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Season 1

  • S01E01 Bodger is Chef

    • September 13, 1989
    • BBC One

    Simon Bodger must win a cookery contest to get the Chef's job at Troff's Nosherama.

  • S01E02 The Badgers are Coming

    • September 20, 1989
    • BBC One

    Badger ends up inside a cake.

  • S01E03 The Health Inspector

    • September 27, 1989
    • BBC One

    The Health Inspector pays a visit after reports of badgers roaming around the kitchens.

  • S01E04 Portrait of Hector

    • October 4, 1989
    • BBC One

    Mr Troff decides the Nosherama needs a new Welcome sign. Mr Troff thinks Mavis is the artist, but in actual fact it is Badger!

  • S01E05 Auntie Warnty

    • October 11, 1989
    • BBC One

    Mr Troff's Australian auntie comes to visit the café.

  • S01E06 Adrian Loud Warbler

    • October 18, 1989
    • BBC One

    Adrian Loud Warbler invites Mavis to lunch to discuss a singing job, unfortunately he takes her to the Nosherama!

  • S01E07 The Robot

    • October 25, 1989
    • BBC One

    Simon is in danger of being replaced as chef at the café when a salesman shows Mr. Troff a new 'Shove-a-Chef'.

  • S01E08 The Final Episode

    • November 1, 1989
    • BBC One

    Bodger and Badger are left in charge of the restaurant, but things don't quite go according to plan. Mashed potato mayhem ensues.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Letsby Avenue

    • January 9, 1991
    • BBC One

    Job-hunting leads Simon to Lesby Avenue junior school. Will he get the job as handyman?

  • S02E02 Abracabadger

    • January 11, 1991
    • BBC One

    Will magic be enough when Miss Moon sees Badger? Class Four come to the rescue.

  • S02E03 The Bare Mayor

    • January 23, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mrs Trout commissions Bodger (and Badger) to make a cake of the mayor to commemorate his visit to the school.

  • S02E04 The Skeleton

    • January 30, 1991
    • BBC One

    The headmistress wants a school skeleton. But when she plans to cancel a school outing to pay for it, she gets right under Badger's skin.

  • S02E05 Mr Wobert The Watcatcher

    • February 6, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mr Roberts is called to the school to get rid of the small furry creature (Badger, of course) that has been spotted in the kitchen.

  • S02E06 The Hairy Fairy

    • February 13, 1991
    • BBC One

    The headmistress's birthday cake from the cake shop mysteriously disappears shortly after Badger opens it, so Simon makes a miniature mashed potato statue of the headmistress as a replacement. Then Miss Moon spots this and thinks the fairies have cast a spell on Mrs Trout...

  • S02E07 The Wonky Window

    • February 20, 1991
    • BBC One

    Bodger and Badger attempt to repair a wonky window in the headmistress's office, but without much success.

  • S02E08 Mr Crusher and the Ninja Zombies From Mars

    • February 27, 1991
    • BBC One

    Class Four are not impressed with Miss Moon's pixie prancing in PE class. But the replacement, Mr. Crusher, is a lot worse.

  • S02E09 The Burglar

    • March 6, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mrs Trout stays behind in school to change into her costume for the Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball - a burglar's outfit. At the same time, a real burglar breaks in to steal the school trophies. Cue lots of confusion for Bodger and Badger...

  • S02E10 Snowflakes in Hawaii

    • March 13, 1991
    • BBC One

  • S02E11 Mavis and the Fingerpoppers

    • March 20, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mavis comes to visit Simon and the school, and everyone is excited to have a pop star on the premises - even Mrs Trout.

  • S02E12 School's Out

    • March 27, 1991
    • BBC One

    At the end of term, Bodger and Badger look back to some of the adventures they've had at Letsby Avenue.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Mr Valentino and the Rubber Bottom

    • October 1, 1991
    • BBC One

  • S03E02 William Tell

    • October 8, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mrs Trout writes, directs and stars in the school play. But will everything be alright on the night? Not likely with Bodger and Badger about.

  • S03E03 The Head's Anniversary

    • October 15, 1991
    • BBC One

    Badger decides to enter Mrs Trout's poetry competition.

  • S03E04 The Golden Alarm Clock

    • October 22, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mr Valentino, the school governor, comes to the school to tell Mrs Trout that Miss Moon is to be awarded a prize for not missing a day's school. Mrs Trout is not happy!

  • S03E05 The New Moon

    • October 29, 1991
    • BBC One

    Miss Moon gets a thump on the head and a new view of life but all Mrs Trout gets is mash in the mush.

  • S03E06 Eammon and the New Headmistress

    • November 5, 1991
    • BBC One

    As Mrs Trout has been sent back to teacher's school to learn how to read, the new headmistress arrives, and brings along her loathsome nephew who is to be the school handyman. Bodger seems to be out of a job again.

  • S03E07 The Mashed Potato Gun

    • November 12, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mrs Bogart and Simon set up a communications system for the school.

  • S03E08 The Difficult Test

    • November 19, 1991
    • BBC One

    Mrs Bogart is determined to make Class 4 sit a difficult test. However with so many interruptions (mostly from Bodger who is trying to have a fire drill), will it ever happen?

  • S03E09 The Head's Twin Sister

    • November 26, 1991
    • BBC One

    The Head will stop at nothing to get hold of Simon's competition winnings, even posing as her own hard-up identical twin sister!

  • S03E10 The Baby

    • December 3, 1991
    • BBC One

    Miss Moon has agreed to look after her neighbour's baby for the day.

  • S03E11 The Doubling Box

    • December 10, 1991
    • BBC One

  • S03E12 The Class Photo

    • December 17, 1991
    • BBC One

    Badger is having a bath because it's time for the class photograph. When the photographer is cancelled, Miss Moon asks Simon to help out.

Season 4

  • S04E01 The Arrival

    • September 13, 1993
    • BBC One

    Bodger starts a new job as handyman in a large amusement park, where no pets are allowed. But Badger is determined to join Simon, and together the pair meet Holly who hangs about a lot in the park - for free - because her mum works in the kitchens. All seems well until Badger realises that he hasn't seen ANY mashed potato in the park.

  • S04E02 Mr Beasley's Barrow

    • September 20, 1993
    • BBC One

    Mr Beasley tries to catch Badger, who is at the theme park, but is confused as Bodger, Holly and Badger have great fun tricking him.

  • S04E03 The Tapirs

    • September 27, 1993
    • BBC One

    Badger makes friends with some unusual animals, the tapirs.

  • S04E04 The Elephant's Trunk

    • October 4, 1993
    • BBC One

    Bodger fixes the elephant's trunk and Badger has trouble with mashed potato.

  • S04E05 A Hard Day's Knight

    • October 11, 1993
    • BBC One

    Bodger dresses up as a knight, while Badger tries his paw at flying and Holly rescues him.

  • S04E06 The New Clothes

    • October 18, 1993
    • BBC One

    Mr Beasley is issued with a new uniform, but Bodger manages to ruin most of it with the help of Badger and some mashed potato.

  • S04E07 The Dragon

    • October 25, 1993
    • BBC One

    Holly wins a watch at Bodger and Badger's unconventional ball tossing stall, but Beasley takes it from her. Badger thinks of a novel way of getting it back...

  • S04E08 Wet Paint

    • November 1, 1993
    • BBC One

    Beasley sits on a painted bench and tries to repremand Bodger for not following orders, but instead Head Office let Bodger run the ice cream cart.

  • S04E09 Catapult

    • November 8, 1993
    • BBC One

    Beasley has finally mastered a plan to catch Badger...

Season 5

  • S05E01 A Mouse in the House

    • January 9, 1995
    • BBC One

    Bodger and Badger are living in a new flat. They think they're alone until Badger makes friends with a mouse who lives under the floorboards.

  • S05E02 Under the Floorboards

    • January 16, 1995
    • BBC One

    Badger doesn't let a little thing like floorboards stop him from getting to Mousey's house. They've got to come up.

  • S05E03 Washday

    • January 23, 1995
    • BBC One

    After their new washing machine blows up, Simon and Badger have to go to the launderette, where Badger manages to cause mayhem as well.

  • S05E04 Mr. Sellby's Pictures

    • January 25, 1995
    • BBC One

    When Simon Bodger paints a shop sign back to front, Badger finds a quick solution with an electric saw.

  • S05E05 Ancient Egyptian Mashed Potato

    • February 6, 1995
    • BBC One

    Simon Bodger has trouble with burglars, Boss and Courtney, but Badger and the Egyptian statue foil their plans.

  • S05E06 Rent Money

    • February 13, 1995
    • BBC One

    When the rent money goes missing Simon and Badger are told to move out - nothing can save them, except Mousey!

  • S05E07 Here Comes Raymond

    • February 20, 1995
    • BBC One

    Simon's old school friend comes to stay - the greedy Raymond Tompkins - and Badger declares war!

  • S05E08 Twin Brother

    • February 27, 1995
    • BBC One

    Simon rations the mashed potato, so Badger invents a twin brother in order to get double his portion.

  • S05E09 Mashy Mouse

    • March 6, 1995
    • BBC One

    When Simon decides to borrow a cat to get rid of the mouse in the house, Badger and Mousey have to find a way of showing him he was imagining things.

  • S05E10 Seaside

    • March 13, 1995
    • BBC One

    Badger wants to go to the seaside but the weather forecast is bad, so he decides to make his own seaside - in the bathroom!

  • S05E11 Cosmic Potatoes

    • March 20, 1995
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey trick Simon into believing that Martians are under the floorboards.

  • S05E12 One of Those Days

    • March 27, 1995
    • BBC One

    Badger makes a huge amount of mashed potato and then has to find places to store it. Then Simon's computer goes wrong after Badger and Mousey have a go on it.

  • S05E13 Mad Mash Bash

    • April 3, 1995
    • BBC One

    During a race with Mousey, Badger bangs his head and loses his memory. Mousey helps him to remember by reminding him of all the adventures they have had.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Mrs. Dribelle!

    • January 15, 1996
    • BBC One

    Simon Bodger and Badger come face to face with their new landlady, the fearsome Mrs. Dribelle.

  • S06E02 Badger in the Box

    • January 22, 1996
    • BBC One

    Elton sees badgers when he's hit with a frying pan!

  • S06E03 Potty

    • January 29, 1996
    • BBC One

    Badger finds that Simon's cactus very amusing as it has been planted in a potty. Then an unexpected bump on the head sends Badger bonkers.

  • S06E04 Lottery Lunacy

    • February 5, 1996
    • BBC One

    Simon thinks he has won the lottery, Mousey has to give up her new bedside table and lamp, and Simon regrets a phone call to Mrs Dribelle.

  • S06E05 Mrs. Dribelle's Mother

    • February 12, 1996
    • BBC One

    In an attempt to get Simon Bodger out of her house Mrs Dribelle pretends to have a sick mother who needs his room!

  • S06E06 Pussy Cake, Pussy Cake

    • February 19, 1996
    • BBC One

    Fluffykin's birthday cake is delivered to Bodger and Badger's address. Badger is determined to prove that the cake is not a real cat, and ends up destroying the cake.

  • S06E07 Diet

    • February 26, 1996
    • BBC One

    When Badger gets stuck in his badger flap, Bodger decides it's high time he went on a mash free diet with a healthy dose of exercise.

  • S06E08 Badger's Bed

    • March 4, 1996
    • BBC One

    At long last, Simon tries to get Badger a bed of his very own.

  • S06E09 The Countess of Skegness

    • March 11, 1996
    • BBC One

    Bodger loses his rent money and as Badger tries to help him someone ends up with mash on their face.

  • S06E10 Overdue

    • March 18, 1996
    • BBC One

    Simon gets a letter from the library saying that he has an overdue book. Unfortunately Badger lent it to Mousey who converted it into a mattress.

  • S06E11 Badger's Party

    • March 25, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle and Elton have some secret plans, but to put them into action they have to trick Simon into leaving his flat. How will they do this, and will their surprise work?

  • S06E12 Around the World with Badger and Mousey

    • March 27, 1996
    • BBC One

    Before Badger and Mousey set off on their round-the-world trip, they take a look back at some of the adventures they have had this year.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Jungle Fever

    • September 9, 1996
    • BBC One

    Simon Bodger has become Mrs Dribelle's handyman. Badger causes chaos in the house by turning it into a jungle and the garden by turning it into a desert.

  • S07E02 Catnapped

    • September 16, 1996
    • BBC One

    Someone threatens to kidnap Mrs Dribelle's cat Fluffykins. Bodger agrees to look after the cat while she finds a detective, so Mousey leaves home in protest.

  • S07E03 Here Comes Smarty Pants!

    • September 23, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle has a sneaky new tenant, Alec Smart, who always has plenty of dishonest money-making schemes. When he notices Simon's expensive camera, he tricks the handyman into swapping it for some false stain remover.

  • S07E04 Funny Money

    • September 30, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mr Smart decides to buy Mrs Dribelle's house using money he got by photocopying £50 notes. Badger tries to cheer Simon up with practical jokes.

  • S07E05 Wet Paint!

    • October 7, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mr Smart is up to his tricks again - trying to make money from Badger's 'mash painting'.

  • S07E06 Gnome from Gnome

    • October 14, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle's garden gnomes are going missing.

  • S07E07 Mrs Dribelle's Big Day

    • October 21, 1996
    • BBC One

    Will it be wedding bells for Mrs Dribelle and Mr Smart? Not if Badger and Mousey have anything to do with it.

  • S07E08 World Badger Day

    • October 28, 1996
    • BBC One

    Badger invents World Badger Day - a time when everyone has to be nice to all badgers (and mice).

  • S07E09 Mrs Dribelle and the Queen

    • November 4, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle is going to a pageant dressed as the Queen and Simon gets roped into being her servant for the day. Mousey thinks she'll be going off to live in Buckingham Palace.

  • S07E10 Wotcha Vicky

    • November 11, 1996
    • BBC One

    Badger gets a new friend when Vicky moves in upstairs and, what's more, she loves mashed potato!

  • S07E11 Radio Competition

    • November 18, 1996
    • BBC One

    Badger helps Vicky write a song for the radio, but the words don't come out as expected.

  • S07E12 Monkey Trouble

    • November 25, 1996
    • BBC One

    Vicky goes to the market and gets a drumming job where she has to dress up as a gorilla, so Bodger and Badger go to the market, but the gorilla outfit annoys Mrs Dribelle.

  • S07E13 Say Cheese!

    • December 2, 1996
    • BBC One

    When Mousey chews through Mrs Dribelle's best dress, there's trouble ahead.

  • S07E14 Vicky is a Hit

    • December 9, 1996
    • BBC One

    When Mrs Dribelle turns up unexpectedly, Vicky's drums go into the shower with her!

  • S07E15 Mashy Music

    • December 16, 1996
    • BBC One

    Vicky doesn't get the drumming job, so she sells her drum kit. Badger and Mousey buy it and try to cheer her up by forming a band, but they need a drummer.

  • S07E16 Mashy Christmas Everybody

    • January 1, 1997
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey celebrate Christmas and remember some of their adventures this year.

  • S07E17 Too Close For Comfort

    • January 6, 1997
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle moves into the flat upstairs and Simon sticks her wallpaper on with mashed potato by mistake. Then Badger and Mousey pretend to be ghosts to frighten her.

  • S07E18 Good Luck, Vicky

    • January 13, 1997
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle tries to make Vicky work on her last afternoon, but Vicky has other plans.

  • S07E19 The Mashy Mushtake

    • January 20, 1997
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey get things mixed up, including Mrs Dribelle's beauty cream and some mashed potato.

  • S07E20 While the Cat's Away

    • January 27, 1997
    • BBC One

    Bodger and Mousey try to trap a burglar.

  • S07E21 Mrs Dribelle's Dancing Partner

    • February 3, 1997
    • BBC One

    Simon's shower isn't working but Mrs Dribelle is so wrapped up in her dancing he has to use her shower while she's out.

  • S07E22 Vote for Me - Or Else!

    • February 10, 1997
    • BBC One

    Mrs Dribelle stands for election to the town council - but will anyone vote for her?

  • S07E23 Cuckoo

    • February 17, 1997
    • BBC One

    After Simon inherits a grandfather clock, Badger and Mousey decide to turn it into a cuckoo clock.

  • S07E24 The Mash Baa-sh

    • February 24, 1997
    • BBC One

    When Badger can't sleep, Mousey suggests that he count sheep.

  • S07E25 On The Blink

    • March 3, 1997
    • BBC One

    Simon gets a letter telling him the video he sent of himself reading poems is going to be on the programme 'Say Cheese', but he runs into problems trying to watch it on TV.

  • S07E26 Pasta Masha

    • March 10, 1997
    • BBC One

    Badger has a visit from his Italian friend, a fellow badger who enjoys hurling spaghetti.

  • S07E27 Clay Days

    • March 17, 1997
    • BBC One

    Simon enters a pottery competition, but he doesn't expect Mousey to be in the pot.

  • S07E28 The Time Masheen

    • March 24, 1997
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey travel back in time to relive some of their favourite adventures.

Season 8

  • S08E01 A Smart Start

    • December 15, 1997
    • BBC One

    Bodger, Badger and Mousey are moving to the seaside to run the Seagull's Rest Hotel. But they get a big surprise when they find out who their new neighbour is.

  • S08E02 Well Spotted

    • December 22, 1997
    • BBC One

    Mr Smart tries to steal Bodger's hotel guests - but Badger and Mousey have other plans and use spots of red paint to get them back.

  • S08E03 Peace and Quiet

    • January 5, 1998
    • BBC One

    Ms Peake arrives for a nice quiet holiday at the Seagull's Rest.

  • S08E04 The Extra-Terrestrial Toothbrush

    • January 12, 1998
    • BBC One

    When the trifle starts jumping around the kitchen, Simon and Ms Peake think it has been taken over by aliens - but Badger knows better.

  • S08E05 Hat Ahoy!

    • January 19, 1998
    • BBC One

    Can Badger save Mousey when she sails out to sea in Ms Peake's new hat?

  • S08E06 Seaweed Bay

    • January 26, 1998
    • BBC One

    Badger leads Ms Peake and Mr Smart on a wild-goose chase as they hunt for buried treasure.

  • S08E07 Fancy That!

    • February 2, 1998
    • BBC One

    Simon and Millie persuade Ms Peake to enter the fancy dress competition on the last day of her holiday at the Seagull's Rest.

  • S08E08 Water Laugh

    • February 9, 1998
    • BBC One

    Badger and Simon try to compete with Mr Smart's amazing garden decorations.

  • S08E09 103

    • February 16, 1998
    • BBC One

    Badger has his eye on Mr Smart's potatoes - and when Smartypants cheats Simon out of 20 pounds, Badger puts more than his eye on the potatoes.

  • S08E10 Doggone

    • February 23, 1998
    • BBC One

    Badger meets China, a lost dog, and invites him to stay.

  • S08E11 Automashic

    • March 2, 1998
    • BBC One

    The Seagull's Rest is taken over by robots who sound uncannily like Badger and Mousey.

  • S08E12 Mashy Record Breakers

    • March 9, 1998
    • BBC One

    Who do you think holds the record for making the biggest mess with mashed potato?

  • S08E13 Big Bear

    • March 16, 1998
    • BBC One

    Is Mrs Bobbins's toy bear really a toy bear - or is it Badger in disguise?

  • S08E14 Mash Cash

    • March 23, 1998
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey cause chaos when they think Mr Tucknott has stolen Mrs Bobbins's money - but he is only trying to help.

  • S08E15 Splosh

    • March 30, 1998
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey form their own fire brigade and rig up fire extinguishers in the hotel.

Season 9

  • S09E01 Hello Mrs. Melly

    • December 14, 1998
    • BBC One

    Bodger and Badger meet the new tourist information officer, Mrs S. Melly.

  • S09E02 Poster Potatoes

    • December 21, 1998
    • BBC One

    Mrs Melly leaves The Seagull's Rest (Bodger's B&B) out of the Good Hotel Guide, so Bodger decides to do his own advertising.

  • S09E03 Hundreds and Thousands

    • January 4, 1999
    • BBC One

    Simon wins some baking ingredients and enters the Puddleford cake competition.

  • S09E04 Mr. Wilson's Bathing Trunks

    • January 11, 1999
    • BBC One

    Mr Wilson has an interview for a promotion, but goes for a swim and looses his clothes to China. Badger and Mousey wash his sheets and clothes. Will he get the job?

  • S09E05 A Twitch In Time

    • January 4, 1999
    • BBC One

    Miss Piper, an elderly birdwatcher, comes to stay at Seagull's Rest hoping to spot a rare bird. Unfortunately, she reveals this to Mrs Melly, who has an idea to catch the rare bird so she can charge people to see it.

  • S09E06 A Whale of a Time

    • January 11, 1999
    • BBC One

    Bodger decides to make a video advertising Seagull's Rest. But it all goes wrong when Badger and Mousey want to make their own film.

  • S09E07 The Great Escape

    • January 18, 1999
    • BBC One

    Trainee Bank Manager Mr Wilson comes to stay at Seagull's Rest. Unfortunately, he gets locked in the bathroom when he has a serious interview to go to, thanks to Mousey.

  • S09E08 Green Potatoes

    • February 8, 1999
    • BBC One

    Bodger's new green towel gets ruined thanks to Mousey, so Badger makes another one by covering a white one with green paint, but they had not counted on Mrs Melly using it.

  • S09E09 A Mashy Romance

    • February 15, 1999
    • BBC One

    Mr Gripper falls in love with tourist officer Mrs Melly. Plus Badger and Mousey bottle mashed potato soup, some of which ends up in a sun tan lotion bottle.

  • S09E10 China Comes to Stay

    • January 22, 1999
    • BBC One

    China the dog comes to stay and Simon ends up covered with baked beans and mashed potato.

  • S09E11 Pop

    • March 1, 1999
    • BBC One

  • S09E12 Ready, Steady, Go

    • March 8, 1999
    • BBC One

    Mr Gripper challenges Mr Wilson to a running race around the sea front, but when Badger and Mousey see him cheating, they decide to stop him from winning.

  • S09E13 Mrs Melly Investigates

    • March 15, 1999
    • BBC One

  • S09E14 Puddleford Day

    • March 22, 1999
    • BBC One

    Badger, Mousey and China make a time machine to go backwards and forwards in time and Mrs Melly gets covered in mash. All for the commemoration of Queen Elizabeth's visit.

  • S09E15 Mashy Museum

    • March 29, 1999
    • BBC One

    Badger and Mousey put together a museum with exhibits for all the adventures they've had in the last few months.