Episode guide
Rainbow: Season 1
50 episodes · premiered Oct 16, 1972
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- Episode 1: Shapes Oct 16, 1972 Very first episode - very different to what the show later became. All the well known cast are not here (and did not arrive until 1974). The only recognisable puppet at this point is…
- Episode 2: Farm Animals Oct 17, 1972
- Episode 3: Houses Oct 18, 1972
- Episode 4: Weather 1 Oct 19, 1972
- Episode 5: Trains Oct 20, 1972
- Episode 6: Painting Oct 23, 1972
- Episode 7: Insects Oct 24, 1972
- Episode 8: Boats Oct 25, 1972
- Episode 9: Land Oct 26, 1972
- Episode 10: Clothes Oct 27, 1972
- Episode 11: Touch Oct 30, 1972
- Episode 12: Reptiles Oct 31, 1972
- Episode 13: Work Nov 1, 1972
- Episode 14: Books Nov 2, 1972
- Episode 15: Furniture Nov 3, 1972
- Episode 16: Movement Nov 6, 1972
- Episode 17: Fruit and Vegetables Nov 7, 1972
- Episode 18: Cats and Dogs Nov 9, 1972
- Episode 19: Trees 1 Nov 10, 1972
- Episode 20: Sounds 1 Nov 13, 1972
- Episode 21: Autumn Nov 14, 1972
- Episode 22: Shoes Nov 15, 1972
- Episode 23: Flowers Nov 16, 1972
- Episode 24: Illness Nov 17, 1972
- Episode 25: Music 1 Nov 20, 1972
- Episode 26: British Wild Animals Nov 21, 1972
- Episode 27: Work 2 Nov 23, 1972
- Episode 28: Weather 2 Nov 23, 1972
- Episode 29: Sleep Nov 24, 1972
- Episode 30: Sounds Nov 27, 1972
- Episode 31: Zoo Animals Nov 28, 1972
- Episode 32: Family Nov 29, 1972
- Episode 33: Water 1 Nov 30, 1972 Zippy throws a wet sponge at Bungle but hits David by accident. Zippy tells Bungle that a wet sponge is heavier than a dry sponge and David and Bungle find out if he's right.
- Episode 34: Building Dec 1, 1972
- Episode 35: Making Things Dec 4, 1972
- Episode 36: Birds Dec 5, 1972
- Episode 37: Post Dec 6, 1972
- Episode 38: Fish Dec 7, 1972
- Episode 39: Party Food Dec 8, 1972
- Episode 40: Smell Dec 11, 1972
- Episode 41: Babies 1 Dec 12, 1972
- Episode 42: Fireman Dec 13, 1972
- Episode 43: Sky Dec 14, 1972
- Episode 44: Shopping 1 Dec 15, 1972
- Episode 45: Christmas Music Dec 18, 1972
- Episode 46: Christmas Tree Dec 19, 1972
- Episode 47: Christmas Decorations Dec 20, 1972
- Episode 48: Christmas Food Dec 21, 1972
- Episode 49: Christmas Post Dec 22, 1972
- Episode 50: Indoor Plants Dec 29, 1972