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Rainbow: Season 20

51 episodes · premiered Jan 5, 1988

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  1. Episode 1: Noah's Ark Jan 5, 1988 The Rainbow gang act out the story of Noah's Ark. Bungle has a dream about being Noah and he and his wife are told to built a boat for themselves and their animals as there is going to be…
  2. Episode 2: Water Jan 12, 1988 Zippy wants to call both his fish Borris because he doesn't know which one is which, but Bungle disagrees and they both end up aruging. Geoffrey asks Zippy, George and Bungle to collect as…
  3. Episode 3: Counting On Jan 19, 1988
  4. Episode 4: Counting Back Jan 26, 1988
  5. Episode 5: Sharing Out Feb 2, 1988
  6. Episode 6: Social Behaviour: Self Feb 9, 1988 Zippy plays some loud music which wakes up Geoffrey, George and Bungle. Geoffrey and Bungle go to have breakfast, but Zippy's eaten all of the cereal, milk and bread leaving Geoffrey very…
  7. Episode 7: Social Behaviour: Others Feb 16, 1988
  8. Episode 8: Social Behaviour: Group Feb 23, 1988 Geoffrey takes George, Zippy and Bungle to visit Auntie - played by Carry On actress Patsy Rowlands - who has recently lost her job. Meanwhile, Rod, Jane and Freddy sing us a song about…
  9. Episode 9: Music A Mar 1, 1988 Zippy and George makes shakers and Bungle makes a twanger to make kitchen music. Geoffrey plays a musical tune using some jars. Then they all play their instruments while Zippy sings…
  10. Episode 10: Music B Mar 8, 1988 Rod Jane and Freddy sing "Listen To The Rhythm". Geoffrey and Bungle march up and down the garden. George pretends to play the penny whistle and Bungle pretends to play the drums. Rod…
  11. Episode 11: Music C Mar 22, 1988
  12. Episode 12: Learning About Ourselves: Physical Differences Mar 29, 1988 Freddy brings Zippy's cousin Zippo to visit. Bungle, Zippy and George discover that although Zippy and his cousin look alike, they are very different in other ways. Rod and Jane sing "Ten…
  13. Episode 13: Emotions Apr 5, 1988
  14. Episode 14: Learning About Ourselves: Interaction Apr 12, 1988
  15. Episode 15: Wide and Narrow Apr 19, 1988 Bungle, Zippy and George watch a video of the time when Geoffrey, Rod, Jane and Freddy went on a narrow boat. Afterwards, they decide to make their own pretend narrowboats. Rod, Jane and…
  16. Episode 16: Large and Small Apr 26, 1988 When Jane asks Geoffrey to look after her small dog and Freddy asks Bungle to look after his large dog, they get the food and the bowls mixed up. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing 'So Many Dogs'.
  17. Episode 17: Mazes Tracks and Trails May 3, 1988 Zippy and George are looking for things using Zippy's magnifying glass and they follow a trail and find a snail. Then they see some tracks on the ground and wonder what animal has made…
  18. Episode 18: Whispers May 10, 1988 Everyone is whispering today because it's Bungle's birthday, and they don't want him to know they're planning a surprise party for him. Geoffrey reads a story called 'Sammy and the…
  19. Episode 19: Sounds the Same May 17, 1988 Bungle, Zippy and George discover that some words that sound the same mean completely different things. Geoffrey is upstairs trying to find a pair of socks to put on. He shouts downstairs…
  20. Episode 20: Rhyming Words May 24, 1988
  21. Episode 21: Language of Position May 31, 1988
  22. Episode 22: Problem Solving: Mystery Jun 7, 1988 Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George are busy sorting through some stuff they've collected for a local jumble sale. Zippy is playing with a red toy car that he found in the jumble. Bungle…
  23. Episode 23: Looking at Things Jun 14, 1988
  24. Episode 24: Pre-Reading Skills: Auditory Jun 21, 1988
  25. Episode 25: Pre-Reading Skills: Sequencing Jun 28, 1988
  26. Episode 26: Pliable Jul 5, 1988 Bungle, Zippy and George learn all about things that are pliable. Firstly Geoffrey shows them how pliable plasicine can be by making it into different shapes. Then Geoffrey makes some play…
  27. Episode 27: Music and Song Jul 12, 1988 Everyone's singing different songs. Zippy wants George to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" faster and Rod, Jane and Freddy and Geoffrey pretend their on a train while Rod sings "Little…
  28. Episode 28: More/Less/Enough Jul 19, 1988
  29. Episode 29: Zippy's In Love Jul 26, 1988 Zippy falls in love with television presenter Debbie and sends her a drawing and a poem hes written. Then Zippy dreams about meeting her. Debbie reads out Zippy's poem, but she can't make…
  30. Episode 30: Lions and Tigers Aug 2, 1988 Everyone goes exploring in the jungle and they see a lion and a tiger. Terry Hall reads a story called The Lonely Lion. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "In the Jungle".
  31. Episode 31: All Change Aug 16, 1988 The gang decide to move all their furniture out of the room and into the garden to give Rod, Jane and Freddy more space to rehearse their song. But the table rolls away along the street…
  32. Episode 32: Wibbly Wobbly Aug 23, 1988 Geoffrey is going to make an enormous jelly for tea and leaves Bungle, Zippy and George to watch the TV while he's in the kitchen. But while Geoffrey's gone the TV picture goes off so…
  33. Episode 33: Problem Solving: Alone Sep 6, 1988
  34. Episode 34: Up/Down/Across Sep 13, 1988
  35. Episode 35: What's Going On Sep 20, 1988
  36. Episode 36: Nature Care Oct 4, 1988
  37. Episode 37: Upside Down, Inside Out Oct 11, 1988 Geoffrey is wearing his sweater back to front, so has to put it on the right way round, but then he puts it on inside out. Geoffrey shows Zippy a drawing of an old man that very cleverly…
  38. Episode 38: Shapes Oct 18, 1988 The Rainbow gang make shapes with their bodies. Bungle and Geoffrey race each other to see who can build a tower with the different shapes. Geoffrey builds his tower first but Bungle…
  39. Episode 39: Problem Solving: Together Oct 25, 1988 Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey want to pick some apples from the tree in their garden, but Geoffrey can't reach up high enough. They all think of different ways of how Geoffrey can…
  40. Episode 40: Exclamation Sounds Nov 1, 1988
  41. Episode 41: Fast and Slow Nov 8, 1988
  42. Episode 42: Apes Nov 15, 1988
  43. Episode 43: Practical Joking Nov 22, 1988
  44. Episode 44: Generosity Nov 29, 1988
  45. Episode 45: Outer Space Dec 6, 1988 Geoffrey, Bungle, and Rod, Jane and Freddy have landed on a stange planet which they explore. Zippy and George are at the Rainbow Space command centre and see lots of stars and they wonder…
  46. Episode 46: Just One of Those Days Dec 13, 1988 Everything seems to be going wrong in the Rainbow house. First of all, Geoffrey oversleeps and is late getting up. Then he discovers there's no cereal left for their breakfast, so he makes…
  47. Episode 47: Ice and Snow: Explorers Dec 20, 1988 Zippy,George and Bungle want to play outside in the snow, but Geoffrey suggests that they could pretend to go out on a expedition, so they all get everything they need to go exploring in…
  48. Episode 48: Non-Pliable Jan 6, 1989
  49. Episode 49: Greed Jan 13, 1989
  50. Episode 50: Problem Solving: Mystery 2 Jan 20, 1989
  51. Episode 51: Sympathy Jan 27, 1989 Zippy gets the measles and George tries to make him a get well card, but it gets ruined. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Look On The Bright Side". Geoffrey, George and Bungle paint red dots on…