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Pingu Episodes - Series 1
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Pingu Episodes - Series 4
Pingu Episodes - Series 5
Pingu Episodes - Series 6
Pingu Episode - Special

Lists and synopses of Pingu Episodes: Series 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • Special

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Pingu is introduced.

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No official episode title appears on screen, so the list is created from the titles used on various official DVD releases.

The episode titles from Series 1 to 4 are taken from the official Japanese DVD releases, the alternative titles are taken from the official European DVD releases. Episode titles for Series 5 are taken from the European DVD release. Spelling and grammatical errors have been left as per original.

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Trivia

• Although the programme is set in Antarctica, Pingu and his family live in an igloo, which are found only in the Arctic as the traditional dwellings of the native Inuit people.

• In 1989, David Hasselhoff released (in Switzerland only) the single "Pingu Dance"[1], a rap song based on the Pingu shorts and featuring samples of Pinguish. A portion of this song is used as the theme to Pingu on the PBS Kids Sprout channel in the United States.

• In 2006, Pingu was featured in a music video for Eskimo Disco's first single, 7-11[2].

• The episode "Pingu WC episode"/"Pingu's Lavatory Story" was banned in some countries because of its graphic depictions of urination. The episode "Pingu's Dream" was also similarly subject to bans because it contains a giant leopard seal trying to capture Pingu.

• In a Swedish talk show, interviewee Madonna criticised Pingu as a bad influence on talk show host Kristian Luuk's daughter, because she considers TV dangerous to children's health.

• In the episode Pingu is jealous (Episode 6, Series 1), a flag atop Pingu's house nearly resembles the flag of Dominican Republic except for the penguin in the center of the flag.

• In the episode Pingu's admirer, a signpost gives directions to Perestroika and Glasnost.

• Some episodes of Pingu were released as bonus features on Fraggle Rock DVDs.

• Some episodes feature primitive electronic devices, such as a 1980s-era record player in "Pingu helps with Incubating", or a simplistic radio as seen in "Pingu's parents go to a concert".

• In "Pingu and Pinga don't want to go to bed" (Episode 12, Series 1), Pinga's chamberpot is clearly visible.

• On the episode Pingu helps with Incubating (Episode 2, Series 1) Pingu is listening to Woodpeckers From Space by the band VideoKids in the early version of this episode and in the current version, the song is replaced with an extended version of the current Pingu intro theme.

• One Japanese DVD, fun! fun! story, its "fun! fun!" aspect led to flash animated "fun! fun! comics"

Pingu is Introduced

Alternative title - "Hello Pingu"

Pingu and his parents are having lunch, but Pingu is eating disgustingly; smashing his fork, swallowing potatoes(possibly eggs) whole, blowing bubbles in his drink, and of course refusing to eat his greens. After this comical lunch, Pingu goes out to play with his ball, but his two "friends" Pingo and Pingg come and steal it (this is contrary to later episodes, in which they are nice to him). After a brawl in which Pingu knocks his head and his ball is burst, he gets his ball back and goes inside. His parents put a patch on his head and ball, and rock him to sleep in a hammock.

• Produced in 1988
• The first Pingu episode. Introduces Pingu, his parents, two friends named Pingo and Pingg, and the overall gist and premise of the series.

Episodes

#	Title	UK Airdate	Prod. Code
1	"Pingu is Introduced "(Hello Pingu)""	October 2, 2006	301a
Pingu and his parents are having lunch, but Pingu is eating disgustingly; smashing his fork, swallowing potatoes(possibly eggs) whole, blowing bubbles in his drink, and of course refusing to eat his greens. After this comical lunch, Pingu goes out to play with his ball, but his two "friends" Pingo and Pingg come and steal it (this is contrary to later episodes, in which they are nice to him). After a brawl in which Pingu knocks his head and his ball is burst, he gets his ball back and goes inside. His parents put a patch on his head and ball, and rock him to sleep in a hammock. Produced in 1988 The first Pingu episode. Introduces Pingu, his parents, two friends named Pingo and Pingg, and the overall gist and premise of the series.
2	"A Smooth Ride"	October 2, 2006	301b
Sir Handel starts to rattle and rock as he goes up hills, and doesn't want to tell the Thin Controller, fearing he'll be sent back to the quarry. So he secretly has his friends help him.

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Series One (1980)

#	Title	Broadcast	Synopsis
1	"Open Government"	25 February	The new Minister's idealistic commitment to open the windows of his department faces its first hurdle: Sir Humphrey and the Civil Service.
2	"The Official Visit"	3 March	Jim Hacker welcomes the visit of the new President of Buranda, an old university chum who has his own agenda.
3	"The Economy Drive"	10 March	Hacker plans to slim down the civil service — but Sir Humphrey forces him to set a personal example.
4	"Big Brother"	17 March	Sir Humphrey drags his feet over a new National Integrated Database.
5	"The Writing on the Wall"	24 March	The threat of the abolition of the DAA forces Hacker and Sir Humphrey to work together.
6	"The Right to Know"	31 March	A threatened badger colony demonstrates that Sir Humphrey must be selective in what he tells his Minister.
7	"Jobs for the Boys"	7 April	Hacker is kept in the dark over a doomed building project, and discovers that it takes two to quango.

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A new DVD "The Christmas Engines", containing the five episodes The Perfect Gift, Duncan the Humbug, Last Train for Christmas, Duck in the Water and Long Lost Friend, is scheduled to be released in the US on 28 October 2014.

Episode Count / Identification

In my browsing of the Thomas episodes I've noticed

(a) the info box episode count is given as 323, but I can only find 321 (Series / Seasons 1 through 12 come to 308, including the 6 from "Engines and Escapades", + the 13 from "Jack and the Pack / On site with Thomas / Thomas' Trusty Friends"). Note: this is sort of consistent with the HIT poster not long ago which refers to 288 episodes, + 20 more on the way (series 12) = 308

(b) the episodes are numbered throughout the series / seasons by the episode number (e.g. 143, 245 etc), and not the number within each series / season (e.g 1, 2, ..., 26). The main exception to this is series 1 (obviously) and series 11, which has been referenced 1 - 26 (including the "escapade" episodes) rather than 263 to 288 (series twelve reverts to "normal" with numbers 289 - 308)

(c) The episode numbers given to the 13 "Jack and the Pack" episodes are 235 - 247, which is the same as given to the first 13 (different) episodes in the series 10 list.

(d) Would it be better to include all the "Escapade" and "Jack" episodes "fully" in the main list rather than separately, with an appropriate annotation that they were / are DVD only as appropriate (particularly as the "Escapade" episodes have now been broadcast in the US)

Peppa Pig "Shows"

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"Show" Number	1st Episode Number	2st Episode Number	3rd Episode Number	4th Episode Number
1	1	2	3	4
2	5	6	7	8

Pingu DVD (region 2) list

DVD Title	Release Date	Ep #	Episode List / Additional Information
Pingu Forever!	2003	24	Pingu Helps With Incubating, Pinga is Born, Pingu Goes Fishing, Pingu Helps to Deliver Mail, Pingu is Jealous, Pingu and the Snowball Fight, Pingu Plays Fish Tennis, Pingu Runs Away, Pingu Builds an Igloo, Pingu Has Music Lessons From His Grandfather, Pingu in the Ice Cave, Pingu's Lavatory Story, Pingu and the Seagull, Pingu's First Kiss, Pingu's Family Celebrate Christmas, Pingu's Outing, Pingu's Birthday, Pingu at the Fairground, Pingu the Babysitter, Pingu and the Gift, Pingu's Visit to the Hospital, Pingu at the Nursery, Pingu the Painter, Pingu and the Ghost DVD features: Continuous random play, photo gallery, episode selection, web link, animated menus.
Pingu - Bouncy Fun!	2004	9	Pingu's Bouncy Fun, Pingu Finishes the Job, Pingu Digs a Hole, Pingi's Valentine Card, Pingu Wants To Fly, Pingu's Windy Day, Pingu's Lost Rabbit, Pingu's Moon Adventure, Pinga Sleepwalks DVD features include: Pingu’s family biography, Pingu’s photo gallery, episode selection, web link, animated menus.
Pingu - The Snowboarder	2004	9	Pingu the Snowboarder, Pinga Has Hiccups, Like Father Like Pingu, Pingu's Ice Sculpture, Pinga's Balloon, Pingu and the Knitting Machine, Pingu's Balancing Act, Pingu Gets Lost, Pingu and Pinga Go Camping DVD features include: Meet Robby and Pingi, photo gallery
Pingu - A Very Special Wedding	2004	9	A Very Special Wedding (a special extended episode), Pingu and Pinga Don't Want to go to Bed, Pingu's Parents Have No Time, Grandfather Comes To Visit, Pingu Breaks a Vase, Pingu and the Postcard, Pingu Refuses To Help, Pingu the Mountaineer, Pingu Helps Grandfather DVD features include: Sneak peek at all new Pingu, the "Pingu Helps Grandfather" episode is unlocked by a short quiz based on the wedding.
Pingu and the Toy Shop	2005	9	Pingu And The Toy Shop, Pingu And The Paper Mache, Pingu And The School Pet, Sore Tummy Pingu, Pingu Gets Carried Away, Pampering Pingu, Green Eyed Pingu, Pingu And The Fish Flute, Pingu Wraps Up DVD features include: Crab Roulette Game, Pingus Photo Gallery, Episode Selection, Web Link, Animated Menus
Pingu - Sledge Academy	2005	8	Pingu's Sledge Academy, Pingu and the Hose, Pottery Pingu, Pingu and the Litter, Mothers New Hat, Poor Pingu, Pinga in a Box, Pingu and the Present DVD features include: Sledge Academy Game, Pingus Photo Gallery, Episode Selection, Web Link, Animated Menus
Pingu - Stinky Pingu	2005	8	Stinky Pingu, Pingu and the Band, Pingu and the Snowball, Pingu's Stick Up, Pingu and the Doorbell, Pingu Plays Tag, Pingu's Pancakes, Pingu's Bedtime Shadows DVD features include: Character blogs - Pongi, Pingo, Pingg
Pingu - Boogaloo	2006	9	Pingu Boogaloo, Pingu and the Daily Igloo, Pingu and the Rubberband Plane, Pingu and the Braces, Pingu's Big Catch, Pingu and the New Scooter, Pingu and the Paint, Pingu Makes a Big Splash, Pingu and the Abominable Snowman DVD features include: Find Bajoo the abominable snowman, Pingu's dancing game
Pingu - Platinum Collection	2007	18	Bouncy Fun, Robby the Snowboarder, Pingu's Ice Sculptures, Pingu and the Band, Pingu's Bedtime Shadows, Pingu's Stick-Up, Pingu and the Doorbell, Stinky Pingu, Pingu and the Snowball, Pottery Pingu, Pingu at the Sledge Academy, Pingu in a Box, Pingu and the Paper Mache, Pingu and the Toyshop, Pingu and the School Pet, Pingu and the Braces, Pingu and the Abominable Snowman, Pingu Boogaloo DVD features: Interactive menus, bonus tracks, image gallery, games (Find Pingu, Dancing Pingu, Crab Roulette, Sledge Academy), Pingu's new music video (7-11, by Eskimo Disco)
Pingu's Scrapbook	18 June 2007	21	Pingu's Scrapbook celebrates 21 years of Pingu by bringing together 21 of his very best adventures: Pingu Helps With Incubating, Pingu's Sister Is Born, Pingu's Sister Is Left Out, Pingu Plays Fish Tennis, Pingu's Lavatory Story, Pingu At School, Pingu Plays Circus, Pingu's Admirer, Pingu And The Camera, Pingu In Paradise, Pingu's Valentine Card, Pingu Finishes The Job, Pingu's Moon Adventure, Pingu And The Hose, Pingu And The Litter, Sore Tummy Pingu, Pottery Pingu, Pampering Pingu, Pingu And The Fish Flute, Pingu Boogaloo, Pingu And The Abominable Snowman (reward episode) DVD features include: Photo gallery, Pingu quiz with reward episode

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Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is an animated television series for children, set in an enchanted magical kingdom with fairies, elves and insects. Each episode is approximately eleven minutes long and there have been two series to date..

Episodes

Summary Of Episodes

The following tables list with details the episodes for the programme. These were first broadcast in the UK by Nick Jr., starting in 2009. Each episode is approximately eleven minutes long.

Series		No. Of Episodes	Original U.K. Broadcasts Between
	Main Episodes, Series 1	52	6 April 2009 – ?
	Main Episodes, Series 2	52	July 2011 – ?

Episode Lists

Note: The "DVD reference" column in the episode lists is used to relate an episode to the primary DVD volume(s) on which it can be found (e.g. episode 3 in series 1 "Holly's Magic Wand" has a DVD reference of 1.01, which indicates that the episode is the first track on primary DVD volume 1).

Series 1

Episode Number	Total Episodes	Title	Original UK Airdate	DVD Reference
1	1	"The Royal Fairy Picnic"	6 April 2009	1.03
Holly invites Ben to the annual royal fairy picnic. King Thistle hopes there won't be a repeat of last year's jelly flood...
2	2	"Gaston The Ladybird"	TBA	1.02
The team try to cheer up their friend Gaston by tidying his cave, but do not realise that he likes it the way it is.
3	3	"Holly's Magic Wand"	TBA	1.01
When Holly loses her magic wand, she is very sad, so Ben uses his elf skills to find it.
4	4	"The Elf Farm"	TBA	1.04
The team visits the elf farm to collect an egg for King Thistles breakfast, but while they're in there, an enormous chicken escapes and runs amok.
5	5	"Daisy and Poppy"	TBA	1.05
Daisy and Poppy borrow Fleur's magic wand, escape from the castle and turn the whole kingdom into rabbits, frogs and birds.
6	6	"Queen Thistle's Teapot"	TBA	1.07
Holly accidentally smashes her mother's new teapot, and Ben tries to help her repair it.
7	7	"The Frog Prince"	TBA	1.08
Holly accidentally turns Ben into a frog, and makes things worse as she tries to rectify her mistake.
8	8	"The King's Busy Day"	TBA	1.11
Holly's father struggles to cope during a busy day, in which he has to launch a boat, judge a fruit and vegetable competition and make a speech at a dance festival.
9	9	"Fun and Games"	TBA	1.10
Ben and Holly play games while waiting for some cupcakes to be made.
10	10	"King Thistle is Not Well"	TBA	1.09
Holly's father gets a cold, so Holly and her friend Ben and general housekeeper Nanny Plum collect the ingredients for a magic potion to make him better.
11	11	"The Lost Egg"	TBA	1.06
The friends try to reunite a chick with its mother.
12	12	"The Elf Games"	TBA	4.01
Ben is in training for the elf games. Holly wants to join in but the rules state there's no flying or magic allowed.
13	13	"Nanny Plum's Lesson"	TBA	2.02
Nanny Plum teaches the girls some important fairy rules. However, when she is accidentally blown away by a strong wind, Ben, Holly, Violet, Strawberry and Gaston come to her rescue.
14	14	"The Elf Factory"	TBA	3.01
It's almost Christmas and the elves are busy making toys. When there is a problem with the toys, a little bit of magic is needed to save the day.
15	15	"Mrs Witch"	TBA	2.04
Nanny Plum takes Ben and Holly to visit a witch in the forest. When Nanny is rude to the witch, she gets frozen by magic. Will King Thistle save the day?
16	16	"Elf Joke Day"	TBA	2.05
It's "Elf Joke Day" and Holly, Ben and the Wise Old Elf play a trick on Nanny Plum. However, she doesn't see the funny side, and gets her revenge by turning the Wise Old Elf into a snail!
17	17	"King Thistle's New Clothes"	TBA	2.06
King and Queen Marigold are coming to visit, but Nanny accidentally shrinks all the King's clothes, burns them to ash - and then has to magic some more using vegetables from the kitchen.
18	18	"Elf School"	TBA	2.07
The Wise Old Elf tells Holly and Ben that no magic should be used at Elf school. Holly finds it difficult to get by until Nanny uses magic to help her.
19	19	"The Royal Golf Course"	TBA	2.08
A mole disturbs King Thistle's golf course, so a gnome is enlisted to help drive it away. Soon the gnome is ordering the elves around, turning the golf course into a crazy golf course!
20	20	"Morning, Noon & Night"	TBA	2.09
The Wise Old Elf teaches the children how to tell the time, and takes Ben and Holly to see the big clock at the top of the Elf Tree.
21	21	"Gaston's Visit"	TBA	2.01
Gaston catches a cold, so Holly invites him to stay at the castle while his old home is being repaired because of a leak in the roof.
22	22	"A Trip to the Seaside"	TBA	2.11
On a family trip to the seaside, the duo get trapped by the tide.
23	23	"Ben's Birthday Card"	TBA	3.02
Holly forgets Ben's birthday and rushes home to make him a birthday card. Nanny has stopped all magic, so Holly has to make the card herself.
24	24	"Books"	TBA	3.03
The duo visit the Wise Old Elf in The Great Elf Library to find out where stars go in the daytime.
25	25	"Betty Caterpillar"	TBA	3.04
The duo befriend a caterpillar called Betty, who wishes she could fly, and King Thistle advises them to fatten her up. They get a big surprise the next day!
26	26	"Queen Holly"	TBA	3.05
Holly is left in charge of Little Kingdom while the king and queen are away. But it isn't as easy as it looks, especially with an ice-cream flood...
27	27	"Tooth Fairy"	TBA	3.10
The duo discover that Nanny Plum is a tooth fairy by night, and head out on the job with her, but they receive a shock when they catch sight of the little girl they are visiting.
28	28	"The Elf Windmill"	TBA	2.03
Mr Elf demonstrates why it takes so long to make flour, but Nanny Plum refuses to wait and uses magic to speed up the elf windmill.
29	29	"The Elf Band"	TBA	3.07
Holly and her parents try to impress the snobby King and Queen Marigold with help from the elf band.
30	30	"The Ant Hill"	TBA	3.08
Things start to go missing all over the kingdom, and Ben and Holly realise that the ants are stealing their possessions.
31	31	"Redbeard The Elf Pirate"	TBA	3.09
Barnaby Elf's uncle Redbeard has lost all his treasure, prompting Holly and Ben to follow the clues in an effort to track it down.
32	32	"Tadpoles"	TBA	2.10
Holly takes frogspawn home to look after, but is shocked the following morning to discover it has turned into tadpoles.
33	33	"Cows"	TBA	4.02
The children visit the Big Farm to find out where milk comes from.
34	34	"Queen Thistle's Day Off"	TBA	5.01
Queen Thistle goes to visit her sister, so Holly, Ben, Nanny and the King have to look after naughty twins Daisy and Poppy for the day.
35	35	"Nature Class"	TBA	5.02
Nanny Plum and The Wise Old Elf take the children to the woods for a lesson about Nature.
36	36	"The Toy Robot"	TBA	4.03
The friends fix a broken toy robot, but it begins to act very strangely due to the magic clockwork key they put in it.
37	37	"Big Bad Barry"	TBA	4.05
King Thistle goes fishing with Mr Elf, Ben and Holly, and decides they should catch the meanest fish ever - Big Bad Barry - for their supper.
38	38	"King Thistle's Birthday"	TBA	4.06
Confusion reigns in the Little Kingdom when King Thistle declares no one is allowed to celebrate his birthday, because he does not want to get any older.
39	39	"The Wand Factory"	TBA	4.7
Holly breaks her wand and must go to the Wand Factory at the bottom of the Great Elf Tree to get it fixed.
40	40	"Camping Out"	TBA	5.07
Holly goes on a camping trip with Ben and his parents, but the annoying Mr Gnome turns up.
41	41	"Dinner Party"	TBA	4.04
Snooty King and Queen Marigold invite themselves to dinner at the castle, where they sample Nanny Plum's cooking. Nanny Plum tries to cook special modern food.
42	42	"The Woodpecker"	TBA	3.06
King Thistle is confused when his magic bird-spotting book fails to identify a new creature that has made a nest in the castle.
43	43	"Daisy & Poppy's Pet"	TBA	4.08
Nanny Plum conjures up a hamster called Pippin for the twins, but the naughty new pet causes chaos in the castle.
44	44	"The Elf Rocket"	TBA	4.09
[A "trip to the moon", part 1] King Thistle instructs the elves to build a rocket that can fly to the moon. Once completed, King Thistle, Holly, Nanny Plum, Ben, Mr Elf and Gaston fly into outer space.
45	45	"Picnic on the Moon"	TBA	4.10
[A "trip to the moon", part 2] King Thistle and the gang venture out of the rocket onto the moon and meet some friendly aliens. They then realise that they do not have enough fuel to return home, so use magic jelly instead.
46	46	"Lucy's Picnic"	TBA	5.03
The elf and fairy children learn how the rubbish left after a picnic can be recycled into new toys, and Lucy has a look around the Little Kingdom.
47	47	"Acorn Day"	TBA	5.04
A gang of squirrels appears at the Great Elf Tree determined to store acorns inside, but the Wise Old Elf has other ideas.
48	48	"The Elf Submarine"	TBA	5.05
Ben, Holly, Nanny Plum and Mr Elf set sail to retrieve Redbeard the Elf Pirate's sunken ship treasure with the Elf Submarine, but Big Bad Barry tries to stop them.
49	49	"Visiting the Marigolds"	TBA	5.06
Everyone visits King and Queen Marigold's castle, but not without a few little mishaps...
50	50	"The Party"	TBA	5.08
Chaos ensues when Daisy and Poppy invite their friends to the castle for their birthday party.
51	51	"Snow"	TBA	5.09
[Christmas episodes 1, part 1] The youngsters help when Mr Elf forgets to deliver the last box of toys to Father Christmas.
52	52	"The North Pole"	TBA	5.10
[Christmas episodes 1, part 2] The elf plane is forced to make an emergency crash landing when delivering the last batch of Christmas presents.

Series 2

Episode Number	Total Episodes	Title	Original UK Airdate	DVD Reference
1	53	"Giants in the Meadow"	2 July 2012	6.02
Ben, Holly, and all of the elves and fairies try to stop Lucy's dad from destroying the Little Kingdom to build a new field for cows.
2	54	"Mrs Fig's Magic School"	3 July 2012	5.11
Holly is old enough to go to magic school, so along with Fleur, Strawberry, Violet, and Ben and the other young elves go too [despite protests from the Wise Old Elf]. But they discover the magic school is anything but fun, including the teacher, Mrs Fig.
3	55	"Daisy & Poppy's Playgroup"	4 July 2012	6.03
Daisy and Poppy and their friends from 'The Party' go to playgroup, but after the disappearance of their old teacher, Mrs Fotheringill, Queen Thistle becomes the new teacher. She also disappears, so Mrs Elf then looks after the children.
4	56	"No Magic Day"	5 July 2012	5.12
It is the time of the year for the blue moon which gives no fairy magic for one day of the year - and also stops the Elf Factory's Elf Engine from working - and the fuel is magic.
5	57	"Spies"	6 July 2012	6.04
Ben and Holly and their friends learn all about spying when both Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf compete to build a boat for King Thistle that won't be laughed at by snooty King and Queen Marigold at the boating carnival.
6	58	"Hard Times"	9 July 2012	7.05
After a mishap involving a demonstration of the magic money chest and buttons, King Thistle tries to do a job to get a gold coin, with chaotic results.
7	59	"Gaston Goes To School"	10 July 2012	6.07
Ben, Holly and King Thistle decide to send Gaston to Miss Jolly's pet school and he meets his friends there. But Gaston soon learns how good it is to be himself.
8	60	"Elf Rescue"	11 July 2012	6.06
When Redbeard, who is giving Nanny Plum, Ben and Holly a ride on his 'unsinkable' boat, hits a rock, he calls on the services of Elf Rescue!
9	61	"Lucy's School"	12 July 2012	6.05
Nanny Plum, Gaston, Ben and Holly go with Lucy to her school on Nature Day, whilst trying not to be seen by her friends or her teacher, Miss Cookie. Imagine all the chaos that follows!
10	62	"Baby Dragon"	13 July 2012	6.09
The children adopt a new pet - a dragon named Dave. But they didn't know that he was going to grow and grow though... where can they keep him?
11	63	"Dolly Plum"	16 July 2012	6.10
Daisy and Poppy turn Nanny Plum into a doll. The Wise Old Elf copies it and, in a matter of seconds, it becomes very popular, much to Nanny Plum's dismay.
12	64	"The Lost City"	17 July 2012	7.03
Ben, Holly, Nanny Plum, Gaston, and the Wise Old Elf set out on a mission to save Redbeard the Elf Pirate from 'The Lost City' (which is really a garden centre).
13	65	"The Shooting Star"	18 July 2012	6.08
Ben & Holly meet some of the friendly aliens from 'Picnic on the Moon', and a small green one called Zyros, who are on holiday when their flying saucer crashes.
14	66	"Nanny's Magic Test"	TBA	6.01
Nanny Plum is forced to return to Mrs Fig's magic school after her fairy license expires.
15	67	"Gaston To The Rescue"	TBA	7.06
When Ben, Holly and their parents get trapped in a dwarf mine, Gaston comes to their rescue.
16	68	"Miss Cookie's Nature Trail"	TBA	7.09
Miss Cookie organizes a nature trail for Lucy (the little girl that Ben and Holly know) and her class, but unfortunately it goes right through the Little Kingdom! So it's up to Ben and Holly to stop Lucy's class and her teacher finding out about the elves and fairies!
17	69	"The New Wand"	TBA	7.07
Holly's wand catches a cold, and she gets a new replacement wand from the Wise Old Elf, called the WiseWand 3000. She's thrilled until she discovers it's special feature: it doesn't do ANY magic at all!
18	70	"Superheroes"	TBA	7.10
In a homage to the Batman 60's TV series, Ben, Holly and their friends play a game where they become superheroes and supervillains. But Strawberry takes her supervillain role (The Strawberry Ice Queen) a little too far.
19	71	"Mrs Witch's Spring Clean"	TBA	TBA
Ben, Holly and Nanny Plum help Mrs Witch with a big spring clean by getting rid of some magical objects, but in the wrong hands they cause chaos in the Little Kingdom.
20	72	"The Fruit Harvest"	TBA	TBA
It is harvest day. The elves and fairies ask Mr Gnome to help in picking the blackberries, but then have to find a way to stop him from eating them all...
21	73	"Uncle Gaston"	TBA	TBA
Gaston's brother Tony and his family comes to visit, and Ben, Holly and Strawberry help him look after Tony's kids, Amber, Emerald and Keith.
22	74	"Plumbing"	TBA	TBA
King Thistle decides on home improvement to impress the snooty King and Queen Marigold, but things don't quite go according to plan...
23	75	"Big Ben & Holly"	TBA	TBA
Thanks to a spell gone wrong, Ben and Holly accidentally become human sized, and they want to stay big forever! But they soon discover that being big isn't all it's cracked up to be.
24	76	"Daisy & Poppy Go Bananas"	TBA	7.04
Madness, mayhem, and devastation is caused in the Little Kingdom when Daisy and Poppy use King Thistle's mother's wand to learn how to do magic, escape the castle, and... go bananas!
25	77	"Mr Elf takes a Holiday"	TBA	TBA
Mr Elf is overworked, so King Thistle sentences him to take a holiday. Mr Elf isn't too pleased, but Mrs Elf and Ben are overjoyed. They go on holiday, but the plane breaks down and they crash-land on a deserted island. Meanwhile, Nanny Plum takes over the deliveries.
26	78	"Honey Bees"	TBA	7.08
Ben and Holly go to the beehive to learn how honey is made. The Wise Old Elf is the bee keeper and proceeds to show the children his own special way of collecting honey.
27	79	"Lucy's Sleepover"	TBA	TBA
Holly shrinks Lucy and Rex down to her and Ben's size so they can play in the Little Kingdom. But then the next morning the spell wears off and she and Rex become big again.
28	80	"Miss Jolly's Riding Club"	TBA	TBA
Ben and Holly and their friends learn how to take care of snails at Miss Jolly's riding club.
29	81	"Springtime"	TBA	TBA
Spring is in the air in the Little Kingdom, which has daffodils, tulips, and 2 very hungry gnomes...
30	82	"Pirate Treasure"	TBA	TBA
Ben, Holly, Captain Redbeard and Nanny Plum go on a treasure hunt with Captain Squid's treasure map, and the treasure is in the oddest place: Lucy's school.
31	83	"Gaston Goes to the Vet"	TBA	TBA
Ben goes on holiday with his parents, but the holiday is thrown off track when Gaston accidentally swallows the car keys!
32	84	"Granny & Granpapa"	TBA	TBA
Holly and her family, Ben, and the Wise Old Elf are invited to a party at Granpapa and Granny Thistle's castle in the clouds.
33	85	"The Dwarf Mine"	TBA	TBA
Ben and Holly discover holes popping up all over the Little Kingdom. They find out that the dwarves have woken up, and are working in the mine, digging for treasure. So all the dwarves must be stopped.
34	86	"Lucy's Elf & Fairy Party"	TBA	TBA
Ben and Holly and their friends are invited to Lucy's "elf and fairy" themed birthday party.
35	87	"Planet Bong"	TBA	8.01
["Planet Bong", part 1] Zyros (from "The Shooting Star") contacts Ben and Holly, and asks for the Wise Old Elf's help to save their plants.
36	88	"Planet Bong Episode 2"	TBA	8.02
["Planet Bong", part 2] Ben and Holly and their friends go to Zyros' home planet, where they meet all manner of alien creatures, and The Great Leader.
37	89	"The Queen Bakes Cakes"	TBA	TBA
A cake sale is held to raise money to fix Mrs Fig's magic school after an apple crushes it. Unfortunately, Queen Thistle is baking, and nobody can eat her cakes.
38	90	"The Witch Competition"	TBA	TBA
Mrs Witch must come out of retirement when a young witch called Wendy Witch wants to live in her house.
39	91	"Journey to the Centre of the Earth"	TBA	TBA
Naughty Daisy and Poppy magic their teacher, Mrs Fotheringill to the centre of the Earth, so Granpapa Thistle leads Ben, Holly and her family on a rescue mission.
40	92	"Redbeard's Rainbow"	TBA	TBA
Captain Redbeard is determined to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow.
41	93	"Fox Cubs"	TBA	8.06
Ben and Holly go to a scout group called the Fox Cubs, but after criticizing Mr Elf's survival skills, Nanny Plum magics them all to the top of Mount Everest! And with no way to magic themselves off, how will they get home?
42	94	"Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf Swap Jobs for One Whole Day"	TBA	8.08
Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf argue over who does the most work, so they decide to swap jobs for one whole day.
43	95	"The Very Important Person"	TBA	8.10
'King Leopold', a Very Important Person, is coming to the Little Kingdom, and everyone prepares a Royal Welcome for him. But King Leopold turns out to be not quite what he seems.
44	96	"Bunty II"	TBA	TBA
Mr Elf sails his new boat 'Bunty II'. What could possibly go wrong?
45	97	"Fathers Day"	TBA	8.05
A "Father's Day" themed episode of Ben and Holly.
46	98	"Gaston's Birthday"	TBA	TBA
After Ben and Holly realise that Gaston has one new spot, it means that it is his birthday. But he is sad because he's never had a birthday party, so Ben and Holly prepare one for him.
47	99	"The Mermaid"	TBA	8.09
Ben and Holly meet a mermaid, and with the help of Lucy and her dad, they return her lost magic mirror to her.
48	100	"Daisy & Poppy Go to the Museum"	TBA	8.04
Daisy and Poppy and their friends cause untold havoc in a big museum!
49	101	"Chickens Ride West"	TBA	8.03
King Thistle wants a boiled egg for his breakfast, so the elves decide to deliver the King the chickens from the Elf Farm so he can have an egg whenever he likes!
50	102	"Gaston is Lost"	TBA	8.07
Ben and Holly must find Gaston, who is lost.
51	103	"Ben & Holly's Christmas"	TBA	7.01
[Christmas episodes 2, part 1] Father Christmas pays a surprise visit to The Little Kingdom to check on the Christmas preparations. The Elves are busy making all of the toys and Nanny Plum is in control of the crackers. Everything is going according to plan until King Thistle gets trapped in a cracker, Queen Thistle gets trapped in a toy fairy castle and the Wise Old Elf gets trapped in a Christmas tree.
52	104	"Ben & Holly's Christmas Episode 2"	TBA	7.02
[Christmas episodes 2, part 2] Ben and Holly set out on a Christmas rescue mission to save the 3 trapped grown-ups from Part 1, and they all end up in Lucy's house for a Merry Christmas with Lucy and her family!

DVD Releases

UK Primary DVD Releases

The following table lists the primary DVD releases for the UK (a DVD is considered to be "primary" if it contains at least one track which is "new to DVD" when the DVD is released). When applicable, the list includes DVDs that are known to be due for release soon. All UK DVD releases are in 16:9 widescreen format.

Note: In the "list of episodes" for a DVD, the DVD# (DVD number) identifies the track number for the episode on the DVD, and is in a form that is consistent with the "DVD reference" in the episode lists (e.g. the episode "Holly's Magic Wand" has a DVD# of 1.01, which is track 1 of primary DVD Volume 1). The Episode# (episode number) identifies the series, and the episode number within the series, for the episode (e.g. "Holly's Magic Wand" has an Episode# of 1.03, which identifies it as episode 3 in series 1).

DVD Volume	DVD Title	Series	No. of episodes	UK first release date
1	"Holly's Magic Wand"	1	11	27 September 2010	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 1.01 1.03 "Holly's Magic Wand" 1.02 1.02 "Gaston The Ladybird" 1.03 1.01 " The Royal Fairy Picnic" 1.04 1.04 "The Elf Farm" 1.05 1.05 "Daisy and Poppy" 1.06 1.11 "The Lost Egg" 1.07 1.06 "Queen Thistle's Teapot" 1.08 1.07 "The Frog Prince" 1.09 1.10 "King Thistle is Not Well" 1.10 1.09 "Fun and Games" 1.11 1.08 "The King's Busy Day" (Bonus Episode)
2	"Gaston's Visit"	1	11	4 April 2011	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 2.01 1.21 "Gaston's Visit" 2.02 1.13 "Nanny Plum's Lesson" 2.03 1.28 "The Elf Windmill" 2.04 1.15 "Mrs Witch" 2.05 1.16 "Elf Joke Day" 2.06 1.17 "King Thistle's New Clothes" 2.07 1.18 "Elf School" 2.08 1.19 "The Royal Golf Course" 2.09 1.20 "Morning, Noon & Night" 2.10 1.32 "Tadpoles" 2.11 1.22 "A Trip to the Seaside" (Bonus Episode)
3	"The Tooth Fairy"	1	10	3 October 2011	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 3.01 1.14 "The Elf Factory" 3.02 1.23 "Ben's Birthday Card" 3.03 1.24 "Books" 3.04 1.25 "Betty Caterpillar" 3.05 1.26 "Queen Holly" 3.06 1.42 "The Woodpecker" 3.07 1.29 "The Elf Band" 3.08 1.30 "The Ant Hill" 3.09 1.31 "Redbeard The Elf Pirate" 3.10 1.27 "Tooth Fairy"
4	"The Elf Games"	1	10	14 May 2012	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 4.01 1.12 "The Elf Games" 4.02 1.33 "Cows" 4.03 1.36 "The Toy Robot" 4.04 1.41 "Dinner Party" 4.05 1.37 "Big Bad Barry" 4.06 1.38 "King Thistle's Birthday" 4.07 1.39 "The Wand Factory" 4.08 1.43 "Daisy & Poppy's Pet" 4.09 1.44 "The Elf Rocket" 4.10 1.45 "Picnic on the Moon"
5	"The North Pole"	1 & 2 (a)	12	15 October 2012	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 5.01 1.34 "Queen Thistle's Day Off" 5.02 1.35 "Nature Class" 5.03 1.46 "Lucy's Picnic" 5.04 1.47 "Acorn Day" 5.05 1.48 "The Elf Submarine" 5.06 1.49 "Visiting the Marigolds" 5.07 1.40 "Camping Out" 5.08 1.50 "The Party" 5.09 1.51 "Snow" 5.10 1.52 "The North Pole" plus two Bonus Episodes from Series 2 5.11 2.02 "Mrs Fig's Magic School" 5.12 2.04 "No Magic Day"
6	"The Magic Test"	2	10	8 April 2013	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 6.01 2.14 "Nanny's Magic Test" 6.02 2.01 "Giants in the Meadow" 6.03 2.03 "Daisy & Poppy's Playgroup" 6.04 2.05 "Spies" 6.05 2.09 "Lucy's School" 6.06 2.08 "Elf Rescue" 6.07 2.07 "Gaston Goes To School" 6.08 2.13 "The Shooting Star" 6.09 2.10 "Baby Dragon" 6.10 2.11 "Dolly Plum"
7 (say)	"Ben & Holly's Christmas"	2	10	4 November 2013	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 7.01 2.51 "Ben & Holly's Christmas" 7.02 2.52 "Ben & Holly's Christmas Episode 2" 7.03 2.12 "The Lost City" 7.04 2.24 "Daisy & Poppy Go Bananas" 7.05 2.06 "Hard Times" 7.06 2.15 "Gaston To The Rescue" 7.07 2.17 "The New Wand" 7.08 2.26 "Honey Bees" 7.09 2.16 "Miss Cookie's Nature Trail" 7.10 2.18 "Superheroes"
8 (say)	"Planet Bong"	2	10	6 October 2014	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title 8.01 2.35 "Planet Bong" 8.02 2.36 "Planet Bong Episode 2" 8.03 2.49 "Chickens Ride West" 8.04 2.48 "Daisy & Poppy Go to the Museum" 8.05 2.45 "Fathers Day" 8.06 2.41 "Fox Cubs" 8.07 2.50 "Gaston is Lost" 8.08 2.42 "Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf Swap Jobs for One Whole Day" 8.09 2.47 "The Mermaid" 8.10 2.43 "The Very Important Person"
9 (say)	"Elf and Fairy Party"	2 ?	10 ?	21 September 2015	list of episodes DVD# Episode# Episode title ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?" ? ? "?"

All episodes on a primary DVD are "new to DVD" when the DVD was released, except where noted below.

(a) The final ten episodes from Series 1, and two (bonus) episodes from Series 2 (note: all 12 episodes are "new to DVD").

Other UK DVD releases

The following primary DVDs have been re-released as follows

UK Release Date	Title	Description
13 February 2012	n/a	3 DVD Triple Pack Collection (Volumes 1 – 3)
29 September 2014	The Magic Collection	4 DVD Pack (Volumes 1, 6, 3 & 4)

Notes on changes

The main reason for making the changes is to remove the "volume" approach to the episode ordering for series 1, as I haven't found any other B&H listings that take this approach. The current Wiki listing is thus rather an anomaly, especially as to date I haven't seen a similar approach anywhere else!

Considerations include

(1) Series / seasons are more normally listed in "original airdate" order, but I've had to use the order commonly given across a number of sites, particularly TV scheduling listings etc. (eg. Radio Times, TVDB, Nick Jr Wiki, IMDB, Locate, Channel 5...)) as I haven't found much believable information on B&H episode original airdates. What I have found that looks vaguely plausible is that the first series one episode was broadcast on 6 April 2009, and the first 13 episodes for series 2 seem to have been first broadcast on weekdays (not Sat / Sun) starting 2 July 2012, through to 18 July 2012. I've asked Nick Jr if they can provide the full info., but I haven't (yet?!) had any response. If anyone can provide further (verifiable) information, please let me know.

(2) For series 1 I've used the order that seems to be currently in use across all the lists (other than Wiki) that I've examined, and ignoring that Channel 5 series 1 has the "Woodpecker" episode as no. 49 (all the other lists have the episode as no. 42!), so that episodes 42 - 48 on the C5 list are episodes 43 - 49 on the other lists. For series 2, again all the lists where given are in line, including the current Wiki list, except that the C5 list is incomplete (episodes 32 - 39 and 45 - 52 are not listed) and, although the Ovguide list is complete, it has episodes 39 & 40 switched (i.e. 39 on the Ovguide list is 40 on the other lists, and 40 on Ovguide is 39 on the others), similarly for episodes 48 & 49. I've kept with the current Wiki order for series 2.

(3) The episode titles are consistent with those shown on the title page of the episodes as broadcast, and aren't changed from the ones given on the lists before these changes were made. There is one possible exception as I haven't yet seen the title page for series 2 episode 49 "Chickens Ride West" (Nick Jr keep showing it in the broadcast guides, but whenever I've checked what was actually broadcast the episode "Gaston's Birthday" has been shown!!).

(4) I've changed the style of the lists, in particular to provide an overall summary of episodes at the beginning. The content and overall look of the lists is quite similar to the old versions, although series 1 appears to have rather more changes than series 2 because of the re-organisation of the episode order. A few minor changes have been made to the episode descriptions. I've also shown a table of the DVD's issued to date, with listings of the contents.