnny tells the others to go away, he only wants to be left alone to read. But Hartley misunderstands and thinks that they all have to go as far away as buses and trains will take them...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Episode 8
1978-01-11

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Episode 9
1978-01-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Episode 10
1978-01-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Episode 11
1978-02-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
1978-02-14

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Through
1978-02-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Johnny and the Playground
1978-06-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Episode 15
1978-06-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1978-07-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Episode 17
1978-07-04

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Episode 18
1978-07-05

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Episode 19
1978-07-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Inspector Pig and the Wood Thief
1978-07-07

Runtime: 15 min
Season 12 (1978)

No overview available.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Sink
1978-09-11

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
1978-09-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Let's Make an Opera
1978-09-13

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
1978-09-14

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
1978-09-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Gnome Sweet Gnome
1978-10-16

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Episode 7
1978-10-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Hartley and Granny Atlas
1978-10-18

Grannies aren't usually strong enough to lift heavy weights - even if they can roller skate. But Hartley discovers differently in this episode...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: The Broom Seller
1978-10-19

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Bedtime
1978-10-20

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Hartley and the Dog
1978-11-20

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Episode 12
1978-11-21

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Episode 13
1978-11-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Uncle and the Marrow
1978-11-23

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: The Royal Astronomer
1978-11-24

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Episode 16
1978-12-25

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Shadows
1978-12-26

Shadows and strange noises can be frightening, unless you know what they are...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Weighing Tortoise
1978-12-27

Tortoise has his own lift, but something has happened to it. Hartley cannot turn the handle...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Hartley Laureate
1978-12-28

Hartley is a poet, so the whole world has to know it, and he soon becomes very boring...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Someone's Birthday
1978-12-29

Whose birthday is it ? Even if Hartley can find out, how can he provide a present if no one has any money ?

Runtime: 15 min
Season 13 (1979)

No overview available.

41 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Barbecue
1979-01-29

Octavia is going to give everyone a treat in Pipkins. Everyone, that is who is old enough to enjoy it...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
1979-01-30

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
1979-01-31

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
1979-02-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Cry Hare
1979-02-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Oh, What a Circus!
1979-03-05

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Trifle
1979-03-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Tortoise Rules, O.K ?
1979-03-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Treat Week
1979-03-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: The Magic Stork
1979-03-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Tom Thumb
1979-04-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Knees and Elbows
1979-04-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: The Plant Growers
1979-04-11

Pipkins look after Mrs McNamarra's plants while she is on holiday...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Alive, Alive Oh
1979-04-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: Pig In Trouble
1979-04-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Moving Out
1979-12-11

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Moving In
1979-12-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: Topov's Place
1979-12-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Odd One Out
1979-12-14

Hartley wants to go fishing but everyone else would rather go to the park. How can the problem be solved ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: The Haunted House
1980-01-01

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: The Birdwatcher
1980-01-08

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 22: Getting Tom's Attention
1980-01-15

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 23: All That Glitters
1980-01-22

Hartley dreams about what he would do if he found a diamond worth a great deal of money...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 24: The Monster
1980-01-29

Hartley is spending a lot of time in his bedroom because he thinks there is a monster in the cellar...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 25: The Dressing Up Parade
1980-02-05

Hartley dresses up and pretends to be someone else, his dressing up costume provides problems though...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 26: Why Can't Teddy Go Home ?
1980-02-12

Topov's teddy bear has an accident while playing. Can his arm be mended ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 27: The Allotment
1980-02-19

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 28: The Invisible Hare
1980-02-26

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 29: Many Paws Make Light Work
1980-03-04

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 30: Pipkin of the Year
1980-03-11

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 31: Quiet Please
1980-03-18

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 32: The More the Merrier
1980-03-25

Hartley decides to put on a play, but he soon runs into difficulties because he wants to do everything himself...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 33: Body Beautiful
1980-04-01

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 ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 34: Topov the Lookout
1980-04-08

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 35: Hartley in a Hurry
1980-04-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 36: Topov Asks Why
1980-04-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 37: Uncle's Whistle
1980-04-29

Uncle Hare's system for stopping the cow from eating his carrots doesn't always work...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 38: Clean Sweep
1980-05-06

When Hartley decides to clean up Pipkins, he throws away more than just rubbish...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 39: The Grass is Greener
1980-05-13

Topov is unhappy. He thinks there are better places to live than Pipkins and that everyone else is better off...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 40: Hartley the Conjuror
1980-05-20

Mrs Muddle, Pipkins next door neighbour returns some eggs. Hartley is pleased, as he knows a few tricks with eggs...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 41: Painting
1980-05-27

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...

Runtime: 15 min
Season 14 (1980)

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53 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Tom and the Circus
1980-09-16

Two visitors arrive at Pipkins, one is Mrs Muddle, but the other is unusual and unexpected...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 2: Peter Comes to Pipkins
1980-09-23

Peter visits Pipkins and after a few misunderstandings with Hartley soon becomes friends with everyone.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 3: Eyes and Ears
1980-09-30

Although Hartley claims to be brilliant at everything, there is one flaw in his boast. He does, occasionally forget things...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 4: Any Old Iron
1980-10-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 5: Snapshots
1980-10-14

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 6: Peter the Patient
1980-10-21

Peter is a bit off colour. But Pig and Hartley feel he should not be coughing and sneezing all over Pipkins, so they make other arrangements for him...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 7: Treasure Hunt
1980-10-28

Imagine there was once a pirate near Pipkins who had forgotten where he had buried his treasure...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 8: Love Thy Neighbour
1980-11-04

Pipkins' good neighbour is Mrs Muddle, but how much is she prepared to help Hartley and his friends ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 9: Halves
1980-11-11

Some things, such as an apple can be shared quite easily with a friend. But even a brilliant hare like Hartley finds it difficult to cut custard in half...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 10: Up and Down Lift
1980-11-18

Hartley is not feeling well, so he has Tortoise bring him drinks in bed, but the service is slow. Is Tortoise to blame or could the lift be speeded up ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 11: Listen With Pipkins
1980-11-25

Hartley is having problems in his study. His telephone, typewriter, and even his wastepaper basket seem to be making strange noises...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 12: Tortoise and the Numbers
1980-12-02

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 13: Clean Trotters
1980-12-09

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 14: Hide and Seek
1980-12-16

To find someone who is hiding, you look behind and under things. But Topov isn't very good at playing this game. Will he get better ?

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 15: The Toy Box
1980-12-23

When Hartley and his friends are asked to make a toy box, everyone has a different idea of how it should be done...

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 16: Gardeners' World
1980-12-30

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 17: Borrowing and Lending
1981-01-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 18: The Secret Present
1981-01-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 19: Octavia The Help Ostrich
1981-01-20

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 20: Pig's Ears
1981-01-27

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 21: The Mobile
1981-02-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 22: A Play For Tortoise
1981-02-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 23: A Bed for Mrs Muddle
1981-02-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 24: Hartley the Pig
1981-02-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 25: Jack of All Trades
1981-03-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 26: Topov the Lollipop Man
1981-03-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 27: Private Lives
1981-03-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 28: Keep Out
1981-03-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 29: Copy Cats
1981-03-31

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 30: The Missing Link
1981-04-07

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 31: Uncle the Forecaster
1981-04-14

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 32: The Pig Trap
1981-04-21

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 33: Topov and the Joke
1981-04-28

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 34: The Collectors
1981-05-05

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 35: Piped Music
1981-05-12

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 36: The Speaking Tube
1981-09-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 37: What's 'is Name
1981-09-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 38: The Chicken and the Egg
1981-09-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 39: Mrs Muddle's Puppet Show
1981-09-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 40: Pig's Hobby
1981-09-29

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 41: The Country Life For Me
1981-10-06

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 42: Duet
1981-10-13

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 43: Litter
1981-10-20

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 44: Pretending
1981-10-27

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 45: The Rambler
1981-11-03

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 46: Topov and the Mask
1981-11-10

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 47: Cheering Up Tortoise
1981-11-17

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 48: Mrs Muddle's Plant Stand
1981-11-24

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 49: The Missing Quill
1981-12-01

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 50: The Picture Letter
1981-12-08

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 51: The Rabbit Charmer
1981-12-15

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 52: Pig the Bridge Builder
1981-12-22

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 53: Odd Man Out
1981-12-29

Runtime: 15 min

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