21x1 - Family Get Together

September 8, 1989

Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey are going to go for a picnic but it's rains so they decide to have their picnic inside. Zippy and George perform a show for Bungle and Geoffrey and sing "Three Blind Mice". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Home is Best'. Bungle sings "London's Burning" and Zippy, George and Geoffrey join in and they all have their picnic.

21x2 - Bungling Bungle

September 15, 1989

Geoffrey decides to decorate with Bungle's help but things don't go to plan when Bungle wallpapers over the door.

21x3 - Rejected/Neglected

September 22, 1989

Zippy is trying to write a song for a talent contest . He refuses help from Bungle George and Geoffrey but finds it's more difficult to do than he realised.

21x4 - Family in the Garden

September 29, 1989

Geoffrey knocks down Zippy and George's skittles over and then falls over into Bungle's paddling pool. He then goes to sit down but sits on Bungle's lemonade and isn't best pleased. Geoffrey decides that everyone should have their own piece of the garden so that he can have his own quiet corner, Zippy can grow things to eat, George can grow flowers and Bungle wants to have animals on his piece of garden. Bungle and Geoffrey measure the garden whilst Zippy and George design a plan. Zippy and George show Geoffrey their plan for the garden, but they've put everyone in the same part of the garden. Auntie comes round and reads everyone a story called 'Thomas The Gardener'. Then everyone has their own piece of garden and Bungle brings a donkey into the garden so children can ride him.

21x5 - Geoffrey Babysits

October 6, 1989

Geoffrey tells Zippy, Bungle and George about Bobby who's moved in next door, but Geoffrey seems to spend most of the time with Bobby leaving Zippy, George and Bungle very unhappy until they find out why. Geoffrey read a story called 'Hot Dog, Shaggy Dog'.

21x6 - Neighbours

October 13, 1989

Zippy, George and Bungle, mistaking a sikh turban for a crown, think a King and Queen have moved in next door.

21x7 - Misbehaving

October 20, 1989

When Zippy, George and Bungle are misbehaving, Geoffrey gets so fed up that he goes out for the day- and gets his extremely strict grumpy Uncle Bill to come and look after the misbehaving trio.

21x8 - Zipman and Bobbin

October 27, 1989

Zippy is building his own Batmobile out of cardboard. Then he and George pretend to be Zip Man and Bobbin the Boy Blunder. Together they stop Geoffrey the Joker from getting rid of the worlds laughter.

21x9 - Zippy Wants to be a Comedian

November 3, 1989

When watching Ernie Wise on the TV, Zippy develops aspirations to be a comedian himself, but no-one will laugh at his jokes. That night he has a dream in which he meets Ernie Wise, thus imbuing him with the talent he needs to become a master comedian.

21x10 - Worried/Weary

November 10, 1989

George is collecting money for the local hospital. Gabrielle makes lots of paper animals to sell at the jumble sale and shows everyone how to make them. The Rainbow gang have a jumble sale in the garden.

21x11 - Our Common Land

November 17, 1989

Geoffrey, Zippy George and Bungle find out that the council want to build houses on the Rainbow woodland.

21x12 - Time/Space

November 24, 1989

Geoffrey has forgotten he had to make a rocket for a children's party, so Gabrielle Bradshaw comes round to help him.

21x13 - Night Out

December 1, 1989

Zippy, George and Bungle camp out in the garden for the night but not everything goes to plan.

21x14 - Borrowing 2

December 8, 1989

Everyone is borrowing things, but they forget to give them back. Zippy's taken George's basket and moved his shells, Bungle's taken Geoffrey's ruler, George has taken Bungle's scissors and Geoffrey's borrowed the paints and forgotten to put them back. Gabrielle shows everyone her game that's she made.

21x15 - Same/Different

December 15, 1989

Zippy's cousin Zippo comes to stay but Zippy gets annoyed when Geoffrey's 'friend' Jenny keeps getting them mixed up.

21x16 - The Toymaker

December 22, 1989

21x18 - George and Germs

January 19, 1990

21x19 - Geoffrey Learns French

January 26, 1990

21x20 - Family Pressure

February 2, 1990

21x21 - Practice Makes Perfect

February 9, 1990

Bungle is learning to play his keyboard, but he never stops playing it which annoys everyone. Geoffrey comes up with an idea to help improve his playing and asks Jessica to gives him some piano lessons.

21x22 - The VIP

February 16, 1990

Someone very special is coming for dinner, a VIP.

21x23 - Wrong Day

February 23, 1990

21x24 - No Accounting for George

March 2, 1990

Zippy wants to buy a new model car and Bungle wants to buy a comic, so George lends them some money, but then he realises he hasn't got as much money in his money box as he thought he had. Geoffrey reads a story called 'The More The Merrier'. Geoffrey gives George some chores to do to earn extra pocket money so he can buy a xylophone.