Come Outside (1993)
A BBC educational children's television series that aimed to encourage young children to learn about the world around them. The starting point for each programme is something with which children are already familiar, such as water, wood, paper, boots, spiders, buses, soap, street lamps. The two main characters are Auntie Mabel, and her dog Pippin. They go on adventures in Auntie Mabel's aeroplane, travelling far and wide across the UK to find out more. Music, rhymes and stories enrich the programme topics.
Come Outside: Season 1 - 41 Episode s
1x1 - Hedgehogs
September 23, 1993
1x2 - Snails
September 30, 1993
1x3 - A Windy Day
October 7, 1993
1x4 - Water
October 14, 1993
1x5 - A Rainy Day
October 21, 1993
1x6 - Wood
October 28, 1993
1x7 - Paper
November 4, 1993
1x8 - Clay
November 11, 1993
1x9 - Rubbish
November 18, 1993
1x10 - Holes in the Ground
November 25, 1993
1x11 - Bread
December 2, 1993
1x12 - Sewage
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel has the unsavoury job of cleaning up Pippin's mess and putting it down the lavatory. The investigative pair are intrigued to find out where the dirty water goes, and so follow their noses to a sewage treatment plant to learn more about the poop process.
1x13 - Boots
January 1, 1994
Auntie Mabel and Pippin go shoe shopping for some Wellington boots, and visit a factory that makes them. She also tells a story about Martha the fire fighter who couldn't get her boots off, and sings a song about different kinds of boots.
1x14 - A Woolly Jumper
January 1, 1994
Auntie Mabel is knitting a blue jumper for her sister Eadie when she runs out of wool. She and Pippin try to buy some more but find that the wool shop has run out of the colour.
1x15 - Pencils
January 1, 1997
Auntie Mabel and Pippin fly to Seathwaite Fell in their spotty plane to find out the history of graphite and pencils.
1x16 - Brushes
January 1, 1997
Auntie Mabel remembers the day she and Pippin visited a factory to see how brushes are made from coconut fibres, plastic and wood.
1x17 - Crisps
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel buys a packet of crisps and decides to find out where they come from.
1x18 - Carrots
January 1, 1997
Auntie Mabel and Pippin fly to a carrot farm, finding out how carrots grow from seed. Pippin helps with the harvest, and Mabel sees the carrots washed, sorted and packed.
1x19 - Soap
January 1, 1997
Auntie Mabel looks at different kinds of soap on sale in the supermarket, visiting a factory where bars of soap are made from vegetable oil.
1x20 - Marmalade
January 1, 1997
Aunt Mabel flies to Seville in Spain to watch the orange harvest. Then she visits a factory that makes the oranges into marmalade.
1x21 - Toothpaste
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel brushes her teeth with her favourite toothpaste because today is check-up day at the dentist. Pippin the dog goes to the vet to have her teeth checked too.
1x22 - A Carton of Drink
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel and Pippin go on a picnic and decide to visit a factory where blackcurrants are turned into cartons of juice.
1x23 - Apples
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel and Pippin visit an apple orchard in Kent to help with harvesting and sorting. They ride with the apples to market where they're bought by a shop owner and put on sale. Auntie then tells a tale of The Apple Tree and the Blackbird.
1x24 - Eggs
January 1, 1993
Auntie and Pippin collect some newly laid eggs from the hens. Auntie looks at her scrapbook in which she has pasted pictures of eggs of different sizes and colours. She and Pippin then fly off in their plane to visit an ostrich farm.
1x25 - Dandelions
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel finds some dandelions growing in her garden and tells the story of how they came to be there.
1x26 - Bulbs
January 1, 1993
Pippin the dog helps to plant daffodil bulbs in Lincolnshire, and joins in the Spalding Flower Parade.
1x27 - Water
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel hears water gushing in from the street and decides to save some water for the day just in case it is cut off. Does this mean Pippin the dog will get away without having a bath?
1x28 - Stones
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel and Pippin go in search of stones to build a rockery.
1x29 - Boxes
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel is moving house and there are packing cases and boxes everywhere, inspiring her and Pippin to investigate their various uses. Pippin then decides to hide in the back of the removal van, along with the house keys.
1x30 - Hedgehogs
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel finds a hedgehog in the garden during the day and takes it to the Tiggywinkle animal sanctuary.
1x31 - Snails
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel makes Pippin a kennel since he keeps bringing mud into the house and goes to London Zoo to see some very large snails
1x32 - A Windy Day
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel's new red blouse blows off the washing line and Pippin tracks it down.
1x33 - A Rainy Day
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel and Pippin fly home from a sunny day out to find it pouring with rain. To make matters worse, Auntie falls in a puddle, and has to repair the guttering around her house.
1x34 - Wood
January 1, 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.
1x35 - Paper
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel and Pippin look at where paper comes from and how it is used to make everyday items.
1x36 - Clay
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel's teapot breaks so she tries to buy a new one, but the potter has run out of clay.
1x37 - Rubbish
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel sorts out her rubbish while Pippin picks up litter and puts it in the bin. Auntie Mabel takes some of her refuse to the paper, can and bottle banks, and sees how milk bottles are made from recycled clear glass.
1x38 - Holes in the Ground
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel digs a hole to plant a tree. She and Pippin watch phone cables being laid under the street. They visit Wookey Hole caves and hear an entertaining story.
1x39 - Bread
January 1, 1993
Auntie Mabel and Pippin fly 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.
1x40 - Cleaning
January 1, 1993
It's Pippin's birthday and Auntie Mabel is cleaning the house and washing her kitchen floor ready for a party.
1x41 - Delivering the Post