Pipkins (1973)

Mr Pipkin’s Workshop

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.

Topov the Monkey

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

A Name for the Monkey

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 ?

Mr Pipkin’s Nephew

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…

Hartley’s Glasses

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

Octavia

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Going to the Seaside

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.

The Telephone

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

Topov’s Beard

Topov keeps getting his beard in the cornflakes…

Hartley and Bertha Clean Up

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!

The New Puppet

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.

Pig

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…

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The Dustman

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.

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An Old Glass Door

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

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Hartley's Birthday

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!

Johnny’s Flat, Hartley’s Office

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…

Their First Job

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…

New Housekeeper

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…

Mrs P’s Suite

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.

Building the Bank

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.

Bertha’s Spuds

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…

Uncle Goes a-Wooing

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!

Charlie the Nurse

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…

The Money Programme

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

Stripe

Play

Charlie and the Duck

Growing

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Camping

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!

Elephants

Pipkins - the help people, have another job to do. A man who looks after elephants is unhappy with his bath...

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Topov Asks: Why ?

Topov wants to know why an eggshell breaks if you kick it - his football never does. He also wants to know why all sorts of other things happen...

Topov Asks: Why Not ?

Topov wants to know why he can't play with the typewriter, mess about with Tortoise's lift and have fun with his toy spider. Nobody tells him. They just say, "Don't"

Uncle and the Books

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...

Charlie and the Dog

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…

Pig’s Greed

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 ?

The Garden Swing

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.

Bertha Loses Her Scarf

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 ?

The Broken Bicycle

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…

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On the Canal

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

Where is Topov ?

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 ?

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Charlie the Hero

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…

Charlie Cinderella

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

Save Uncle’s Hollow

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 ?

Mrs P Walks Out

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…

Mrs P’s Birthday

Have Pipkins really forgotten Mrs P’s birthday, as she thinks ? Or are they planning a surprise for her ?

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Hartley’s Teeth

Hartley has become a secret sweet eater. He has secret hiding places in every room and eats sweets all the time, but nobody can catch him at it…

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Clean Air

Pipkins try to keep the air clean by not using their van, but this leads them into trouble, and bad tempers…

The Toy Makers

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

Charlie and the Carpet

Mooney's Sleep

Bertha and the Wash

Hartley and the Radio

The Laughing Bag

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...

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Man of Magic

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...

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Bertha and the Wash

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

The Picnic

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…

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It's Not Fair

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

A Day With the Scrap Man

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

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The Glove Puppet

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

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The Drum

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 ?

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Topov and the Bananas

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

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Hartley the Leader

Hartley wants to be the leader…

Cowboys

Johnny decides that if everyone wants to play at cowboys they should do it at playtime, which they do, but Topov doesn't quite get the hang of what's supposed to be done...

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Catching the Mood

Hartley wakes up in a good mood. He wants everyone to be happy and laugh with him but when they do, he suspects they are laughing at him. He gets angry because he doesn't like being a figure of fun...

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Tortoise in Hospital

Pig and Fair Shares

The Jigsaw

The Tree House

Hartley and the Lamp

Pig's Famous Washing Line

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...

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Death of a Goldfish

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...

Octavia in Concert

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...

Uncle and the Hoe

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...

Goodbye Pipkins

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...

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Through

Johnny and the Playground

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Inspector Pig and the Wood Thief

The Sink

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Let's Make an Opera

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...

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Gnome Sweet Gnome

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Hartley and Granny Atlas

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

The Broom Seller

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...

Bedtime

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...

Hartley and the Dog

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...

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Uncle and the Marrow

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...

The Royal Astronomer

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...

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Shadows

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

Weighing Tortoise

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

Hartley Laureate

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

Someone's Birthday

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

The Barbecue

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

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Cry Hare

Oh, What a Circus!

Trifle

Tortoise Rules, O.K ?

Treat Week

The Magic Stork

Tom Thumb

Knees and Elbows

The Plant Growers

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

Alive, Alive Oh

Pig In Trouble

Moving Out

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...

Moving In

Topov's Place

Odd One Out

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

The Haunted House

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...

The Birdwatcher

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...

Getting Tom's Attention

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...

All That Glitters

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

The Monster

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

The Dressing Up Parade

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

Why Can't Teddy Go Home ?

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

The Allotment

The Invisible Hare

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...

Many Paws Make Light Work

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...

Pipkin of the Year

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...

Quiet Please

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...

The More the Merrier

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

Body Beautiful

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 ?

Topov the Lookout

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...

Hartley in a Hurry

Topov Asks Why

Uncle's Whistle

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

Clean Sweep

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

The Grass is Greener

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

Hartley the Conjuror

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

Painting

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...

Tom and the Circus

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

Peter Comes to Pipkins

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

Eyes and Ears

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

Any Old Iron

Snapshots

Peter the Patient

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...

Treasure Hunt

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

Love Thy Neighbour

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

Halves

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...

Up and Down Lift

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 ?

Listen With Pipkins

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

Tortoise and the Numbers

Clean Trotters

Hide and Seek

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 ?

The Toy Box

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

Gardeners' World

Borrowing and Lending

The Secret Present

Octavia The Help Ostrich

Pig's Ears

The Mobile

A Play For Tortoise

A Bed for Mrs Muddle

Hartley the Pig

Jack of All Trades

Topov the Lollipop Man

Private Lives

Keep Out

Copy Cats

The Missing Link

Uncle the Forecaster

The Pig Trap

Topov and the Joke

The Collectors

Piped Music

The Speaking Tube

What's 'is Name

The Chicken and the Egg