Original series (1999–2005)
Pilot (1997)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | "Bob the Builder" | Chris Allen | 15 May 1997 | |
Bob and Digger (Scoop) exercise, when Bob falls off a ladder when trying to remove a bird's nest from the guttering, but is saved by Digger. | |||||
Series 1 (1999)
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| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | BBC airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Scoop Saves the Day" | Diane Redmond | 12 April 1999 [2] 22 January 2001 | 101A |
However, dangerous thunderstorms cause havoc in Bobsville: roads are blocked, trees and telegraph lines are down, pipes are broken, and fences are destroyed. Robert II "Bob" and his team of machines repair the damage that the storm left behind. Along the way, Pilchard, Bob's pet cat gets stuck in a broken tree hanging over the middle of a duck pond. Then Scoop rescues Pilchard, while Muck, and Lofty clear the branches, and Dizzy uses her mixer drum to rescue ducklings. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Travis Paints the Town" | Chris Trengove | 19 April 1999 [3] 25 January 2001 | 107A |
Bob is called away from a job, leaving Roley and Travis alone with Roley's line marking machine. This gives a jealous Spud the chance to sabotage Travis, since Travis has never gotten into trouble before. Spud hooks up the road marking machine to Travis, then lies to him saying that Farmer Pickles needs him down at the pond. Roley, Farmer Pickles, Bob and Muck are soon in pursuit of Travis as he paints white lines all over the road. Spud, who pranked Travis, as a punishment is forced to clean the road with soap. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Bob Saves the Hedgehogs Bob Saves the Porcupines" | Chris Trengove | 26 April 1999 [4] [VHS 1] 16 January 2001 | 103A |
Bob and his gang help a family of hedgehogs (porcupines in the US) to get across a busy road. Lofty gets terrified of them and mistakes them for mice, but later is calm when he transports them back to their burrow that Bob and the team have been constructing. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Pilchard in a Pickle" | Chris Trengove | 10 May 1999 [5] [VHS 1] 22 January 2001 | 101B |
Bob's cat Pilchard goes missing. Wendy tries to find Pilchard unaware that she is napping in one of the pipes Travis is transporting for Bob and the team to lay. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Muck Gets Stuck" | Chris Trengove | 17 May 1999 [6] [VHS 1] 23 January 2001 | 102A |
Muck gets stuck in the dark tunnel, so Bob and the others struggle to get him (her in US) out. Muck is afraid of the dark as well. | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Wendy's Busy Day" | Diane Redmond | 24 May 1999 [7] [VHS 1] 23 January 2001 | 102B |
Bob has caught a cold so Wendy steps in and takes over. She then takes Muck, Roley and Dizzy to finish the road but when Dizzy gets stuck in the cement whilst playing football (soccer in US), Lofty is brought in to rescue her. Meanwhile back at home, Muck starts to catch a cold. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Bob's Bugle" | Jimmy Hibbert | 7 June 1999 [8] 15 January 2001 | 106B |
Bob makes himself a bugle out of some left-over bits of piping. None of the machines have the heart to tell him how awful it sounds, except Roley, who actually likes the way it sounds and has no complaints, so they try hiding it, but after an accident Bob drops his bugle and Roley runs over it. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Buffalo Bob" | Chris Trengrove | 14 June 1999 [9] 15 January 2001(Nick Jr.) 13 January 2001(Nickelodeon; reruns) | 106A 118B (reruns) |
Bob takes part of in a line-dancing competition. When his dancing partner, Mavis, calls and tells him she has sprained her ankle at the gym and cannot compete, Wendy offers to take her place as Bob's partner. The machines also take part in their own line-dancing. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Travis and Scoop's Race Day" | Ross Hastings | 5 July 1999 [10] [VHS 2] 25 January 2001 | 107B |
Spud challenges Scoop and Travis to a race to see which of them works harder than the other. Scoop wins the race, even though he gets tricked by Spud who keeps throwing obstacles at him to make Travis win instead. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Bob's Birthday" | Diane Redmond | 12 July 1999 [11] [VHS 2] 19 January 2001 | 104A |
The gang prepares a special surprise for Bob's Birthday. Muck, Roley and Dizzy make a "Concrete Cake" out of an old tyre (tire in the US) for Bob to commemorate ten jobs, while Bob, Scoop and Lofty are at Farmer Pickles' farm. | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Naughty Spud" | Jimmy Hibbert | 19 July 1999 [12] 5 June 2001 | 116B |
Spud steals Bob's ladder to reach apples from an apple tree, unaware that Bob is now stuck on the roof of Travis' shed. Muck then breaks the spare ladder trying to take it to Bob. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Scary Spud" | Sarah Ball | 26 July 1999 [13] 16 January 2001 | 103B |
Spud is worried that he may no longer be scary, and to make matters worse, after he attempts to do karate, he breaks his nose off. Muck, Dizzy and Travis investigate along with Spud to help him get his nose back. | |||||
| 13 | 13 | "Bob's Barnraising" | Diane Redmond | 2 August 1999 [14] 5 June 2001 [VHS 3] | 116A |
The team needs to finish constructing Farmer Pickles' barn and get the bales into it before the rain hits. Travis and Muck haul the harvest into the shed, while Scoop and Lofty hold the walls in the barn. | |||||
Series 2 (1999)
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| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | BBC airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Spud the Spanner Spud the Super-Wrench" | Ben Randall | 11 October 1999 [15] 30 January 2001 | 111A |
Spud is bored of being a scarecrow and he takes Bob's toolbox to try to reinvent himself as a superhero, unaware that he will come apart. | |||||
| 15 | 2 | "Wallpaper Wendy" | Jimmy Hibbert | 18 October 1999 [16] 26 November 2001 | 124A |
Bob decorates Mrs. Broadbent's new apartment, but as he has never decorated before, he ends up making a complete mess. | |||||
| 16 | 3 | "Runaway Roley" | Jimmy Hibbert | 25 October 1999 [17] [VHS 4] 31 January 2001 | 113B |
Roley loses the brakes in the morning and sleep-rolls out of the yard and causes destruction everywhere. He crashes into the lamps, signs, walls, etc. Bob, Wendy and the other machines have to guide Roley back to the yard without waking him up. | |||||
| 17 | 4 | "Bob's Big Surprise" | Chris Trengove | 1 November 1999 [18] [VHS 4] 19 January 2001 | 104B |
While Wendy is visiting her sister, Bob and the team decide to surprise her by giving her garden a makeover. However, Mrs. Potts cannot look after the office as she is sick, so Bob leaves Pilchard alone in the office, but Pilchard ends up making a huge mess due to being constantly annoyed by the phone ringing and the answering machine messages. | |||||
| 18 | 5 | "Dizzy's Statues" | Diane Redmond | 8 November 1999 [19] 18 January 2001 | 112A |
Bob has to put up bollards around the town hall and put up Mrs. Potts' garden statues at the same time. Dizzy tries to help, but gets very mixed up. | |||||
| 19 | 6 | "Lofty to the Rescue" | Chris Trengove | 15 November 1999 [20] 31 January 2001 | 113A |
Lofty is afraid of going over the bridge because of his fear of heights. Spud picks on Lofty to the point of making him cry, but when Spud falls off the bridge and into a tree while taunting everybody passing by, Lofty has to overcome his fears and rescue him. | |||||
| 20 | 7 | "Wendy's Big Match Wendy's Big Game" | Simon Jowett | 22 November 1999 [21] [VHS 5] 17 January 2001 | 117A |
Bob is preparing for a "Brightest Building Yard" competition. But when Spud kicks a ball at Wendy, the line-making machine makes a mess, forcing him to clean it up. Bob ends up winning first prize in the "Brightest Building Yard" competition. | |||||
| 21 | 8 | "Tea Set Travis" | Ben Randall | 29 November 1999 [22] 26 January 2001 | 108B |
Bob and the gang are preparing for recycling. Farmer Pickles tells Travis to look after his old tea set, but when Spud and Travis are not around, they forget about the tea set and the gang almost recycles it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 | "Dizzy's Bird Watch" | Simon Jowett | 6 December 1999 [23] 7 June 2001 | 120B |
Dizzy watches a birds nest and sees the hatchlings emerge and learn to fly. | |||||
| 23 | 10 | "Clocktower Bob" | Chris Trengove | 13 December 1999 [24] 12 November 2001 [VHS 6] | 122A |
Bob ends up stranded on a broken clock tower when Lofty gets scared by a bat and knocks the ladder down. All the while, Muck tells a joke about an elephant in the fridge and starts grumbling when Scoop tells him (her in the US) to let Dizzy get on with her mixing, claiming that "it's not fair". That night, he (she in the US) bumps into Lofty just as Scoop and Wendy find both machines so they can rescue Bob. | |||||
| 24 | 11 | "Wendy's Tennis Court Wendy's Tennis Match" (The Big Game Only) | Diane Redmond | 20 December 1999 [25] 17 January 2001 | 117B |
When building a new tennis court, Travis and Spud try to put the net up, but Spud finds it too heavy and falls into the wet cement. | |||||
| 25 | 12 | "Bob's White Christmas" | Jimmy Hibbert | 27 December 1999 [26] [VHS 5] 10 December 2001(Christmas special) [VHS 7] | 201A |
Bob will dress up as Father Christmas (Santa Claus in the US) for the local school carol concert, led by the schoolteacher Mrs. Percival, but he loses time when Farmer Pickles gets snowed in. Scoop uses his snowplow to clear the roads while Muck and Travis clear Farmer Pickles' driveway with their own snowplows. | |||||
| 26 | 13 | "Pilchard Goes Fishing" | Jimmy Hibbert | 28 December 1999 [27] 24 January 2001 | 105B |
Wendy is cleaning Bob's fish tank, but when Muck comes for more cement, he (she in the US) crashes into the lean-to garage. When Wendy gets distracted by another job, Pilchard intends to eat up Bob's goldfish, Finn. | |||||
Series 3 (2000)
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| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | BBC airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Bob's Boots" | Ben Randall | 1 September 2000 [VHS 8] 15 January 2001 | 110A |
Bob gets some new boots. Spud, meanwhile, challenges Bird to a race and eats right out of Bob's lunchbox. | |||||
| 28 | 2 | "Mucky Muck" | Sarah Ball | 4 September 2000 [VHS 9] 26 November 2001 [VHS 3] | 124B |
Bob tries to wash down Scoop and Muck who are both covered in mud, but Muck doesn't want to get washed because he loves being mucky, which is why he (she in the US) is called Muck. Travis also gets stuck in the mud and Bob, Muck and Dizzy have to rescue him. Muck tows Travis from the mud. After the rescue, Muck and Dizzy have a mud pie fight with Spud, before Bob tells them to get back to the farm for a good soapy wash. | |||||
| 29 | 3 | "Bob's Day Off" | Ian Carney | 5 September 2000 [VHS 8] 15 January 2001 | 110B |
Bob takes a day off so he can photograph the rare Blue-Crested Warbler. But when the computer breaks down, Wendy needs him back for some urgent jobs. | |||||
| 30 | 4 | "Magnetic Lofty" | Chris Trengove | 6 September 2000 [VHS 8] 26 January 2001 | 108A |
Wendy is turning an old railway line into a bicycle path and Bob is turning an old rubbish dump into a park. But while Lofty is removing the rails using a magnet, he has to retrieve Mr. Bentley's pen in the process. | |||||
| 31 | 5 | "Roley's Tortoise" | Diane Redmond | 7 September 2000 7 June 2001 | 120A |
While building a bus stop, Roley almost runs over a tortoise, whom he rescues and names Timmy. Dizzy reveals its name is Tommy whom he belongs to Mrs. Potts, but while Bob takes some cabbages from Travis's trailer, Tommy sneaks on board. | |||||
| 32 | 6 | "Special Delivery Spud" | Simon Jowett | 8 September 2000 [VHS 8] 8 June 2001 | 121A |
Bob and Wendy have ordered new saws. However, Mr. Dixon's van breaks down so Spud tries to take over. But Spud can't read and gets all the parcels mixed up, sending them to the wrong houses. | |||||
| 33 | 7 | "Pilchard's Breakfast" | Jimmy Hibbert | 11 September 2000 [VHS 8] 24 January 2001 | 105A |
Bob's gang are building Mr. Beasley's new conservatory, but they forgot to feed Pilchard her breakfast, forcing her to fend for herself and find someone to feed her. | |||||
| 34 | 8 | "Scoop's in Charge" | Jimmy Hibbert | 12 September 2000 12 November 2001 | 122B |
Bob and Wendy are attending lunch at the town hall, so they leave Scoop in charge of building the Mayor's garage. Scoop does not succeed because all he focuses on is being in charge as opposed to being organised, But while Mr. Bentley inspects the work, Scoop accidentally crushes his gold watch. However, the mayor presents Bob his own gold watch. Bob considers the watch too delicate to take on building sites, so he gives it to Mr. Bentley as a replacement for his broken one. The next day Mr. Bentley brings another gold watch he got from the mayor and gives it to Bob. | |||||
| 35 | 9 | "Muck's Sleepover" | Ben Randall | 13 September 2000 18 January 2001 | 112B |
Bob's gang is working on a tunnel overnight. Muck stays at the farm with Travis, but he (she in the US) gets scared of the dark and the scary noises Spud is making and goes missing. When investigating the sound of an owl, Pilchard also goes missing and the same thing happens with Spud. The machines need to find Muck, Pilchard and Spud before they get lost. | |||||
| 36 | 10 | "Trailer Travis Travis' Trailer" (US, Tool Power only) | Ben Randall | 14 September 2000 30 January 2001 | 111B |
Travis is delivering a load of gravel, while Scoop helps. However, Spud unhooks the trailer to give Travis a rest and it rolls away, unaware that he causes a serious traffic accident. | |||||
| 37 | 11 | "Spud and Squawk" | Teddy Kempner and Andy Seacombe | 15 September 2000 29 January 2001 | 109B |
Bob, Wendy and the machines are building a new car park. Spud is trying to shake off a persistent crow that is following him everywhere. He forces Travis to shoo it off using both his horn, and exhaust pipe to blow it off, but while swerving to avoid Muck, he (she in the US) spills his (her in the US) load. Spud cleans it up. Meanwhile, Bob and the team finish the car park (parking lot in the US). When Mr. Bentley comes to inspect he is pleased but the crow makes footprints all over the lovely new car park. Bob decides to call the carpark "Crows-foot car park". So Mr. Bentley congratulates everyone and "Crows-foot car park" it is. | |||||
| 38 | 12 | "Scoop Has Some Fun" | Chris Trengove | 18 September 2000 29 January 2001 | 109A |
Spud blackmails Scoop to help him play some tricks, including attempts to hypnotize Travis with a moving hay bale to make him think it's magic, but Spud frightens Lofty so much that he falls onto his side after crashing into a pile of poles meant for him to put up. Scoop thinks this was another one of Spud's tricks, but Bob decides to make sure, by getting back at Spud by disguising himself as a new scarecrow. | |||||
| 39 | 13 | "Dizzy's Crazy Paving" | Diane Redmond | 19 September 2000 [VHS 10] 13 January 2001 | 118A |
While the machines are building a new path for Mrs. Potts, she won't let Roley work on it because she thinks he will crush all the flowerbeds. Roley decides to supervise Wendy with the hand-roller. But then Muck accidentally drops the flagstones while arguing with Dizzy about where to put them, and they break, which prompts Dizzy a bright idea. | |||||
Series 4 (2001)
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| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | BBC airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "Scoop's Stegosaurus" | Jimmy Hibbert | 1 February 2001 4 June 2001 | 119A |
Bob and Scoop discover some old bones in a ditch at Farmer Pickles' field. While Bob is out at the museum, Spud persuades Scoop to see some bigger bones that he found. Mr. Ellis thinks that a stegosaurus skeleton was found, but some of its bones are missing. | |||||
| 41 | 2 | "Sneezing Scoop" | Ruth Estevez | 2 February 2001 8 June 2001 | 121B |
While some tires are being dropped off for Farmer Pickles and Travis, Scoop starts sneezing, which prompts Bob he has hay fever. He sends Scoop back to the yard, but he still sneezes. Bob lets Spud figure out what is causing Scoop to sneeze, and the answer ends up being hay and flowers. | |||||
| 42 | 3 | "Roley's Animal Rescue Roley's Sleepy Friend" | Chris Trengove | 5 February 2001 [VHS 11] 1 February 2001 | 114A |
Bob discovers a hedgehog (porcupine in the US) asleep in Farmer Pickles' cottage and Scoop takes it back to the yard, while Roley looks after it. But when Farmer Pickles arrives to see Wendy, Scruffty jumps out of Travis' trailer and he and Pilchard chase each other which makes Roley worried that it might wake the hedgehog (porcupine in the US). | |||||
| 43 | 4 | "Scarecrow Dizzy" | James Henry | 6 February 2001 [VHS 11] 1 February 2001 | 114B |
Bob and Wendy are working on painting Farmer Pickles' farmhouse with Dizzy guarding the wet cement. But when Spud tries to paint it, he makes a big mess. | |||||
| 44 | 5 | "One Shot Wendy Wendy Plays Golf" | Simon Jowett and Ben Randall | 7 February 2001 7 March 2002 [VHS 3] | 125B |
Bob and the gang are building a crazy golf course. Wendy discovers that she has the instructions for the windmill, that Bob is preparing, yet when she phones him, he says he doesn't need them. | |||||
| 45 | 6 | "Spud Lends a Hand" | Ian Carney | 8 February 2001 7 March 2002 | 125A |
A rainwater tank is being put up next to Farmer Pickles' barn. While Bob is not around, Spud makes Lofty lift the tank into place. But instead of landing properly, it rolls down a hill and smashes a wooden boat for Wendy's nephew. | |||||
| 46 | 7 | "Bob and the Bandstand" | Teddy Kempner and Andy Secombe | 9 February 2001 [VHS 11] 14 March 2002 | 126B |
Bob's gang are preparing Farmer Pickles' bandstand. But then the sheet music falls out of Travis' trailer and Spud starts making paper airplanes with it. | |||||
| 47 | 8 | "Farmer Pickles' Pigpen" | Jimmy Hibbert | 12 February 2001 19 November 2001 [VHS 12] . | 123B |
Farmer Pickles is phoning Bob to build a doghouse for Scruffty, but he accidentally drops the phone. At the same time, Mrs. Percival phones Farmer Pickles to look after the guinea pigs over the school holiday. After Wendy answers the message, she sends the phone off with Scoop, but then he passes it onto Spud and Travis until Farmer Pickles is puzzled to hear about the arrival of some unordered "mini-pigs" and, has no pigpen. | |||||
| 48 | 9 | "Bob on the Run" | Chris Trengove | 13 February 2001 [VHS 13] 6 June 2001 | 115A |
Mrs. Percival is raising money for a new clubhouse. Bob sponsors it with a Runathon and the machines sponsor it by demolishing the old pavilion. | |||||
| 49 | 10 | "Forget-Me-Knot Bob" | Ben Randall | 14 February 2001 19 November 2001 | 123A |
Bob's personal organizer (which gives details of all of his jobs) breaks down. He tries to remind himself by tying knots in his handkerchief, but gets them mixed up. | |||||
| 50 | 11 | "Roley and the Rock Star" | Simon Jowett | 15 February 2001 14 March 2002 | 126A |
Roley gets excited when Bob builds a pond in his favourite rock star's garden. | |||||
| 51 | 12 | "Scruffty the Detective" | Sarah Ball | 16 February 2001 4 June 2001 | 119B |
A time capsule is being built for Mr. Ellis and will be buried outside the museum. However, Spud thinks it is a treasure chest and he empties the contents of it and almost buries it. | |||||
| 52 | 13 | "Watercolour Wendy Watercolor Wendy" [b] | Ian Carney | 19 February 2001 6 June 2001 | 115B |
Wendy is on her day off doing some watercolour (watercolor in the US) painting, but Scruffty buries her phone. | |||||
Series 5 (2002)
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| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (bottom) US title (top) [a] | Written by | CBeebies airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "Scruffty's Big Dig" | Diane Redmond | 1 April 2002 [VHS 14] 20 March 2002 | 202B |
Bob, Wendy and the Machines are going to Mrs. Broadbent's House that has a big hole in the wall, but Scrufty gets stuck in the rabbit hole, who gets out with the help of Lofty. | |||||
| 54 | 2 | "Inspector Spud" | Simon Jowett | 2 April 2002 [VHS 15] 15 October 2002 | 206A |
Mr. Bentley inspects a pipe but he gets soaked. Spud tries to take over, but he has no qualifications. | |||||
| 55 | 3 | "Cock-a-Doodle Spud" | Diane Redmond | 3 April 2002 [VHS 14] 16 October 2002 | 207A |
Farmer Pickles' hen has abandoned her eggs, so Bob is building a hen coop. Spud decides to look after the chicks. | |||||
| 56 | 4 | "Wendy's Surprise Party" | Ruth Estevez | 4 April 2002 [VHS 14] 12 April 2002 | 203B |
Wendy is inviting the whole town for a barbecue party for her sister, Jenny. But the machines have just laid a garden path and they are too tired to come. | |||||
| 57 | 5 | "Skateboard Spud" | Ross Hastings | 5 April 2002 [VHS 14] 11 October 2002 | 205B |
Using an old ironing board, Spud makes a skateboard and rides it all over town. Bob has just put up some traffic calming measures. When Spud comes across Bob, Dizzy, Roley and Scoop, he crashes into the dumpster. | |||||
| 58 | 6 | "Muck's Monster" | Ben Randall | 6 April 2002 [VHS 14] 10 October 2002(Halloween special) | 204B |
Wendy, Muck and Dizzy are clearing a blocked drain. Muck gets spooked by gurgling noises and he is convinced it is a monster. Meanwhile, Spud and Lofty play chess. | |||||
| 59 | 7 | "Spud the Dragon" | Ian Carney | 7 April 2002 [c] 15 October 2002 | 206B |
Mrs. Percival is preparing costumes for the school play. Spud borrows the dragon costume and pretends to be a magic dragon when he sees Muck. Meanwhile, Bob and Wendy are sorting out Mrs. Potts' attic. | |||||
| 60 | 8 | "Pilchard Steals the Show" | Jimmy Hibbert | 8 April 2002 [c] 20 March 2002 | 202A |
Scoop notices that Farmer Pickles has entered Scruffty into the dog show, which determines him to also enter Pilchard, even though she is a cat. | |||||
| 61 | 9 | "Bob's Hide Bob's Bird Blind" | James Henry | 9 April 2002 [c] 10 October 2002(Halloween special) | 204A |
Bob's gang are making a bird hide at the nature reserve and also want to get a glimpse of the rare Grebe Warbler. But Spud appears instead of dressed like a bird. | |||||
| 62 | 10 | "Bob's Auntie" | Jimmy Hibbert | 10 April 2002 [c] 12 April 2002 | 203A |
Auntie Dora is coming to visit and she is a stickler for tidiness. Already the yard is in a complete mess and the machines try to clean it up, but they only make it worse. | |||||
| 63 | 11 | "Bob and the Big Freeze" | Simon Jowett | 11 April 2002 [c] 10 December 2001 [VHS 7] | 201B |
Scoop and Wendy try to clear the roads, but they bumped into the hedgehog/porcupine crossing. Spud tries to skate on the frozen duck pond, but the ice is not thick enough. Bob sends Dizzy and Lofty out to rescue him. | |||||
| 64 | 12 | "Clumsy Roley Roll on Roley" | Ian Carney | 12 April 2002 11 October 2002 | 205A |
Roley almost crushes Bob's toolbox. This causes anxiety from him to think he is always clumsy. This always makes him more accident-prone. | |||||
| 65 | 13 | "Eskimo Bob Bob of the North" | Chris Trengove | 13 April 2002 10 December 2001(Christmas special) [VHS 7] | 201C |
A snowstorm has hit Bobsville, and Farmer Pickles has a huge hole in his roof. Wendy, along with her sister, Jenny, goes to fix it while Bob, Scoop, and Muck clear the roads. Spud accidentally destroys Scruffty's kennel while trying on Wendy's skis, so Jenny builds an igloo for Scruffty. | |||||
Series 6 (2002)
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| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | CBeebies airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1 | "Bob's Pizza" | Ian Carney | 2 September 2002 24 November 2003 | 212B |
Bob starts doing a pizza delivery service. | |||||
| 67 | 2 | "Bob's Metal Detector" | Ian Carney | 3 September 2002 17 October 2002 | 210B |
Bob buys a metal detector to help him look for and fix Farmer Pickles' broken water pipe. Afterwards, Bob and Muck go treasure hunting in Farmer Pickles' field, but all they manage to find is half a bike and the main water pipe, which they accidentally crack. | |||||
| 68 | 3 | "Mr. Beasley's DIY Disaster Mr. Beasley's Vegetable Patch" | Chris Trengove | 4 September 2002 8 October 2002 | 213A |
Mr. Beasley asks Bob to build him a new tool shed for his garden, but Bob is delayed by an urgent roof repair at the post office. Mr. Beasley tries building the shed himself, but it becomes a disaster when he doesn't put the support in properly. | |||||
| 69 | 4 | "Wendy's Removal Service Wendy's Moving Company" | Simon Jowett | 5 September 2002 17 October 2002 | 210A |
Wendy starts operating a removal service. | |||||
| 70 | 5 | "Lofty and the Rabbits" | Ruth Estevez | 6 September 2002 16 October 2002 | 207B |
Lofty discovers a small family of rabbits. | |||||
| 71 | 6 | "Lofty and the Giant Carrot" | Jimmy Hibbert | 7 September 2002 9 October 2002 | 208B |
Lofty gets frightened by a giant carrot, even though it won't get him. | |||||
| 72 | 7 | "Bob's Egg and Spoon Race" | Diane Redmond | 8 September 2002 7 October 2002 | 209A |
The town is practicing for an egg and spoon race. Spud has problems trying to keep the egg on the spoon, so he cheats by using some of Bob's putty. | |||||
| 73 | 8 | "Trix's Tiles" | Peter Corey | 9 September 2002 24 November 2003 | 212A |
Bob is placing red tiles on a roof, but then a mix-up at JJ's yard causes Wendy to put green tiles on the other side of the roof. | |||||
| 74 | 9 | "Mr. Sabatini's Smashing Day Mr. Sabatini Picks Up the Pieces" | Lee Pressman | 10 September 2002 7 October 2002 | 209B |
Mr. Sabatini gets a new football, but he accidentally kicks it through his shop window. J.J. and Bob goes to replace it with a new pane. | |||||
| 75 | 10 | "Roley to the Rescue" | James Henry | 11 September 2002 18 October 2002 | 211A |
Bird is trapped and Roley has to rescue him. | |||||
| 76 | 11 | "Spud's Big Splash" | Polly Churchill | 12 September 2002 8 October 2002 | 213B |
Muck's job is to deliver bricks to Mrs. Potts' garden to have the bricks as the base for her pottery duck until Spud challenges him to throw bricks in the pond to make a big splash. | |||||
| 77 | 12 | "Spud the Musketeer" | Julie Jones | 13 September 2002 18 October 2002 | 211B |
After Spud sees a poster for the school play, he thinks he would like to be a musketeer. He decides to use a fence post as a sword, but when he does, all the sheep escape. | |||||
| 78 | 13 | "Wendy's Magic Birthday" | Guy Halifax | 14 September 2002 9 October 2002 | 208A |
It's Wendy's birthday, but she does not want any fuss. Bob organises a magic birthday show for her instead. | |||||
Series 7 (2003)
| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | CBeebies airdate (top) PBS Kids airdate (bottom) | PBS Kids episode order | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 1 | "Mr. Beasley's New Friends" | Julie Jones | 3 February 2003 February 19, 2005(Animal Habitats) [DVD 1] | 108C | |||
Mr. Beasley makes some new friends. | ||||||||
| 80 | 2 | "Spud the Pilot" | Simon Jowett | 4 February 2003 January 8, 2005(Divergent Thinking) [VHS 16] | 102A | |||
JJ loses his remote control aeroplane. Spud finds it and becomes a pilot. | ||||||||
| 81 | 3 | "Trix and the Otters" | Lee Price | 5 February 2003 January 1, 2005(The Environment) [DVD 1] | 101A | |||
Molly sees a family of otters. Trix decides to watch them also, but then they see a big shiny machine. Muck devises a good way to watch them. | ||||||||
| 82 | 4 | "Speedy Skip" | Chris Trengove | 6 February 2003 January 15, 2005(Surprises) [DVD 2] | 103B | |||
Skip moves too fast and he causes trouble for the gang. He races and speeds around some parts of town. | ||||||||
| 83 | 5 | "Mr. Ellis' Exhibition" | Diane Redmond | 7 February 2003 March 26, 2005(Problem Solving) [DVD 3] | 113B | |||
| "Mr. Ellis' Art Exhibition" | ||||||||
Mr. Ellis' new exhibition gets ruined. Everything has to be done before something gets worse. | ||||||||
| 84 | 6 | "Bob and the Badgers" | Sarah Ball | 10 February 2003 February 19, 2005(Animal Habitats) [DVD 1] | 108B | |||
Farmer Pickles needs a fence built to keep the rabbits off his cabbages. But this also blocks the badgers' path to the stream. | ||||||||
| 85 | 7 | "Bob and the Goalie" | Glenn Dakin | 11 February 2003 January 22, 2005(Self-Esteem) [DVD 4] . | 104A | |||
Bob's gang is building an exercise park which Mr. Dixon's brother, David Dixon, will open. Bob and Spud think they are no good at soccer. | ||||||||
| 86 | 8 | "Dizzy Goes Camping" | Glenn Dakin | 12 February 2003 January 1, 2005(The Environment) [DVD 5] | 101C | |||
While Wendy goes on holiday with her sister, Bob and the team build a campground near Farmer Pickles' farm. Dizzy wants to know what it is like to camp out, so she and Muck spend the night in a tent. However, Dizzy forgets to shut the gate, and the next morning, Farmer Pickles' sheep get loose in the campground. Dizzy and Muck manage to round up the sheep before Bob and Farmer Pickles return. | ||||||||
| 87 | 9 | "Pilchard's Pets" | Jimmy Hibbert | 13 February 2003 February 26, 2005(Discovery) [DVD 4] . | 109C | |||
Pilchard meets some tiny creatures and decides to treat them like pets. | ||||||||
| 88 | 10 | "Snowman Scoop" | James Henry | 14 February 2003 March 5, 2005(Anticipating Outcomes) [DVD 4] | 110C | |||
Scoop wants to enter the snowman competition, but he needs to fix a burst pipe outside Mr. Sabatini's house. The noses for the snowmen start disappearing. | ||||||||
| 89 | 11 | "Lofty's Long Load" | Guy Halifax | 17 February 2003 March 12, 2005(Confidence) [DVD 4] | 111B | |||
Bob is building a through-lounge for Mr. and Mrs. Bentley. Lofty carries the long metal girder. Dizzy and Trix decide to have a race and in the process the girder damages the sides of the bridge. | ||||||||
| 90 | 12 | "Hamish's New Home" | Simon Jowett | 18 February 2003 February 26, 2005(Discovery) [DVD 1] | 109A | |||
Hamish gets a new home. | ||||||||
| 91 | 13 | "Dizzy the Sheepdog" | Diane Redmond | 19 February 2003 March 5, 2005(Anticipating Outcomes) [DVD 4] | 110B | |||
Dizzy helps Farmer Pickles by trying to act like a sheepdog. | ||||||||
Series 8 (2003)
| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) | Written by | CBeebies airdate (top) PBS Kids airdate (bottom) | PBS Kids episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 1 | "Bob the Photographer" | Julie Jones | 1 September 2003 February 5, 2005(Creativity) [DVD 5] | 106C |
Bob takes some pictures of the town. | |||||
| 93 | 2 | "Mr. Bentley's Trains" | Sarah Ball | 8 September 2003 March 5, 2005(Anticipating Outcomes) [DVD 2] | 110A |
Mrs. Bentley accidentally breaks one of Mr. Bentley's toy trains which she thinks are special to him. | |||||
| 94 | 3 | "Wendy's Big Night Out" | Diane Redmond | 15 September 2003 January 22, 2005(Self-Esteem) | 104B |
Wendy goes out for a night on the town. | |||||
| 95 | 4 | "Racing Muck" | James Henry | 22 September 2003 February 26, 2005(Discovery) [DVD 6] | 109B |
Muck suddenly goes in a racing mood. | |||||
| 96 | 5 | "Mr. Beasley's Noisy Pipes" | Polly Churchill | 29 September 2003 March 19, 2005(Using Clues) [DVD 7] | 112A |
Mr. Beasley mistakes the noise of his old pipes for a mole stuck under his floorboards which gives him anxiety. | |||||
| 97 | 6 | "Lofty's Jungle Fun" | Julie Jones | 6 October 2003 March 26, 2005(Problem Solving) [DVD 8] | 113B |
Lofty imagines what it would be like to be in the jungle. | |||||
| 98 | 7 | "Ballroom Bob" | Simon Jowett | 13 October 2003 March 12, 2005(Confidence) [DVD 9] | 111A |
Bob has been taking secret salsa dance lessons from Mrs. Percival to practice for the upcoming dance, but he keeps stepping on her feet, making him worry that he won't be able to impress anyone with his moves at the dance. Mr. Bentley tells Bob that the dance is to be moved to Farmer Pickles' field since the town hall is too hot. The team builds an outdoor dance floor and decides to practice dancing, too. | |||||
| 99 | 8 | "Molly's Fashion Show" | Glenn Dakin | 20 October 2003 February 5, 2005(Creativity) | 106B |
Molly hosts a fashion show, but it then goes wrong. | |||||
| 100 | 9 | "Spud and the Doves" | Sarah Ball | 27 October 2003 February 19, 2005(Animal Habitats) | 108A |
Spud gets some trouble with doves. | |||||
| 101 | 10 | "First-Aid Molly" | Peter Reeves | 3 November 2003 January 8, 2005(Divergent Thinking) | 102B |
Molly takes a first-aid job at wanting to be a doctor. | |||||
| 102 | 11 | "Mr. Bentley: Dog Sitter" | Jimmy Hibbert | 10 November 2003 January 29, 2005(Taking Responsibility) | 105A |
Mr. Bentley is a dog sitting for the Mayor's dog, Timmykins, but he escapes. | |||||
| 103 | 12 | "Travis Gets Lucky" | Diane Redmond | 17 November 2001 January 22, 2005(Self-Esteem) | 104C |
Travis has a lucky day when he has to plough (plow in the US) a field without Farmer Pickles guiding him. | |||||
| 104 | 13 | "Scruffty on Guard" | Glenn Dakin | 24 November 2003 March 19, 2005(Using Clues) | 112C |
Scruffty is guarding duty, but he soon gets distracted. | |||||
Series 9 (2004)
| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) | Written by | CBeebies airdate (top) PBS Kids airdate (bottom) | PBS Kids episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 1 | "Scoop the Disco Digger" | Diane Redmond | 3 April 2004 January 15, 2005(Surprises) | 103A |
The team is having a Tropical Beach Party and Dizzy teaches Scoop how to dance. | |||||
| 106 | 2 | "Bob the Farmer" | Glenn Dakin | 4 April 2004 February 12, 2005(Helping Others) [DVD 10] | 107B |
Bob takes care of Farmer Pickles' farm while he goes to a county fair. | |||||
| 107 | 3 | "Lofty the Artist" | James Henry | 10 April 2004 February 5, 2005(Creativity) [DVD 10] | 106A |
Wendy decorates the library, and Lofty is so impressed that he decides to paint a picture as well – but he soon finds that being an artist is harder than it looks. | |||||
| 108 | 4 | "Spud's Statue" | Jimmy Hibbert | 11 April 2004 January 29, 2005(Taking Responsibility) | 105B |
Spud breaks Molly's statue, so he tries to make a new one out of Bob's building materials only to leave Bob without the wood to fix the pavilion. | |||||
| 109 | 5 | "Pilchard and the Field Mice" | Diane Redmond | 17 April 2004 March 19, 2005(Using Clues) | 112B |
Pilchard causes havoc on a job to mend a rotten beam in Mr. Ellis' cottage when she finds some mice living there. | |||||
| 110 | 6 | "Trix's Pumpkin Pie" | Diane Redmond | 18 April 2004 January 29, 2005(Taking Responsibility) | 105C |
The team is building a new jungle gym for the school playground. When Trix and Muck collect some wooden poles for the jungle gym from Farmer Pickles, he tells them he needs to deliver a pumpkin to Mr. Sabatini's pizza parlour so he can bake a large pumpkin pie for Farmer Pickles' harvest supper. Trix volunteers to deliver the pumpkin pie after it is finished, but when Bob tells her he needs more wood chips, she asks Spud to look after the pie. Surprisingly, Spud keeps his promise and protects the pie from crows. | |||||
| 111 | 7 | "Where's Muck?" | Peter Reeves | 24 April 2004 January 1, 2005(The Environment) | 101B |
Bob and the team are repairing an eroded river bank in the countryside. Muck has to collect the fence posts and the grass matting from JJ's yard to start work but he (she in the US) was in such a rush not to miss out of getting mucky, he (she in the US) forgot the matting, now he (she in the US) has to go back to JJ's. Muck decides to take a shortcut but he (she in the US) suddenly gets lost, then he sees a lost duckling, Muck names the duck Quack and he (she in the US) helps bring the duck back to his family. | |||||
| 112 | 8 | "Travis' Busy Day" | Peter Reeves | 25 April 2004 February 12, 2005(Helping Others) [DVD 10] . | 107C |
Lofty and Travis pull down a damaged tree, only to find that they have made a family of squirrels homeless! Travis is devastated, but suddenly he has an idea which Bob could use the old tree to build a new home for the squirrels. | |||||
| 113 | 9 | "Muck's Surprise" | Marc Seal | 1 May 2004 January 15, 2005(Surprises) | 103B |
Bob's gang builds a summer house as an anniversary present for Mrs. Bentley, but Muck nearly ruins the surprise. | |||||
| 114 | 10 | "Skip's Big Idea" | Jimmy Hibbert | 2 May 2004 March 26, 2005(Problem Solving) [DVD 11] | 113A |
Skip wishes he could come up with good ideas, while Bob is renovating the old mill. | |||||
| 115 | 11 | "Roley's Important Job" | Diane Redmond | 8 May 2004 March 12, 2005(Confidence) [DVD 10] | 111C |
Bob and the gang convert a house into a delicatessen, but there's nothing for Roley to do. Fortunately, some birds give him an idea to make him feel useful again. | |||||
| 116 | 12 | "Trix and the Bug" | Glenn Dakin | 9 May 2004 January 8, 2005(Divergent Thinking) | 102C |
Bob builds a cinema, and a fake giant bug is sent to promote a new film. However, Trix causes chaos in the town when she borrows the insect to help Spud scare the birds. | |||||
| 117 | 13 | "Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair" | Peter Reeves | 20 December 2004 February 12, 2005(Helping Others) | 107A |
It is the day of the winter fair, and Mr. Bentley is in charge of organising the fair. He tries to plan it like a military exercise to make sure nothing goes wrong, but when Mr. Bentley expresses his disapproval of how the stalls are set up and Humpty escapes from his pen, the fair escalates into chaos. | |||||
