Bodger and Badger

Sep 13, 1989

Simon Bodger must win a cookery contest to get the Chef's job at Troff's Nosherama.

Sep 20, 1989

Badger ends up inside a cake.

Sep 27, 1989

The Health Inspector pays a visit after reports of badgers roaming around the kitchens.

Oct 4, 1989

Mr Troff decides the Nosherama needs a new Welcome sign. Mr Troff thinks Mavis is the artist, but in actual fact it is Badger!

Oct 11, 1989

Mr Troff's Australian auntie comes to visit the café.

Oct 18, 1989

Adrian Loud Warbler invites Mavis to lunch to discuss a singing job, unfortunately he takes her to the Nosherama!

Oct 25, 1989

Simon is in danger of being replaced as chef at the café when a salesman shows Mr. Troff a new 'Shove-a-Chef'.

Nov 1, 1989

Bodger and Badger are left in charge of the restaurant, but things don't quite go according to plan. Mashed potato mayhem ensues.

Jan 9, 1991

Job-hunting leads Simon to Lesby Avenue junior school. Will he get the job as handyman?

Jan 11, 1991

Will magic be enough when Miss Moon sees Badger? Class Four come to the rescue.

Jan 23, 1991

Mrs Trout commissions Bodger (and Badger) to make a cake of the mayor to commemorate his visit to the school.

Jan 30, 1991

The headmistress wants a school skeleton. But when she plans to cancel a school outing to pay for it, she gets right under Badger's skin.

Feb 6, 1991

Mr Roberts is called to the school to get rid of the small furry creature (Badger, of course) that has been spotted in the kitchen.

Feb 13, 1991

The headmistress's birthday cake from the cake shop mysteriously disappears shortly after Badger opens it, so Simon makes a miniature mashed potato statue of the headmistress as a replacement. Then Miss Moon spots this and thinks the fairies have cast a spell on Mrs Trout...

Feb 20, 1991

Bodger and Badger attempt to repair a wonky window in the headmistress's office, but without much success.

Feb 27, 1991

Class Four are not impressed with Miss Moon's pixie prancing in PE class. But the replacement, Mr. Crusher, is a lot worse.

Mar 6, 1991

Mrs Trout stays behind in school to change into her costume for the Mayor's Fancy Dress Ball - a burglar's outfit. At the same time, a real burglar breaks in to steal the school trophies. Cue lots of confusion for Bodger and Badger...

Mar 13, 1991

Mar 20, 1991

Mavis comes to visit Simon and the school, and everyone is excited to have a pop star on the premises - even Mrs Trout.

Mar 27, 1991

At the end of term, Bodger and Badger look back to some of the adventures they've had at Letsby Avenue.

Oct 1, 1991

Oct 8, 1991

Mrs Trout writes, directs and stars in the school play. But will everything be alright on the night? Not likely with Bodger and Badger about.

Oct 15, 1991

Badger decides to enter Mrs Trout's poetry competition.

Oct 22, 1991

Mr Valentino, the school governor, comes to the school to tell Mrs Trout that Miss Moon is to be awarded a prize for not missing a day's school. Mrs Trout is not happy!

Oct 29, 1991

Miss Moon gets a thump on the head and a new view of life but all Mrs Trout gets is mash in the mush.

Nov 5, 1991

As Mrs Trout has been sent back to teacher's school to learn how to read, the new headmistress arrives, and brings along her loathsome nephew who is to be the school handyman. Bodger seems to be out of a job again.

Nov 12, 1991

Mrs Bogart and Simon set up a communications system for the school.

Nov 19, 1991

Mrs Bogart is determined to make Class 4 sit a difficult test. However with so many interruptions (mostly from Bodger who is trying to have a fire drill), will it ever happen?

Nov 26, 1991

The Head will stop at nothing to get hold of Simon's competition winnings, even posing as her own hard-up identical twin sister!

Dec 3, 1991

Miss Moon has agreed to look after her neighbour's baby for the day.

Dec 10, 1991

Dec 17, 1991

Badger is having a bath because it's time for the class photograph. When the photographer is cancelled, Miss Moon asks Simon to help out.

Sep 13, 1993

Bodger starts a new job as handyman in a large amusement park, where no pets are allowed. But Badger is determined to join Simon, and together the pair meet Holly who hangs about a lot in the park - for free - because her mum works in the kitchens. All seems well until Badger realises that he hasn't seen ANY mashed potato in the park.

Sep 20, 1993

Mr Beasley tries to catch Badger, who is at the theme park, but is confused as Bodger, Holly and Badger have great fun tricking him.

Sep 27, 1993

Badger makes friends with some unusual animals, the tapirs.

Oct 4, 1993

Bodger fixes the elephant's trunk and Badger has trouble with mashed potato.

Oct 11, 1993

Bodger dresses up as a knight, while Badger tries his paw at flying and Holly rescues him.

Oct 18, 1993

Mr Beasley is issued with a new uniform, but Bodger manages to ruin most of it with the help of Badger and some mashed potato.

Oct 25, 1993

Holly wins a watch at Bodger and Badger's unconventional ball tossing stall, but Beasley takes it from her. Badger thinks of a novel way of getting it back...

Nov 1, 1993

Beasley sits on a painted bench and tries to repremand Bodger for not following orders, but instead Head Office let Bodger run the ice cream cart.

Nov 8, 1993

Beasley has finally mastered a plan to catch Badger...

Jan 9, 1995

Bodger and Badger are living in a new flat. They think they're alone until Badger makes friends with a mouse who lives under the floorboards.

Jan 16, 1995

Badger doesn't let a little thing like floorboards stop him from getting to Mousey's house. They've got to come up.

Jan 23, 1995

After their new washing machine blows up, Simon and Badger have to go to the launderette, where Badger manages to cause mayhem as well.

Jan 25, 1995

When Simon Bodger paints a shop sign back to front, Badger finds a quick solution with an electric saw.

Feb 6, 1995

Simon Bodger has trouble with burglars, Boss and Courtney, but Badger and the Egyptian statue foil their plans.

Feb 13, 1995

When the rent money goes missing Simon and Badger are told to move out - nothing can save them, except Mousey!

Feb 20, 1995

Simon's old school friend comes to stay - the greedy Raymond Tompkins - and Badger declares war!

Feb 27, 1995

Simon rations the mashed potato, so Badger invents a twin brother in order to get double his portion.

Mar 6, 1995

When Simon decides to borrow a cat to get rid of the mouse in the house, Badger and Mousey have to find a way of showing him he was imagining things.

Mar 13, 1995

Badger wants to go to the seaside but the weather forecast is bad, so he decides to make his own seaside - in the bathroom!

Mar 20, 1995

Badger and Mousey trick Simon into believing that Martians are under the floorboards.

Mar 27, 1995

Badger makes a huge amount of mashed potato and then has to find places to store it. Then Simon's computer goes wrong after Badger and Mousey have a go on it.

Apr 3, 1995

During a race with Mousey, Badger bangs his head and loses his memory. Mousey helps him to remember by reminding him of all the adventures they have had.

Jan 15, 1996

Simon Bodger and Badger come face to face with their new landlady, the fearsome Mrs. Dribelle.

Jan 22, 1996

Elton sees badgers when he's hit with a frying pan!

Jan 29, 1996

Badger finds that Simon's cactus very amusing as it has been planted in a potty. Then an unexpected bump on the head sends Badger bonkers.

Feb 5, 1996

Simon thinks he has won the lottery, Mousey has to give up her new bedside table and lamp, and Simon regrets a phone call to Mrs Dribelle.

Feb 12, 1996

In an attempt to get Simon Bodger out of her house Mrs Dribelle pretends to have a sick mother who needs his room!

Feb 19, 1996

Fluffykin's birthday cake is delivered to Bodger and Badger's address. Badger is determined to prove that the cake is not a real cat, and ends up destroying the cake.

Feb 26, 1996

When Badger gets stuck in his badger flap, Bodger decides it's high time he went on a mash free diet with a healthy dose of exercise.

Mar 4, 1996

At long last, Simon tries to get Badger a bed of his very own.

Mar 11, 1996

Bodger loses his rent money and as Badger tries to help him someone ends up with mash on their face.

Mar 18, 1996

Simon gets a letter from the library saying that he has an overdue book. Unfortunately Badger lent it to Mousey who converted it into a mattress.

Mar 25, 1996

Mrs Dribelle and Elton have some secret plans, but to put them into action they have to trick Simon into leaving his flat. How will they do this, and will their surprise work?

Mar 27, 1996

Before Badger and Mousey set off on their round-the-world trip, they take a look back at some of the adventures they have had this year.

Sep 16, 1996

Someone threatens to kidnap Mrs Dribelle's cat Fluffykins. Bodger agrees to look after the cat while she finds a detective, so Mousey leaves home in protest.

Sep 23, 1996

Mrs Dribelle has a sneaky new tenant, Alec Smart, who always has plenty of dishonest money-making schemes. When he notices Simon's expensive camera, he tricks the handyman into swapping it for some false stain remover.

Sep 30, 1996

Mr Smart decides to buy Mrs Dribelle's house using money he got by photocopying £50 notes. Badger tries to cheer Simon up with practical jokes.

Oct 7, 1996

Mr Smart is up to his tricks again - trying to make money from Badger's 'mash painting'.

Oct 14, 1996

Mrs Dribelle's garden gnomes are going missing.

Oct 21, 1996

Will it be wedding bells for Mrs Dribelle and Mr Smart? Not if Badger and Mousey have anything to do with it.

Oct 28, 1996

Badger invents World Badger Day - a time when everyone has to be nice to all badgers (and mice).

Nov 11, 1996

Badger gets a new friend when Vicky moves in upstairs and, what's more, she loves mashed potato!

Nov 18, 1996

Badger helps Vicky write a song for the radio, but the words don't come out as expected.

Nov 25, 1996

Vicky goes to the market and gets a drumming job where she has to dress up as a gorilla, so Bodger and Badger go to the market, but the gorilla outfit annoys Mrs Dribelle.

Dec 2, 1996

When Mousey chews through Mrs Dribelle's best dress, there's trouble ahead.

Dec 9, 1996

When Mrs Dribelle turns up unexpectedly, Vicky's drums go into the shower with her!

Jan 1, 1997

Badger and Mousey celebrate Christmas and remember some of their adventures this year.

Jan 6, 1997

Mrs Dribelle moves into the flat upstairs and Simon sticks her wallpaper on with mashed potato by mistake. Then Badger and Mousey pretend to be ghosts to frighten her.

Jan 13, 1997

Mrs Dribelle tries to make Vicky work on her last afternoon, but Vicky has other plans.

Jan 20, 1997

Badger and Mousey get things mixed up, including Mrs Dribelle's beauty cream and some mashed potato.

Jan 27, 1997

Bodger and Mousey try to trap a burglar.

Feb 3, 1997

Simon's shower isn't working but Mrs Dribelle is so wrapped up in her dancing he has to use her shower while she's out.

Feb 10, 1997

Mrs Dribelle stands for election to the town council - but will anyone vote for her?

Feb 17, 1997

After Simon inherits a grandfather clock, Badger and Mousey decide to turn it into a cuckoo clock.

Feb 24, 1997

When Badger can't sleep, Mousey suggests that he count sheep.

Mar 3, 1997

Simon gets a letter telling him the video he sent of himself reading poems is going to be on the programme 'Say Cheese', but he runs into problems trying to watch it on TV.

Mar 10, 1997

Badger has a visit from his Italian friend, a fellow badger who enjoys hurling spaghetti.

Mar 17, 1997

Simon enters a pottery competition, but he doesn't expect Mousey to be in the pot.

Mar 24, 1997

Badger and Mousey travel back in time to relive some of their favourite adventures.

Dec 15, 1997

Bodger, Badger and Mousey are moving to the seaside to run the Seagull's Rest Hotel. But they get a big surprise when they find out who their new neighbour is.

Dec 22, 1997

Mr Smart tries to steal Bodger's hotel guests - but Badger and Mousey have other plans and use spots of red paint to get them back.

Jan 5, 1998

Ms Peake arrives for a nice quiet holiday at the Seagull's Rest.

Jan 12, 1998

When the trifle starts jumping around the kitchen, Simon and Ms Peake think it has been taken over by aliens - but Badger knows better.

Jan 19, 1998

Can Badger save Mousey when she sails out to sea in Ms Peake's new hat?

Jan 26, 1998

Badger leads Ms Peake and Mr Smart on a wild-goose chase as they hunt for buried treasure.

Feb 2, 1998

Simon and Millie persuade Ms Peake to enter the fancy dress competition on the last day of her holiday at the Seagull's Rest.

Feb 9, 1998

Badger and Simon try to compete with Mr Smart's amazing garden decorations.

Feb 16, 1998

Badger has his eye on Mr Smart's potatoes - and when Smartypants cheats Simon out of 20 pounds, Badger puts more than his eye on the potatoes.

Feb 23, 1998

Badger meets China, a lost dog, and invites him to stay.

Mar 2, 1998

The Seagull's Rest is taken over by robots who sound uncannily like Badger and Mousey.

Mar 9, 1998

Who do you think holds the record for making the biggest mess with mashed potato?

Mar 16, 1998

Is Mrs Bobbins's toy bear really a toy bear - or is it Badger in disguise?

Mar 23, 1998

Badger and Mousey cause chaos when they think Mr Tucknott has stolen Mrs Bobbins's money - but he is only trying to help.

Mar 30, 1998

Badger and Mousey form their own fire brigade and rig up fire extinguishers in the hotel.

Dec 14, 1998

Bodger and Badger meet the new tourist information officer, Mrs S. Melly.

Dec 21, 1998

Mrs Melly leaves The Seagull's Rest (Bodger's B&B) out of the Good Hotel Guide, so Bodger decides to do his own advertising.

Jan 4, 1999

Simon wins some baking ingredients and enters the Puddleford cake competition.

Jan 18, 1999

Jan 25, 1999

Feb 1, 1999

Feb 8, 1999

Feb 15, 1999

Mr Gripper falls in love with tourist officer Mrs Melly. Plus Badger and Mousey bottle mashed potato soup, some of which ends up in a sun tan lotion bottle.

Jan 22, 1999

China the dog comes to stay and Simon ends up covered with baked beans and mashed potato.

Mar 1, 1999

Mar 8, 1999

Mar 15, 1999

Mar 22, 1999

Badger, Mousey and China make a time machine to go backwards and forwards in time and Mrs Melly gets covered in mash. All for the commemoration of Queen Elizabeth's visit.

Mar 29, 1999

Badger and Mousey put together a museum with exhibits for all the adventures they've had in the last few months.