Episodes
1. Johnny’s Flat, Hartley’s Office
August 5, 1974
15 min
Johnny is now in charge but without Mr Pipkin to teach him to make puppets, how will he earn money to buy food ? He has an idea…
2. Their First Job
August 6, 1974
15 min
Johnny, Hartley, Tortoise, Topov and co start up in business as 'Pipkins', the help people. Hartley answers the phone in the office, while Pig and Topov go out in the van to help people…
3. New Housekeeper
August 7, 1974
15 min
With everyone working, who is going to do the housework ? The only one who could do it is Octavia but she breaks everything with her feet. So they advertise for a housekeeper…
4. Mrs P’s Suite
August 8, 1974
15 min
Mrs P, the new Penguin housekeeper, feels she should not be asked to sleep in the kitchen sink. So Johnny gets a new kitchen sink unit and puts it out in the yard.
5. Building the Bank
August 9, 1978
15 min
Tortoise can’t go on keeping money under the settee, he needs somewhere special to put it. Charlie the dustman comes to the rescue with an idea.
6. Bertha’s Spuds
August 12, 1974
15 min
Bertha tries to help run the office but she upsets Hartley’s way of doing things. However she does find a quick way of planting potatoes…
7. Uncle Goes a-Wooing
August 13, 1974
15 min
Uncle Hare takes Mrs P into town and finds he likes his own hollow much better. But Mrs P likes one place they visit... where they keep fish on ice!
8. Charlie the Nurse
August 14, 1974
15 min
Hartley feels poorly, but he’s in good hands as Charlie is looking after him. However as Hartley recovers, strange things start to happen to Charlie…
9. The Money Programme
August 15, 1974
15 min
Pig, Topov and Hartley all have very different ideas on how to spend the money they have saved from their work.
