• Premiered: Oct 1972
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Season 16
16x2
Creativity
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 06, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x1
Keeping the Peace
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Air date
Jan 09, 1987
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16x1
Keeping the Peace
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 09, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x3
Highwayman
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 23, 1987
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.
16x4
How?
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Air date
Jan 30, 1987
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16x4
How
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 30, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x5
Machines
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 06, 1987
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.
16x6
Family Ties
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 1987
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.
16x7
Cats
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Air date
Feb 20, 1987
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16x8
I Want to Be a Pop Star
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Air date
Feb 27, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x9
What Happens If
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x10
If I Were Invisible
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Air date
Mar 13, 1987
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16x11
Small World
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Air date
Mar 20, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x12
Helping Out
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Air date
Mar 27, 1987
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16x13
Visit to a Safari Park
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Air date
Apr 03, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x14
Easter
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Air date
Apr 10, 1987
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16x15
Frogs
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 24, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x16
Co-Operation
Episode overview
Air date
May 01, 1987
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".
16x17
Keeping Fit
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x18
Guess Who I Am
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x19
Watch Out
Episode overview
Air date
May 22, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x20
Chatterbox
Episode overview
Air date
May 29, 1987
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.
16x21
Smile Please
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 05, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x22
Town Living
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 19, 1987
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".
16x23
Country Living
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 26, 1987
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. .. show full overview
16x24
Car Boot Sale
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x25
Mail Order
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Air date
Jul 10, 1987
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16x26
Ugly Duckling
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 17, 1987
The Rainbow team act out the story of the Ugly Duckling with songs and rhymes.
16x27
Words
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 24, 1987
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16x28
Do It Yourself
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Air date
Jul 31, 1987
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16x29
Hare and Tortoise
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 07, 1987
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'".
16x30
Numbers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 14, 1987
The Rainbow gang start counting things and give themselves their own number. Bungle is number 4 but where has he gone?
16x31
Shipwreck
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 21, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x32
Gadgets
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 28, 1987
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, .. show full overview
16x33
Finding Out
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 04, 1987
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16x34
Borrowing
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Air date
Sep 11, 1987
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16x35
Floating and Sinking
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 18, 1987
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".
16x36
Monster Makes
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 25, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x37
Sensitivity
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 02, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x38
Describing
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 09, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x39
Help
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 16, 1987
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16x40
Wind
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 23, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x41
Moving House
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Air date
Oct 30, 1987
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16x42
Animal Houses
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Air date
Nov 06, 1987
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16x43
New Friends
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Air date
Nov 13, 1987
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16x44
Small World 2
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 20, 1987
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.
16x45
Bits and Pieces
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 27, 1987
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 .. show full overview
16x46
Rumpelstiltskin
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 04, 1987
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, .. show full overview
16x47
Souvenirs in the Loft
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Air date
Dec 11, 1987
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16x48
Decorations
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 18, 1987
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, .. show full overview
16x49 Season finale
Christmas Pantomime
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 25, 1987
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 .. show full overview

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