Playdays Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Airport

  Whybird takes a look at some aeroplanes

• Boasting and Bragging

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters. Poppy and Why Bird tell the story 'Boasting and Bragging' by Wayne Jackson

• Broken Toys

  Grandpa Jones comes to the rescue with his glue and mends broken toys which are being thrown away

• Christmas

  Peggy Patch and her pals visit Father Christmas in his special grotto

• The Clown
• Daisy Daisy

  Why Bird plays at being royalty, Poppy enjoys a ride on a tandem and Peggy helps Daisy get ready for the show

• Dance to Your Daddy

  Mr Jolly patches up a boat and dreams of life on the ocean wave, while Why Bird meets a fisherman

• Dingle Dangle

  Poppy, Peggy and Why go on a magical ride on Rosie and come across a flippy floppy hat, a crow and a very strange farmyard

• Dot Stop

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• Dragons

  How many dragons are in The Why Bird Stop today?

• France

  Dave and four friends go on a day trip to France, where they have a lovely picnic on the beach and visit an aquarium to see some of the world's biggest fish

• Fun for the Young
• The Home Zoo

  Poppy gets ready to go to the zoo a day too early, so the pals decide to create their own menagerie at home

• I Can Do That

  Poppy feels grown up after she helps Karl, and together they remember all the things she has learned to do without feeling worried or frightened

• I Love You Karl

  Fun and games for inquisitive pre-school youngsters

• Joining and Building Things

  Poppy, Peggy and Why Bird make buildings with boxes : and knock them down again

• Jollification

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• Laundry

  Peggy Patch and Sarah visit the laundry at Kingston Lacey and learn how people used to wash their clothes

• Laziness

  Poppy, Peggy Patch, Catrin Menna and Andrew Lynford tell the Laziness story

• Little Miss Muffet

  Morris is scared by spiders : are you?

• Living Together

  The gang tell the Living Together story, by Wayne Jackman

• London Bridge is Falling Down

  Morris and Milly decide to get constructive, but what can they be building?

• Loneliness

  Poppy, Why Bird, Catrin Menna and Andy McEwan tell stories from Clive Duncan's Loneliness

• Losing Things

  Everyone is losing things so Why decides to help search for them

• Lost and Found

  Why Bird investigates when Bo Peep loses her sheep and Poppy's hat goes missing

• More Than Meets the Masai

  Trish and the gang meet some friends from Africa

• New Forest Ponies

  Peggy has fun looking for ponies in the New Forest

• Newspapers

  Imagining a world made entirely of paper

• Obsessions

  Poppy and Why Bird tell Diane Redmond's story Obsessions

• Paperworld

  Dave, Why and Peggy create a paper world

• The Patch Shop: Market Day
• The Patch Stop

  Peggy Patch, Poppy and Why Bird take a trip to the farm where they have fun trying to find yellow things

• The Patch Stop : A Postcard for Peggy

  Peggy Patch helps a postman on the Isle of Barra deliver his mail

• The Patch Stop : Austria

  Peggy Patch and friends have fun with winter sports in the Austrian mountains

• The Patch Stop : Autumn

  Peggy and Why play in the woods while Teresa and the children collect autumn nuts and leaves

• The Patch Stop : Baker's Shop

  Peggy sells bread and buns to her friends at the baker's shop

• The Patch Stop : Beachcomber

  Peggy Patch and her friends find lots of treasure when they visit the Isle of Barra

• The Patch Stop : Bell Ringing

  Peggy and her friends make the most of bell-ringing day

• The Patch Stop : Bluebells

  Peggy Patch explores the colour blue and visits a bluebell wood with her friends

• The Patch Stop : Botanic Garden

  Peggy Patch visits a beautiful tropical garden on the Isle of Wight

• The Patch Stop : Butterflies

  Peggy, Poppy and Why Bird find out about butterflies

• The Patch Stop : Camping

  Peggy goes camping near a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales

• The Patch Stop : Castle

  The Playbus makes a stop at Bodiam Castle for Peggy, Why and friends

• The Patch Stop : Cheese

  Peggy Patch finds out how cheese is made in the Austrian mountains

• The Patch Stop : Chicken Village

  The gang visit Chicken Village and discover that all the hens have their own homes

• The Patch Stop : Cottage Garden

  Peggy Patch and her friends muck in with the gardening at a country cottage

• The Patch Stop : Creepy Crawlies

  Peggy Patch goes hunting for creepy-crawlies in the New Forest

• The Patch Stop : Doll's House

  Peggy Patch visits the Yorkshire Dales and takes a peek inside a doll's house

• The Patch Stop : Donkeys

  Peggy visits the donkey sanctuary in Sidmouth

• The Patch Stop : Egton Show

  Peggy Patch helps to prepare goats and Shetland ponies for Egton village show

• The Patch Stop : Elephants

  Peggy and the gang visit Woburn Safari Park to see the elephants

• The Patch Stop : Fishing Village

  Peggy and friends visit Staithes fishing village in North Yorkshire and play hide and seek on the cobbled streets

• The Patch Stop : Flower Show

  Peggy, Poppy and Why have fun making miniature gardens for the village flower show

• The Patch Stop : Fun and Games

  Peggy Patch and Mark have fun playing games in a holiday village

• The Patch Stop : Giraffes

  Peggy Patch and pals meet giraffes at Woburn Safari Park

• The Patch Stop : Greengrocer's Shop

  Peggy and friends make a fruit and veg picture after helping out at the greengrocer's shop

• The Patch Stop : Harbour

  Peggy and Patch go to Rye harbour to look at all the different kinds of boats

• The Patch Stop : Harvest

  Peggy helps with the wheat harvest on the farm in the Isle of Wight

• The Patch Stop : Hedgehogs

  Peggy Patch discovers a baby hedgehog and takes it to the Norfolk Wildlife Hospital

• The Patch Stop : Hens and Chickens

  Peggy and her friend find clucking hens and baby chicks on a farm

• The Patch Stop : Hippos

  Peggy Patch sees some hippos at Woburn Safari Park

• The Patch Stop : Horses

  Peggy and Mark pay a visit to the stables, where they discover shire horses and a tiny Shetland pony

• The Patch Stop : Island Croft

  Peggy Patch introduces her friend to farm animals on the Isle of Barra

• The Patch Stop : Japanese Garden

  Peggy and Sarah explore a beautiful Japanese garden in Dorset

• The Patch Stop : Kings and Queens

  The pals make crowns for a game of kings and queens

• The Patch Stop : Lighthouse

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Patch Stop : Market Day

  Peggy Patch goes to Bedale market in the Yorkshire Dales

• The Patch Stop : Maypole Dancing

  Peggy Patch visits Ickwell to watch maypole dancing on the green

• The Patch Stop : Monkeys

  Peggy and Poppy take a trip to the zoo, where they see lots of monkeys and apes

• The Patch Stop : Nature Trail

  Peggy Patch sets a trail which leads her friends to the Outer Hebrides, where they discover puffins and wild flowers

• The Patch Stop : Otters

  Peggy, Poppy and Mark follow the trail of otters, watching them swim and dive in the lake

• The Patch Stop : Peggy's Pantry

  Everyone's cooking at the Patch Stop, including making toffee apples : Peggy's favourite

• The Patch Stop : Peggy's Tea Stop

  Peggy and her friends have a tea party in her shop

• The Patch Stop : Penguins

  Peggy Patch and pals pick up a penguin or two at Woburn Safari Park

• The Patch Stop : Pigs and Piglets

  Peggy Patch and Nick have fun with piglets down on the farm

• The Patch Stop : Rainforest

  Peggy and the gang meet the exotic residents of a rainforest : in Berkshire

• The Patch Stop : Rock Pools

  Peggy Patch has fun on the Isle of Wight exploring rock pools

• The Patch Stop : Sea Shells

  Peggy Patch and her pals search for sea shells on the Isle of Wight

• The Patch Stop : Seals

  Peggy watches seals being released back into the wild from the Norfolk Wildlife Hospital

• The Patch Stop : Sheep Farm

  Peggy Patch visits a sheep farm to watch the lambing

• The Patch Stop : Snails

  Peggy Patch, Why and Poppy have fun following a snail

• The Patch Stop : Stirling

  In Stirling town Peggy, Poppy and Mark explore the castle on top of the hill

• The Patch Stop : Swans

  Peggy Patch visits a swannery in Abbotsbury to watch the swans and their cygnets

• The Patch Stop : Swiss Garden in Bedfordshire

  Peggy Patch visits the Swiss Garden in Bedfordshire to see the daffodils

• The Patch Stop : Teddies

  Peggy Patch visits the teddy bear house and takes a worn-out toy to the doctor

• The Patch Stop : The Broads

  Peggy and Mark watch ducks, moorhens and coots on the Norfolk Broads

• The Patch Stop : Toy Town

  Peggy Patch and Mark explore Wimborne model town, where they discover all kinds of shops

• The Patch Stop : Trams

  Peggy Patch takes a trip to Devon and rides on an old tram in Seaton

• The Patch Stop : Underwater Show

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Patch Stop : Vegetable Show

  Peggy Patch visits a vegetable show and learns how the prize produce has been grown

• The Patch Stop : Watermill

  Peggy Patch visits a watermill in Berkshire

• The Patch Stop : Wildlife Hospital

  Peggy Patch visits the Hydestile Wildlife Hospital to watch some fox cubs

• The Patch Stop : Winter

  The pals visit Scotland where they feed the birds and make a hide

• The Playground Stop

  The gang have fun learning about mirrors

• The Playground Stop

  Dave, Why Bird and the children get busy in the garden : where they find a man in a plant pot

• The Playground Stop

  The children print numbers for their new game

• The Playground Stop

  Pre-school learning for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Playground Stop
• The Playground Stop

  Pre-school learning for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Playground Stop

  The pals visit Weston-super-Mare to play on the beach and listen to the soothing sounds of the sea

• The Playground Stop : Alton Towers

  Zoe, Willie and Poppy enjoy a trip to Alton Towers

• The Playground Stop : Animal Farm

  Chris, Poppy, Patch and Why Bird visit a farm, and meet a donkey that thinks it's a cow

• The Playground Stop : Ball Games

  Dave and the children play ball games on the beach, and Lisa tells a story about an elephant

• The Playground Stop : Being Ill

  Poppy falls ill, but Dr Peggy and her pals have a cure

• The Playground Stop : Blowing

  A band play unusual musical instruments, while Dave and Poppy blow up inflatable toys : but run out of puff

• Playground Stop : Building Up, Falling Down

  Building fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• The Playground Stop : Christmas Decorations

  Why Bird and Peggy learn how to make Christmas decorations from boxes, paper and food cartons

• The Playground Stop : Christmas No 207

  Festive fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• The Playground Stop : Circus

  Dave joins children at a clown workshop, while Zoe, Why Bird and friends meet Russian performers at the circus

• The Playground Stop : Clothes

  Peggy's friends Chris and Why help her decide what to wear

• The Playground Stop : Creepy-Crawlies

  Boys and girls and creepy-crawlies come out to play

• The Playground Stop : Exercise

  The children take part in an energetic exercise routine before playing musical statues

• The Playground Stop : Faces

  The gang have fun making faces

• Playground Stop : Follow that Line

  Chris and Poppy follow a line and make some friends at the seaside

• The Playground Stop : Homes

  Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird investigate types of housing around the world

• The Playground Stop : House Adventure

  Peggy Patch and friends play around the house

• The Playground Stop : How Do You Feel Today?

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters, today the gang explore how people feel

• The Playground Stop : How Old Are You?

  The gang discover how old people are

• The Playground Stop : I Wonder

  Chris, Peggy and Why Bird visit a science centre

• The Playground Stop : Jumping

  Trish plays jumping games and Poppy thinks she can jump higher than a flea, but Scat the Cat is doubtful

• The Playground Stop : Leisure Centre

  The children have fun in the splash pool at a leisure centre

• The Playground Stop : Lost and Found

  Bo Peep loses her sheep and Poppy can't find her hat so Inspector Why Bird investigates

• The Playground Stop : Machines

  Bird invents a noisy machine : but is it an aeroplane, dinner-making machine or a tractor?

• The Playground Stop : Model Village

  A visit to a model village inspires creativity

• The Playground Stop : Model Village

  The gang visit a model village where Chris and the children pretend to be giants and make aeroplanes

• The Playground Stop : Music Man

  The Music Man surprises Zoe and the children with a story which they then bring to life

• Playground Stop : Nursery Rhyme Trail

  Dave and his pals have fun on a nursery rhyme trail

• The Playground Stop : Pairs

  Youngsters play together in pairs

• The Playground Stop : Paper

  Chris and friends have fun making all kinds of things from paper

• The Playground Stop : Paper World

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• The Playground Stop : Paperplay

  Zoe and friends have fun with paper puppets, while Poppy and Willie find out how to make teddies out of tissues

• The Playground Stop : Pirates

  Swashbuckling fun and merriment as the pals play pirate games

• The Playground Stop: Railways

  Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird visit a railway station to learn all about trains

• The Playground Stop : Rainbow

  Zoe and the children learn about the colours of the rainbow while Dave and Poppy have fun painting pictures of their friends

• The Playground Stop : Red

  Zoe builds a red house, while the children help Dave and Poppy open a shop

• The Playground Stop : Rhythm

  Girls and boys play different rhythms at the Playground Stop

• The Playground Stop : Science Museum

  The children visit the Science Museum, and Lizzie dances with a robot

• The Playground Stop : Scrap Store

  Dave and his friends go on the bus to the scrap store

• The Playground Stop : Senses

  Willie and the children visit London Zoo and the supermarket to learn about the sense

• Playground Stop : Shoes

  Games galore as youngsters have fun jumping, skipping and hopping

• The Playground Stop : Spots and Stripes

  The gang find out about spots and stripes

• Playground Stop : String Thing

  Dave and his friends find different things to do with string

• The Playground Stop : String Things

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• The Playground Stop : String Things

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• The Playground Stop : Teddy Bear's Picnic

  Children take their teddy bears for a picnic in a park

• The Playground Stop : Textures

  Why Bird learns all about different textures by feeling a variety of objects

• The Playground Stop : Toys

  The Why Bird helps a poorly rocking-horse and the children have fun with puppets

• The Playground Stop : Transport

  A visit to the London Transport Museum and a trip on an open-top bus

• The Playground Stop : Victorian Visit

  Chris, Peggy and the gang visit Blists Hill Open Air Museum at Ironbridge, and discover what life was like 100 years ago

• The Playground Stop : Water

  The gang learn about the mysteries of water

• The Playground Stop : Water and Fish

  Dave and friends have fun pretending to be fish in the playground

• The Playground Stop : Weather

  Chris, Peggy and Why play hide-and-seek in the woods, and learn about rainbows

• The Playground Stop : Wheels

  The children play outside, spinning and turning just like wheels

• Playground Stops : Pets

  Youngsters have fun with different pets

• The Poppy Stop

  Poppy is woken by her alarm clock and realises she is not feeling very well, forcing her to cancel a day trip to the seaside

• The Poppy Stop

  The pals get ready to go for a walk, but decide on an indoor ramble when Grandpa Jones's hay fever stops him going out in the countryside

• The Poppy Stop : A Birthday

  Poppy celebrates her birthday, but the party, visitors and presents prove too much for her

• The Poppy Stop : A Look at Legs

  Karl is feeling energetic, but he seems to be overdoing his exercises, and Poppy decides legs are very funny things

• The Poppy Stop : A Present For a Friend

  Poppy can't decide what present to get Peggy and Why Bird as a thank you for their help, then discovers the simplest things are often the best

• The Poppy Stop : A Visit to the Theatre

  Poppy performs in her own theatre, and her pals get caught up in the magic

• The Poppy Stop : About Ears

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Poppy Stop : Boots and Shoes

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Poppy Stop : Borrowing

  The pals learn that when they borrow something they have to give it back

• The Poppy Stop : Cardboard Box

  A cardboard box that Poppy discovers provides hours of fun for the gang

• The Poppy Stop : Clocks

  Poppy has an accident with Karl's clock but Grandpa Jones and Why have super watches so it appears to be time to explore time

• The Poppy Stop : Dreaming

  Poppy wakes from a strange dream and Karl explains she has no reason to be scared

• The Poppy Stop : Fingerprint Farm

  Poppy and Karl make up their own surprising animal stories at their home-made farm

• The Poppy Stop : First Day at Playgroup

  Poppy tells Peggy and Why Bird about the exciting day she's had at playgroup

• The Poppy Stop : Going For a Haircut

  There are plenty of fun and games when Poppy, Why and Peggy send Karl for a haircut

• The Poppy Stop : Going for a Walk

  Grandpa gives Poppy a magic book so she can learn some tricks

• The Poppy Stop : I Can't Find It

  Poppy is upset because she can't find her invitation to Why's fancy dress party, and she also doesn't know what to go as

• The Poppy Stop : I Love You Karl

  Poppy and Karl talk about love to try to find out exactly what it means

• The Poppy Stop : It's Magic

  Grandpa Jones gives Poppy a book of magic, and she learns some tricks

• The Poppy Stop : It's Not Fair

  Poppy wakes up in a very grumpy mood, so the others try to cheer her up

• The Poppy Stop : Karl the Clown

  After a visit to the circus Poppy decides to perform some of the tricks with Karl

• The Poppy Stop : Kizzy

  Karl has to explain to Poppy why the bird they've been nursing has died

• The Poppy Stop : Lost Toy

  Poppy loses Rog, so the rest of the gang decide to cheer her up until she finds him again

• The Poppy Stop : Magnifying Glass

  Grandpa Jones gives Poppy his old magnifying glass

• The Poppy Stop : Maps

  Poppy learns about maps when she goes for a walk with Karl

• The Poppy Stop : Mirrors and Reflections

  Poppy learns about mirrors and reflections in the playground

• The Poppy Stop : New Baby

  Poppy feels jealous of all the attention everyone gives to Karl's friend's new baby

• The Poppy Stop : Party Food

  Poppy panics when she hears it's Karl's birthday and sets about trying to organise a surprise party

• The Poppy Stop : Poppy's Market

  Poppy gets everyone involved when she uses jumble to create her own market

• The Poppy Stop : Rainy Day

  When Poppy's picnic is cancelled because of rain, Grandpa Jones shows her lots of fun things to do instead

• The Poppy Stop : Sharing

  Poppy learns a valuable lesson about sharing

• The Poppy Stop : Shopping

  Poppy, Why Bird and Peggy want to make pizzas, so their neighbour Frances helps them by going shopping

• The Poppy Stop : Someone Coming to Stay

  There's lots of games when Grandpa Jones comes to stay, but Poppy is not too sure about sleeping in a different bed

• The Poppy Stop : Stones

  Poppy, Why Bird and Peggy play with pebbles on their make-believe beach

• The Poppy Stop : String

  Poppy gets a parcel of paints from her aunt so Karl helps her to make a picture of herself : using the string from the package as whiskers

• The Poppy Stop : Telephone

  Karl helps Poppy learn how to use the telephone by making her one of her own

• The Poppy Stop :The Clown

  Poppy takes a trip to the circus and is so impressed she decides to try putting on her own show

• The Poppy Stop : Tidying Up

  Karl and Poppy discover lots more storage space and recall memories as they throw away things they no longer need

• The Poppy Stop : Train Journey

  The gang prepare for a train journey to visit Grandpa Jones

• The Poppy Stop : Visit to the Fair

  Poppy and Karl miss out on going to the fair so Grandpa Jones, Peggy and Why Bird recreate it : adding a special attraction

• The Poppy Stop : Water

  Poppy sees an opportunity to play with her water toys, while Karl fixes the taps in the kitchen

• The Roundabout Stop

  Why helps find Brian the spider, Peggy goes sailing with a kettle and Poppy meets a policeman

• The Roundabout Stop

  Morris and Milly visit a garden at the bottom of the sea

• The Roundabout Stop

  Peggy goes to the fair, Poppy joins Mr Jolly at the barbers and Why comes across some musical animals while exploring in the jungle

• The Roundabout Stop

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Roundabout Stop : A Little Green Frog

  The gang wait for Morris's tadpole to turn into a frog

• The Roundabout Stop : Boys and Girls

  Mr Jolly has a night-time adventure and Why Bird goes into the jungle where she meets an explorer

• The Roundabout Stop : Boys and Girls Come Out to Play

  Why Bird goes into the jungle and meets an explorer

• The Roundabout Stop : Chick Chick Chicken

  The gang fight over who will have the last egg for tea

• The Roundabout Stop : Cow Cow Boogie

  Mr Jolly and Rosie are off to the Wild West

• The Roundabout Stop : Dance to Your Daddy

  Mr Jolly mends a boat, Why Bird meets a hopeless fisherman, Peggy encounters a lamb and they all run into Flossie at the seaside

• The Roundabout Stop/Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

  The friends find a hat and sing Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

• The Roundabout Stop : Dinosaur Dreams

  Letting dinosaurs run wild in dreams

• The Roundabout Stop : Dry Bones

  Mr Jolly has fun with a friendly skeleton

• The Roundabout Stop : Five Firefighters

  Peggy serves in a shop, Poppy looks for a lost book in the library, and Why becomes a superhero

• The Roundabout Stop : Five Little Ducks

  Peggy, Poppy and Why have different adventures at the pond, where they make friends with the ducks

• The Roundabout Stop : Hey Diddle Diddle

  Peggy meets a cow called Edelweiss, while Why is introduced to Blackpaws the Pirate and hears the strange story of the magic dish

• The Roundabout Stop : Hickory Dickory Dock

  Rosie needs a mouse for today's rhyme, but has trouble finding one

• The Roundabout Stop : Horsey Horsey

  Peggy Patch helps out an old horse with a bad memory and Why Bird has a problem

• The Roundabout Stop : How Much is That Doggie in the Window?

  Poppy makes a wish, Why climbs aboard Mr Jolly's pirate ship, and Peggy meets Old King Cole's three fiddlers

• The Roundabout Stop : I Had a Little Nut Tree

  The Roundabout Stop has a very special visitor to judge a gardening competition

• The Roundabout Stop : I Saw a Ship A-Sailing

  The gang board the good ship Rosie for seagoing shenanigans

• The Roundabout Stop : I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

  Rosie's bubbly mood takes everyone on an adventure, and Why meets a man with a telescope

• The Roundabout Stop : In the Jungle

  Wild animals are everywhere, so Why Bird and Mr Jolly had better look out

• The Roundabout Stop : Incy Wincy Spider

  Mr Jolly and Rosie surprise Peggy, Poppy and Why Bird with piano-playing spiders and an argument between the sun and the wind

• The Roundabout Stop : Little Boy Blue

  Why Bird has trouble getting to sleep : so tries counting sheep

• The Roundabout Stop : Little Jack Horner

  Mr Jolly is hungry and his tummy starts rumbling, but Rosie comes to the rescue

• The Roundabout Stop : Little Miss Muffet

  Why Bird fancies some soup but cannot find a bowl and the pals all sing Little Miss Muffet

• The Roundabout Stop : Miss Polly had a Dolly

  Mr Jolly, Rosie and Why Bird have a day out on Elsie Marley's farm, Peggy visits a dolls' hospital and Poppy finds a very strange door

• The Roundabout Stop : Monday's Child

  Mr Jolly tries to remember when his birthday is

• The Roundabout Stop : Mousie Brown

  Poppy and her granny go dancing at a fish disco and Peggy meets a noisy mouse

• The Roundabout Stop : Nellie the Elephant

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Roundabout Stop :Octopus' Garden

  Morris and Milly visit a garden at the bottom of the sea

• The Roundabout Stop : Old King Cole

  Rosie is in a funny mood and tells Peggy to meet a jolly jester, while Why tries to perform a magic spell

• The Roundabout Stop : One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

  Mr Jolly gets a pair of new shoes and Why Bird goes to a nursery rhyme cottage

• The Roundabout Stop : Pat-A-Cake

  Why Bird and the crew meet a magician who is celebrating his birthday but hasn't got a cake, and Peggy does a spot of babysitting

• The Roundabout Stop : Peter Rabbit's Got a Fly Upon His Nose

  Why Bird and Peggy meet some strange characters with their heads in the clouds

• The Roundabout Stop : Puff the Magic Dragon

  Why meets a sneezing dragon and Poppy becomes a magician

• The Roundabout Stop : Ride a Cock Horse

  Peggy Patch meets a farmer with a stubborn horse and Poppy helps a town crier fix his bell

• The Roundabout Stop : Row Row Row Your Boat

  Peggy Patch and Why Bird head off for a day out, and help some frogs and caterpillars along the way

• The Roundabout Stop : Sing a Song of Sixpence

  Why Bird, Peggy and Poppy sing a song of sixpence

• The Roundabout Stop : Singing in the Rain

  There's fun and games on a rainy day at the Roundabout Stop

• The Roundabout Stop : Teddy Bear

  Rosie sends Poppy, Peggy and Why Bird off on an amazing adventure in the Three Bears' cottage

• The Roundabout Stop : Teddy Bears' Picnic

  Everyone at the Roundabout Stop goes for a picnic with their teddy bears

• The Roundabout Stop : Ten Green Bottles

  Rosie hunts for bottles and sings a song

• The Roundabout Stop : The Animals Went in Two By Two

  Rosie counts lots of different animals at the Roundabout Stop

• The Roundabout Stop : The Grand Old Duke of York

  Why Bird is up, Poppy feels down and Peggy is neither up nor down

• The Roundabout Stop : The Runaway Train

  Peggy, Poppy and Why learn about trains, tracks and whistles

• The Roundabout Stop : The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy

  Morris and Milly put on a Christmas play with all their friends

• The Roundabout Stop : There Came to My Window

  Rosie and her friends go bird spotting

• The Roundabout Stop : There Was an Old Woman

  Why Bird meets a wizard who wants to get rid of a few cobwebs, while Peggy saves a fly from one

• The Roundabout Stop : Twinkle Twinkle

  Rose has a glittering surprise for Poppy, Peggy and Why

• The Roundabout Stop : Wee Willie Winkie

  Mr Jolly's feeling sleepy, but the others are ready for adventures, including meeting a hare and a tortoise

• The Roundabout Stop : Wheels on the Bus

  Why finds herself in the Wild West

• The Roundabout Stop : When Santa Got Stuck Up the Chimney

  Peggy helps Father Christmas, Why learns how cold rooftops can be, and Poppy meets a frustrating king

• The Roundabout Stop : Who Made Footprints in the Snow?

  Morris and Milly join forces to solve a mystery

• The Roundabout Stop : Wiggly Woo

  Mr Jolly discovers Rosie is wiggling today and Rosie finds a bad-tempered worm that wishes it could fly

• The Roundabout Stop : Woman Tossed in a Basket

  Rosie has a new rhyme to recite : what will it be?

• The Roundabout Stop : Yellow Submarine

  Peggy, Poppy and Why whizz off on an adventure under the sea

• The Roundabout Stop : You Know You Have a Friend

  Peggy and Why fall out, and Rosie is cross with Mr Jolly : but not for long

• Rushabout

  Poppy helps Why Bird make a list : but needs some help herself

• Shopping

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters as girls and boys go to the shops

• Single-minded

  Poppy and Why Bird tell the story Single-Minded, by Sheila Hyde

• Soldier Soldier

  Why Bird plays with a toy soldier, Peggy goes to a royal wedding and everyone has a jolly sing-song

• Soldier Soldier Won't You Marry Me?

  It's dressing-up day with the gang

• Spots and Stripes

  Poppy, Peggy and Why Bird go to the playground to find out about spots and stripes

• The Tent Stop

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters, including the story Greed by Valerie Bond

• The Tent Stop : A Visit to the Doctors

  Karl has caught a nasty cold : but can Poppy and Why Bird persuade him to go to the doctor?

• The Tent Stop : Bedtime Stories

  The Playbus pays a visit to the Tent Stop, and the gang hear tales from Bedtime Stories, by Clive Duncan

• The Tent Stop : Different But the Same

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters at the Tent Stop

• The Tent Stop : Disappointment

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters at the Tent Stop, looking at the subject of disappointment

• The Tent Stop : Gently Does It

  The Playbus arrives at the Tent Stop. Plus, the story Gently Does It, by Wayne Jackman

• The Tent Stop : Get Your Own Back

  Fun at the Tent Stop, where the friends listen to a story called Get Your Own Back

• The Tent Stop : Goldilocks and the Three Bears

  The Playbus pays a visit to the Tent Stop

• The Tent Stop : Helping Others

  The gang visit the Tent Stop and learn about helping other people

• The Tent Stop : I Wish I Had

  The Playbus arrives at the Tent Stop, where the gang tell the story I Wish I Had, by Trish Cooke

• The Tent Stop : Peacocks, Tails and Sticks and Stones

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters at the Tent Stop

• The Tent Stop : Selfishness

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters at the Tent Stop, dealing with the topic of selfishness

• The Tent Stop : The Ugly Duckling and Ma Myrtle's Bus Ride

  The gang hear the stories of The Ugly Duckling and Ma Myrtle's Bus Ride

• The Tent Stop : Too Big for Your Boots

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters at the Tent Stop, with the story Too Big For Your Boots

• This Little Piggy

  The friends have fun tickling each other

• Thomas Train

  Dave and Chester journey from Wansford station, near Peterborough, on an old steam train named Thomas

• Transport
• Trip to the Park

  Zoe, Willie and the children jump on board a ferry boat which takes them to a park where they have fun in a garden maze

• Try, Try, Try Again

  Poppy, Peggy Patch, Sara West and Andrew Lynford tell the story Try, Try, Try Again, by Catrin Menna

• Under and Over

  Dave and the children have fun playing under and over games

• Visit to a Cafe

  Poppy and Rog decide they are as hungry as a hippopotamus, so when Why Bird and Peggy arrive, they all end up serving in the cafe

• A Visit to the Dentist

  Grandpa Jones, Rog and Poppy convince Karl to go to the dentist

• The Why Bird Stop

  Everything seems to be disappearing at Why's Supplies, and Peggy discovers the importance of eyes

• The Why Bird Stop

  Why visits a fire station with Trish

• The Why Bird Stop

  Why Bird closes her eyes to practise listening

• The Why Bird Stop

  Why Bird looks at dinosaurs which were as big as houses

• The Why Bird Stop

  Poppy buys cakes for elevenses : who wants to help her eat them?

• The Why Bird Stop

  The bus arrives at the Why Bird Stop

• The Why Bird Stop

  Why Bird and friends pay a visit to the BBC to find out how programmes are made

• The Why Bird Stop : Biscuits

  Hungry Why Bird helps herself to a tasty biscuit

• The Why Bird Stop : Bread

  Why Bird discovers how bread is made

• The Why Bird Stop : Cheese

  Inquisitive Why Bird discovers how cheese is made

• The Why Bird Stop : Chester Zoo

  Why Bird and Trish take a trip to Chester Zoo

• The Why Bird Stop : Christmas Day

  Why Bird, Peggy and Poppy decide to get in touch with relatives from all over the world

• The Why Bird Stop : Colours

  Looking around for items that are coloured red, yellow or blue

• The Why Bird Stop : Dancing Shoes

  Why helps a friend who has just started dancing lessons, and Charlie discovers a hidden talent

• The Why Bird Stop : Decorating

  Charlie and Why help decorate a bedroom, but Poppy gets in the way

• The Why Bird Stop : Disguises

  The bus arrives at the Why Bird Stop and a mysterious person is waiting there : but who could it be?

• The Why Bird Stop : Dragons

  Dragons visit the Why Bird Stop, but how many are there?

• The Why Bird Stop : Eureka

  Why Bird encounters a robot and Trish meets a skeleton

• The Why Bird Stop : Fireboat

  Why Bird and Trish meet brave members of the fire brigade, and help with a daring rescue

• The Why Bird Stop : Fishing

  Mr Jolly visits the shop to pick up tackle for a day's fishing

• The Why Bird Stop : Grandad Comes to Tea

  Why Bird is expecting a special visitor today

• The Why Bird Stop : Holes

  Examining objects that have holes, and those that don't

• The Why Bird Stop : Horses

  Charlie and Why discover the importance of work horses

• The Why Bird Stop : Hospital

  Why Bird follows footprints in a children's hospital

• The Why Bird Stop : Hotel

  Why Bird and her friends learn about bus drivers, and where they go for a quiet break

• The Why Bird Stop : Houses

  Why Bird makes herself at home and the gang investigate houses

• The Why Bird Stop : Let's Make a Jungle

  Charlie, Peggy, Poppy and Why create a jungle

• The Why Bird Stop : Mess

  Why Bird has to tidy up when she realises she can't see her counter for the mess

• The Why Bird Stop : Milk

  There's no milk for Charlie's tea so he and Why Bird set out to get some, finding how it gets from the cow to the bottle

• The Why Bird Stop : Music

  Why Bird and Peggy look at musical instruments : how many can they count?

• The Why Bird Stop : New Premises

  Why Bird moves into new premises

• The Why Bird Stop : Night and Day

  Peggy's answer machine mistake causes confusion for Charlie and Why, but they soon get to the bottom of the problem

• The Why Bird Stop : Our Pets

  Why visits a puppeteer to help friends who want a pet of their own

• The Why Bird Stop : Paper

  Why Bird is scared when she thinks there could be a monster in her workshop

• The Why Bird Stop : Poppy's Birthday Surprise

  Poppy gets a birthday surprise from Why Bird and Philip

• The Why Bird Stop : Postman

  Why Bird investigates how the Royal Mail works

• The Why Bird Stop : Potatoes

  Trish, Why Bird, Poppy and Peggy bake potatoes and then learn how they are harvested and made into crisps

• The Why Bird Stop : Rubbish

  Why Bird hears a lorry driving down the road and goes for a drive in it

• The Why Bird Stop : Salvage Boat

  Charlie, Why, Peggy and Poppy find out why rivers need to be cleaned

• The Why Bird Stop : Shapes

  Charlie discovers different shapes while mending his bike ready for his cycling trip

• The Why Bird Stop : Size

  Everyone looks for small, medium and large objects

• The Why Bird Stop : Skating

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Why Bird Stop : Space

  Why Bird and Peggy learn about space, and pretend they are on the moon

• The Why Bird Stop : Spots and Stripes

  Why Bird finds a magic hat : but what tricks can it do?

• The Why Bird Stop : Statues

  Charlie wants to know how statues are made so Why helps him find out

• The Why Bird Stop : Sticking

  The friends all search for sticky things at Why's Supplies to give to the amiable bird's pal

• The Why Bird Stop : String

  Why Bird is all tied up with string

• The Why Bird Stop : Supermarket

  Shopping and filling trolleys at the supermarket

• The Why Bird Stop : Techniquest

  Why Bird and Royce take a trip to a special science museum

• The Why Bird Stop : The Show

  Why Bird helps a group of children perform nursery rhymes in a show

• The Why Bird Stop : The Unscary Spider

  The playbus arrives at the Why Bird Stop and visits a sparkling clean office

• The Why Bird Stop : Things That Join

  The pals investigate objects which join together, including jigsaws

• The Why Bird Stop : Train Station

  Poppy goes on a journey : will she meet Why Bird and Trish?

• The Why Bird Stop : Washing

  Why Bird and Trish discover washing can actually be fun

• The Why Bird Stop : Weather

  Fun and games for inquisitive youngsters

• The Why Bird Stop : Whose Footprints?

  Muddy footprints are found on Why Bird's new shelves : but who made them?

• The Whybird Stop

  Pre-school fun for inquisitive youngsters with Poppy, Peggy Patch and Why Bird

• The Whybird Stop : Animal Kindless Centre

  Poppy and Peggy lose a toy beetle and Charlie takes them to a place where there are lots of lost animals

• The Whybird Stop : Transport

  Why decides to do a spot of map reading

• Windows

  Poppy, Peggy and Why learn about the uses of windows when Karl accidentally breaks one in the flat