The theme of the first TV show is Shapes of all kinds and sizes.
Geoffrey is trying to speak on the telephone, but is having trouble hearing because Bungle is listening to a story on the radio and Zippy is watching his favourite programme on the television. He gets them to turn the radio and TV off and discovers that Bungle forgot to pass on a message that was left for him. Later, George and Bungle make party invitations and George asks Bungle to pass all the crayons. But Bungle mishears and thinks he asked him to parcel up all the crayons. Zippy is sad when Bungle tells him he's not invited to the party. But then Bungle says he was only joking which cheers Zippy up again. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "If You Ever Want To Play A Game". Bungle does a mime, pretending to be a policeman directing traffic. Geoffrey reads a story called "Charlie's News". Bungle, Zippy and George have a treasure hunt in the garden.
Bungle keeps whining about his breakfast. Rod, Jane and Freddy don't feel like singing a song. And when Zippy starts whining over the cherries on a cake, Geoffrey has had enough and gets very cross.
As Geoffrey reads the story of Mr. Know-It-All, all the others play a part in performing it. Afterwards, Geoffrey reads a Tat the Cat story to boot.
How different moods affect you. Geoffrey tells Audrey Titcombe's story The Moodies, illustrated by Bill Titcombe.
Zippy starts telling everyone what to do. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing Bossy Boots, and the others join in.
Geoffrey explains to Bungle, George and Zippy that sometimes they must do things they don't like. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing Must I Sing A Song? Also, Christopher Lillicrap tells Anna Standon's story Curious And Furious, illustrated by Alex Forbes.
Geoffrey, Bungle, George and Zippy play tricks and tell jokes. Jane tells Marjorie Newman's story of The Dustpan Brush Hedgehog, illustrated by Norman Beardsley.
Geoffrey finds a wizard's spell book and all sorts of things begin to happen. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing The Crystal Ball and magician Ali Bongo adds to the fun.
Bungle, George and Zippy discover that juggling and balancing aren't as easy as they look.
Rod, Jane and Freddy sing Mischievous One, and clowns Frankie and Jamie Anderson show how clowning is done.
The story is Zooma The Star Baby by Jennifer Barford, illustrated by Joanne Cole.
Bungle, George and Zippy hear strange noises. Geoffrey investigates. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing Rainy Nights.
Zippy, Bungle, George and Geoffrey don't find living together easy. Today's story is Penguins On Parade written by Lee Pressman and illustrated by Joan Hickson.
Living together happily means sharing things. The story is The Desert Island, written by Mary Campbell and illustrated by Nicola Smee.
Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey disguise themselves for a fancy-dress party.
Zippy, George and Bungle watch what flies high in the sky. Guest Jean Challis reads the story Mr Dragon's Busy Day, written and illustrated by Bridget Appleby.
A visit to the seaside. Geoffrey tells Bungle about divers and what it's like under the waves. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing about fish in the sea. Robin and Rosie go for an adventure walk on the shore of Cockleshell Bay.
Many things live and grow in the ground. The story is Pipsqueaks, illustrated by Joan Hickson.
Geoffrey makes jelly for Zippy, George and Bungle and George calls it a jelly mountain. Geoffrey takes Zippy, Bungle and George up a very high hill to show them the view. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Looking Around". Zippy and George make a mountain from building blocks and Bungle pretends to be king of the mountain. Then there's a story in Cockleshell Bay.
Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey find out what it's like to be packed like sardines in a tin. Guest Ian Bartholomew reads Moving Day by Mary Campbell, illustrated by Nicola Smee. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing Shakin' Shakers.
Geoffrey shows Zippy, Bungle and George how to play and turn around. They also find it's more fun when there's room to move about. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing Shakin' Shakers again. The story is The House That Grew by Anna Standon, illustrated by Peggy Burton.
Zippy feels exhausted just watching the others exercising. He also suffers when he doesn't go to bed early. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing The Health Song. In Cockleshell Bay all the family have fun doing their exercises.
Zippy makes himself invisible and then Geoffrey pretends he's invisible. Geoffrey, George and Zippy make Bungle think he's invisible. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Vanishing Act". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Mildred Makes A Mistake'. Then Jane shares some invisible tea and doughnuts with everyone.
Bungle, Geoffrey, Zippy and George find out how hard is to hold to things when they hang out the washing and using garden tools. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "On A Windy Day". Geoffrey draws some faces on balloons to scare away birds in the garden. Freddy reads a story called 'The Flying Umbrella'.
Bungle finds a big bag, but can't see inside. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing The Mystery Bag, and Robin and Rosie try to solve a mystery at Cockleshell Bay.
Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George meet a magician and try to copy his tricks. Rod, Jane and Freddy do a Vanishing Act. At Cockleshell Bay, things vanish as if by magic.
George is too shy to ask for help. Bungle, Zippy and Geoffrey encourage him to speak up for himself. George feels bolder, and even sings It's Nice To Dream. The story is Don't Be Shy by Gladys Lee, illustrated by Peggy Burton.
Everyone's getting up, but Zippy would rather stay in bed all day.
Everyone dresses up and Zippy pretends to be Little Tommy Tucker and Geoffrey pretends to be his daddy. George pretends to be Mable the milkmaid and Bungle pretends to be Mr Bread the baker. Little Tommy is hungry, but he and his dad don't have enough money to buy any food, so he starts singing. Mr bread gives them a loaf of bread and Mable gives them some butter, but they need a knife to cut the bread and spread the butter. Then Mrs Roebottom arrives and she gives them a knife for the bread. Jo Roebottom reads a story called 'Monkey Business". Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Little Tommy Tucker". Little Tommy wants a wife so that everything will be alright and Mabel wants to be his wife, so he's very happy and then starts singing.
The Rainbow gang act out the story of Long John Geoffrey and his parrot George who find an old map and go to look for burried treasure. They visit Rainbow island to rescue Ben Gun Bungle. There they meet him and the Rainbow singers Pinapple Polly, Coconut Charlie, and Freddy the Fruit. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Welcome To Our Island".
It's a hot day and Geoffrey's got a headache so goes inside. The boys get in each other's way as they all are in the same room but have different things to do. George wants to paint, Bungle wants to do some skipping and Zippy wants to listen to the radio. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Dance To The Music". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Edward and The Tree Adventure'. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Dance To the Music".
Geoffrey and Bungle pretend to go to space and build a rocket from a cardboard box and washing basket. Zippy and George pretend to be misson control. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Out Here In Space". Geoffrey and Bungle arrive back at the Rainbow House from Space.
Everyone goes outside for picnic in the garden. Zippy is just too carefree, but George thinks it will rain. Geoffrey reads a story called `The Kittens' Pop Concert'. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Hazy Day" and they come to the picnic. Zippy spills ginger beer all over Freddy and then it rains, so everyone goes inside. Everyone sings "I Hear Thunder".
Geoffrey goes to the circus. Ringmaster George proudly presents the Rainbow circus featuring Geoffrey the Wonderful Juggler, Jane the daring Tipe-rope Walker, Zippy the Fiercest Lion and Bungle the Clown. Jane sings a song about an elephant called "Eliza".
Bungle gets an invitation from Matthew Corbett for Sooty's Birthday party, no one else in the house has one. He feels very grown up and special and decides to spend the day in bed being treated like The Queen.
It's a really hot day, so Geoffrey gets out a paddling pool to keep everyone cool. Bungles fills it with water, but ends up soaking Geoffrey. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Look At The Rain". Jo reads a story called 'The Hottest Day in History'. Then it starts to rain, so everyone goes inside.
Zippy's cousin Zippo rings him up asking if he can come over, but Zippy's too scared to ask Geoffrey, so he tries to make sure they don't find out. Zippo keeps making mess, but poor Zippy keeps getting blamed for it and everyone gets confused. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Zippy's Up To Something". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Shhh! Don't Tell Monkey'. Then he finds out Zippo's come to stay and understands why everyone got confused before.
It's a cold and snowy day and the heating has broken down in the Rainbow House. To keep warm Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George put on lots of wooly jumpers and scarves, do some exercises, and sing "The Hokey Cokey". Bungle and George make a model of a snowman. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Mr Snowman". Geoffrey gives Zippy, George and Bungle some lovely hot soup and they're soon warm again as the workmen fix the heating.
George makes a secret wish. Zippy thinks George is wishing for a little Thumbelina and Bungle thinks he is wishing for a flower. They're both very surprised when George's wish comes true. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song called "Wishing" Geoffrey reads a story called 'The Three Wishes'. The Great Kovari performs some magic tricks.
The Rainbow gangs looks back in remembrance on past installments, and also learn about different periods of human history.
Bungle is selling flags to raise some money for himself. Geoffrey has to pay the bills, so he goes to the bank.
Zippy & George are pretending to be a King and Queen from the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'. Bungle takes all their money (bottle tops) to raise money for a guide dog. He's also saving silver paper for the charity, but Geoffrey doesn't like it when George takes the brand new silver cooking paper from the kitchen.
Zippy decides to open a school of dancing and everyone learns about different kinds of dancing. Linda the dance teacher arrives to teach everyone a few dance steps, which they peform at the end. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "If You Try Try Try".
Everyone is dressing up as different flowers to act out a little story. Geoffrey helps Bungle, Zippy and George to make their flower costumes. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Flowers", then everyone acts out their story about the new flower coming to live in the garden. Geoffrey is the gardener, Bungle is a rose, Zippy is a daffodil, George is a daisy, Rod is a snapdragon, Freddy is a thistle and Jane plays the part of the beautiful orchid who has come to live in the garden.
Geoffrey talks about caterpillars and butterflies and shows Zippy, George and Bungle how to make a cotton reel caterpillar. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Oh You Lovely Caterpillars". Geoffrey shows Zippy, George and Bungle how to make a pretend butterfly. John tells a story called 'Scatty and the Butterfly'.
The Rainbow gang go on a camping holiday, but not everything goes to plan at first. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "When You Go A Camping".
The Rainbow gang are joined by Rod, Jane and Freddy for their garden fête.
Everyone is having a lovely picnic. Zippy daydreams about food and Geoffrey daydreams about when he was a boy. Jane reads a story called 'The Ten Ton Tortoise'. Then she has a daydream and Rod,Jane and Freddy sing "Red Balloon". Bungle daydreams about having a teddy bears picnic.
Bungle, Zippy and George waste the spaghetti Geoffrey has made them for their lunch. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Little Tommy Tucker". Bungle, Zippy and George learn not to waste paper. Geoffrey reads the story of "Randall and The Apples".
Geoffrey and Rod, Jane and Freddy go on a narrow boat holiday, whlie Zippy, George and Bungle decide to make their own narrow boat in the garden. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "On A Narrow Boat".
Geoffrey, Jane, Bungle, Zippy and George act out the nursery rhyme/story of Old Mother Hubbard. Zippy is the storyteller, Jane is Old Mother Hubbard, Geoffrey is Old Father Hubbard and George plays the part of Fido the dog. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing 'Joining the Dots'.
Bungle is behaving very strangely, and isn't talking to anyone. Geoffrey tries to see what's wrong with him. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Out of the Blue". David reads a Tat The Cat story called 'What's Wrong?' Then Bungle feels much better.
Bungle's laying out plates and glasses for their tea, but George is missing. George is with his doll Bertie in his secret place. Zippy thinks George has left home, so Bungle zips up his mouth as he thinks hes done it to get away from Zippy's constant chattering. George draws a picture of a flower to put in his secret room and he looks at his collection of shells. Bungle goes to look for him, but cant find him anywhere, but then George returns and everyone wonders where he's been. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "My Secret Room". Then everyone plays eye spy, but George has disappeared again. George goes back to his secret place and reads a story called 'Ferdy's Secret Place'.
Bungle, Zippy and George watch a TV programme that shows them how to make a milkshake. Afterwards they decide to make some milkshakes themselves and find out all about where milk comes from. Geoffrey visits a farm and sees some cows being milked and how the milk is transported to the dairy for putting into bottles. Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey sing "I Went To Visit A Farm One Day" and then they find out how milk gets put into bottles at the dairy. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song about milk bottles on a doorstep called "Take Us In, Warm Us Up". Zippy and George tell a story about King Geoffrey, Milkmaid Bungle and Daisy the Cow.
Bungle wants to draw a picture but can't decide what to draw. He doodles a wiggly line and then turns it into a picture of a worm. George doodles an orange circle and Zippy some green lines on Bungle's picture while he's not around. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song about doodling called "Do You Doodle?" Bungle sees his drawing and isn't best pleased that Zippy and George have scribbled on it. Some children doodle and artist Sally Gregory turns their doodles into pictures to tell a story.
Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George are in the garden. To protect himself from the sun, Geoffrey puts on some sun cream, Zippy wears some sunglasses to protect his eyes from the bright sunlight and George has an umbrella to keep the sun off him. Then Bungle puts his rain hat on to keep the sun off his head, but Zippy thinks he looks hilarious wearing a rain hat on a sunny day. Then it starts to rain and everyone goes indoors. They look at a book with lots of pictures of fire fighters and wonder why they wear special clothing such as helmets. Geoffrey explains that it is for protection. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Open Up Your Umbrella" and Bernie Clifton tells a story called "Ben The Clumsy Spaceman".
Zippy's teaching Bungle to sing, but George is sad as he doesn't think he's a good singer, so Alfred comes and teaches him how to sing. Geoffrey dresses up and sings and then Alfred reads a story called 'The Professer's Piano". Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "My Song Has Five Notes". George and Alfred sing "The Rainbow Song" and then everyone joins in.
Zippy's behaving oddly and not speaking to anyone because he's tongue-tied. Denise reads a story called 'Cherp Finds His Voice'. Then Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey go to a concert that some children are performing at the village hall. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Everybody's Tongue-Tied Sometimes". Zippy performs "I Had A Little Nut Tree" and everyone enjoys his little poem and Zippy doesn't feel tongue-tied anymore.
Bungle, Zippy and George learn about the wind and how it blows things around. Geoffrey is blowing bubbles and Zippy is blowing his toy trumpet. George has a go with Zippy's toy trumpet but can't play it, as he sucks instead of blowing. Later the gang go into the garden and Bungle and Geoffrey build a big sandcastle in the sandpit. Then Geoffrey and Bungle make some patterns on a piece of paper by blowing straws dipped in paint. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We're Working, Yes, We're Working". Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey act out the story of the Three Little Pigs.
Bungle is not very pleased when Geoffrey walks over the floor he's just cleaned in his muddy boots. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Hopscotch". Geoffrey does a tap dance in his tap shoes then shows Zippy and George other shoes he has for doing different things. Jane reads the story of "Cinderella". Geoffrey, Zippy and George help by playing characters from the story. Jane is Cinderella, Geoffrey is Prince Charming and Zippy and George are the Ugly Sisters. Then the next door neighbour's dog Benji escapes from his garden and runs inside the Rainbow house leaving muddy paw prints all over Bungle's clean floor which he is not best pleased about.
Bungle, Zippy and George find out all about where wool comes from and how it is used for knitting to makes clothes such as sweaters and scarves. Jo visits and gives Bungle a scarf she has made for him. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Those Sheep Need A Haircut".
Geoffrey teaches George, Zippy and Bungle all about magnets. Then he has some bad luck eating lunch. Freddy arrives to tell all about the day he went to the Isle of Wight with Rod and Jane.
Bungle's best friend Horace comes to stay the night, but nobody else in the Rainbow house is able to see Horace at all.
Bungle, Zippy & George play a puzzling game with cards, musical chairs and Pin the Tail on the Donkey. John Styles reads a story about a picnic and Rod, Jane & Freddy perform a a magical song about a missing piece of jigsaw.
George and Zippy are unable to sleep because of Bungle snoring, the telephone ringing and the television being on too loud.
To enter a fancy dress competition, George is making a doctor's stethoscope, Bungle is making a crown and Zippy decides to dress as a cook. Bungle becomes fed up with having to listen to Geoffrey all the time and dreams he is the king of Bungleland, where he makes all the rules.
A large parcel is delivered to the Rainbow House addressed to Rod. Bungle, Zippy and George try to guess what is inside the box. Then Bungle, Zippy and George play a game where they have to guess what object Geoffrey has given them without looking, but Zippy cheats. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "It's A Riddle" and Bungle, Zippy and George play a game where they have to guess what the objects in the photographs are.
Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George are uncertain about whether it will stop raining in time for the picnic they planned to have later with Rod, Jane and Freddy. Geoffrey decides to ask Rod, Jane and Freddy to come over, but George is acting strangely and is uncertain whether he wants them to. Jo Rowbottom reads the story "Home is Best". Jane asks George if he is ready to sing the song he promised to help her, Rod and Freddy with, but George is uncertain that he'll be any good at singing for them. Jane persuades him to join herself, Rod and Freddy to perform "My Song Has Five Notes" and then it stops raining and they all go off on their picnic together.
Zippy plays detective after finding a lady's glove and some sweets. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Who Could It Be?" and act out about Goldilocks and The Three Bears. Sandra reads a story called Suzy The Dog Detective.
Bungle's exploring in the garden and he and Geoffrey find some different leaves, pebbles and Zippy's tennis ball. Zippy dreams about going exploring in the jungle. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Exploring". Zippy dreams about exploring in the jungle. Geoffrey tells the story 'Jungle Fever' about Anacy the spider and Bungle pretends to be Anancy.
George doesn't know what to do. Should he play outside? It looks very cold. Should he play snap? You can't play that on your own. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "This Way, That Way". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Silky Susan'.
Everyone is spending a day in the countryside. While they're having a picnic, Zippy has climbed up a tree. Bungle finds various leaves and acorns in the wood. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We're Having A Picnic". Everyone goes exploring. Zippy notices two rabbits and George thinks he can see a monster, but it turns out not to be one at all and Rod finds a frog. Then when they've all packed up and ready to leave they can't remember the way back, but Bungle finds Jane's handkerchief and they're all able to go home.
It's Geoffrey's birthday soon, but Bungle, Zippy and George are having trouble deciding what to buy him as a present. Eventually they agree on buying him a tie, but then can't decide what colour it should be. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Make Up Your Mind" and Geoffrey tells the story of the Magic Pencil.
Jane brings baby Oliver to the Rainbow house and Geoffrey decides to play a trick on Zippy, George and Bungle by giving them a toy doll to look after and they think it's a real baby. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Lullaby" to baby Oliver. Geoffrey reads a story called 'With A Little Help From Charlie'.
Why does a balloon burst when you prick it with a pin? Why does a spinning top hum as it spins? Bungle, Zippy and George find out the answers to these and other questions. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Why Do You Cry?" and Geoffrey reads a story called "All Aboard The Rhubarb".
Bungle, Zippy and George learn about how different things can feel smooth, rough, hard, soft, hot and cold to touch. Geoffrey reads the story of "Ichabod Bungely Wungely Boo" and Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Feel With Your Hands".
Bungle wants to buy some sweets as a surprise for the others and he goes off to the sweet shop without telling anyone. Geoffrey becomes very worried when he can't find Bungle and discovers he has gone out on his own. Luckily on the way back from the sweet shop Bungle meets Rod who accompanies him back home safely. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Be Sensible" and Sue Holderness reads a story called "Will and The Wishing Stone".
Geoffrey is learning to speak Italian. Bungle, Zippy and George learn about Italy, its people and food, and they watch a film of a boy and his Italian family, at school and at home. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We're In A Gondola".
Bungle is busy sorting out old clothes for a jumble sale. He finds an old sweater of Geoffrey's and wants to put it in the sale, but Geoffrey tells him he wants to keep it as it was knitted by an old girlfriend of his. Then Bungle finds an old scarf which belongs to Zippy, but Zippy won't let him have it for the jumble as it's his favourite. Meanwhile George is watching TV. First he watches the lines and shapes, then he watches Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song called "Your Favourite Things". Bungle, Zippy and George talk about their favourite things, then Bungle daydreams that he's a magician. Geoffrey tells a story called 'Dolly Doodles Favourite Things'.
Geoffrey is outside in the shed working very hard making a table. Bungle complains when the noise of Geoffrey's hammering disturbs him, as he is being very lazy and staying in bed for the day. Zippy and George ask Geoffrey if he will read them a story, but Geoffrey is too busy so they go off in search of Freddy to ask if he'll read them a story instead. Freddy reads the story of "Hardworking Horace". Rod, Jane and Freddy give Geoffrey a helping hand to make the table and sing "When There's Work To Be Done".
Bungle, Zippy and George find out all about mirrors and reflections. Geoffrey reads the story of The Very Old, Large Mirror and Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Mirror Mirror".
Bungle, Zippy and George learn about India and Indian culture. They watch film of a girl and her Indian family, at school, helping out in her parent's newsagents shop and at home. Sneh Gupta tells the story of The Clever Monkey and Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "India".
Geoffrey is busy tidying up the house ready for his sister's visit, but he has got the date she is supposed to be coming mixed up. Rod and Freddy remember the time Geoffrey helped them with some decorating with disastrous results and then Zippy, George and Bungle recall the time Geoffrey made a blunder when helping them with their paintings. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Mr Bodger" with the help of Geoffrey dressed up as Mr Bodger. Then magician Clive Webb does some magic tricks but all his tricks go wrong.
Everyone is trying to get their own way. George wants to play a game of Happy Families, but Zippy wants to play Snakes and Ladders instead and gets his own way. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "You Get Your Own Way Every Time". Jane wants to watch a cookery programme on the television, but Geoffrey, Rod and Freddy won't let her because they want to watch the football an another channel. Lynda Baron reads the story of 'Bossy Billy'.
Zippy and George sing "Hickory Dickory Dock", but the mouse doesn't seem to be running down the clock. Then they act out "Hey Diddle Diddle" with Geoffrey being the fiddler, Bungle being the cow, George being the little dog and Zippy being the dish and the spoon. Jane pretends to be Little Bo Peep and Bungle pretends to be one of Little Bo Peeps lost sheep. Freddy pretends to be Little Boy Blue. Geoffrey reads a story called 'The Little Dog's Dinner'. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Ride A Cock Horse".
George is building a tower with his building blocks and Bungle is doing a drawing. But Bungle wants the table all to himself and he and George start squabbling when Bungle knocks the tower over and George spoils Bungle's drawing. Then they go into the garden where they meet Georgette, the pink female hippo from next door, who helps Bungle and George sort out their squabble and make up. But Zippy is not best pleased that Bungle and George have a new friend, and he falls out with them all. Geoffrey reads a "Tat The Cat" story about falling out and making up. After falling out with Bungle, George and Georgette, Zippy goes into the garden, where he sees Rod, Jane and Freddy. The trio sing "You've Got To Make It Up" and then Zippy says sorry and makes it up with everyone.
Geoffrey, Zippy, George and Bungle sing "Five Current Buns In A Baker's Shop". Geoffrey tells everyone he'll be baking some jam tarts for tea which makes Zippy hungry. George says the nursery rhyme "The Queen of Tarts" and everyone dresses up like in the nursery rhymes. Geoffrey dresses up as the King of hearts, Bungle dresses up as the Queen of hearts, Zippy dresses up as the knave of hearts and George decides to be his brother the prince. Freddy sings "Little Jack Horner", Rod sings "Hot Cross Buns" and Jane sings "Polly Put the Kettle On". Rod, Jane and Freddy then sing some nursery rhymes such as "Little Miss Muffet". "Little Tommy Tucker", and "Sing A Song Of Sixpence". Geoffrey serves the jam tarts he's made, but Zippy doesn't want to wait for them to go cool and dreams about being the knave of hearts. He eats all the jam tarts in his dream and ends up feeling ill. Then when he wakes up he only wants to eat just one jam tart, which surprises everyone.
It's a very special occasion today. Geoffrey is taking Zippy and George to the theatre to see Peter Pan. Bungle has a cold, so he has to stay at home and Jane comes to look after him. She tells him the story of Peter Pan and talks about the time when she first went to the theatre. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "An Invitation".
Zippy takes George's toy car he's playing with, which makes George angry. Geoffrey keeps the peace between them by suggesting they both play with the toy car, taking turns to push it to each other. Then George builds a bridge for the car to go under, but Zippy won't play properly and keeps knocking the bridge down with the car. So policeman Bungle steps in to keep the peace between Zippy and George. Mrs Jones from next door is very angry with Geoffrey about the broken fence between the houses. But she forgives Geoffrey when Bungle, Zippy and George explain it was them who accidentally made a hole in the fence so they could retrieve their football, and Geoffrey says he'll fix the fence for her. Rod, Jane and Freddy are in the garden. Jane and Freddy are practising their song, but they keep getting it wrong and argue with each other. Rod steps in to keep the peace and then they all sing "It's Time To Sing The Song".
The Rainbow gang is being very creative indeed and putting together their own version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. Jane plays Jack and Bungle the Giant. Zippy is Jack's mother (Mrs Beanstalk). Rod is the evil wizard who sells Jack the beans and Geoffrey and Freddy for some reason are a clown double act called 'Tea and Cocoa'. George wanted to be the cow, but ends up being Georgieporgy when the two clowns take the part of the cow.
The Rainbow gang act out the pretend story of Dick Turnip the naughty highwayman. Geoffrey, as Dick, steals the famous Bungle Warren necklace from Lady Jane, the Baron's daughter. But Zippy the Good catches Turnip and brings him before Judge George.
Zippy and George receive some party invitations in the post, but sadly there's not one for Bungle. Bungle, Zippy and George and Geoffrey sort out items they no longer need and put them in a box for their next door neighbour's jumble sale. Bungle builds a tower with building blocks, but Zippy knocks it down. Geoffrey takes the box of jumble next door and notices Bungle's party invitation was delivered there by mistake, so he has an invitation after all! Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "How Many?" Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey sing "How Does A Caterpillar Grow?" Then they all play a game where they have to guess how many stepping stones Bungle needs to cross a pretend river.
Geoffrey has taken Bungle, Zippy and George to the laundrette. There they learn about all sort of machines, from washing machines to those that work on the road.
When Geoffrey unexpectedly has to look after his grandfather, Bungle, Zippy and George have to stay with Auntie for the night. Zippy is especially grumpy about having to leave home.
Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Heartbeat". Zippy, George and Bungle decide they want to be popstars just like Rod, Jane and Freddy and even dress up for the part, with Geoffrey as their manager. However it's not as easy as it seems. Rod, Jane and Freddy rehearse their song "Heartbeat" in a recording studio and then they come to help Zippy, George and Bungle out.
Geoffrey tells Bungle not to touch the dominos he's lined up on the table while he goes out of the room, but Bungle wonders what will happen if he touches them and then finds out. George wonders what will happen if he tips out his container of marbles. The marbles all roll off the table onto the floor, but before he can pick them all up Rod and Freddy come into the room and fall over on them. Then Geoffrey and George notice an unpleasant smell which seems to be coming from Zippy. They discover it's because Zippy hasn't changed his socks for days, as they're his favourite yellow pair. Geoffrey explains that if you don't wash your clothes they become dirty and smelly. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Blowing Up Balloons" and Geoffrey shows Bungle, Zippy and George a little magic trick.
George wants to see a fairy, but Geoffrey tells him they're not real, but he still wants to see one anyway. Geoffrey looks at some of Bungle's fur that he's brushed under a mircoscope and then looks at some pond water. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Small World". Zippy looks at some stamps using a magnifying glass. Geoffrey reads a story called 'The Toys World'.
Zippy, George and Bungle are packing their picnic for their trip to a Safari Park. Geoffrey explains to George that a Safari park is where you can see lots of wild animals - and Zippy roars like a lion. Zippy, George and Bungle make a safari park collage. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Joining The Dots".
Bungle and Geoffrey see a frog in the garden and decide to play a game of leapfrog. Zippy says he's never seen a real live frog before, so they all look around the garden to see if they can find one. Geoffrey shows Zippy a jar full of tadpoles and explains how tadpoles grow into frogs as they get older. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song about Mr Frog and the Princess Jane. Zippy tries to count how many tadpoles there are in the jar, but keeps losing count. Geoffrey reads the story of "Tiny the Tadpole". Later, outside in the garden, Jane and Geoffrey sing a song about three little speckled frogs and Bungle, Zippy and George pretend to be the frogs in the song.
Geoffrey is decorating the spare bedroom for Auntie Jo's visit, but he's finding it difficult doing the work on his own. But Rod Jane and Freddy help him to get the decorating finished before auntie arrives. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Co-Operation".
Geoffrey is in the garden doing exercises to prepare for a race he's running in for charity, but Zippy thinks he's being silly doing so much training. Then Bungle, George and Zippy join in with some exercises too, but Zippy isn't very fit and hurts his neck. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Keeping Fit". Jane reads the story of "Monty and The Gymnasium". Geoffrey, Rod and Freddy arrive back after the charity race and everyone has some carrot cake to eat.
Zippy, George and Bungle pretend to be Rod, Jane and Freddy and then Geoffrey pretends to be someone else. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Guess Who I Am?" Geoffrey reads a story called 'Guess Who I Am?' Rod, Jane and Freddy play a game against Geoffrey, Bungle and George called Guess Who I Am? where Zippy tells a member of each team who to be and the others have to guess. Then Bobby Davro comes round to the Rainbow house and does some funny impressions of Zippy, Bungle, George and Geoffrey.
Geoffrey finds Bungle has left his toy cars on the floor and a pot of water on the edge of the table and tells him he should watch out where he leaves things in case it causes an accident. Then Bungle goes to stand on a chair to try to hang his painting on the wall, but Geoffrey tells him it's dangerous to stand on chairs in case he falls off. Meanwhile George is outside playing in the garden, but Geoffrey doesn't know where he is and thinks that George has gone out on his own. Then they all decide to go for a picnic, so go into the kitchen and Bungle helps Geoffrey make the sandwiches, but he makes a mess with the butter and drops some on the floor. Geoffrey tells him to clean it up in case someone slips on it, but Bungle is careless and bumps Zippy's head with the mop. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Watch Out".
Auntie Patsy comes to visit, but much to everyone's irritation, won't give them a minute's peace with her constant chattering. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song called "Bla Bla" in which Rod and Freddy chatter and annoy Jane.
Geoffrey takes some photos of Bungle, Zippy and George with his camera. Then they look at some old photographs. Freddy takes a photograph of everyone and sings "Watch The Birdie, Smile Please". Geoffrey reads the story of "Ellen The Snap-Happy Elephant" and then films a video of Bungle, Zippy and George singing a song.
Bungle, Zippy and George are playing with a model of a town they've made. They find out about what it is like living in a town. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Living In The Town".
George and Zippy pretend to run a village shop. Geoffrey is their first visitor, who comes and stays for a chat and tells them about his visit to the country with his friend Sophie. Bungle, Jane and Rod arrive to do their shopping, followed by Freddy, who puts up a poster inviting everyone to visit them down on the farm. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We're Country People".
The gang are holding a car boot sale in their garden. Bungle makes a poster to let people know about the sale, while Zippy makes a model snowman to sell Meanwhile, George is collecting things together to sell at the sale. Rod and Freddy have been sorting out items to sell and arrive with a wheelbarrow full of things. Rod finds an old banjo and gives it to Jane to put into the sale, but Freddy stops them, telling them it was his Grandad's and is very sentimental to him. Freddy sings a song his Grandad used to sing to him when he was small called "I Used To Play My Old Banjo". George decides to give his old Wellington boots that no longer fit him to the sale and has painted them in all the colours of the rainbow. It's almost time for the sale to begin, and Zippy makes fun of Bungle because he thinks he hasn't made anything for the sale. But Bungle has the last laugh. Jane opens the sale and everyone has a good time browsing the items for sale and playing Bungle's game.
The Rainbow team act out the story of the Ugly Duckling with songs and rhymes.
The Rainbow gang act out the story of The Tortoise And The Hare. George plays the tortoise, Zippy plays the hare and Bungle plays the fox. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Da-Dee-Da-Dee-Dum-Dum'".
The Rainbow gang start counting things and give themselves their own number. Bungle is number 4 but where has he gone?
Geoffrey and Bungle build a ship out of cardboard boxes and are pretending to be sailors setting out on a voyage. But Zippy and George want to come along for the trip so they hide onboard the ship. While sailing on the sea, their ship hits some rocks during a storm and their boat is shipwrecked. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Deep Blue Sea" and then come to rescue the others in their ship.
Bungle, Zippy and George find out about gadgets and how they can help make jobs and tasks easier. Geoffrey demonstrates how his potato peeler helps him peel potatoes more easily. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing a song about a musical gadget they've built, called their "Superdooperbodypooperlittlebigalonianboogiewoogieplayitagain". Geoffrey reads the story of Professor Slop then makes some chips using a new gadget he's just got. But it's the wrong gadget for making chips and the potatoes come out looking more like crisps. Then he uses an electric whisk to make a milkshake, but when Bungle adds more milk into the jug, the mixture splashes everywhere, so Geoffrey decides they will all go out to buy some chips.
Bungle, Zippy and George are supposed to be helping Geoffrey with the washing-up, but instead they are having a lot of fun using the water in the sink to sail their pretend boats. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Deep Blue Sea".
Geoffrey pretends to be a funny looking monster and Zippy, George and Bungle make some funny monster masks. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We'll Make A Monster". Geoffrey makes a sock puppet. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We'll Make A Monster". Then they help Geoffrey, Zippy, Bungle and George make a monster called Arnold for a party.
Geoffrey has gotten a pink sweater from Jane as a present, but it's a bit too small for him. Zippy and George tease Bungle by taking away his paint brush, which rather upsets him. Jane gets even more upset when everybody keeps putting down the sweater she knitted. But luckily Rod and Freddy manage to cheer her up with a song.
Zippy and George have hidden Bungle's teddy so he tries to find it. Geoffrey's going shopping so Bungle asks him for some crunchy things, Zippy wants some red stuff in a jar and George wants some long stringy things. A lady rings the Rainbow house, but they don't know who he is. Geoffrey returns with the items for Zippy, George and Bungle - breakfast cereal, tomato ketchup and liquorice. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Here's A Game You Can Play". Maggie reads a story called Zoe's Zoo.
It's a very stormy night and Bungle, Zippy and George get woken up by the noise of the wind blowing outside. Next morning they all learn about the wind and Geoffrey says a rhyme about the wind. Rod, Jane and Freddy are out in the garden in the wind and they sing a song called "There's Nothing Like A Windy Day". Geoffrey tells the story of "Cocky the Weather Cock".
Geoffrey shows Zippy, George and Bungle a dollhouse. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Little Train". Geoffrey makes a little doll for the dollhouse. Bungle imagines what it would be like to be so small that he could fit inside a doll's house.
Geoffrey's been to an arts and crafts fair, and George, Zippy and Bungle are so taken by the idea that they decide to hold their own for Rod, Jane and Freddy. First, though, they're going to have to get creative with whatever materials they have lying around.
The Rainbow gang out out the story of Rumpelstiltskin. Zippy tells the story, whilst Rod plays the miller and Bungle plays his daughter. George plays the baby, Geoffrey plays the king, Jane plays the maid and Freddy plays a peasant. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Fairy Stories".
Geoffrey and Bungle can't find the Christmas decorations to put up, so George suggests they make their own decorations. Geoffrey makes a Christmas tree out of an old cardboard tube, George makes some snowflakes out of old newspapers and Zippy makes a banana snowman. John tells the story of 'The Great Marzipan', a magician who is always forgetting things. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Happy Christmas". They visit the rainbow house. George uses a magic wand to make a fairy appear at the top of the Christmas tree. Zippy uses the magic wand, but accidentally magics himself into a fairy costume. Everyone sings "Christmas Is Coming".
This is the Rainbow Christmas Special episode from 1987 in which the gang put on a pantomime. The Bad Baron Bungle and his wicked schemes make life difficult for Dame Geoffrey, Georgie Porgie (George), Tommy Tucker (Zippy) and Jack (Jane). But everything works out fine in the end and Baron Bungle gets his comeuppance. Then Santa Claus drops by to join everyone in singing "Happy Christmas Everybody".
When Zippy falls in love with a television presenter, he sends a poem he has written himself. He wishes she would come to see him - he's in for a surprise!
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 into the park and Geoffrey, Rod, Jane and Freddy have to chase after it. John Styles tells Bungle, Zippy and George an amusing story about a magical bag he found. Then the gang decide it wasn't such a good idea to put their furniture outside after all and move it back indoors. Geoffrey, Rod, Jane and Freddy manage to catch their runaway table, and then the trio sing "Sardines in a Tin".
Geoffrey is going to make an enormous jelly for tea and leaves Bungle, Zippy and George to watch the TV. But while Geoffrey's gone the TV picture goes off so there's just a lot of wobbly lines. Then to the surprise of Bungle, Zippy and George, a man called Wilbur Wobble, who looks rather like Geoffrey, appears on the TV welcoming viewers to Wibbly Wobbly Television and then reads the Wobbly News. This is followed by a character called Tony Tremble who looks just like Bungle! Tony Tremble introduces Jilly Jelly and the Blamanges (Rod, Jane and Freddy) who sing The Woblies Song. Then Wilbur Wobble is back and reads the story of Wobert's Wonderful Wobbles to two little friends of his, Blibby and Blobby who look just like Zippy and George. After the story has ended, Geoffrey comes in with the enormous jelly he's made for tea and they all tell him about Wibbly Wobbly Television and all the funny characters they've seen, but he doesn't believe them and thinks they imagined it.
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 changes to a drawing of a boy when you turn the picture upside down. Jane has trouble with her umbrella when the wind blows it inside out and George is wearing his hat back to front. Geoffrey opens the storybook to read a story but the pages appear to be upside down and back to front. He realises someone has put the book cover on wrongly and then tells a Tat The Cat story. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Inside Out", Upside Down, Back to Front". Bungle notices a fly walking upside down on the ceiling and wishes he could do the same.
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 reach up high enough to pick the apples. Later, Bungle paints a picture of a house and garden, but can't paint the grass as he doesn't have any green paint. But Geoffrey shows Bungle that by mixing yellow paint and blue paint he can make green paint. John Styles tells the story of "Mr and Mrs Marzipan's Problem". Bungle can't get his painting to stand up on display, but Zippy comes up with an idea to help him. Freddy sings a musical story about "The Enormous Turnip" and the others play the parts of the characters in the song.
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 what sort of picture they'd make if they joined them up. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "We're In Outer Space". Geoffrey tries to contact Zippy and George at the Rainbow Space command centre, but there's no reply. Rod, Jane and Freddy help them and in the end they manage to get to the Rainbow Space Centre.
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 some toast instead, but ends up burning it. After breakfast, Bungle helps Geoffrey to clear away the breakfast things but drops them as he carries them into the kitchen. Later, Bungle does a painting, but spoils it by accidentally dripping some yellow paint onto it. Geoffrey thinks that auntie is visiting them, but he gets the days mixed up and discovers she's not visiting until the next day. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Just One of Those Days".
Zippy, George and Bungle want to play outside in the snow, but Geoffrey suggests that they could pretend to go out on a expedition. George can see polar bears, rabbits, seals and whales through his telescope. Zippy, George and Geoffrey are hungry so Bungle shows them the food he's bought, but he's brought all cold food and they want hot food to warm themseleves up. Zippy plays some music so they all start dancing to keep warm. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Ice Cold Weather". George can see footprints through his telescope and then he sees Rod, Jane and Freddy. They come over to meet Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey and share their hot food with them. Geoffrey takes a photo of everyone and then it starts snowing so they all go home. Bungle leaves some ice hes brought back on the desk, but later on it melts and he thinks someones taken it and isn't happy that there's nothing to remember their trip by, but Geoffrey shows him the photo he took earlier of them all.
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 their faces to make Zippy feel better.
In the world of Batmobiles, Geoffrey The Joker and his friend Sourface Bungle are about to be challenged by Zipman Zippy and his friend Boy Bobbin George.
Ernie Wise pops into the Rainbow House to give Zippy a helping hand in achieving his ambition of becoming a comedian.
Why is Zippy being unusually helpful? Is he changing for the better? Geoffrey is suspicious.
This is the Rainbow Christmas Special episode from 1987 in which the gang put on a pantomime. The Bad Baron Bungle and his wicked schemes make life difficult for Dame Geoffrey, Georgie Porgie (George), Tommy Tucker (Zippy) and Jack (Jane). But everything works out fine in the end and Baron Bungle gets his comeuppance. Then Santa Claus drops by to join everyone in singing "Happy Christmas Everybody".