Come Outside - Episode Guide

Episode List

Season 1

Hedgehogs

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1993

Auntie Mabel and Pippin the dog explore the world around them - on the ground, under the ground and sometimes up in the air, in Auntie's aeroplane. Auntie Mabel and Pippin search the garden for Spikey the hedgehog.

Snails

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1993

Auntie Mabel decides that her dog Pippin makes too much mess in the house and must move to a kennel in the garden. While outside, she finds a snail on the garden path and compares its shell to the size of a house.

A Windy Day

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1993

Auntie Mabel and Pippin the dog explore the world around them. In this programme they investigate the wind.

Water

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1993

Auntie Mabel and Pippin the dog explore the world around them, on the ground and in the air in Auntie's aeroplane. In this episode they look at water.

A Rainy Day

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1993

Auntie Mabel and Pippin the dog explore the world, on the ground and in the air in Auntie's aeroplane. This edition looks at rain.

Wood

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1993

Auntie Mabel is getting ready to give some children a music lesson using wooden instruments. She makes jam tarts using wooden utensils, and points out other things made of wood in her kitchen and living room. She recalls the day she and Pippin went for a walk in the woods, watched wood being turned into furniture and bought a wooden chair.

Paper

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1993

Children's fun and education with Auntie Mabel and her dog, Pippin. The duo look at where paper comes from and how it is used to make everyday items.

Clay

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1993

When Pippin breaks a teapot that Auntie has been given as a present, the intrepid pair set out in search of a new one. In the course of their quest they watch a potter working with clay on his potter's wheel, and fly in Auntie's aeroplane to a clay quarry.

Rubbish

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1993

Auntie Mabel sorts out her rubbish while Pippin picks up litter and puts it in the bin. Auntie takes some of her refuse to the paper, can and bottle banks, and sees how milk bottles are made from recycled clear glass.

Holes in the Ground

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1993

Auntie Mabel digs a hole to plant a tree. She and Pippin watch phone cables being laid, then visit Wookey Hole caves and hear a story.

Bread

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1993

The duo fly in Auntie's aeroplane to find out where bread comes from. They visit a wheat field, a flour mill and a bakery where Auntie watches loaves being made, inspiring her to sing a song about the many different kinds of bread for sale in the store.