| Balamory | |
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| Series 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 63 (1 Christmas special) |
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| Original network | CBeebies |
| Original release | 4 April – 7 November 2005 |
| Series chronology | |
This article contains episode information and plot summaries [1] [2] [3] from the television show Balamory for series 4. Series 4 was broadcast from April 2005.
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| 1 | "Auntie's Bloomers" | Martin Burt | Peter Hynes | 4 April 2005 | |
Archie's kilt is a bit draughty.
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| 2 | "The Eagle Flies" | Martin Burt | Penny Lloyd | 5 April 2005 | |
PC Plum offers to get a photograph of an eagle for Miss Hoolie to show the children at the nursery.
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| 3 | "Plum Abroad" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 6 April 2005 | |
PC Plum goes on holiday.
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| 4 | "The Game Show" | Uncredited | Wayne Jackman | 7 April 2005 | |
Balamory has been asked to make up a team for the television game show Do The Job. PC Plum thinks it will be easy to organise.
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| 5 | "The Wedding" | Martin Burt | Penny Lloyd | 8 April 2005 | |
Katie and Roddy are getting married and PC Plum is the best man. Archie drives them to Abbey Island and Edie records the wedding, but Archie's car soon breaks down outside the police station.
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| 6 | "Woodwork" | Michael Hines | Peter Hynes | 11 April 2005 | |
Spencer teaches Edie how to carve a wooden marionette puppet, similar to Pinocchio.
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| 7 | "The Time Machine" | Jaqui McAlpine | Penny Lloyd | 12 April 2005 | |
Archie tries to invent a time machine to help teach the children about olden days.
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| 8 | "Signing" | Martin Burt | Johanna Hall | 13 April 2005 | |
PC Plum takes the children at the Nursery on a nature walk, so he needs to find a new way to communicate to keep everyone quiet.
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| 9 | "The Falkirk Wheel" | Jaqui McAlpine | Peter Hynes | 14 April 2005 | |
Archie makes an indoor canal so the children can sail boats on it.
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| 10 | "The Snowman" | Shiona McCubbin | Davey Moore | 15 April 2005 | |
It's a snowy day in Balamory and Miss Hoolie plans to visit the McLeod family, but Josie comes in to the café to tell Miss Hoolie that Christopher has a cold. The two think up something to make to cheer him up.
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| 11 | "Lobster Fishing" | Paul Holmes | Davey Moore | 18 April 2005 | |
Miss Hoolie plays a game of hunt the thimble with the children, which leads to Josie organising an unusual treasure hunt with PC Plum and a lobster fisherman.
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| 12 | "The Portrait Gallery" | Martin Burt | Davey Moore | 19 April 2005 | |
Archie and Spencer take the nursery children on a trip to the Balamory Art Museum.
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| 13 | "The Slide Projector" | Uncredited | Wayne Jackman | 20 April 2005 | |
PC Plum is very keen to give a lecture on the history of the bicycle, but who can make his lecture an exciting event for all?
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| 14 | "Harvest" | Michael Hines | Wayne Jackman | 21 April 2005 | |
Edie helps the children celebrate the harvest.
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| 15 | "Truck Parade" | Jaqui McAlpine | Peter Hynes | 22 April 2005 | |
It is a play day in Balamory and a trip is organised to the mainland to see a big truck parade.
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| 16 | "Big Cats" | Paul Holmes | Wayne Jackman | 25 April 2005 | |
Miss Hoolie's cat proves less than co-operative when Spencer tries to paint him for the children.
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| 17 | "The Orchestra" | Martin Burt | Davey Moore | 26 April 2005 | |
Suzie needs help learning to play the cymbals in the orchestra.
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| 18 | "How Far" | Martin Burt | Davey Moore | 27 April 2005 | |
Archie wonders who will be able to put his fabulous new measuring invention to good use.
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| 19 | "The Map" | Jaqui McAlpine | Wayne Jackman | 28 April 2005 | |
Edie takes the children on a tour around the island, but how can she keep everyone interested as she drives? It's not as easy as it looks!
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| 20 | "I Went To School One Morning" | Martin Burt | Davey Moore | 29 April 2005 | |
It's a play day, and having a picnic at the top of Balamory hill sounds like fun, but getting there could be a bit of a problem. How will they do it?
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| 21 | "The Yoghurt Pot Bird" | Jaqui McAlpine | Wayne Jackman | 2 May 2005 | |
Suzie gets in a muddle as she tries to help Edie teach the children about birds-of-paradise.
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| 22 | "The Allotment" | Paul Holmes | Penny Lloyd | 3 May 2005 | |
Josie does some gardening, but can't find any vegetables.
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| 23 | "Too Much of a Good Thing" | Jaqui McAlpine | Clare Bradley | 4 May 2005 | |
Miss Hoolie has got too many tin foil trays in her cupboard. When Archie is unable to find a use for them all, who will come to the rescue?
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| 24 | "Continental Shopping" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 5 May 2005 | |
A new product range is introduced in Pocket 'n' Sweet, but will it prove a success?
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| 25 | "Carnival" | Uncredited | Wayne Jackman | 6 May 2005 | |
There is a carnival in the big city on the mainland, but what will Miss Hoolie wear?
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| 26 | "Slippy" | Martin Burt | Brian Ross | 9 May 2005 | |
The snow makes everything slippery; Spencer visits Archie to make a sledge.
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| 27 | "The Optician" | Martin Burt | Penny Lloyd | 10 May 2005 | |
Archie takes a memorable trip to the optician.
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| 28 | "Bonjour" | Michael Hines | Davey Moore | 11 May 2005 | |
Miss Hoolie gets help from her friend, Philippe, teaching the children French. Spencer borrows some bunting for the Nursery, but when he goes to the shop, he realises that Philippe's shopping list is all in French. Who can help him translate?
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| 29 | "Worried Plum" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 12 May 2005 | |
PC Plum has a day of worrying about everything, so who can make him a little less glum?
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| 30 | "Feeling at Home" | Jaqui McAlpine | Johanna Hall | 13 May 2005 | |
It is a play day, and Miss Hoolie has friends staying with her, so she organises a special picnic for them to feel at home.
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| 31 | "Musical Boats" | Jaqui McAlpine | Kath Yelland | 16 May 2005 | |
Edie has a cold and has to stay at home, but an annoying noise outside stops her from getting any peace.
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| 32 | "Shapes and Patterns" | Michael Hines | Davey Moore | 17 May 2005 | |
Edie has a brilliant day out at the mosque with Spencer and the children.
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| 33 | "Butterflies" | Martin Burt | Peter Hynes | 18 May 2005 | |
Josie wants to teach the children a butterfly dance, and Edie suggests they try to catch a butterfly with butterfly nets.
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| 34 | "The Giggler" | Jaqui McAlpine | Davey Moore | 19 May 2005 | |
Granny McLeod comes to visit the children at the nursery, and keeps them laughing.
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| 35 | "Highland Games" | Jaqui McAlpine | David MacLennan | 20 May 2005 | |
Archie asks Spencer to make some leaflets for the Balamory Highland Games.
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| 36 | "Colour Surprise Day" | Martin Burt | Davey Moore | 23 May 2005 | |
Archie invents a special 'colour surprise' machine to the delight of the children at the nursery.
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| 37 | "Video Guide" | Michael Hines | Wayne Jackman | 24 May 2005 | |
The shop has a lot of visitors, all with questions about the island, so Suzie and Penny must come up with a way of providing all the answers.
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| 38 | "Shadows" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 25 May 2005 | |
Josie Jump asks PC Plum to investigate when things go bump in the night during a windy spell.
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| 39 | "Holiday Snaps" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 26 May 2005 | |
Josie returns from holiday with photos from her travels and comes up with an idea for a game of Snap. So Josie goes to see Edie.
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| 40 | "Roller Skates" | Martin Burt | Davey Moore | 27 May 2005 | |
Spencer tries to ride around Balamory in roller skates, so Miss Hoolie helps him. He goes to Miss Hoolie's house to pick up her roller skates.
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| 41 | "The Loch Bala Monster" | Jaqui McAlpine | Davey Moore | 30 May 2005 | |
Spencer wants to paint a picture of the Loch Bala Monster but how will he find it?
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| 42 | "Island in the Sun" | Paul Holmes | Wayne Jackman | 31 May 2005 | |
It's a snowy day in Balamory, so PC Plum banishes the winter blues by relieving his summer holiday.
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| 43 | "Moving House" | Michael Hines | Penny Lloyd | 1 June 2005 | |
Penny Pocket shows how to organise a house move, but will everything work out?
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| 44 | "The Piano" | Jaqui McAlpine | Wayne Jackman | 2 June 2005 | |
Edie has just returned from a holiday in Paris, and is about to show the video she recorded of her holiday to the children, but she soon accidentally deletes the sound. What can she do?
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| 45 | "Wheelie Day" | Jaqui McAlpine | Penny Lloyd | 3 June 2005 | |
Josie uses a talking device to help people hear her on Wheelie Day, but gets a bit muddled.
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| 46 | "Snap" | Martin Burt | Jane Kemp & Claire Walters | 6 June 2005 | |
Josie wants to play a quiet game of playing cards with the children, but when she goes to borrow a pack of cards from Edie, she finds out that some of the cards are missing.
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| 47 | "Mix Up" | Jaqui McAlpine | Peter Hynes | 7 June 2005 | |
Penny reorganises the shop, but ends up causing problems with all the mix-ups she's making.
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| 48 | "Phone Frazzled" | Uncredited | Wayne Jackman | 8 June 2005 | |
Suzie has a new mobile phone, which leads to some problems. The phone becomes more important than the people around her!
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| 49 | "Nature Symphony" | Paul Holmes | Penny Lloyd | 9 June 2005 | |
It's raining, so PC Plum has to cancel a nature walk. Instead, he comes up with another way of helping the children enjoy the magic of nature.
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| 50 | "The Sniff Along" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 10 June 2005 | |
Archie is looking after Shannon and Christopher, but he has some shopping to do.
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| 51 | "Trip to the Moon" | Jaqui McAlpine | Penny Lloyd | 13 June 2005 | |
Edie wants to take the children on a trip to the Moon.
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| 52 | "Hot Sun" | Jaqui McAlpine | Brian Ross | 14 June 2005 | |
It's a very hot day, so Archie invents a machine to keep everybody cool, but Edie has other plans.
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| 53 | "Wrong End of the Stick" | Paul Holmes | Brian Jameson | 15 June 2005 | |
PC Plum gets the wrong end of the stick.
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| 54 | "Ballroom Dancing" | Martin Burt | Tracey Hammett | 16 June 2005 | |
Josie Jump decides to teach ballroom dancing in her dance class, but it causes problems.
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| 55 | "Sand Sculpture Festival" | Michael Hines | Penny Lloyd | 17 June 2005 | |
There is a sand sculpture festival at the beach and Spencer is organising it.
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| 56 | "Oil Platform" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 20 June 2005 | |
PC Plum informs Miss Hoolie that Christopher's uncle cannot come to his birthday party because he is away at sea on an oil rig. PC Plum must find a way to help Christopher out.
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| 57 | "Plum the Musical" | Paul Holmes | Wayne Jackman | 21 June 2005 | |
Josie is organising a musical, but which famous resident of Balamory will feature in it?
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| 58 | "The Cinema" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 22 June 2005 | |
When Edie and Spencer arrive home from a holiday in Spain, everyone wants to see Edie's latest video from their travels. So many people are keen to see it and that is where the problems start.
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| 59 | "Fingal's Cave" | Paul Holmes | Penny Lloyd | 23 June 2005 | |
Miss Hoolie and Archie visit Fingal's cave, but is Archie fully prepared for the trip?
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| 60 | "The Prize" | Paul Holmes | Peter Hynes | 24 June 2005 | |
PC Plum is in charge of running the Balamory Yacht Race.
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| 61 | "Nuts" | Uncredited | Wayne Jackman | 27 June 2005 | |
Someone or something is stealing all of the nuts from the bird table for all the birds residing at the nursery.
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| 62 | "Hello Day" | Michael Hines | Davey Moore | 28 June 2005 | |
It's Hello Day at the nursery, and Suzie is annoyed because Penny has a new stereo. As a result, she ignores customers who want to buy something.
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| 63 | "The Mountie" | Martin Burt | Wayne Jackman | 29 June 2005 | |
PC Plum has a policeman visiting from Canada, but wonders how he can take the Mountie on patrol.
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| 64 | "Seeking Santa" | Uncredited | Brian Jameson | 7 November 2005 | |
Miss Hoolie is holding a Christmas party at the nursery and asks PC Plum to dress up as Santa. However, they realise that while a pretend Santa is good at handing out Santa wishes, he's not the real Santa. It's up to Suzie and Penny to make the impossible possible.
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