Browse episode ratings trends for The Wombles. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of The Wombles's 125 episodes.
Best Episodes of The Wombles
Operation W.R.A.P.
S2 Ep27
9.0
21st Oct 1975
The young Wombles learn first aid.
Pirate Gold
S2 Ep23
9.0
15th Oct 1975
Tomsk and Wellington hunt for pirate treasure.
Film Show
S2 Ep22
9.0
14th Oct 1975
Wellington makes a film about the Wimbledon Burrow.
Very Behind The Times
S2 Ep12
9.0
30th Sep 1975
An enormous road to be built causes panic.
The Vanishing Pancake
S2 Ep8
9.0
24th Sep 1975
Orinoco goes fishing for pancakes after being shooed out of the kitchen.
A Game Of Golf
S1 Ep21
9.0
22nd Jun 1973
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
S1 Ep3
9.0
7th Feb 1973
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
The Rocking Chair
S1 Ep2
8.8
6th Feb 1973
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
A Safe Place
S1 Ep5
8.5
12th Feb 1973
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
Autumn Leaves
S2 Ep25
8.0
17th Oct 1975
Wellington, Orinoco and Tomsk invent a new way to collect fallen leaves.
Worst Episodes of The Wombles
Madame Cholet & the Blackberries
S2 Ep9
6.0
25th Sep 1975
Nobody will pick any blackberries, and that makes Madame Cholet angry.
Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
S1 Ep1
6.4
5th Feb 1973
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
Musical Wombles
S1 Ep18
7.0
19th Jun 1973
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
MacWomble The Terrible
S2 Ep15
7.0
3rd Oct 1975
A Scottish relative comes to stay.
Crossed Lines
S1 Ep14
7.5
27th Feb 1973
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.
Blow The Womble Down
S1 Ep15
7.5
28th Feb 1973
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
Madame Cholet Returns
S1 Ep16
7.5
3rd Feb 1973
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
Weighing In Time
S1 Ep17
7.5
19th Jun 1973
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
Wombles And Ladders
S1 Ep19
7.5
20th Jun 1973
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
S1 Ep4
8.0
9th Feb 1973
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
The Wombles Episode Guide
Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella
S1 Ep1
6.4
5th Feb 1973
On any day, the Womble Orinoco is swept by the wind.
The Rocking Chair
S1 Ep2
8.8
6th Feb 1973
After Orinoco gets stuck in a tire, the Wombles realise they can use it to fix Great Uncle Bulgaria's chair.
A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End)
S1 Ep3
9.0
7th Feb 1973
The Wombles have a leaking ceiling and come up with an inventive way of fixing it.
Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson
S1 Ep4
8.0
9th Feb 1973
After the Wombles find a football, Great Uncle Bulgaria becomes inspired to start a new "keep fit" regime.
A Safe Place
S1 Ep5
8.5
12th Feb 1973
A safe place must be found for a valuable Womble history book.
Peep-Peep-Peep
S1 Ep6
8.0
13th Feb 1973
Great Uncle Bulgaria wants the Wombles to keep in touch with each other while they're working, so Wellington invents, in the words of Orinoco, a "talking tin can"!
The Purple Paw Mystery
S1 Ep7
8.0
14th Feb 1973
Great Uncle Bulgaria's fountain pen runs out of ink, so asks Tomsk to pay Tobermary a visit to collect some more. While there, Tobermary enlists the help of Tomsk in manufacturing the ink, but when he cuts corners he creates a mess around the entire burrow.
Bungo's Birthday Party
S1 Ep8
8.0
16th Feb 1973
Bungo thinks that everyone forgot about his birthday, but he didn´t expect that everyone has a secret that Bungo doesn´t known.
The Invisible Womble
S1 Ep9
8.0
19th Feb 1973
Orinoco thinks that if he turns invisible no one will interrupt his sleeping while he pretends that he is in work.
Orinoco Sees The Light
S1 Ep10
8.0
20th Feb 1973
Wellington has planted some daffodil seeds and he is "awfully disappinted" when they don't grow. Orinoco suggests he plants light bulbs instead.
The Conkering Hero
S1 Ep11
8.0
21st Feb 1973
The Wombles learn how to play conkers and how to count.
One Pair Of Feet
S1 Ep12
8.0
23rd Feb 1973
After a human being is spotted on the common, the Wombles rush back to their burrow. However, in the panic Wellington is left behind...
Tobermory On Television
S1 Ep13
8.0
26th Feb 1973
Tobermory makes his own TV show for the Wombles.
Crossed Lines
S1 Ep14
7.5
27th Feb 1973
Tobermory invents a new telephone system for everyone but the telephone lines are having problems and many conversations are heard by Tobermory.
Blow The Womble Down
S1 Ep15
7.5
28th Feb 1973
The Wombles get blown about when they find a vacuum cleaner.
Madame Cholet Returns
S1 Ep16
7.5
3rd Feb 1973
Making cakes turns into a problematic situation.
Weighing In Time
S1 Ep17
7.5
19th Jun 1973
Orinoco decides to put himself on a diet, because he thinks he's too fat.
Musical Wombles
S1 Ep18
7.0
19th Jun 1973
The Wombles make music with tins and cans.
Wombles And Ladders
S1 Ep19
7.5
20th Jun 1973
A ladder is adapted to Womble size
Orinoco And The Ghost
S1 Ep20
8.0
21st Jun 1973
Orinoco thinks that there is a ghost in his house
A Game Of Golf
S1 Ep21
9.0
22nd Jun 1973
Golf balls sometimes travel in the wrong direction
North, South, East, West
S1 Ep22
8.0
25th Jun 1973
Tobermory makes a machine that can predict the weather.
The Picnic
S1 Ep23
8.0
26th Jun 1973
Orinoco shows us how to make a picnic basket that is not heavy to carry.
Games In The Snow
S1 Ep24
8.0
27th Jun 1973
The Wombles have fun in the snow and, in the process, create a minor avalanche
The Snow Wombles
S1 Ep25
8.0
28th Jun 1973
The annual competition to see who can make the best snowman.
What's Cooking?
S1 Ep26
29th Jun 1973
A bird nests in the Wombles' ventilation shaft.
Spring Cleaning Time
S1 Ep27
2nd Jul 1973
When the Wombles have to spring clean, an elastic washing line leads to trouble.
Marrow Pie
S1 Ep28
3rd Jul 1973
The Wombles use too much fertiliser on a marrow, causing it to grow and grow.
The Cement Mixer
S1 Ep29
5th Jul 1973
The Wombles get into trouble with some wet cement.
The Circus Comes To Wimbledon
S1 Ep30
6th Jul 1973
When the circus to Wimbeldon Common, the Wombles put on their own act.
The best rated episodes of The Wombles are:
Operation W.R.A.P. S2E27 rated 9.0
Pirate Gold S2E23 rated 9.0
Film Show S2E22 rated 9.0
Very Behind The Times S2E12 rated 9.0
The Vanishing Pancake S2E8 rated 9.0
A Game Of Golf S1E21 rated 9.0
A Sticky Ending (or A Sticky End) S1E3 rated 9.0
The Rocking Chair S1E2 rated 8.8
A Safe Place S1E5 rated 8.5
Autumn Leaves S2E25 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of The Wombles are:
Madame Cholet & the Blackberries S2E9 rated 6.0
Orinoco & The Big Black Umbrella S1E1 rated 6.4
Musical Wombles S1E18 rated 7.0
MacWomble The Terrible S2E15 rated 7.0
Crossed Lines S1E14 rated 7.5
Blow The Womble Down S1E15 rated 7.5
Madame Cholet Returns S1E16 rated 7.5
Weighing In Time S1E17 rated 7.5
Wombles And Ladders S1E19 rated 7.5
Great Uncle Bulgaria's Keep Fit Lesson S1E4 rated 8.0
The first episode of The Wombles aired on February 05, 1973.
The last episode of The Wombles aired on October 24, 1975.
