List of Tweenies episodes
This is a List of Tweenies episodes. Tweenies was a television programme aimed at young children, broadcast on the BBC's CBeebies channel.[1]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 85 | September 6, 1999 | December 31, 1999 | ||
| 2 | 45 | January 31, 2000 | March 31, 2000 | ||
| 3 | 30 | July 24, 2000 | September 1, 2000 | ||
| 4 | 40 | October 9, 2000 | December 1, 2000 | ||
| 5 | 60 + Special | December 11, 2000 | April 9, 2001 | ||
| 6 | 61 | September 24, 2001 | December 28, 2001 | ||
| 7 | 69 | December 31, 2001 | April 2002 | ||
Episodes
Series 1 (1999)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Tweenie Band" | 6 September 1999[2] |
| The Tweenies get excited about singing Music Man in which they play imaginary instruments. Milo gets carried away with a drum, and Jake with a pot lid, and they make a dreadful noise. Judy takes control and encourages them to give a Top of the Pops-style performance. | |||
| 2 | 2 | "Spider" | 7 September 1999 |
| Jake is scared of spiders, so Max shows him a film and makes him his own spider model. Soon he feels confident enough to join the others in the garden for a spider hunt. | |||
| 3 | 3 | "I Am Me" | 8 September 1999 |
| As the Tweenies rest from the exertions of their action song, they notice how different Doodles is compared to them and that they all seem to be the same as each other. They soon discover that is not the case. As they all go about their play activities, Milo gets in everyone's way with his game, Jake spoils Bella's game and everyone blames each other for the ensuing chaos. Judy has to take things in hand and show them that they are all different and that they all like different things but that people are all as important as each other. | |||
| 4 | 4 | "Old House" | 9 September 1999 |
| Jake, Fizz and Max explore an old house which is now a museum. Jake decides he is the Grand Old Duke of York, and insists that the three of them must go up and down any hill that they come across. At the old house, they have great fun exploring the way people lived, worked and enjoyed themselves in olden times. | |||
| 5 | 5 | "I'm Scared" | 10 September 1999 |
| Jake notices that the curtains of the surprise area are twitching every now and then and he and the other Tweenies decide that there is a monster behind them. None of them will go and have a look as they are all too scared. The Tweenies all decide what they would each like it to be but they don't convince themselves. To their horror Judy pulls a book from behind the curtains but she doesn't seem to have seen anything scary so during their story about Mr. Underbed they all keep an eye on the surprise area curtains. When the story is finished they admit to Judy that they are scared of what might be there. Judy seems to know what it is and encourages them to go and have a look. When they do they are glad that they did. | |||
| 6 | 6 | "Wriggling Fingers" | 13 September 1999 |
| The Tweenies sing two of their favourite songs - Put Your Finger in the Air, and Tommy Thumb - and it sets them thinking about what they can do with their fingers. They use their hands to make shadow animals while they sing more of their favourite songs. Then they make puppets from gloves and bits and pieces from the messy area, and this leads to a black theatre puppet show narrated by the very able Bella. | |||
| 7 | 7 | "Mermaids" | 14 September 1999 |
| The Tweenies discover that someone who is half fish and half person is called a mermaid. Fizz and Bella get very excited about this and decide that they should become mermaids. They find what they need in the dressing up box and together with Milo and Jake they explore and sing about these wonderous creatures. Mermaids may not be real but they're fun. | |||
| 8 | 8 | "Ballet" | 15 September 1999 |
| Fizz goes to ballet every Saturday and wants to share the joy of a ballet lesson with all the other Tweenies. She has difficulties getting Jake to do it properly, keeping Milo in order and stopping Bella from taking over but her enthusiasm wins out and with the help of the dressing up box, a new headdress she made herself and a story from Max about a ballet class, they are able to perform a little ballet for Max at the end. | |||
| 9 | 9 | "I've Lost My Train" | 16 September 1999 |
| Jake can't find his toy train. Milo is too busy playing, but Bella and Fizz help him look for it. They look behind and under lots of things but there is no sign of it. Milo has an idea, and the Tweenies make a runaway train out of cardboard boxes. It's a great hit with Jake, so they decide to have one last look for the toy train. Doodles finds it. | |||
| 10 | 10 | "Pebbles" | 17 September 1999 |
| Max is trying to make the garden look a bit more interesting and he remembers a beach that has millions of pebbles. Judy, Milo and Bella go off to see this beach and they discover the different shapes, sizes and colours of the stones that you can find. They also find many different things you can do with stones and pebbles from the beach and the fun you can have with them. | |||
| 11 | 11 | "Telephone" | 20 September 1999 |
| The Tweenies have all sorts of notions as to how a telephone works. Is there someone inside it? What makes it ring? Do you speak into it or at it? They experiment with the way things travel down tubes and what happens to your voice if you speak into one end of a very long tube. The Tweenies now understand the fact that a telephone allows you to speak to someone who is not in the same place as you but somewhere else. | |||
| 12 | 12 | "I'm Too Small" | 21 September 1999 |
| Jake is having difficulty keeping up with the others and when he tries to join in their game he is told that he is too small.Jake goes to confide in Doodles and realises that although he is smaller than the rest he has grown and can do lots more things than he used to be able to do. Judy tries to help the others understand how Jake is feeling and since their game is over, due to the ball being lost, they decide to play something they can all join in. | |||
| 13 | 13 | "Rockpool" | 22 September 1999 |
| Fizz and Milo are off to the beach with Max to try and find a starfish. On their trip they find rockpools, and discover the creatures that live in them. Fizz doesn't understand how a star can be in the sky and then in the sea. The seaside teaches them about the fauna found in rockpools and enables them to finish a pretend rockpool Jake and Bella have made in the playroom. | |||
| 14 | 14 | "It Wasn't Me" | 23 September 1999 |
| Max brings a marionette puppet to show the Tweenies and it fires them up to make their own puppet show. The marionette is delicate, and they are warned not to play with it. However, Bella breaks one of the strings, hides the puppet in Doodles's beanbag, and blames him. Bella eventually owns up and admits it was her fault. She learns that it is wrong to tell lies. | |||
| 15 | 15 | "Noise & Quiet" | 24 September 1999 |
| Milo is in a noisy mood. He has found a noisy instrument that he calls his rattler, and goes round each person in turn showing them how noisy it can be. The rest of the Tweenies are in a quiet mood, and try to get Milo to make less noise, but it takes Max's intervention to sort the situation out. They each make an instrument, and together they play them first in a quiet way, and then in a noisy way. | |||
| 16 | 16 | "Bad Mood" | 27 September 1999 |
| A lack of sleep puts Milo in such a bad mood that he doesn't want to play with anyone. | |||
| 17 | 17 | "Ball" | 28 September 1999 |
| After an accident in the playroom, it is decided that the park is the place to play with balls. Milo, Bella and Max go off to the park to play. They have a look at various parts of the park before they are sure that it is the right place to play with a ball. Back in the Playroom, Judy is showing Fizz and Jake how to play skittles with a ball which is the right size for indoors. All the Tweenies discover that you can have fun with a ball anywhere. | |||
| 18 | 18 | "Colours" | 29 September 1999 |
| Jake has arrived with his 'Dotman' super hero cape on. When his mum made it for him, she sewed on lots of coloured dots and this gave Dotman the power to put back any colours that disappear from the world. This is exactly what happens. All the colours suddenly disappear from the garden and Dotman is the only person who can bring them back. Dotman saves all the colours and even sort out Doodles' colour problem. | |||
| 19 | 19 | "Over & Under" | 30 September 1999 |
| The Tweenies watch a gymnast on a bar and Milo invents a game, swinging over and under a bar, then the others join him in an adventure with a friendly bear, and learn what the words 'over' and 'under' mean. | |||
| 20 | 20 | "Rainbow Magic" | 1 October 1999 |
| Fizz catches sight of a rainbow when she is in the garden and thinks how magical it is. She tries to describe how colourful it was, but the others want to see one for themselves. Judy helps out by getting them to watch some on video and to take note of the many colours that are in a rainbow. They then make their own rainbow with all the colours they can remember and put it up above the window, but will they all see a real rainbow? | |||
| 21 | 21 | "Dragon" | 4 October 1999 |
| Sir Milo finds himself in possession of an unusual dragon. | |||
| 22 | 22 | "Modelling Clay" | 5 October 1999 |
| Judy arrives with a tub of modelling clay and the Tweenies discover that the wibbly-wobbly material can be shaped and squeezed into all sorts of things, such as a horse, a rocket and a castle. Unfortunately their beautiful models disappear while Judy is telling the story of the Gingerbread Man. Max has the answer to the mystery of the vanishing clay, and the Tweenies work together to make one more wibbly-wobbly creation. | |||
| 23 | 23 | "Lost Frog" | 6 October 1999 |
| The gang try to find a home for a lost frog called Norman. | |||
| 24 | 24 | "Stuck Together" | 7 October 1999 |
| Playing with a buttonhole, some glue and two shoelaces, the Tweenies get stuck together. | |||
| 25 | 25 | "Growing Bulbs" | 8 October 1999 |
| Jake produces some funny looking objects which turn out to be daffodil bulbs. The friends plant the bulbs and make paper plants for the empty pots. | |||
| 26 | 26 | "Shiny Metal" | 11 October 1999 |
| Using his magic polish, Max shows the Tweenies how to make dull old metal sparkle and shine. The Tweenies find lots of metal objects, and with a little help from Bella's fairy wand, fill the room with shiny metal. | |||
| 27 | 27 | "Big & Small" | 12 October 1999 |
| The friends learn about size by comparing ants with elephants, then hear some stories about large and small animals. | |||
| 28 | 28 | "Fizz's Birthday" | 13 October 1999 |
| Milo, Bella and Jake plan a surprise party for Fizz's fourth birthday. Judy and Max help them decorate the playroom and make a birthday cake. | |||
| 29 | 29 | "Sheets" | 14 October 1999 |
| Max is trying to decide where to go on holiday, so, using their imaginations, the other Tweenies take him to sunny beaches and snowy mountains. | |||
| 30 | 30 | "Sand" | 15 October 1999 |
| While building sandcastles, Milo and Jake discover that sand is a good place for hiding treasures and decide to go on a hunt. | |||
| 31 | 31 | "Animal Dancers" | 18 October 1999 |
| The Tweenies make some costumes so they can dress up as animals and perform a show. | |||
| 32 | 32 | "Police" | 19 October 1999 |
| Bella finds a lost brooch. Max takes Bella and Milo to the local police station to hand it in. Down at the station, Bella and Milo join the police on their rounds. Milo doesn't catch any burglars but they do reunite a lost child with his mum. | |||
| 33 | 33 | "Printing" | 20 October 1999 |
| Judy is trying to decorate the Surprise Area but is having great difficulty in finding a colour that looks just right, whilst Max shows the gang how to print a decorative fairy border using various shapes and different colours. | |||
| 34 | 34 | "Rolling" | 21 October 1999 |
| Milo has lost the wheel of his fire engine, while searching for it, the other Tweenies find lots of things that roll. | |||
| 35 | 35 | "Rainy Day" | 22 October 1999 |
| The rain spoils the Tweenies' plans for a nice picnic, so instead they make their own rainy day collage and dive right in. | |||
| 36 | 36 | "Cardboard Box" | 25 October 1999 |
| The Tweenies are bored with their toys so Max suggests that they play with the cardboard boxes he has left in the garden. At first they are unimpressed, but soon the Tweenies realise that a box can be anything they want it to be. Soon they have created a cardboard box train which takes them to space, under the sea and into the jungle. | |||
| 37 | 37 | "Caring for a Pet" | 26 October 1999 |
| Max teaches the gang how to look after their dog, Doodles. | |||
| 38 | 38 | "Woolly Jumper" | 27 October 1999 |
| Milo can't wait to show off his new jumper his gran has knitted for him, but Doodles and Jake's horseplay leaves it a great deal shorter when it unravels. | |||
| 39 | 39 | "Fairies" | 28 October 1999 |
| Max helps Bella make a pair of wings and a wand. Then he tells the story of Sleeping Beauty and the Tweenies do some acting! | |||
| 40 | 40 | "Canal Boat" | 29 October 1999 |
| Fizz, Jake and Max go for a ride on a narrow boat that belongs to and old friend of Max's and go in search of unusual boats that Fizz has seen on the canal near where she lives. | |||
| 41 | 41 | "Hot & Cold" | 1 November 1999 |
| While the snow falls, the Tweenies learn about icebergs and volcanoes, to find out the difference between hot and cold and then Bella meets Mr Hot and Mrs Cold who sing a song to help explain the difference. | |||
| 42 | 42 | "Hiccups" | 2 November 1999 |
| Rushing in, arriving late, Milo gets the hiccups! Bella, Fizz and Jake try to help him stop them - even Doodles has a go! But what are hiccups? Why do they come? Where do they go? Milo tries to find out. | |||
| 43 | 43 | "Go Away, Bella!" | 3 November 1999 |
| No matter where Bella goes or what she does she always seems to ruin things. When she spoils things for everyone she has to say sorry. But maybe the others should have let her join in with them - so is Bella entirely to blame? | |||
| 44 | 44 | "Meadow" | 4 November 1999 |
| Jake becomes Little Boy Blue and falls asleep. Meanwhile, Max becomes a roving reporter and visits a meadow with his camcorder and then gets ants in his pants! | |||
| 45 | 45 | "Blow" | 5 November 1999 |
| Jake wants to know whether windmills are magic, or operated by the wind. So Jake, Fizz, Milo and Bella all take a magical trip inside their very own bubbles floating across the sky! | |||
| 46 | 46 | "I Can't Do It" | 8 November 1999 |
| The Tweenies find out that it's no good saying "I can't do it" - they must try! Jake finds out he can sing Looby Lou, Fizz that she can stand still and Milo and the rest have an adventure with an alien in outer space! | |||
| 47 | 47 | "Leaves" | 9 November 1999 |
| Milo finds a leaf stuck in his jacket and becomes convinced he's a tree. Max looks at different leaves, and Judy goes on a search to find an oak tree. | |||
| 48 | 48 | "Milo the Clown" | 10 November 1999 |
| Milo is concerned that he can't join in with the circus game because he can't be as funny as the other clowns. They can juggle and spin plates, but Milo can't. Judy tells a story about a clown called Milo, convincing him that all he has to do is be himself. He performs and Bella plays the hooters. | |||
| 49 | 49 | "Litter" | 11 November 1999 |
| The Tweenies are taught what litter is and Jake invents a game of Litterbug. Playing pass the parcel is good fun but what a mess it makes - the only place for all that litter is in the bin! | |||
| 50 | 50 | "Disappearing Shoes" | 12 November 1999 |
| Strange goings on are afoot, as first Milo's shoe, then the dressing-up shoes, and then Max's gardening shoes go missing, but who is the mystery shoe snatcher? | |||
| 51 | 51 | "Get Down, Doodles!" | 15 November 1999 |
| When Doodles gets stuck in a tree and the friends use pogo sticks, butterfly wings, aeroplanes, balloons and, finally, a ladder to get him down. | |||
| 52 | 52 | "Making Up" | 16 November 1999 |
| Bella and Milo fall out and won't talk to each other, so Jake and Fizz try to make the peace, but eventually it's Doodles who comes to the rescue. | |||
| 53 | 53 | "Water" | 17 November 1999 |
| Jake is playing in water and starts to imagine that the whole playroom is flooded. | |||
| 54 | 54 | "Feel It" | 18 November 1999 |
| The Tweenies play "who am I?" by wearing a blindfold and trying to guess who is in front of them just by touching. Milo loves his blindfold so much that he keeps it on all day, while Jake and Bella make a picture they can feel. | |||
| 55 | 55 | "Milking" | 19 November 1999 |
| The Tweenies are not convinced that milk comes from cows. They can't believe you squeeze those dangly things and then drink it. Judy visits a friend's farm one day and shows what happens. | |||
| 56 | 56 | "Space" | 22 November 1999 |
| The Tweenies make their own solar system and Jake constructs a rocket. Together Captain Jake and his intrepid crew then set off on a space voyage into the unknown, to boldly go where no Tweenie has gone before! | |||
| 57 | 57 | "Hospital Visit" | 23 November 1999 |
| Fizz is taken to hospital for a checkup after she falls off her bike and hurts her wrist. Meanwhile, Jake, Bella and Milo make their own pretend hospital as they wait for Fizz to return. | |||
| 58 | 58 | "Café" | 24 November 1999 |
| Bella makes café for the others to visit for tea, while Max shows them his visit to a real café. | |||
| 59 | 59 | "Cut Finger" | 25 November 1999 |
| Judy demonstrates how to dress a wound when Jake falls and cuts his finger. Then they all make finger puppets and perform a show. | |||
| 60 | 60 | "Milo's Scooter" | 26 November 1999 |
| Milo causes chaos as he tries to balance on his scooter, and Fizz, Jake and Bella play game of musical statues. | |||
| 61 | 61 | "It's a Circle" | 29 November 1999 |
| Milo shows the others how to draw a perfect circle. Then they go circle-spotting in the playroom and the garden. Jake feels left out because he isn't as quick as the others, but when he becomes Dot Man he finds plenty of circles and puts them to good use rescuing Doodles. | |||
| 62 | 62 | "Oh, Oh, I'm Shrinking" | 30 November 1999 |
| When the gang find a wiggly worm in the garden they wonder what it would be like to be teeny-weeny. Fizz's magic words transport the Tweenies to a giant world full of enormous flowers, buckets and snozzle monsters. | |||
| 63 | 63 | "Harvest" | 1 December 1999 |
| While Judy cuts the grass with a lawn mower, Max watches a combine harvester in the fields cutting wheat. | |||
| 64 | 64 | "Pancakes" | 2 December 1999 |
| Max tells Fizz his favourite food is pancakes, so the Tweenies make some for him, but then Doodles spoils the culinary surprise by eating the lot. | |||
| 65 | 65 | "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" | 3 December 1999 |
| Jake tries to count the new buckets that he finds behind the surprise curtain, Bella and Milo try to help by building sandcastles and making flags. | |||
| 66 | 66 | "In & Out" | 6 December 1999 |
| Jake cannot co-ordinate himself when he dances the Hokey Cokey. | |||
| 67 | 67 | "What?!? No Books!" | 7 December 1999 |
| Fizz and Milo discover that all the story books have disappeared and wonder where they have gone. So instead of reading them a tale, Judy asks them to help her tell the story of Ananse and the Sky God. | |||
| 68 | 68 | "Camouflage" | 8 December 1999 |
| Bella introduces her new pet, Sally the stick insect, and the gang see other animals that use colours and patterns for hiding. Meanwhile Milo finds a clever way to hide in the garden so that the others can't find him. | |||
| 69 | 69 | "Train Journey" | 9 December 1999 |
| Max's car has broken down so he decides to get the train. Having bought his ticket, found a seat and bought a drink he falls asleep and misses his stop. He gets off at the next stop and misses the next train back. He arrives very late at the playgroup and tells the Tweenies all that has happened. | |||
| 70 | 70 | "Frosty Day" | 10 December 1999 |
| After singing Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush on a cold and frosty morning, the Tweenies are disappointed to find that all the snow and ice in the garden has melted. Max helps them to make it a frosty day inside by showing them how to make paper ice patterns and icicles. Finally, the Tweenies can step outside into the magical world of Jack Frost. | |||
| 71 | 71 | "Pretend Friend" | 13 December 1999 |
| Jake introduces his new invisible friend called Douglas. Meanwhile Fizz and Bella are practising a new dance - Tweenie Beat, but Jake can't seem to learn it. Perhaps Douglas can help? | |||
| 72 | 72 | "Bridges" | 14 December 1999 |
| Max takes Fizz and Jake for a boat trip on the River Thames. Later Judy, Milo and Bella see a footbridge in the country. | |||
| 73 | 73 | "The Bracelet" | 15 December 1999 |
| Bella boasts about her beautiful bracelet, but then breaks it. So Fizz makes her own bracelet from pasta. | |||
| 74 | 74 | "Building Blocks" | 16 December 1999 |
| Piles of books arrive in the playroom and the Tweenies use them to build tall towers instead of reading them. | |||
| 75 | 75 | "Ill in Bed" | 17 December 1999 |
| Jake looks through his box of games to recall fond memories while he recovers from a bout of chicken pox. | |||
| 76 | 76 | "The Fallen Star" | 20 December 1999 |
| Fizz finds a fallen star in the garden while the gang are putting up their Christmas decorations. Did it drop from the tinsel Milo played with, or did it fall from the sky? | |||
| 77 | 77 | "Christmas Fairy" | 21 December 1999 |
| Bella wants to be the fairy on top of the Christmas tree. | |||
| 78 | 78 | "Santa's Little Helper" | 22 December 1999 |
| Dotman and Alf Elf visit Santa in his grotto at the North Pole to watch him wrap his gifts, and what to do when you have no wrapping paper, only potatoes. | |||
| 79 | 79 | "Nativity" | 23 December 1999 |
| The friends prepare to perform their own nativity play - but who will play which part? Will Milo be Joseph or a king? And will Bella get to play an angel? | |||
| 80 | 80 | "Christmas Eve" | 24 December 1999 |
| The Tweenies hope for a visit from Father Christmas. If their dreams come true they'll be taken on the trip of a lifetime on Santa's sleigh and see the children of all the world. | |||
| 81 | 81 | "Corner Shop" | 27 December 1999 |
| The Tweenies are having a picnic but Judy has forgotten a few items so she pops out to the corner shop. She gets a bit carried away and forgets what she went for. Eventually the picnic is ready and they all tuck in. | |||
| 82 | 82 | "Can't Go There" | 28 December 1999 |
| Fizz and her friends can’t go in the garden or on the computer. They can’t go anywhere! They decide on a magical flying carpet ride. | |||
| 83 | 83 | "Signs" | 29 December 1999 |
| Fizz discovers a special picture box in her toybox - it is a sign. The Tweenies discover that signs tell you all sorts of things – like where to find the post office or the toilet. Max makes some special signs which take the Tweenies on a treasure hunt. | |||
| 84 | 84 | "Sleep Over" | 30 December 1999 |
| Bella is having a sleep-over at Fizz's house. Fizz gets annoyed with Bella coming in and disrupting her very tidy bedroom. However, once Fizz has calmed down a bit, they have a laugh about some of the silly things the Tweenies have done at playgroup. | |||
| 85 | 85 | "Supermarket" | 31 December 1999 |
| Max goes shopping after learning a special remembering song to make sure that he doesn't forget what to buy. | |||
Series 2 (2000)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 1 | "Television" | 31 January 2000 |
| The quartet have to make their own amusement when the television needs to be repaired. Bella suggests they create Tweenie TV, where everyone does a turn. Bella the Ballerina and Jake the Juggler perform, and there's a special appearance from Max. | |||
| 87 | 2 | "Bus Ride" | 1 February 2000 |
| Judy is given a bag of toys by some older children but leaves it on a bus. | |||
| 88 | 3 | "Fast & Slow" | 2 February 2000 |
| Fizz teases Jake about being slow and then regrets upsetting him. Max helps the Tweenies find fast and slow animals, and Jake and Fizz tell the story of the Hare and the Tortoise. | |||
| 89 | 4 | "Red Riding Hood" | 3 February 2000 |
| The pals have a picnic in the woods with their teddy bears, Max then tells them the story of Little Red Riding Hood, which Bella decides they should act out, with her in the title role. | |||
| 90 | 5 | "Dustcart" | 4 February 2000 |
| Milo is upset when his paper plane is taken away in the dustcart, meanwhile Fizz and Bella learn about recycling. | |||
| 91 | 6 | "Old Photograph" | 7 February 2000 |
| Judy shows the Tweenies a sepia photo of her great-grandmother. Fascinated, they decide to dress as old-fashioned people and have Judy take pictures of them. Then they take a trip back in time and experience a carriage ride, with Doodles as the horse. | |||
| 92 | 7 | "Square Things" | 8 February 2000 |
| Bella tries to get the others to join her square club. She makes square badges for them, then she organises a square brick-building contest. But Milo doesn't follow the rules of the game. | |||
| 93 | 8 | "Flying" | 9 February 2000 |
| Milo and Jake pretend to be aeroplanes and disrupt Fizz and Bella's teddy-bears picnic. Max takes them to see some real planes, and they get a much closer look than he'd anticipated. | |||
| 94 | 9 | "Elves" | 10 February 2000 |
| Judy has dusting, tidying and cleaning to do in the playroom. She tells the Tweenies she wishes she had some elves to help her, so Bella, Fizz and Milo decide to be elves for the day and secretly tidy the playroom. Jake heads for the garden and makes a very special friend. | |||
| 95 | 10 | "Stones" | 11 February 2000 |
| Jake finds a treasure stone, which impresses the others. Max helps them to paint stones, then tells a story using stones as illustration. In the end, each Tweenie has their own treasure stone, and there's even one for Doodles. | |||
| 96 | 11 | "Spring" | 14 February 2000 |
| Max, Bella and Jake go for a walk down the road to see some of the sights of spring. | |||
| 97 | 12 | "Summer" | 15 February 2000 |
| Max falls asleep in the sunny sandpit and dreams of the seaside. | |||
| 98 | 13 | "Autumn" | 16 February 2000 |
| Fizz is worried when all the leaves fall off the tree in the garden. Max takes her and Jake to the park to see all the other trees. They are amazed by all the different coloured leaves and use some to make a picture to take back to show the others. | |||
| 99 | 14 | "Winter" | 17 February 2000 |
| Max shows the others how cold weather can make people can have 'dragon breath', then teaches Jake and Fizz about the changing seasons, dragons and hibernation. | |||
| 100 | 15 | "Zoo" | 18 February 2000 |
| Jake is at his grandmother's house, so he misses a trip to the zoo, but Max has a plan. | |||
| 101 | 16 | "Aladdin" | 21 February 2000 |
| The Tweenies make preparations to put on a play. | |||
| 102 | 17 | "Puppet Show" | 22 February 2000 |
| The delivery of a fridge-freezer leaves a huge cardboard box left over. Fizz decides that it could be a puppet theatre. With Judy's help, they get to work to paint the box and make stick puppets. The puppet show is a spectacular success: Fizz narrates and the others act the story with the puppets they've made. | |||
| 103 | 18 | "Whistling" | 23 February 2000 |
| The Tweenies are fascinated by whistling but are frustrated by their inability to actually do it - until Max brings them a bag of whistles. They make so much noise that they're told to play something more quiet. Meanwhile, Doodles is behaving very strangely. Bella meets some birds in the garden who show her how to whistle like them. Judy reads the Tweenies a story, Max reappears and the mystery of Doodles' behaviour is explained. | |||
| 104 | 19 | "Old & New" | 24 February 2000 |
| Fizz and Jake are jealous when Milo gets a new plane and Bella gets a new scarf. Their frustration is made worse when they are excluded from the New Gang. Max does his best to demonstrate to Fizz and Jake that old isn't necessarily bad, but they remain unconvinced. Gradually they come to terms with their situation via a fantasy about flying in the old plane and a timely and relevant story. | |||
| 105 | 20 | "Dinosaurs" | 25 February 2000 |
| The Tweenies play with their toy dinosaurs while Max makes a film at a museum. | |||
| 106 | 21 | "Left Out" | 28 February 2000 |
| The Tweenies are having a one, two, three day prompted by Judy bringing in three cardboard boxes. Unfortunately Bella is a bit late in discovering this, and opts out of the ensuing games. Although the others in no way intend to exclude her, Bella feels left out. We see how she deals with this all too common feeling, which is exacerbated by her interpreting the most innocent circumstances the wrong way. The final straw is when she doesn't get to play a bear in Goldilocks, but is persuaded to take on the starring role, to great acclaim. | |||
| 107 | 22 | "Sounds" | 29 February 2000 |
| Max has returned from the park with his tape recorder, on which he has been capturing sounds. Before he can play them back, however, he feels like a bit of a nap in the garden. So it's left to Judy to do it. After they've guessed the noises, she explains what recording a sound is all about. However, in the middle of this, Fizz hears a strange noise. Milo and Bella borrow the tape to see if they can find out what it is. They record various sounds around the playroom, but to no avail. They then hear another noise, which turns out to be Doodles snoring, and they talk about what this is. Judy reads them a snorey story, and Fizz hears the noise again. They discover it's Max who's snoring and decide to play a trick on him. | |||
| 108 | 23 | "Wizard" | 1 March 2000 |
| Milo has bought a magic wand, turning himself into Wando the Wizard. Jake has a go in Milo’s absence and believes he has made Doodles disappear. The others join in to look for him with a search and a song – but to no avail. Milo and Jake then imagine going to see a real wizard in Australia. He’s called Wizard Oz, and bears more than a passing resemblance to another antipodean who’s thrilled at the appearance of two little boys. He gives them a suggestion. | |||
| 109 | 24 | "Pushing" | 2 March 2000 |
| Doodles eats a batch of homemade biscuits, then the Tweenies discover different types of pushing when Doodles gets stuck in the doorway. | |||
| 110 | 25 | "Country Road" | 3 March 2000 |
| It is cold outside - as Doodles finds out when he is accidentally shut out of the playroom. Max looks at his flower book and talks about all the flowers he will grow in spring. The Tweenies walk along a country road and discover all sorts of life going on. They learn about horses, and what farmers have to do all the year round. They also find holly and see other evidence of nature's winter offerings. | |||
| 111 | 26 | "Lambing" | 6 March 2000 |
| Fizz is looking after the toy lamb so Max takes her and Jake off to the farm to see some real lambs. They have a good look around the farm and find the lambs with their mothers out in the field. Jake wonders where they get their woolly coats from so they watch a real lamb being born. | |||
| 112 | 27 | "It's a Secret" | 7 March 2000 |
| Milo will not reveal what is inside his box, claiming it is a secret - much to the other Tweenies' annoyance. They are cross and say that friends should share their secrets. They make their own boxes and tease Milo by refusing to say what's inside them. Eventually Milo opens his box and reveals his secret, but can he persuade the others to tell? | |||
| 113 | 28 | "Rabbits & Elephants" | 8 March 2000 |
| During a game of piggy-in-the-middle, Jake is teased for being small. Judy suggests that they all dress up to tell the story of the smallest rabbit who managed to banish a herd of elephants from his family's home. They all realise that the smallest person can be the star of the show and Jake enjoys his moment of glory. | |||
| 114 | 29 | "Windy Day" | 9 March 2000 |
| Jake hears strange noises in the garden. They investigate and discover that it's the wind, which they decide is a monster. Max leads them in a Riverdance version of Michael Finnigan, then helps them to make monster masks. The Tweenies have great fun as their masks take over both in and out of the wind. | |||
| 115 | 30 | "Streams" | 10 March 2000 |
| Max goes fishing, where he spots a frog, plants and weeds. | |||
| 116 | 31 | "Friends" | 13 March 2000 |
| Fizz and Bella are best friends and do everything together, but today Bella seems to be having more fun with Milo. A sad Fizz thinks she's lost her friend until Bella realises that something is wrong. They make up and realise that friendship is very precious. | |||
| 117 | 32 | "A Walk in the Country" | 14 March 2000 |
| Judy has a walk in the countryside when she house sits for a friend. | |||
| 118 | 33 | "A Walk in the Town" | 15 March 2000 |
| Max takes a trip to the launderette and decides to have a stroll around the town. | |||
| 119 | 34 | "Mouse" | 16 March 2000 |
| As the Tweenies sing and play, Doodles tries to tell them that he's found something. Each time the Tweenies go to look they see nothing. However Fizz believes Doodles and eventually the two of them discover the mouse which has found its way into the playroom. Judy explains that they must put the mouse in the nearby field. | |||
| 120 | 35 | "Mini-Beast" | 17 March 2000 |
| Fizz wants to be a princess who wears a beautiful dress and goes to a ball. The boys are more interested in hunting for bugs and insects. Fizz doesn't like creepy crawlies but Bella persuades her to look for butterflies because they are pretty and gentle. They find a beetle, a worm, a ladybird and a caterpillar, but no butterflies. Fizz is upset but Judy gets them all to perform a song which makes everyone happy - The Ugly Bug Ball. | |||
| 121 | 36 | "Flowers" | 20 March 2000 |
| Milo breaks Bella's wand, so she goes in search of a new one and decides that a flower with a long stem will do very well. Luckily, Judy catches her before she cuts it. Judy explains why she shouldn't pick wild flowers and takes Bella and Milo to the park to have a closer look at lots of different flowers. | |||
| 122 | 37 | "Those are the Rules" | 21 March 2000 |
| The Tweenies are playing hide and seek, but Jake watches where the others hide. They think he has done brilliantly and make him a special badge. Jake admits that he has cheated and the others are really angry with him. Judy steps in and helps them make up by organising a special game. | |||
| 123 | 38 | "Tweenie Sports Day" | 22 March 2000 |
| Milo has just been to his brother's sports day where there were lots of races. The others decide that they should have their own Tweenie sports day, so Max and Judy help them set up the races, make medals and organise an opening parade. The Tweenies have great fun with eggs and spoons, the three-legged race and the sack race. | |||
| 124 | 39 | "Paper" | 23 March 2000 |
| Jake is excited about his new Dot Man comic, but Doodles is rather too eager to see it and accidentally rips the paper. Jake is upset, so Max organises a special game of pass the parcel with a few paper surprises inside. Eventually Jake and Doodles are friends again. | |||
| 125 | 40 | "Fire Engine" | 24 March 2000 |
| The Tweenies are playing catch when Bella gets a bit carried away and the ball gets stuck in the tree. Fizz, Milo and Judy go on a trip to their local fire station for some advice while Jake, Bella and Max attempt to get their ball down from the tree. Fizz, Milo and Judy meet a fire fighter who shows them a big red fire engine with a huge ladder. They watch the other fire fighters slide down the pole, jump onto the engine and whizz off down the road, sirens sounding and lights flashing. Meanwhile in an attempt to get their ball out of the tree Max, Jake and Bella get even more things stuck up there. Milo and Fizz return to save the day. | |||
| 126 | 41 | "Tidying" | 27 March 2000 |
| Milo has lost his favourite bouncy ball and the others agree to help him find it. They search everywhere and create a marvelous mess but Milo's ball is nowhere to be seen. Realising that Max and Judy won't be too pleased when they discover the state of the playroom, the Tweenies decide that it's tidy up time. Eventually Milo finds his ball in an unexpected place. | |||
| 127 | 42 | "Cliffs" | 28 March 2000 |
| Jake and Bella are playing boats but Bella can't decide where to put her lighthouse. Judy builds her a play block cliff. Judy then remembers what it was like when she visited some cliffs. She starts at the bottom and catches a funicular railway to the top. The feeling at the top is very different and Judy can see lots of different things from high up on the cliffs. | |||
| 128 | 43 | "Naughty Corner" | 29 March 2000 |
| Milo has been sent to think about how naughty it was to pinch Bella on the arm. He considers it very carefully and remembers some of the naughty things that the others got up to in the past. | |||
| 129 | 44 | "Undersea World" | 30 March 2000 |
| Judy is looking after a goldfish called Miranda. The Tweenies want to see lots of fishes and Judy knows just the place. Judy, Max and the Tweenies take a trip to the sealife centre where they find lots of different fish of all shapes and sizes. Milo and Bella even see a shark! | |||
| 130 | 45 | "Fizz's Scrapbook" | 31 March 2000 |
| Fizz tries to explain to Jake why a scrapbook is so wonderful to keep and how the things in her scrapbook all have special memories attached to them. | |||
Series 3 (2000)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 1 | "Milo's Orange" | 24 July 2000 |
| Milo tries to think of a rhyme for orange, but to no avail. | |||
| 132 | 2 | "Mirror, Mirror" | 25 July 2000 |
| Fizz wants to see what she looks like in her new hat, so Bella makes a mirror out of a silver tray and some card. Then Max tells them the story of Snow White. | |||
| 133 | 3 | "Oodles of Doodles" | 26 July 2000 |
| It isn't easy being a dog! Doodles is getting in everybody's way, so they decide to get out of his way by going to the park. Important questions are answered, such as what does Doodles do all day, and why is he called Doodles? | |||
| 134 | 4 | "Horses" | 27 July 2000 |
| Judy meets a variety of horses of all shapes and sizes. | |||
| 135 | 5 | "Magic Magnets" | 28 July 2000 |
| When Milo moves a metal washer without touching it, it could be magic or a magnet. The Tweenies explore magic magnets and race each other on their magic magnet racetracks. | |||
| 136 | 6 | "Jake's Balloon" | 31 July 2000 |
| Jake finds a balloon in the garden and imagines floating all over the world holding onto its string. Meanwhile Bella, Milo and Fizz set about letting the balloon people know where to find the balloon. | |||
| 137 | 7 | "Pirates" | 1 August 2000 |
| Bearded Bella, Muncher Milo, Fizz the Fright and Jolly Roger Jake dress up as pirates and sail the seven seas in search of treasure. | |||
| 138 | 8 | "Castles" | 2 August 2000 |
| Max imagines that he is a king when he visits a castle. | |||
| 139 | 9 | "Fizz's Dinosaur" | 3 August 2000 |
| Fizz spends the day with her small, stripy dinosaur called Susan. | |||
| 140 | 10 | "Eggs" | 4 August 2000 |
| Milo gets so excited doing the Hokey Cokey, he bumps into Judy and she drops the shopping - breaking the eggs! The Tweenies find out where eggs come from, hear why Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, and join in with the egg hunt. | |||
| 141 | 11 | "Sneezing" | 7 August 2000 |
| Jake helps Max by doing the dusting, using his trusted duster Dusty Springclean, and causes an outbreak of sneezing. | |||
| 142 | 12 | "Max's DIY Day" | 8 August 2000 |
| Max tries to build a Wendy House without much success. | |||
| 143 | 13 | "Dot to Dot" | 9 August 2000 |
| It's raining, but Max knows how to chase away the rainy day blues. He has prepared some dot-to-dot puzzles, which the Tweenies enjoy completing. Later, Max's story leads them to a strange land, where clues to their escape are dot-to-dot puzzles. They manage to reach a magical island with a little help from Dot-To-Dotman. | |||
| 144 | 14 | "Missing" | 10 August 2000 |
| Doodles is missing. Desperate searches and frantic calling can't make him appear. Max tells them about detectives, and complete with magnifying glasses and drawing pads they set about finding him. Through the discovery of some clues they piece together what must have happened to Doodles, a series of strange happenings involving (among other things) some pirate hairdressers. Keep your eyes open to solve the mystery! | |||
| 145 | 15 | "Trumpet" | 11 August 2000 |
| Bella is being a bandleader, and all the other Tweenies fall in line. They form a marching band, with Jake playing the trumpet. However, when Jake goes to tell Judy, Milo accidentally breaks the trumpet. Jake is upset, but Milo thinks of a way to help him. With Max's help, they make a rather special instrument which Jake can play to Judy. | |||
| 146 | 16 | "Lazy" | 14 August 2000 |
| The Tweenies have had enough of the mess Doodles makes with his toys. No matter how many times they tidy them up, Doodles seems to re-create the mess. Eventually they realise the reason for the mess - Doodles needs a toybox. Max helps them make one, but will it solve the problem of the lazy, messy Doodles? | |||
| 147 | 17 | "Giraffes" | 15 August 2000 |
| Jake pretends to be a giraffe, setting everyone on a search to discover who is the tallest. Jake is upset when he turns out to be the shortest but rises above his disappointment with the help of Doodles and Max. | |||
| 148 | 18 | "Clapping" | 16 August 2000 |
| When she hears a thunderstorm, Judy decides to play clapping games with the Tweenies. Jake is upset because he can't clap as well as the others, but cheers himself up by taking part in a flamenco show with Fizz. While performing in the show, Jake discovers something amazing. | |||
| 149 | 19 | "Practical Jokes" | 17 August 2000 |
| Milo's brother has given him a whoopee cushion, and he and Bella set about using it to play a practical joke on the others. Bella and Milo go on to find other jokes, but unfortunately Jake becomes the main victim. His sadness is helped by Max showing how to make a practical joke of his own. He then uses this knowledge to get his own back on the others. Friends again, they team up to play the best practical joke of all on Max. | |||
| 150 | 20 | "Judy's Painting" | 18 August 2000 |
| Judy wants to paint a quiet picture of the countryside, but the Tweenies think otherwise. | |||
| 151 | 21 | "Dirty Hands" | 21 August 2000 |
| While helping Max plant bulbs in the garden, Milo ends up with very muddy hands. He then accidentally uses Fizz's special cushion to wipe them clean - which upsets Fizz a great deal. The only thing that can save him is cleaning the cushion, but this turns out to be harder than it looks, until Max saves the day. | |||
| 152 | 22 | "Penguin Power" | 22 August 2000 |
| Milo wins a penguin suit, but is unsure of what to do with it - he has no idea how penguins behave. So Max shows the Tweenies a video of penguins waddling, swimming and hatching eggs, and the Tweenies have fun with the penguin outfit. | |||
| 153 | 23 | "Max's Birthday" | 23 August 2000 |
| When Fizz sees Max with a birthday card, she assumes it's his birthday and rushes off to tell the others. Between them, they arrange a surprise party for Max, with special food and games. However, it turns out to be Max who has a surprise for the Tweenies at the end of the day. | |||
| 154 | 24 | "Lighthouse" | 24 August 2000 |
| Max is asked to look after a lighthouse for the night. | |||
| 155 | 25 | "Mixing Colours" | 25 August 2000 |
| Max has a puzzle for the Tweenies: how do you make six colours from only three pots of paint? They struggle at first, but by accident they discover that by mixing two colours together they can create a new colour. Proudly they present Max with six pieces of paper, each painted a different colour. Max is able to stick each piece of paper on the sides of a cardboard box to make a giant coloured die, which they use for a colour game. | |||
| 156 | 26 | "I Don't Like That" | 28 August 2000 |
| Fizz doesn't want to sing, and she doesn't want to join in with the picnic Max is organising. She doesn't like any of the sandwiches on offer, even though there is cheese, ham, honey or jam. Milo tries to cheer her up by singing a song about all the things she doesn't like, but it's Judy who finally persuades Fizz to join the picnic - by finding something that she does like to eat. | |||
| 157 | 27 | "Nursery Rhyme Land" | 29 August 2000 |
| Judy sets out to meet the Tweenies favourite nursery rhyme characters. | |||
| 158 | 28 | "Pot of Gold" | 30 August 2000 |
| Jake loses his chocolate gold coin while playing a game of hide-and-seek. Judy tells them a story about the gold at the end of the rainbow, and then they imagine that they are going to find some. Judy then helps Jake to find his coin at the end of their rainbow! | |||
| 159 | 29 | "Bella's Big Surprise" | 31 August 2000 |
| Bella has hidden herself behind the surprise curtains and no one is allowed to see what she's doing. The others go off to play and discover lots of triangle shapes, but when they try to show Bella, they only succeed in making her cross and grumpy. Max takes Fizz, Milo and Jake for a walk to the park while Bella struggles with her task. She is just about to give up when she gets encouragement from a special friend. The others return and Bella is ready to reveal her big surprise. | |||
| 160 | 30 | "Cool" | 1 September 2000 |
| Milo decides that he's going to be really cool and Fizz follows suit. Milo has learned from his brother about talking cool, looking cool and acting cool, so when Max suggests that they put on a show for Judy, Milo decides that he and Fizz are not going to help because it would be uncool. But he soon realises that they are missing out on a lot of fun and comes up with a fantastic idea for the show. | |||
Series 4 (2000)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 1 | "Hot-Air Balloon" | 9 October 2000 |
| Fizz arrives just in time to sing Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush but before they finish she has to go to the toilet. Doodles hears a strange noise and the Tweenies follow him to the window, where they see a wonderful sight - a hot-air balloon. Fizz arrives back just as the balloon flies away and she is terribly disappointed not to see it. Judy shows the Tweenies lots of hot-air balloons at Telly Time, and finally Fizz sees some real hot-air balloons. | |||
| 162 | 2 | "I'm Magic" | 10 October 2000 |
| Jake wants to be a magician, but his attempts end in failure. Max teaches him a magic trick and Milo, Fizz and Bella are very impressed. | |||
| 163 | 3 | "Hairstyle" | 11 October 2000 |
| Bella arrives with a new hairstyle, and the other Tweenies make fun of her because she looks different. Bella gets upset but Max declares that her hair looks 'smashingly good' and shows them all some fun hairstyles. This gives Bella a great idea. She shows the others how they can make some brand new hair for Max. | |||
| 164 | 4 | "Lifeboat" | 12 October 2000 |
| Judy has an eventful trip to the seaside when she comes to a boat's rescue while helping a lifeboat crew. | |||
| 165 | 5 | "I'm Better Than You" | 13 October 2000 |
| Bella keeps saying she's better than the others. They decide to get their own back. Max helps them set up some fun fair games, and Bella doesn't win at any of them. She promises never to say 'I'm better than you' again, because everybody is good at different things. | |||
| 166 | 6 | "Seeing Red" | 16 October 2000 |
| The Tweenies start the day with some painting. Fizz thinks it would be a good idea to paint rainbows but Bella decides that the only colour for her is red, and so she creates a club where everything has to be red. Jake joins the Red Club but Milo and Fizz decide that they like lots of other colours too, so they stay in the playroom to finish their rainbows. Bella and Jake manage to find lots of red things to play with but eventually they realise their rules are too strict. | |||
| 167 | 7 | "Teddy Bear Day" | 17 October 2000 |
| It's teddy bear day and the Tweenies have each brought a teddy to show the others. Milo loses his teddy and Doodles looks after it, until he loses it too. Max finds the teddy in the yard and they have a teddy bear picnic to celebrate. | |||
| 168 | 8 | "Camping Trip" | 18 October 2000 |
| Max samples the great outdoors when he goes camping. | |||
| 169 | 9 | "That's a Bad Cough Doodles" | 19 October 2000 |
| Doodles has a bad cough so the others try to come up with ways to make him better. They try all sorts of methods. They wrap him in dressing-up clothes but Doodles doesn't like it, so Jake decides to make him a bed out of toilet paper. | |||
| 170 | 10 | "I'm Shouting" | 20 October 2000 |
| Max has a headache, so Fizz asks everyone to play quietly, but she soon ends up shouting herself. | |||
| 171 | 11 | "Elephants" | 23 October 2000 |
| The Tweenies have an "Elephant day" and turn their slide into an elephant's trunk. | |||
| 172 | 12 | "Fruit Market" | 24 October 2000 |
| Judy goes to the market to buy some fruit for the Tweenies, but finds that Jake's favourite, strawberries, are sold out. The Tweenies decide to pick their own. | |||
| 173 | 13 | "Doodles the Daring" | 25 October 2000 |
| Rubbish is being thrown out of the recycling bin in the Tweenie garden, and Max discovers that the culprit is a fox looking for food. Jake and Doodles imagine that they meet Lionel the naughty fox, and Doodles helps him find his mummy. | |||
| 174 | 14 | "Diwali" | 26 October 2000 |
| Fizz brings some Diwali sweets for everyone to try, and Judy shows the Tweenies a video about the festival. She has also brought in some Diwali costumes, and the Tweenies act out the story of Princess Sita, Prince Rama, Prince Lakshman and Hanuman the magical monkey. | |||
| 175 | 15 | "A Story from India" | 27 October 2000 |
| Max tells an Indian tale about the old washerwoman and the goddess Lakshmi, which the Tweenies act out in the garden. Bella plays the washerwoman, Fizz plays the queen, Milo is the king and Jake is the crow who steals the queen's necklace. | |||
| 176 | 16 | "Floating is Fabarooni" | 30 October 2000 |
| It is Doodles' bath day and he's hiding from Max and will not go near the bath. The Tweenies discover which objects float and sink, and make boats race in the bath. Milo has a plan to get Doodles into the bath. He lays a trail of dog biscuits, but Doodles has a better idea. | |||
| 177 | 17 | "Milo's Jungle" | 31 October 2000 |
| Milo tells the others about his jungle, and they don't believe him. He imagines he visits the jungle and meets all kinds of animals. The Tweenies are very excited about this, and go with him to the fantasy jungle. | |||
| 178 | 18 | "Me First" | 1 November 2000 |
| Jake is fed up with always being left till last. He discovers that you can go first if you are old, if you are a lady and if it is your birthday. He has an idea how he can get to go first: he dresses up as his grandma who has a birthday. | |||
| 179 | 19 | "Cross-Channel Ferry" | 2 November 2000 |
| Max goes on a ferry trip to Jersey, but his car breaks down on board so he takes a tour of the ship instead. | |||
| 180 | 20 | "Who Do You Love?" | 3 November 2000 |
| The Tweenies tell each other who they love most of all but Doodle feels left out. Bella and Fizz say they are best friends, but Bella gets jealous when Fizz includes Jake. They perform the Ugly Duckling story, which helps Bella to feel included again, and they tell Doodles how much they love him. | |||
| 181 | 21 | "Max Blows a Fuse" | 6 November 2000 |
| All the lights go out when Max blows a fuse as he sets up a slide show. The Tweenies like it in the dark so they go on a doggy hunt. Sparky the electrician comes to fix the lights and Max breaks his projector as he tries to start his slide show. | |||
| 182 | 22 | "Polar Bears" | 7 November 2000 |
| The friends watch a video to learn all about polar bears,then Jake imagines he meets a polar bear who teaches him the polar bear stomp. The others make the Tweenie garden look like the North Pole to help Jake remember the dance. Then they have fun dancing around. | |||
| 183 | 23 | "Pink is Yukerooni" | 8 November 2000 |
| Milo thinks pink is "yukerooni" so Fizz and Bella try to prove pink is pleasant. | |||
| 184 | 24 | "Milo's Odd Socks" | 9 November 2000 |
| Milo has lost one of his socks. The Tweenies play a game with Max called 'pairs' and they visit Odd Sock Land. They find Milo's odd sock in the playroom and they make pom poms to decorate a pair of socks for Doodles. | |||
| 185 | 25 | "Dinosaur Park" | 10 November 2000 |
| Judy spots more than she had bargained for on a trip to the dinosaur park. | |||
| 186 | 26 | "Tea Party" | 13 November 2000 |
| The Tweenies want to have a tea party but they can't decide where to hold it. | |||
| 187 | 27 | "We Miss Bella" | 14 November 2000 |
| Bella isn't in because she is ill, but all the Tweenies are thinking of her. They decide to make a get well card for a poorly Bella. | |||
| 188 | 28 | "Tweenies Grand Prix" | 15 November 2000 |
| Judy, Fizz and Jake race snails after finding one in the garden, while Milo and Bella make racing cars. | |||
| 189 | 29 | "Motor Boat" | 16 November 2000 |
| Max sets off in a motorboat to catch a fish for his tea. He casts his line and manages to catch a number of things, but none of them are fish. | |||
| 190 | 30 | "Fierce as a Lion" | 17 November 2000 |
| Jake tries to imitate a lion, but he hasn't got a very good roar. The Tweenies look at some real lions and Judy helps Jake make a lion's mane. | |||
| 191 | 31 | "The Wall" | 20 November 2000 |
| The Tweenies watch a video about building a brick wall, and decide to build a big wall in the playroom but find it stops them from playing together. | |||
| 192 | 32 | "High & Low" | 21 November 2000 |
| Max goes sightseeing in London and finds that things that look big from the ground look small from up in the air. | |||
| 193 | 33 | "Judy's Guitar" | 22 November 2000 |
| Judy brings her guitar to show the Tweenies, but while she is out shopping Max plays it very badly, so the pals join in with their own instruments. | |||
| 194 | 34 | "Monster Nosh" | 23 November 2000 |
| Milo wants to be a monster, so the Tweenies make monster masks and have a monster nosh in the garden. Doodles thinks he has a belly monster but it is his tummy rumbling. He and Bella play a trick on Milo. | |||
| 195 | 35 | "Odd One Out" | 24 November 2000 |
| The Tweenies play an odd-one-out game in which the odd one out must wear a hat. | |||
| 196 | 36 | "Don't Tickle Me" | 27 November 2000 |
| Jake uses his special tickling feather to tickle the other Tweenies without them knowing. They think they have a tickle monster in their midst! Eventually Jake is caught out and becomes the one to get tickled. | |||
| 197 | 37 | "It's a Black Day" | 28 November 2000 |
| The Tweenies go on a fantasy rocket in the black sky, and Fizz finds a sparkly star for the end of Doodle's nose. | |||
| 198 | 38 | "London Boats" | 29 November 2000 |
| Max lends a hand on a very special boat, whilst watching the boats on the River Thames. | |||
| 199 | 39 | "What's the Magic Word?" | 30 November 2000 |
| The Tweenies ask Judy to help them construct a crazy-golf course. She agrees - but not before they say 'please'. | |||
| 200 | 40 | "Times of the Day" | 1 December 2000 |
| The Tweenies play a guessing game about different times of the day, decorate some biscuits, then settle down to read Bella's book. | |||
Series 5 (2000-2001)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 1 | "Invitations" | 11 December 2000 |
| The Tweenies stage their own pantomime and make invitations for their parents. | |||
| 202 | 2 | "Cold Wilson" | 12 December 2000 |
| Milo is desperate to make a snowman, but there's so little snow. The answer is to make a little snowman called Cold Wilson and bring him inside to keep him warm. | |||
| 203 | 3 | "Wishes" | 13 December 2000 |
| Fizz wishes her pals were different. | |||
| 204 | 4 | "Getting Ready" | 14 December 2000 |
| The Tweenies get ready for their show, but what is the story of Jack and the Beans that talk? | |||
| 205 | 5 | "Jake and the Beanstalk" | 15 December 2000 |
| The Tweenies perform a panto called Jake and the Beanstalk. | |||
| 206 | 6 | "Penelope Pink" | 18 December 2000 |
| Fizz meets her dream toy, Penelope Pink the Pop Princess; but Penelope isn't as sweet as she looks. | |||
| 207 | 7 | "Highly Strung" | 19 December 2000 |
| Jake meets a highly-strung string puppet called Jangles, and helps give him the confidence to perform. | |||
| 208 | 8 | "Little Blue Plane" | 20 December 2000 |
| Milo doesn't like playing with baby toys like plastic planes - he prefers his rocket just like Commander Cosmos' - until he meets a magical, little blue plane called Joffe in the Enchanted Toyshop. | |||
| 209 | 9 | "Mousehole Theatre" | 21 December 2000 |
| Bella meets a troupe of theatrical mice in need of a director. | |||
| 210 | 10 | "Christmas Morning" | 22 December 2000 |
| The Enchanted Toyshop wakes up to some surprises on Christmas Day. | |||
| Special | N/A | "Tweenies Top of the Pops Special" | 24 December 2000 |
| The Tweenies become pop stars for a day, as they perform before an audience of children, singing about their favourite things. | |||
| 211 | 11 | "Copycats" | 1 January 2001 |
| When Doodles starts mimicking Bella, the Tweenies decide to play a "copying" game. They act out the story of Chicken Licken and end up copying Doodles. | |||
| 212 | 12 | "It's Going Round & Round" | 2 January 2001 |
| When Milo plays with his yo-yo everyone wants to have a go too, but only Fizz has the knack. | |||
| 213 | 13 | "Up the Mountain" | 3 January 2001 |
| Judy visits Mount Snowdon in search of "something wonderful". | |||
| 214 | 14 | "Someone Tell Bella" | 4 January 2001 |
| The Tweenies turn the playroom into a jungle, complete with leaves and trees, then tell Bella she is acting in a bossy way. | |||
| 215 | 15 | "The King with Dirty Feet" | 5 January 2001 |
| Milo comes in from the garden and leaves muddy footprints on the floor. While the mud is drying, Judy tells the Tweenies a story about the King With Dirty Feet. The Tweenies act it out in the playroom with a special river and beautiful patchwork carpet. | |||
| 216 | 16 | "I Just Can't Wait" | 16 January 2001 |
| Judy brings in parcels of costumes for Cleo's fancy dress party, but the Tweenies have to wait before they are allowed to open them. Milo finds it very hard to wait and Bella tells him to listen to his conscience. Milo does wait and the Tweenies open their costumes together and have fun playing in them. | |||
| 217 | 17 | "Pulling" | 17 January 2001 |
| The Tweenies play some pulling games when Jake finds a rope in the garden. | |||
| 218 | 18 | "Octopus" | 18 January 2001 |
| Judy shows the Tweenies a video about an octopus and the Tweenies decide to dress up as sea creatures. They use odds and ends from the playroom and make wonderful costumes. The Tweenies sing a song about Olive the octopus and Judy reads then a story called "Commotion in the Ocean". | |||
| 219 | 19 | "Jake's Dolly" | 19 January 2001 |
| Jake takes his dolly to Milo's house for a sleepover, but Milo thinks that Jake's dolly is silly. | |||
| 220 | 20 | "Cheeky Monkey" | 22 January 2001 |
| After imitating monkeys the friends debate whether monkeys swing or bounce. | |||
| 221 | 21 | "Chopsticks" | 23 January 2001 |
| Fizz is put to the test when she boasts about how good she is at eating with chopsticks. | |||
| 222 | 22 | "Chinese New Year" | 24 January 2001 |
| Judy shows the Tweenies a video about Chinese New Year featuring the Lion Dance. The Tweenies find things around the playroom to make their own lion and they all do the Lion dance in the garden, which is decorated with Chinese lanterns. Judy reads the story of The Lion Dance. | |||
| 223 | 23 | "Going Underground" | 25 January 2001 |
| Judy finds her way around the London Underground. | |||
| 224 | 24 | "When I'm Older" | 26 January 2001 |
| The Tweenies talk about what they would like to be when they are older, then dress up and surprise Max. | |||
| 225 | 25 | "My Body" | 29 January 2001 |
| Bella falls over and hurts her ankle, and decides to sit down and rest. Then the Tweenies make cutouts of Jake and Bella and colour them in, and they sing Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. | |||
| 226 | 26 | "Flower Shop" | 30 January 2001 |
| Some flowers are delivered for Judy, so the foursome make their own, and Bella has a flower shop. | |||
| 227 | 27 | "Scrap Metal" | 31 January 2001 |
| Max searches for scrap metal for Milo. | |||
| 228 | 28 | "Fizz is Sucking Her Thumb" | 1 February 2001 |
| Fizz pretends to be a baby and sucks her thumb and plays in her cot, but then she can't join in activities with the others. | |||
| 229 | 29 | "Knights" | 2 February 2001 |
| Fizz produces a model knight on a horse and the Tweenies learn about knights and chivalry. They make shields and lances, and prepare for a tournament. Doodles feels left out and dreams that he is a good knight who fights the baddies and rescues the princess. After his dream, he joins in the tournament - and wins! | |||
| 230 | 30 | "Postman" | 5 February 2001 |
| The chums dream about being flying postmen, then make cards to post to each other in their cardboard postbox. | |||
| 231 | 31 | "This is Art" | 7 February 2001 |
| The Tweenies see an art gallery on television and decide to make a gallery of their own. Fizz's paintings end in disaster, but Max saves the day by putting them in a modern art gallery. | |||
| 232 | 32 | "Mosaic" | 8 February 2001 |
| Judy is making a mosaic from tiny tiles and shows the Tweenies a video of wall and floor mosaics. Judy helps them make mosaic for the playroom floor. Lots of shiny things in the garden go missing, including some of Judy's mosaic tiles, and Max discovers all the lost items in a magpie's nest in the tree. | |||
| 233 | 33 | "Thanks Milo" | 9 February 2001 |
| Milo tries to be good all day. He helps Fizz and Bella decorate their chairs, plays Dotman with Jake, helps Judy finish her song and finds Doodles's missing bone. He even dresses up as a princess so that the Tweenies can sing Three Princesses. Everyone says thanks to Milo. | |||
| 234 | 34 | "Tigers" | 12 February 2001 |
| Judy gives Max a pair of tiger slippers, which inspires the Tweenies to watch a video, play tiger games and sing Tiger Feet. | |||
| 235 | 35 | "Useless" | 13 February 2001 |
| Doodles tries to play with the others, but he does not know how to. He gets upset and hides in the playhouse. Fizz wonders if dogs are useless, so Judy shows a video about helpful dogs. The Tweenies make medals for Doodles to show how useful he is and he cheers up. | |||
| 236 | 36 | "My Special Talent" | 14 February 2001 |
| Jake feels that the others are all good at something. Fizz is good at dancing, Bella can cook, Milo tells great jokes and Doodles can smell things. Then Jake realises he does have a special talent - he is the best audience! | |||
| 237 | 37 | "Telling Tales" | 16 February 2001 |
| Fizz tells tales about the others and soon Jake and Milo are not talking to Bella. Will Max's story help them to make friends again? | |||
| 238 | 38 | "Snake-a-Rooney" | 26 February 2001 |
| Fizz brings a pet snake to show the others and Milo admits he is scared, so Fizz and Max help Milo to overcome his fear of snakes. | |||
| 239 | 39 | "Jake's Tantrum" | 27 February 2001 |
| Jake has a terrible tantrum when he can't tie his shoelaces, them dreams that he is a superhero Dotman. But later he realises that he will learn when he is older. | |||
| 240 | 40 | "Funny Bella" | 28 February 2001 |
| Bella spends the day trying to make others laugh. They are delighted with this new, funny Bella but wonder why she is acting like this. She explains she is being funny to make them like her more, but the Tweenies reassure her that they like her however she behaves. | |||
| 241 | 41 | "Man in the Moon" | 1 March 2001 |
| Max tells Jake about the Man in the Moon, and Jake thinks something is wrong when he sees the moon still out in the morning sky. He tries to find out more about the man in the moon and imagines meeting him and helping him put the moon away. | |||
| 242 | 42 | "Glass Blowing" | 2 March 2001 |
| A crystal present poses problems for Max when he has a smashing time with glass. | |||
| 243 | 43 | "Bananas" | 5 March 2001 |
| Doodles shows a surprise liking for Jake's bananas and one by one he takes them all away. Jake is upset because bananas are his favourite food. The Tweenies take Jake on a banana hunt, but they don’t find any – until Doodles provides another surprise. | |||
| 244 | 44 | "Blues" | 6 March 2001 |
| Fizz has a bad case of the blues. The Tweenies provide a happy song, some jokes and even a visit to Dr Bella, but nothing makes her feel better until Max finally finds a way to cheer her up. | |||
| 245 | 45 | "Jake's Snuggly" | 7 March 2001 |
| Bella accidentally uses Jake's comfort blanket as a duster. Judy puts it in the washing machine, but it shrinks. | |||
| 246 | 46 | "Scribbling" | 8 March 2001 |
| Milo accidentally makes a pen mark on the door, but then it comes to life as scribble-boy, and teases him about what he has done. How can Milo get rid of his scribble? How will he keep his terrible secret from the others? And what will Judy say? | |||
| 247 | 47 | "Self-Portraits" | 9 March 2001 |
| The pals paint each other's portraits, Bella is unhappy with hers. But her friends manage to cheer her up. | |||
| 248 | 48 | "Again" | 12 March 2001 |
| Fizz tries the others' patience when she repeats her actions over and over again. | |||
| 249 | 49 | "Pottery Present" | 22 March 2001 |
| Max visits a pottery to get a present for someone very special. | |||
| 250 | 50 | "Jumping" | 26 March 2001 |
| When Doodles is envious of another dog's jumping abilities Fizz tries to teach him how to jump. | |||
| 251 | 51 | "Stained Glass" | 27 March 2001 |
| Judy visits a stained glass museum in search of inspiration for a new front-door window. | |||
| 252 | 52 | "Favourite Song[3]" | 28 March 2001 |
| Jake can't decide which song is his favourite when the Tweenies decide to do their own version of Top of the Pops. | |||
| 253 | 53 | "Swim" | 29 March 2001 |
| Milo reveals that he can't swim and is taken on an underwater adventure. | |||
| 254 | 54 | "Sssh!" | 30 March 2001 |
| When Fizz hears a squeaking noise she is convinced a mouse is near so the friends go on a mouse hunt. | |||
| 255 | 55 | "Night's Falling" | 2 April 2001 |
| Jake and the others get confused about what happens when night falls. | |||
| 256 | 56 | "Green" | 3 April 2001 |
| The Tweenies hunt for green things to make a green dragon. They visit green land and tame Bella the dragon. | |||
| 257 | 57 | "It's Mine" | 4 April 2001 |
| A catastrophe leads Doodles to claim everything is his - even the moon. | |||
| 258 | 58 | "Butterfly" | 5 April 2001 |
| Jake finds out what "having butterflies in your stomach" really means. | |||
| 259 | 59 | "School Show" | 6 April 2001 |
| Max sees a chance for stardom when he helps out at a school show. | |||
| 260 | 60 | "Grumpy Max" | 9 April 2001 |
| Max tackles a DIY shelf kit - or is it his grumpy brother? | |||
Series 6 (2001)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | 1 | "No" | 24 September 2001 |
| The Tweenies play the yes/no game. When no-one can guess what Jake has thought of, they think he's cheating. Jake sulks until Doodles helps him out. Doodles doesn't want to take a bath. | |||
| 262 | 2 | "Dog's Home" | 25 September 2001 |
| Max pays a visit to Battersea Dogs' Home in south London to help a friend to find her dog. | |||
| 263 | 3 | "Bees" | 26 September 2001 |
| A bee flies into the playroom and Max shows the Tweenies how to make bumblebees. When Fizz takes them into the garden, something surprising happens. | |||
| 264 | 4 | "Digger" | 27 September 2001 |
| Jake uses his new digger to look for treasure in the garden. Bella and Fizz decide to be pirate sisters, and bury a treasure box full of jewels in the sandpit to surprise Jake. But when Jake digs up the box and the treasure is missing, everyone is surprised! Where has it gone? | |||
| 265 | 5 | "Big Box" | 28 September 2001 |
| Jake finds Milo playing in a big cardboard box. Milo's pretending it's a submarine and then an aeroplane. He stays in the box for storytime while the others describe the pictures to him. Then they all join him in the box and pretend it's a runaway train! | |||
| 266 | 6 | "Slug" | 1 October 2001 |
| Fizz comes across a slug. Bella is the only one who likes it, so she tries to convince the others that slugs are great. | |||
| 267 | 7 | "Ciao Bella" | 2 October 2001 |
| When Bella receives a postcard from her friends in Venice, she teaches everyone to say 'ciao'. They watch a video about Venice, make Italian food and ride in gondolas. | |||
| 268 | 8 | "Jake's Been Sick" | 3 October 2001 |
| Max asks Jake to put away some cooking apples for him, but he decides to eat one (without knowing it is a cooking apple). He starts to feel very ill and is eventually sick. Fizz and Milo aren't very sympathetic, but Nurse Bella is. | |||
| 269 | 9 | "Restaurant" | 4 October 2001 |
| Max helps out at a restaurant and demonstrates how to make pizza. | |||
| 270 | 10 | "Sardines" | 5 October 2001 |
| Max suggests that the friends play a game called sardines. Milo hides first in the cupboard followed by Bella, Fizz, Jake and Doodles. Max arrives and tells them a story, but they still don't know how the game ends! | |||
| 271 | 11 | "No Shoes" | 8 October 2001 |
| Max has mopped the floor so the Tweenies have to remove their muddy boots before they can play indoors, but then somebody steals them. | |||
| 272 | 12 | "Pinching" | 9 October 2001 |
| The gang learn about the consequences of pinching someone. | |||
| 273 | 13 | "Water Mill" | 10 October 2001 |
| Max visits a watermill where he grinds his own wheat, makes his own flour, bakes bread and eats it. | |||
| 274 | 14 | "Pyjama Time" | 11 October 2001 |
| The Tweenies all wear pyjamas at their playgroup. | |||
| 275 | 15 | "Keep Out" | 12 October 2001 |
| Milo's friends get their own back when he builds a castle in the garden and tells them to keep out. They build a house in the playroom and tell him to keep out. | |||
| 276 | 16 | "Careful, Don't Be Clumsy" | 15 October 2001 |
| Milo learns to take his time, to stop being so clumsy. | |||
| 277 | 17 | "A Walk in the Woods" | 16 October 2001 |
| While out for a walk in the woods, Max joins a teddy bears' picnic. | |||
| 278 | 18 | "Max's Stiff Neck" | 17 October 2001 |
| The Tweenies pretend to have stiff bodies when Max suffers from a stiff neck. | |||
| 279 | 19 | "I Hate It" | 18 October 2001 |
| After throwing a tantrum because she can't have a picnic, Fizz dreams she is unpopular and decides to improve her behaviour. | |||
| 280 | 20 | "Leaky Beanbag" | 19 October 2001 |
| Jake dreams that his beanbag has leaked all over the playroom. | |||
| 281 | 21 | "Blade of Grass" | 22 October 2001 |
| Jake takes a closer look at the grass in the garden, while Fizz brings her lucky charm bracelet to playgroup. | |||
| 282 | 22 | "Neighbours" | 23 October 2001 |
| Bella and Jake have a problem with very noisy neighbours, but what can they do about it? | |||
| 283 | 23 | "Videotape" | 24 October 2001 |
| Fizz is sad when her favourite video gets damaged. | |||
| 284 | 24 | "Coaches & Carriages" | 25 October 2001 |
| Max takes a ride on a stagecoach when he visits a coach museum. | |||
| 285 | 25 | "Arrows" | 26 October 2001 |
| The Tweenies play at being Robin Hood and his Merry Men. The garden becomes a magical forest. | |||
| 286 | 26 | "Desert" | 29 October 2001 |
| Judy's desert story takes the Tweenies on an adventure in search of buried treasure. | |||
| 287 | 27 | "Donkey Village" | 30 October 2001 |
| Judy visits a special village for donkeys. | |||
| 288 | 28 | "No Words" | 31 October 2001 |
| Bella uses the pictures on a willow-pattern plate to help tell a story. | |||
| 289 | 29 | "Pigs" | 1 November 2001 |
| Max tells the classic story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. Meanwhile Jake and Doodles start to feel very greedy. | |||
| 290 | 30 | "Go to Sleep Fizz" | 2 November 2001 |
| Fizz finds it difficult to get to sleep. What will make her go to sleep? | |||
| 291 | 31 | "Milo's Rocket" | 5 November 2001 |
| Milo leads a mission to Mars, assisted by Jupiter Jake and Daring Dog Doodles. | |||
| 292 | 32 | "Cut" | 6 November 2001 |
| Max uses his video camera to film a day in the life of the Tweenies - but nothing goes the way he planned. | |||
| 293 | 33 | "Steam Train" | 7 November 2001 |
| Max visits a steam railway. | |||
| 294 | 34 | "Stripes" | 8 November 2001 |
| The Tweenies are making patterned wrapping paper. Bella tells Jake to draw stripes, but Jake doesn't know what stripes are. Doodles introduces him to a zebra and they visit the land of stripes, where everything is stripy, so Jake learns how to paint his stripy wrapping paper. | |||
| 295 | 35 | "Car Journey" | 9 November 2001 |
| Jake has fun in the car with his mum whilst stuck in a traffic jam. Meanwhile, the same can't be said for the rest of the gang. Bella, Fizz and Milo are all bored at playgroup without Jake. | |||
| 296 | 36 | "Milo's Sweets" | 12 November 2001 |
| Milo brings in a big bag of pick-and-mix sweets, but he won't share them with the other Tweenies. He refuses to have melon with them, and then eats so many sweets he feels sick. He decides to give away his last three sweets to the others and eat melon instead! | |||
| 297 | 37 | "All at Sea" | 13 November 2001 |
| Judy is on holiday in Scotland, bobbing up and down in a boat. | |||
| 298 | 38 | "Spots" | 16 November 2001 |
| Jake tries to find out where the spots on the new playroom curtains have gone. The others make spotty masks and sing a spotty song. Max explains the spotty curtain mystery. | |||
| 299 | 39 | "Ants" | 19 November 2001 |
| When Milo finds ants in the kitchen he and Fizz use the computer to learn all about them. They use their magnifying glasses to look at them closely and the Tweenies imagine they are in an anthill dancing with the ants. Bella catches the ants in a jam jar and the Tweenies release them in the garden - much to Judy's relief! | |||
| 300 | 40 | "Highlands & Islands" | 20 November 2001 |
| Judy learns Scottish dancing in a castle and goes in search of fluffy rabbits. | |||
| 301 | 41 | "Snow" | 21 November 2001 |
| The Tweenies want it to snow and play snowy games inside, then they wish for it and it really does snow in the garden. | |||
| 302 | 42 | "What Makes Winter?" | 23 November 2001 |
| It's a frosty day and the Tweenies learn about winter. They make a big winter collage from things they collect in the garden, while they sing What Makes Winter. Judy reads them a story called Ridiculous, by Michael Coleman, about a tortoise who wants to explore winter rather than hibernate. | |||
| 303 | 43 | "Bats" | 26 November 2001 |
| The friends learn all about bats and Max invents a game about them. | |||
| 304 | 44 | "King of the Castle" | 27 November 2001 |
| Max makes a castle in the garden, with Doodles as the dragon. | |||
| 305 | 45 | "Decorating" | 28 November 2001 |
| The Tweenies help Judy and Max decorate the playroom then agree it looked better before. | |||
| 306 | 46 | "Say Cheese" | 29 November 2001 |
| Judy turns her hand to cheese-making on a trip to Cheddar Gorge. | |||
| 307 | 47 | "Oh, I Forgot!" | 30 November 2001 |
| A visit from Max's sister Polly leads to confusion for both of them. | |||
| 308 | 48 | "Crocodile Tears" | 3 December 2001 |
| Bella and Fizz learn about crocodiles, while Jake has a bad case of crocodile tears. | |||
| 309 | 49 | "Up & Away" | 4 December 2001 |
| Max flies in a hot-air balloon. | |||
| 310 | 50 | "Wings" | 5 December 2001 |
| Fizz dress up as a butterfly, Bella puts on her fairy princess costume, and Milo pretends to be an eagle - but Jake cannot find an outfit with wings on. The others pretend to fly in the garden, so Jake dresses as Dotman to join in their game. Max buys them all new costumes with wings on, but they've done enough flying for one day. | |||
| 311 | 51 | "Checks" | 6 December 2001 |
| Bella brings her check quilt into the playgroup and shows the others how to make check patterns. Max tiles the kitchen floor with a check pattern, Fizz makes a check painting and Milo and Jake play a game with check tiles. | |||
| 312 | 52 | "Don't Go Max" | 7 December 2001 |
| The friends think that Max and Doodles are going to leave them for ever. | |||
| 313 | 53 | "Hanukkah" | 10 December 2001 |
| The friends learn about Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, and decide to hold their own Hanukkah party. They watch a video, make potato latkes, play dreidl, make a menorah, hear the story of Hanukkah and open presents. | |||
| 314 | 54 | "Muddle Day" | 11 December 2001 |
| When Milo puts his coat on back to front, the Tweenies decide to do everything muddled up. They play muddled up hide-and-seek, do a muddled up painting and muddle up the playroom. | |||
| 315 | 55 | "Jake's Mountain" | 12 December 2001 |
| Judy visits a power station in the middle of a Scottish mountain. | |||
| 316 | 56 | "Cranes" | 13 December 2001 |
| Max finds the other Tweenies useful when they become cranes for the day. | |||
| 317 | 57 | "What's in the Box?" | 14 December 2001 |
| Milo's box contains an amazing secret, and the others cannot believe what is inside. | |||
| 318 | 58 | "White Christmas" | 25 December 2001 |
| Jake is sick in bed on Christmas Day, so his friends come to visit. | |||
| 319 | 59 | "Searching for Santa" | 26 December 2001 |
| Max has some presents for Santa but first he has to find him. | |||
| 320 | 60 | "Slippery Slopes" | 27 December 2001 |
| Max tries his hand at skiing but finds it's not as easy as he thought. | |||
| 321 | 61 | "Name Game" | 28 December 2001 |
| When Bella finds out that her name means beautiful, the other Tweenies use the computer to find out the origins of their names. | |||
Series 7 (2001-2002)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | 1 | "New Arrival" | 31 December 2001 |
| Judy introduces a new dog to the group but the friends have mixed emotions about her. She's great fun, but very bouncy. Fizz and Milo think she's lovely, but Jake is frightened of her and is worried that she might be staying. Is Jake right to be frightened? | |||
| 323 | 2 | "Big Brave Jake" | 1 January 2002 |
| Jake is not happy because the new dog, Squiggles, is bouncy and keeps jumping up at him. Doodles is not happy because he is not getting as much attention anymore. Milo and Fizz tell Jake that he doesn't have to be big to be brave, and he learns to control the boisterous new pet. | |||
| 324 | 3 | "Doodles is Strange" | 2 January 2002 |
| Doodles is jealous of the new dog, Squiggles, and is so naughty that Max punishes him. The Tweenies make collages of the two dogs, and Doodles learns to make friends with the newcomer. | |||
| 325 | 4 | "Honest Doodles" | 3 January 2002 |
| Doodles teaches Izzles lots of things, but allows Squiggles to take the blame for his mistakes. In the end, Doodles learns to be honest, and tells the Tweenies that he has behaved badly. | |||
| 326 | 5 | "Coming or Going" | 4 January 2002 |
| Max and Judy have to make a decision about Squiggles' future with the Tweenies. Doodles has a word with her and Squiggles starts to behave. The Tweenies are delighted that Squiggles can stay now she is behaving herself. | |||
| 327 | 6 | "Whales" | 7 January 2002 |
| Jake is curious about whales. He wants to know how big a blue whale really is, and tries to find out. | |||
| 328 | 7 | "Tom Thumb" | 8 January 2002 |
| The Tweenies imagine they shrink to Tom Thumb's size and explore the playroom. They discover that it's frightening being small. | |||
| 329 | 8 | "Car Boot Sale" | 9 January 2002 |
| Max takes some of his belongings to a car-boot sale - but will he manage to sell anything? | |||
| 330 | 9 | "Light & Heavy" | 10 January 2002 |
| It's up and down day for the Tweenies when Max's surprise does not work out as planned. | |||
| 331 | 10 | "What a Day!" | 11 January 2002 |
| Every time the Tweenies get changed to go outside the weather changes. They put on their sun hats and it starts to rain, they dress up for the rain and it gets windy and when they get out into the garden, it starts to thunder. | |||
| 332 | 11 | "Percussion" | 14 January 2002 |
| The friends learn all about percussion instruments and Milo wants to play them all. | |||
| 333 | 12 | "Strings" | 15 January 2002 |
| The friends learn all about stringed instruments and make music pictures. | |||
| 334 | 13 | "Brass" | 16 January 2002 |
| The friends learn all about brass instruments, play around, and Bella and the Brass Notes perform their latest hit. | |||
| 335 | 14 | "Woodwind" | 17 January 2002 |
| The friends learn all about woodwind instruments. While Judy makes music, all Max can produce is a terrible noise! | |||
| 336 | 15 | "Orchestra" | 18 January 2002 |
| Max is invited to play with an orchestra, and it all goes with a bang. | |||
| 337 | 16 | "Blaming the Wrong Person" | 21 January 2002 |
| Fizz finds her clay dinosaur toy missing, and accuses Milo of taking it. | |||
| 338 | 17 | "The Five Wishes" | 22 January 2002 |
| Jake's wishes all come true, but for some reason they don't make him happy. What can possibly be wrong? | |||
| 339 | 18 | "Max & Manx" | 23 January 2002 |
| Max goes fishing with his friend Brian on the Isle of Man. Unfortunately, Max doesn't turn out to be a great fisherman. After seeing how herrings are turned into kippers, Max meets some Manx cats. | |||
| 340 | 19 | "Handyman Milo" | 24 January 2002 |
| Milo fancies himself as a bit of a handyman. He tries to mend Max's clock but breaks it instead. Will Max be cross with him? | |||
| 341 | 20 | "Lost Your Smile?" | 25 January 2002 |
| Bella wants someone to help her find her smile again. Perhaps the day's story "Where's Your Smile Crocodile?" will help. | |||
| 342 | 21 | "Looking for Fairies" | 28 January 2002 |
| Max goes to the Isle of Man in search of fairies. On the way, he takes a walk in the woods, and travels by horse tram and steam train. But will he find the fairies? | |||
| 343 | 22 | "Playing Together" | 29 January 2002 |
| The Tweenies refuse to play together, and so play games on their own. The day's story is It's My Turn. | |||
| 344 | 23 | "The Present" | 30 January 2002 |
| Bella gives Fizz a stick as a present, and Fizz finds out just how useful it can be. | |||
| 345 | 24 | "Circus" | 31 January 2002 |
| Max visits the circus, finds out about life there and meets some talented friends. | |||
| 346 | 25 | "I Want One If Bella Wants One" | 1 February 2002 |
| Fizz decides to be a copycat and copies Bella in everything she does. | |||
| 347 | 26 | "Champions!" | 4 February 2002 |
| The Tweenies discover what their skills are and what they are champions at. Everyone is good at something. | |||
| 348 | 27 | "Oh, My Hair!" | 5 February 2002 |
| Fizz has a hair-raising day as she tries to decide whether long or short hair is best. | |||
| 349 | 28 | "Fizz's Surprise" | 6 February 2002 |
| Fizz excitedly tells everybody that her mother is about to have a baby, and the baby is expected that day. Every time the phone rings, she thinks it will be her daddy with the news. | |||
| 350 | 29 | "Welcome Baby" | 7 February 2002 |
| Fizz celebrates the birth of her baby brother and makes him a card, Jake and Bella play mummies and daddies, while Milo has a surprise in store for Doodles - a new kennel | |||
| 351 | 30 | "Feeling Let Down" | 8 February 2002 |
| Fizz is fed up with her new baby brother. She is tired and in a bad mood. Bella and Jake make a cot for their baby doll. | |||
| 352 | 31 | "Prickly Fizz" | 11 February 2002 |
| Milo discovers a hedgehog in the garden. Fizz is still in a bad mood because the arrival of her baby brother has made her feel left out at home, so Max asks her to care for the hedgehog. | |||
| 353 | 32 | "Big Sister" | 12 February 2002 |
| Fizz enjoys looking after the hedgehog, and when they have to let it go, she is happy to play with the baby dolly. | |||
| 354 | 33 | "Who Can Help?" | 13 February 2002 |
| Milo and Jake need help to mend their fire engine, but are not sure who to ask. | |||
| 355 | 34 | "In Between" | 14 February 2002 |
| Jake finds out the meaning of "in between", with the help of Doodles. | |||
| 356 | 35 | "One to Win" | 15 February 2002 |
| Max and Judy have a race against each other, with Max driving a modern car and Judy driving an old-fashioned one. It's obvious who will win - or is it? | |||
| 357 | 36 | "It's the Thought That Counts" | 18 February 2002 |
| Bella discovers that it's Judy's birthday, and the Tweenies decide to secretly bake her a cake, but Max is trying to fix the washing machine at the same time and the cake goes wrong. Max explains to Bella that it's the thought that counts. | |||
| 358 | 37 | "Dancing Feet" | 19 February 2002 |
| The Tweenies watch different types of dancing on the computer and put on a show. Fizz loves the Indian dancing, while Milo does Hungarian dancing and Bella does flamenco. Jake feels left out because he thinks he can't dance properly, but he finds he's got a special talent for Greek dancing. | |||
| 359 | 38 | "Let's Be Each Other" | 20 February 2002 |
| The Tweenies decide it would be great fun to be each other, so they swap clothes. Fizz pretends to be Jake, Milo pretends to be Fizz, Bella decides to be Milo and Jake says he'll be Bella. Doodles tries to be Izzles, Izzles is Judy, and Max gets very confused. | |||
| 360 | 39 | "Milo Wants to Know" | 21 February 2002 |
| Judy asks a long list of questions when she visits the Science Museum. | |||
| 361 | 40 | "Goats & Trolls" | 22 February 2002 |
| The Tweenies learn about goats and play with a pretend troll called Bogsnort. | |||
| 362 | 41 | "Kangaroos" | 25 February 2002 |
| Jake dresses up as a kangaroo with help from Judy, and dances a kangaroo can-can with the others. Bouncing around is a lot of fun. | |||
| 363 | 42 | "Why Do People Do Bad Things?" | 26 February 2002 |
| The Tweenies are horrified to learn that somebody kicked Doodles while he was on a walk. Bella also reveals that some of her neighbours have been rude to new neighbours because of the colour of their skin. | |||
| 364 | 43 | "Being Really Old" | 27 February 2002 |
| Bella calls Milo, Fizz and Jake on her meeting table. They are worried about Max's old age, so they decide to help him - with disastrous consequences. | |||
| 365 | 44 | "Giant Breakfast" | 28 February 2002 |
| The Tweenies make breakfast for a giant, and Dot Man and Oval Man go on an adventure. | |||
| 366 | 45 | "Which Way to Turn?" | 1 March 2002 |
| Bella makes a magical telescope which transports the Tweenies to a magical blue forest, where they all lose each other! | |||
| 367 | 46 | "Moving House" | 4 March 2002 |
| Max helps a family move to a new house. | |||
| 368 | 47 | "Brushes" | 5 March 2002 |
| Jake and Fizz decide to brush the dogs in exchange for some biscuits, but when the dogs don't get their biscuits they come up with a plan to get their own back. | |||
| 369 | 48 | "Imaginary Pet" | 6 March 2002 |
| Fizz is upset that she doesn't have a pony, so Jake suggests that she pretends she has one. | |||
| 370 | 49 | "Off to the Sun" | 7 March 2002 |
| It is holiday time for Max and he's up, up and away! | |||
| 371 | 50 | "Happy Holiday" | 8 March 2002 |
| Max has fun on holiday in sunny Tenerife, visiting an aquapark, an eagle park and Loro Parque. | |||
| 372 | 51 | "What Makes Spring?" | 11 March 2002 |
| The Tweenies look for signs of spring in the garden and make a spring collage. | |||
| 373 | 52 | "No Kissing" | 12 March 2002 |
| The gang try to kiss Milo better after he sprains his wrist but he doesn't like kissing. | |||
| 374 | 53 | "Vegetables are Fun" | 13 March 2002 |
| Max's home-grown vegetables prove very useful. | |||
| 375 | 54 | "Clock Shock!" | 14 March 2002 |
| The Tweenies' clock is behaving very strangely, so Max tries to fix it. | |||
| 376 | 55 | "Listen" | 15 March 2002 |
| The Tweenies spend the day playing a listening game, chinese whispers, with each other, but are so engrossed they fail to listen to Max's instructions properly. | |||
| 377 | 56 | "Carnival Time" | 18 March 2002 |
| Max has the chance to join in the carnival. | |||
| 378 | 57 | "Wedding Day" | 19 March 2002 |
| The Tweenies imagine a wedding where some old friends turn up. | |||
| 379 | 58 | "Swapsies" | 20 March 2002 |
| The friends swap toys with each other, with some interesting results. | |||
| 380 | 59 | "Teamwork" | 21 March 2002 |
| Max is having a very bad day, but his sister Polly organises a team to help him out. | |||
| 381 | 60 | "Home Again" | 22 March 2002 |
| Judy returns to the land where she was born. | |||
| 382 | 61 | "Something New" | 25 March 2002 |
| The gang all learn to do something new. | |||
| 383 | 62 | "Opera" | 26 March 2002 |
| The friends learn about opera, and plan a wonderful surprise for Judy. | |||
| 384 | 63 | "Prairie Dogs" | 27 March 2002 |
| The Tweenies enjoy their cowboy game, but it's not much fun for Doodles and Izzles. | |||
| 385 | 64 | "Izzles isn't Bouncy Anymore" | 28 March 2002 |
| When lzzles goes off her food, Doodles solves the problem. | |||
| 386 | 65 | "Mixed-Up Animals" | 29 March 2002 |
| The Tweenies meet some very strange animals. | |||
| 387 | 66 | "Wedding Party" | 19 July 2002 |
| Judy is invited to her friends' wedding but she's not sure what they would like for a wedding present. Judy decides on a bodhran, which is shown being made by Malakey, a master bodhran maker. | |||
| 388 | 67 | "Invisible" | 22 July 2002 |
| The Tweenies imagine what it would be like to disappear. | |||
| 389 | 68 | "Gimme Five" | 23 July 2002 |
| The Tweenies and Max put on a show for Judy, but Max finds it hard to keep up. | |||
| 390 | 69 | "What Makes Summer?" | 24 July 2002 |
| Max and the Tweenies make a summer collage. | |||
Welsh episodes
In 2002, the BBC dubbed several episodes into Welsh for S4C (BBC provides some programming to the Welsh channel). Dubbing was done by actors including John Ogwen and Jennifer Vaughan. These are still broadcast on an irregular basis.
| Episode No. | Welsh title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| Gwledd Bwstyfil | Monster Nosh | |
| Llun Judy | Judy's Painting | |
| Diwali | Diwali | |
| Sypreis Fawr Bella | Bella's Big Surprise | |
| I Fyny'r Mynydd | Up the Mountain | |
| Pawb Yn Symud | Pulling | |
| Fy Nghorff | My Body | |
| Eirth Gwyn | Polar Bears | |
| Diog | Lazy | |
| Neidio | Jumping | |
| Sana Gwirion Milo | Practical Jokes | |
| Draig | Dragon | |
| Ffyrnig Fel Llew | Fierce as a Lion | |
| Jake snipiau Fizz gyda sissors | ||
Tweenies Christmas Countdown (2001)
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Invitations" | 1 December 2001[4] |
| 2 | "Cold Wilson" | 2 December 2001 |
| 3 | "Wishes" | 3 December 2001 |
| 4 | "Getting Ready" | 4 December 2001 |
| 5 | "Jake and the Beanstalk" | 5 December 2001 |
| 6 | "Fallen Star" | 6 December 2001 |
| 7 | "The Christmas Fairy" | 7 December 2001 |
| 8 | "Santa's Little Helper" | 8 December 2001 |
| 9 | "Nativity" | 9 December 2001 |
| 10 | "Christmas Eve" | 10 December 2001 |
| 11 | "Frosty Day" | 11 December 2001 |
| 12 | "Elves" | 12 December 2001 |
| 13 | "Winter" | 13 December 2001 |
| 14 | "Penelope Pink" | 14 December 2001 |
| 15 | "Highly Strung" | 15 December 2001 |
| 16 | "Little Blue Plane" | 16 December 2001 |
| 17 | "Mousehole Theatre" | 17 December 2001 |
| 18 | "Christmas Morning" | 18 December 2001 |
| 19 | "White Christmas" | 19 December 2001 |
| 20 | "Hanukkah" | 20 December 2001 |
| 21 | "Snow" | 21 December 2001 |
| 22 | "Polar Bears" | 22 December 2001 |
| 23 | "Things We Brought In" | 23 December 2001 |
| 24 | "Searching for Santa" | 24 December 2001 |
| 25 | "The Present" | 25 December 2001 |
Be Safe with the Tweenies
In recent years, a number of safety shorts, called Be Safe with the Tweenies (originally shown in 2002-2005 HIT Entertainment videos and DVDs), has been shown on CBeebies (and occasionally on BBC2):
| Episode No. | Title | Description | First shown on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaning Materials | Fizz plays with dangerous bottles and burns her hand. | Name Game and Other Stories | |
| Leaving Toys Lying Around | The Tweenies fall over toys left on the playroom floor. | Mistaken | |
| Throwing | Max makes a 'You've Been Framed!'-style video of the Tweenies throwing. | Car Boot Sale and Other Stories | |
| Garden Shed | Bella and Milo want to play in Max's garden shed. | Big and Small | |
| Swings | Izzles finds out the hard way that it's not safe to stand in front of a swing. | What a Day and Other Stories | |
| Slide | Milo learns how to play safely on a slide. | Noise | |
| Matches | Jake finds a box of matches. | Orchestra and Other Stories | |
| Don't Go There | Fizz tries to go to the future in an old fridge. | Circus and Other Stories | |
| Lost | Max gets lost in a special garden centre. | Champions and Other Stories | |
| Road Safety | The Tweenies learn about road safety. | In Between and Other Stories | |
| Dogs | Jake gets bitten by a dog with a disease. | It's the Thought That Counts and Other Stories | |
| Candles | Judy burns Milo with candles. | Being Really Old and Other Stories | |
| Fire Safety | Fire can be very unsafe, and the Tweenies help us and children to understand this. | Moving House and Other Stories | |
| Travelling by Train | Trains can be dangerous if you are not careful, so the Tweenies explain how to be safe. | Clock Shock and Other Stories | |
| Electric Sockets & Cables | The Tweenies learn about electricity. | Teamwork and Other Stories | |
| Knives | Jake, Bella, Milo and Fizz learn about being dangerous with knives. | Home Again and Other Stories | |
| Ponds | The Tweenies learn about safety around ponds. | Wedding Party and Other Stories | |
| Scissors | The Tweenies learn about safety around scissors. | Musical Collection | |
| Rivers | The Tweenies learn about safety around rivers. | Out and About | |
| Dialing 999 | Bella tells the others about a real emergency. | Christmas Collection | |
| Railway Lines | Max tells the others how to be safe near a railway. | New Dog | |
| Hot Cooker | Jake, Bella, Milo and Fizz present a short film about accidents with hot cookers. | Scary Adventures | |
| Kettle & Teapot | Bella thinks she can make a real pot of tea. However, this is not an entirely safe plan. | Special Collection | |
| Canal | The Tweenies learn about safety around canals. | Magical Collection | |
| Doors & Windows | The Tweenies learn about safety around doors and windows. | Fun and Games | |
| Beach | Max goes to a special beach, and helps to teach us and children about safety by the sea. | Weather and Seasons | |
| Horses | The Tweenies learn about safety when riding a horse. | Friends Forever: Tweenies on Top of the Pops | |
Expanded 40-minute episodes
In 2001, following the success of the Teletubbies omnibus editions which were broadcast on the BBC on Sunday mornings. there were 18 40-minute episodes of the Tweenies produced, which featured the Tweenies at home instead of playgroup usually in their bedroom talking about recent & past episodes from Series 4-6 which was originally broadcast in 2000-2001 with clips. These have been shown intermittently for 2 series in the UK on BBC2 beginning with the first series on 30 September 2001 to 16 December 2001 on Sunday mornings, One episode was shown on BBC1 on 30 December 2001 during Christmas and act as "Omnibus/Compilation" editions, Two further episodes have been broadcast in March 2003 on BBC1 on Saturday mornings with repeats for the next 2 weeks between 8–29 March. They were repeated once since their original transmissions from 7 April - 24 June 2007 on CBeebies on both Saturday and Sunday but have not been repeated since unlike the 20-minute episodes which are currently repeated to this day.
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Machines" | 30 September 2001 |
| 2 | "Urgh!" | 7 October 2001 |
| 3 | "It's Catching" | 14 October 2001 |
| 4 | "Sleeping" | 21 October 2001 |
| 5 | "Things We Brought In" | 28 October 2001 |
| 6 | "Dressed Up" | 4 November 2001 |
| 7 | "Journey" | 11 November 2001 |
| 8 | "Crazy" | 18 November 2001 |
| 9 | "It's Getting Cold" | 25 November 2001 |
| 10 | "Building Things" | 2 December 2001 |
| 11 | "It Turned Out Alright" | 9 December 2001 |
| 12 | "Odd Things Happen" | 16 December 2001 |
| 13 | "Disaster" | 30 December 2001 |
| 14 | "Mistaken" | 6 January 2002 |
| 15 | "Big and Small" | 13 January 2002 |
| 16 | "Noise" | 20 January 2002 |
| 17 | "New Dog" | 8 March 2003 |
| 18 | "Scary Adventures" | 15 March 2003 |
VHS titles
- Ready To Play with the Tweenies
- Song Time!
- Song Time 2!
- Animal Friends
- Party Games Laugh's And Giggles
- Merry Tweenie Christmas
- Tweenies Live!
- Colours are Magic
- It's Messy Time
- Music is Pop-a-Rooney
- Song Time is Fab-a-Rooney
- Enchanted Toyshop
- Songs and Surprises
- Night-Time Magic
- Jungle Adventure
- Let's Play
- Everybody Panto
- Tweenies Live The Christmas Present
- Let's All Make Music
- Doodles' New Friend
- Fizz!
DVD titles
- Ready To Play & Song Time!
- Animal Friends & Party Games Laughs and Giggles
- Party Games Laughs and Giggles
- Merry Tweenie Christmas
- Song Time 2! & Song Time is Fun a Rooney
- Colours are Magic
- It's Messy Time
- Music is Pop-a-Rooney
- Night-Time Magic
- Let's All Make Music
- Jungle Adventure
- Fizz!
- It's Christmas!
- Song Time! The Complete Collection
- The Ultimate Christmas Collection
- Practical Jokes and other stories
- Let's Play
- Messy Time Magic
External links
References
- ↑ "All Seasons - Tweenies". Digiguide.TV. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ , BBC Genome, 23 March 2016
- ↑ NOTE: as of January 2013, the episode was banned due to the character, Max, impersonating paedophile Jimmy Savile, "BBC under fire after Tweenies character dresses up as Jimmy Savile", telegraph.co.uk, 20 January 2013
- ↑ BBC Genome, 23 March 2016
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