Bing Season 1, Episode 21: Balloon

1

Fireworks

'You can't stop the bangs but you can help them be quiet.' Sula and Amma go round to Bing's house to watch the fireworks. Sula doesn't like the bangs so she is wearing her earmuffs but Bing thinks he is brave enough to watch the fireworks outside in the garden. Suddenly there is a huge bang and a super-loud rocket sends Bing racing back inside and under the kitchen table in shock. Flop makes Bing an unconventional pair of earmuffs of his own so that he can enjoy the fireworks without the bangs.

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2

Bye Bye

'If you break a special thing, you can put it in the Bye Bye Box and it keeps it safe so you don't ever forget.' Bing plays with a new orange balloon but when he bounces on it too enthusiastically, it pops. Bing is sad to lose his new toy, so Flop helps him put the balloon fragments in the Bye Bye Box, a memory box where things too broken to be fixed but too special to throw away are kept.

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3

Swing

'Even if it's your turn, you can't run in front of a swing.' Flop is pushing Bing on the swing in the park when Pando arrives and wants to have a go too. They agree to let each other have turns by counting up to ten, but when Pando has his turn he won't count properly. Bing gets so cross he runs in front of the swing and gets bumped.

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4

Blocks

'I did like my tower but it was more fun making a rainbow tower with Coco!' Bing is busy building a tower as tall as he is with his blocks, and is upset when Coco arrives and hijacks the blocks so that she can make a rainbow pattern with them instead. When even Charlie wants to play with the blocks, it is clear a new game needs to be found so that they can all play together.

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5

Ducks

'If you're very quiet, and statue-still, then the duckies will come.' Bing and Sula go to the park to feed the ducks. Sula is very good at standing quietly and giving the ducks just the right amount of food. Bing throws all his duck food into the water in one go and gets more than he bargained for when a big flappy goose comes to gobble it all up.

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6

Smoothie

'You can mix things up but you can't mix them down again.' It's snack time for Bing but the only banana left is too mushy to eat. Flop suggests making a smoothie with it instead. Disaster strikes when Bing's carrot accidentally gets put into the blender as well and, when it gets shredded, Bing is upset to discover that his carrot has changed and that he can't have it back.

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7

Frog

'In my house I've got a bed and a blankie but that's coz I'm not a frog and they like different things to me.' Bing finds a frog in the garden and wants to keep it, so he and Sula make the frog a 'house' in a bucket. But Froggy doesn't like her new home and hops out. Maybe they've not thought enough about what Froggy really needs in her home.

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8

Car Park

'If a baby can't play your game you have to find a baby game you can all play.' Bing wants to play his car park game with Flop, but Charlie is visiting and keeps messing up the game. Bing wants Charlie to go away so Flop takes Charlie to the kitchen. Bing doesn't enjoy his game on his own and finds out that some games are better played together.

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9

Shadow

'Your shadow stays with you wherever you are, but if the light can not see you then your shadow can't come out to play.' Bing is playing in the garden when he sees his shadow, Flop has one too. Flop and Bing play shadow tag, taking it in turns to be 'It' but just as Bing is about to have a turn a raincloud covers the sun and the shadows disappear. Flop persuades Bing to go inside, out of the rain, but Bing is upset that his shadow is getting wet in the garden. With the aid of a torch Flop shows Bing that shadows never go far from their owners.

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10

Musical Statues

'You can't always win, just because you choose the game.' Bing is at Amma's creche and it is his turn to choose the game, Musical Statues. Flop gets the Bingpad going and soon all the children are dancing like crazy. Sula goes out first, quickly followed by Coco who both watch for wobblers with Amma. In the final round Bing wobbles just at the last moment and Pando wins much to Bing's distress - he chose the game so he thought he should win it. Fortunately Charlie never stopped dancing and his giggly jiggling gets Bing back on his feet.

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11

Voo Voo

'It's okay to do a clumbo, but you have to be careful what you clean up.' Bing drives his toy car around the breakfast things on the table and accidentally spills Krispo's all over the kitchen floor. He helps Flop to clear them up with the aid of the 'voo-voo cleaner' but neither of them notice when Bing's car gets sucked up along with the Krispo's.

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12

Here I Go

'If you're scared of doing something, you can watch someone else do it. And if they like it, you might like it too'. Bing and Pando discover a new climbing frame at the playground. It has climbing bits, tippy bits and even a wobbly bridge. But when Bing gets to the top of the slide it's too scary for him to go down. Bing watches Pando to see how he does it, then he helps Hoppity Voosh to go down. When Hoppity likes it, Bing has a go too.

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13

Growing

'You can't grow down, you can only grow up'. Coco and Charlie are playing at Bing's house when Coco spots the measuring lines on the wall that show how Bing has grown. Flop measures Bing and he's bigger than the last time. When Bing can't reach his paper aeroplane, Coco offers to measure him again to check if he's really grown but they don't quite get the measuring ritual right and the new mark is much lower than before. Bing gets scared that he's growing down and that if he keeps going he'll be as small as Charlie.

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14

Atchoo!

'You've got to keep your snotty bobbles to yourself. And I can play with Sula when I'm better'. As Bing gets ready to go to Sula's house, he feels sneezy and hot so Flop decides that Bing needs to stay at home and keep his germs to himself. Even though Bing is soon tucked up on the sofa with a hot honey and lemon drink, he's very disappointed that he can't play with Sula. But Sula and Amma bring him a carroty bagel to wish him a speedy recovery.

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15

Hide and Seek

'You need to pee-pee before you play, or... stop the game and do it. So you're all dry when you're finded again'. Bing plays hide and seek at the crèche with Sula, Pando and Coco. He didn't go to the toilet with all the others before the game started and now he has to decide whether to give up his hiding place or try and hold on.

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16

Bake

'If you burn your bunny biscuits you can't eat them, but they can be your ginger bunny buddies instead'. Bing and Flop are making ginger bunny biscuits for Charlie and Coco. But when Charlie and Coco arrive Charlie's done a mega poo and in all the fuss cleaning him up nobody hears the chickie timer ring to tell them that the biscuits are cooked.

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17

Train

'If your toy goes CRASH into tiny little pieces then it might go back into something else'. Bing and Pando experiment with Bing's toy train on the Fun Fort in the playground. The train is good at going over bridges and brilliant at going down the slide. But when Bing slides it off the roof of the play house, the train crashes and breaks. Bing is upset until he realises that the pieces fit together to make something completely different.

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18

Say Goodbye

'Even if you turn a good-bye into a bad-bye, you can change it back to a good-bye again'. Bing and Sula are having so much fun playing together they don't want to say goodbye when Amma arrives to pick Sula up. To delay her departure Bing hides Sula's sparkly shoe in the toilet and it gets soaking wet much to Sula's annoyance. It looks as though Sula will have to hop home until Bing finds a way to turn the bad-bye back into a good-bye again.

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19

Lost

'When you lose something, don't worry, you have to focus and remember where you went so you can find it again'. Bing takes his Hoppity Voosh toy to the park to see the ducks and play on the slide. But when he steps in dog poo and heads to Amma's house to get cleaned up he leaves Hoppity behind. Amma helps Bing to focus so that he can remember where he went and retrace his steps to find Hoppity.

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20

Picnic

'All you need for a picnic is a special place to eat... on a blanket!' Bing and Flop are finally ready to leave for their picnic just as it starts to rain. Bing is very disappointed but as they unpack the wheelie bag he realises that they can have their picnic indoors instead.

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21

Balloon

Bing and Sula invent a noisy game with a helium balloon they find stuck in a tree.

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22

Dressing Up

Coco and Bing both need a crown to complete their outfits, but there is only one.

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23

Something for Sula

Bing makes Sula a picture with all her favourite things on it.

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24

Knack

Bing is frustrated when all his own knacks are easy for everyone else to do too.

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25

Hearts

Sula and Bing tag their favourite things around the house with heart-shaped stickies.

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26

Storytime

Bing's favourite book falls in the bath when he joins in with the story too energetically.

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27

Giving

The rabbit buys a present to give to Sula - but wants to keep it for himself instead.

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28

Hula Hoop

Bing tries Coco's hula hoop, but it is harder than it looks and he ends up breaking the hoop.

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29

Big Boots

The friends splash in puddles at the park, and Bing slips over in the mud.

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30

Bubbles

Flop teaches Bing and Pando how to blow bubbles, but frustration and outrage soon follow.

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31

Paddling Pool

Bing and Sula are disappointed that there is no water in the paddling pool, until Bing realises that there are new games they can play.

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32

Blankie

Bing inadvertently pees on his blankie. Fortunately his Hoppity Voosh toy has a cape just as soft and huggy, and it even smells just right too.

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33

Boo

Coco shows Bing how to do really good big boos, and together they make Flop jump. Bing then finds out the power of boo has to be scaled down for babies.

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34

Talkie Taxi

Bing and Sula discover a new toy at Amma's creche - a talking ride-on car. It seems like fun until talkie taxi keeps saying the same thing.

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35

Kite

It's a windy day and Bing wants to fly his Hoppity Voosh kite with Flop. And he wants to do it all by himself.

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36

More

At bathtime Bing just can't help adding a few more squirts of bubble goo until he gets more bubbles than he can handle.

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37

Sparkle Magic

The bunny makes his own magic stone when Sula won't involve him in her game - but disaster strikes.

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38

Tree

Bing and Pando pretend to be diggers while they play together in the sandpit.

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39

Where's Flop

Sula and Amma go to Bing's house for lunch, and Flop needs to go to the shop for supplies. However, Bing soon begins to miss Flop.

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40

Lunchbox

'It's nice to match your friends, but if you don't want your things to get mixed up you can make them a bit different.' Bing has a brand new Hoppity Voosh lunch box, and Pando has the exact same one - match! At first it's fun to match, but things turn sour when Bing and Pando mix their lunch boxes up and end up with the wrong lunch.

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41

Sleepover

'Coco is staying at Bing's house for her first sleepover'. The bunny has Coco over for a sleepover - but ends up getting scared when his friend's rainbow fairy mice perform a magic trick in the dark.

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42

Surprise Machine

'Bing and Sula have a penny each for the surprise machine in Padget's shop'. The bunny is disappointed when he does not get an alien toy from a surprise machine, especially when Sula gets the silver rhino she was hoping for.

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43

Dizzy

'Bing learns that a little dizzy is fun, but too much dizzy is no fun at all'. The bunny wants to get giddy on the roundabout, so Pando pushes him around - but he quickly learns that being too dizzy is no fun at all.

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44

House

'Coco decides that Bing's house made of sofa cushions is perfect for a game of big bad wolf'. Bing builds a house out of the sofa cushions, and Coco decides it's the perfect starting point for a game of big bad wolf with Sula and Charlie. Bing enjoys being wolfie until he's not allowed into the house he built, at which point the game quickly loses its appeal.

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45

Ice Lolly

'Before Bing and Flop can eat their ice lollies, a frog hops into Bing's paddling pool'. Bing and Flop buy ice lolllies on a hot day, but are called into action when a frog hops into the paddling pool and needs rescuing. When the pair return from their mission all that is left of their treats are sticks and goo.

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46

Mural

'Bing and Sula paint a giant mural at Amma's nursery, but Bing's rainbow colours spoil Sula's tree design and she is upset that her hard work has been ruined'.

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47

Hiding

'The bunny gets stuck in Padegt's shop while playing a game of hide and seek with Flop'. Bing and Flop play hide-and-seek on the way to Padget's shop. Bing does not want the game to end and he hides behind the door to the stock room, where Flop really cannot see him. When the door slams, Bing is stuck inside.

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48

Sandcastle

'Bing and Flop build a sandcastle, and Pando joins them in the sandpit with his wind-up digger toy to help'. Bing and Flop are building a sandcastle when Pando joins them in the sandpit with his wind-up digger toy to help. Bing finds a lovely 'poiky thing' in the sand and thinks it will make the perfect decoration for the top of his castle - not realising it belongs to Pando's digger.

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49

Acorns

'Bing, Sula and Flop collect acorns in the park, but one of their piles keeps getting smaller'.

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50

Jingly Shoes

'Bing finds his old baby shoes, however they are much too small for Bing now'. Bing finds his old baby shoes, which are much too small for him. He has a hard time giving them up when they fit Charlie, but changes his mind when the baby takes his first steps.

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51

Looking After Flop

Flop is feeling poorly, so Bing decides to look after him.

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52

Music

It's music time at the creche, and everyone wants a turn on the drum.

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53

Hippity Hoppity Voosh

Bing and Sula throw their toys into the air to see how high they can fly.

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54

Dragon Breath

Bing and Pando play outside in the cold, blowing steamy dragon breath at each other. Flop makes hot chocolate to warm everybody up, while Bing and Pando play outside in the cold.

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55

Come On Charlie

Charlie doesn't want to play Bing's favourite games - they play music together instead. Charlie upsets Bing when he doesn't want to play the games he planned, but the pair soon find that making a noise in the kitchen is lots of fun.

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56

Skateboard

'Bing really wants to go on a skateboard but it's much harder to balance than it looks.' Bing and Flop are in the park when they see Pando playing on a skateboard. Bing is feeling jealous as he watches Pando skate up and down.

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57

Butterfly

'Bing tries to help a butterfly go outside, but he holds it too tightly and squishes it.' Bing is at Amma's crèche when a butterfly flies into the crèche. The butterfly lands on Sula's painting, Bing tries to help the butterfly go back outside.

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58

Chalk Dinosaur

Bing wants to make a big picture, so Flop finds him some chalks to draw on the pavement. Bing draws some stripy, spotty, zig-zag dinosaur but just as Bing finishes, the rain washes the dinosaur away.

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59

Potato

Sula and Bing find a potato in Amma's vegetable patch with a comical `face', and decide to look after it.

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60

Wellies

Bing discovers a hole in his favourite yellow wellies, but he does not want to throw them away. He finds a way to recycle them into flowerpots - with help from Flop.

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61

Ice Cream

Bing and Flop hear the jingle of Gilly's ice cream van and race across the park to find her. Bing accidentally tips his ice cream out of the cone.

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62

Plasters

Bing sees Coco with a plaster on her finger and wants one too. Bing makes one out of sticky tape, but it's too sticky.

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63

Cat

On the way to Padget's shop, Bing and Flop stop to play with Arlo the cat.

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64

Dandelion

After blowing the seeds off some dandelions, Bing decides to take one to Sula. Bing negotiates many windy hazards to keep the dandelion safe.

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65

Voosh!

Bing is vooshing with Hoppity around the garden, making him fly higher and higher. With one particularly enthusiastic throw, Hoppity disappears.

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66

Nature Explorer

Bing and his friends play nature explorers in Amma's garden.

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67

Choosing

The bunny has enough money to buy one thing in Padget's shop but has difficulty choosing between all the lovely things and eventually picks a camper van - but regrets his decision.

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68

Dark

Flop finds Bing's carrot torch, and together they set off into the dark on an adventure.

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69

Stuck

The bunny and Sula clamber around the trees in the park, but Bing climbs too high and discovers he needs some help.

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70

Cake

The friends gather for a tea party, but the bunny accidentally tips one of the cakes off its stand. He is upset that it is ruined, but Amma helps him see things differently.

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71

Not Yours

Bing helps Flop do the shopping at Padget's shop but whilst Flop is paying he finds a strawberry lolly that he can't resist putting in his pocket.

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72

Mine

Bing and Pando are both tired but insist on one last game of Hide and Seek before bed. Pando finds a great hiding place under the covers of Bings bed but by the time Bing finds him he's fast asleep.

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73

Lunch

Bing and Sula help Amma to get lunch ready. Bing watches yummy peas and delicious carrots go into the pot, but when lunch is served they're all mixed up together and Bing doesn't like it.

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74

Woof!

Bing falls in love with a lost dog he and Flop find in the park and decides he wants to keep her. When the owner turns up Bing is very upset when it comes to saying goodbye to his new friend.

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75

Eggy Head

At Amma's creche the children make eggy heads with egg shells and cress seeds. Bing knows his Eggy needs water, light and time before it can grow 'hair' but waiting is hard so he tries to speed up the process.

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76

Toy Party

Bing gets jealous when Sula pays more attention to Pando on a playdate. As he feels more and more left out Bing tries to get Sula's attention and spoils Sula's tea party.

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77

Mobile Phone

Bing is playing the talking lettuce game on Flop's phone when he drops the phone and accidentally breaks it. Too panicked to tell Flop what's he's done Bing puts the phone in the bin.

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78

Show

Bing and his friends put on a show in the park. After Coco's dance, Pando's song and Sula's acrobatics display everyone is excited to see Bing's finale.

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