Balamory Season 1, Episode 47: The Tortoise and the Hare

Fish Supper

Miss Hoolie is holding a fish supper for the children's grandparents. Spencer makes some decorations to jazz up the nursery. Miss Hoolie asks Spencer to make a fishing game, which he does, with some help from Archie, but Spencer forgets to order the fish and chips for Miss Hoolie. Without fish and chips, there wouldn't be a fish supper. Spencer goes to Pocket and Sweet's, but they don't have enough fish. Penny says to try the fish and chip trailer at the pier. The trailer doesn't have enough fish either. Suzie and Spencer go off quickly and buy some fresh fish from the fishermen, and the fish are cooked at the trailer. Spencer brings the fish to the nursery to eat. They are delicious!

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The Power Cut

This morning, the electricity goes off and nothing works, not even the TV. Archie decides to invent a TV that doesn't need electricity, but it doesn't have any pictures. So Spencer uses some paintings, then tells a story using socks from his washing basket. It is the Three Billy Goats Gruff, and it is so funny!

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I Spy

Edie always takes the children to the nursery by bus, but today, they are all feeling bored.

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Beach Ball

The school children are looking forward to josie telling them all about different ways to travel but since she has only been on the ferry she does not have any. Does anyone else have the answer.

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The Missing Scarecrow

Sadie notices that the scarecrow is missing from the nursery vegetable patch. It had vanished. Edie asks PC Plum if he could help find the missing scarecrow. PC Plum owned up to breaking the missing scarecrow. He'd mistaken it for a burglar. Edie takes the broken scarecrow to Archie. If anyone could fix it, Archie could. And he does, too, with a little help from all the children.

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Storm in a Nursery

Edie arrives at the nursery looking for a lifejacket and sounding worried about her sailing trip with PC Plum. Miss Hoolie tries to make Edie feel better by saying how Miss Hoolie loves sailing. It works. Edie goes home all excited and daring to go on PC Plum's boat. Unfortunately, a storm means they have to cancel the boat trip. Edie is fed up and PC Plum sends her along to see Josie, who takes Edie on a pretend sea trip. The children and Miss Hoolie go, too. It is a great, fun day on the ocean waves for Edie after all.

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Walking the Dog

Today, Josie Jump is looking after a dog named Ralph. She goes to see Edie McCredie for advice on how to keep the dog amused, but Edie thinks Ralph is a boy. P.C. Plum gives Josie some tips on looking after the dog, and they take it for a walk in the park with some of the nursery children.

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Art Gallery

The children paint pictures to help cure Penny's hiccups.

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Seals

Spencer comes this morning with a bag of coloured paper that he doesn't know what to do with. Miss Hoolie tells him to visit Archie, who has ideas of making party hats and a kite tail. In the end, Archie and Spencer make a book. Suzie thinks the book would make a perfect photo album for the children at the nursery, one they could keep to remind them of their seal trip. Penny gives Spencer some cameras. Spencer and the children dash down to the harbour to catch a boat. What a wonderful day they had. And what a wonderful photo album they made.

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Hair Cut

PC Plum is having trouble keeping his long floppy fringe out of his eyes. He tries out a visor, but his helmet keeps falling off while he's on his bike. Edie suggests some rather undignified solutions, like curlers and a shower cap. P.C. Plum refuses these suggestions, and goes to Archie for advice. Archie realises that P.C. Plum is making excuses, and says that the only solution is to get his hair cut.

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Jungle Story

Miss Hoolie hopes to take the children into the garden, but it is raining. Josie pops in. Miss Hoolie asks her to tell the children a story about animals. She doesn't know much about animals, so she asks PC Plum. Josie has fun pretending to be a beetle, a sheepdog and a pigeon. PC Plum keeps getting phone calls, so Josie visits Edie McCredie. Edie tells Josie about the jungles of Africa, so Josie comes back and tells the children a fantastic jungle story.

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Feeding the Lambs

P.C. Plum arrives at the nursery feeling very sleepy, because he has been up most of the night helping the local farmer feed his lambs. P.C. Plum thinks that the children would like to see the lambs, but if he is going to go with them, he will have to be woken up. Edie takes P.C. Plum to see Josie Jump, to see if she can help.

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The Sandcastle

Spencer wants to build a sandcastle, but has no bucket and spade, what can he use instead?

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Odd Socks

Archie's wearing odd socks, and he can't find the other one. He visits his sister and niece. He helps his young niece, Megan, pair her socks.

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Mending a Puncture

PC Plum is really looking forward to umpiring the cricket match, but he has a flat tyre. Who can help him?

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Newborn Baby

Spencer calls in to tell Miss Hoolie that Tommy Mackenzie's mother has a newborn baby girl. Spencer goes to buy a present from Pocket and Sweet's. He gets caught playing with things on the shelves and ends up buying everything but a present for the new baby. Archie has a great idea. With the children, he makes a beautiful mobile from old coat hangers, string and painted paper plates. Spencer hangs the mobile over Tommy's new baby sister's cot. She seems to love her first present.

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The Lost Voice

Poor PC Plum has a sore throat. Miss Hoolie makes him some honey and lemon tea. Edie's bus is causing a traffic jam, so PC Plum asks her to move it. Because he'd lost his voice, Edie thinks it is a game. PC Plum tries to write things down but is running out of paper. Josie Jump shows him another way to say what he means. PC Plum gets the hang of it, but then Edie moves her bus anyway. So Josie and PC Plum play charades with the children instead.

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Camping

Miss Hoolie and PC Plum are planning to take her friends children on a trip.

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Road Signs

Edie McCredie arrives at the Balamory Nursery complaining about the appearance of strange road signs which have popped up all over Balamory- they have clown faces on them. The clowns have been put there by Archie, but he likes them so much he is oblivious to Edie's pleas for him to take them down. She passes the buck to P.C. Plum. As it happens, P.C. Plum is captivated by the clowns, and helps Archie find a place to display them where they won't cause problems.

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Golf

After Josie Jump teaches Spencer how to play golf, Miss Hoolie, the children and Spencer make a crazy golf course in the cafe.

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The Sandboat

Miss Hoolie asks PC Plum to take the children to the beach to collect shells. PC Plum can't make sense of the tidal timetable so Archie suggests they use a sandboat to show when the tide is coming in.

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The Ferry Boat

It's a play day in Balamory. Archie is looking after a boy called Liam, but Liam is unhappy because he was supposed to spend the day with his cousin Stevie. Stevie has been called way to drive the Balamory ferry. Archie asks Edie for ideas of places to take Liam on a day trip, but she thinks the only solution is to take him on the ferry, so he can see Stevie.

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Ceilidh

Miss Hoolie thinks she could have a ceilidh. Suzie says she'd organize it all by herself. She gets Penny to do the refreshments and Spencer to fix the band. Then Suzie becomes very tired from dancing. She needs help, so Josie leads the dancing. Later on, Suzie recovers enough to teach the children the Balamory Two-Step.

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Suzie's Muddle

Suzie Sweet delivers the wrong things, after Penny moves things on the shop shelves.

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Milking Cows

Archie wants to show the nursery children his latest invention- a milk dispenser. Miss Hoolie says that he should show them where milk comes from in the first place. He knows that Milk comes from cows, so he borrows a model of a cow from Edie McCredie. But he still doesn't know exactly how cows are milked, so he needs to see P.C. Plum.

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Birthday Party

Today PC Plum is trying to organise a birthday party for Callum, his nephew. Callum is unusual because he never plays with toys- he likes to sit in boxes and pretend they are boats, planes etc. P.C. Plum and Archie make a cardboard rocket as a present for Callum.

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Musical Hamper

Penny is organizing a picnic lunch. But she needs the hamper to put everything in. She goes to Archie's castle to fetch it. Archie had made it into a musical hamper. It plays a different tune every time you open the lid. When Penny brings it back, there is no sign of the picnic lunch. She calls in PC Plum to find out where it had gone. Suzie solves the mystery. She remembers that she'd sold PC Plum the food for the picnic. PC Plum returns everything, and the children go on a picnic. They eat, drink and play musical statues to the sound of Archie's amazing musical hamper.

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Painting Plates

Miss Hoolie asks Penny if there's anything in the shop that she could send to her friend in London from Balamory. There is nothing in Pocket and Sweet's shop, but Spencer comes up with the perfect solution.

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Swimming With Spencer

Spencer has been invited to go swimming, the only problem is he can't swim. Who can help?

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Snake

Miss Hoolie asks Edie to tell the children a story about an exotic animal from her travels, so she tells a story about a snake.

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Cleaning Teeth

Spencer comes up with a fantastic routine to make teeth sparkle.

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The Line Dance

Miss Hoolie asks Josie to teach the children how to line dance. The only problem is who can teach Josie?!

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Kite

It's a windy day in Balamory & PC Plum wants to go kite flying. The only problem is that the shop has sold out of kites. What will PC Plum do next?

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Teddy Bears Picnic

Oh, dear! Spencer has lost Philip his teddybear. Will he find him in time for the teddybears picnic?

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Guinea Pig

Archie is looking after a guinea pig called George. He goes to the shop to buy food for him, but when he returns, George is missing, so he needs to call P.C. Plum.

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Sound Sculpture

Miss Hoolie performs her nursery song for children in the nursery. Josie finds a key. Who does it belong to?

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Sports Day

Josie is ill and has asked PC Plum to organise the games for the nursery sports day.

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Sponge Painting

Spencer wants to do some painting in the garden with the children, but it's too cold. Who can help the children keep warm.

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Dressing Up Day

It's dressing up day in Balamory. Miss Hoolie and the children are really looking forward to it. But will PC Plum dress up as a policeman again?

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The lifeboat

Spencer is painting a picture for the lifeboat station, but hasn't enough time to finish it. The children help him; but the painting is too big to go on Spencer's cart!

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Football

Miss Hoolie asks Edie McCredie to hold a football match, but she doesn't know how the rules work.

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The Visit to the Doctor

Today Josie buys a gift for Peter, she also gets a sore foot.

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Dances From Ribbons

Nursery children are to a dance at garden tea party but Edie has used costumes to clean engine, children dance with ribbons.

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Go Cart

Suzie learns to drive a car and plays a driving game with the children.

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Thunder

Penny is afraid of thunder, so she looks to PC Plum and Archie to try to overcome her fear.

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Looking After Baby

Josie has trouble looking after a baby after she accidentally wakes it up.

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Sound Story

Edie thinks the children might like to listen to a story tape while they're in her bus. Miss Hoolie lends her a story book she found, and Edie goes to see Josie Jump to use her tape recorder. Josie helps with the story and does lots of funny actions. When Edie listens to the tape, it doesn't seem as good without the actions. She goes to ask Spencer to add some music, but he does more than that - he adds creaks and boings and many other sounds. It sounds great. Edie comes back to the cafe, and Miss Hoolie helps to make the story tape.

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Aeroplane

Suzie wants to tell the children a story about flying, but she's never flown.

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Dirty Bus

Josie teaches everyone her cleaning song, but they soon run out of things to clean. Can Edie McCreadie help?

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One Man Band

Today Spencer is off to the mainland to take part in a music festival.

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Regatta

It's Regatta day but all the boats look the same. But Spencer has an idea.

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Pony Ride

It's all happening today - spilt paint, missing carrots and a homemade carrot picking machine! What on earth is going on?

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Two by Two

Josie wants to teach the children some animal movements today but she needs some help. Never fear, Edie is at the ready.

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Obstacle Course

Today Suzie wants to get rid of some empty boxes from the shop but doesn't know what to do with them. Josie has an idea.

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Treasure Hunt

Miss Hoolie asks PC Plum to organise a treasure hunt. But he'll need a map & some treasure. Who can help?

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Garden Competition

Spencer makes bunting for a garden competition.

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Underwater World

Edie is taking the children to Underwater World but the bus won't start. Can Spencer help? Spencer decorates the bus to make it look like Underwater World. Then - the bus is fixed - but it's time to go home.

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Pipe Tree

Today Miss Hoolie finds a pile of old pipes in the cupboard. She has no ides what to do with them. Luckily PC Plum & Archie get inspired.

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Halloween

Today: Halloween party at the nursery.

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Getting Up

Today we learn Edie isn't very good at getting up in the morning.

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Noisy Hat

Today in Balmory Archie has made a new invention. It's called a noisy hat, and it makes farm animal noises. Archie and Spencer prepare a farmyard song to sing with the nursery children.

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Basketball

Today Edie is supposed to referee a basketball match, but she doesn't know anything about basketball. Josie tries to teach her the rules, but she finds them too complicated. As it turns out, Penny Pocket plays basketball, and agrees to referee the game in her place.

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Pantomime

A pantomime for the children in Balamory Hall. Miss Hoolie takes the role of Cinderella, with Edie as Prince Charming. Archie and PC Plum put in star turns as the Ugly Sisters, Spencer is Buttons, and Josie is Dandini. Finally, Suzie and Penny put in an appearance as the two Fairy Godmothers.

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