Episode list

Pippin gets scared by a couple of geese who have taken residence in Auntie Mabel's garden pond.

Auntie Mabel and Pippin have been out for a walk and they got caught in the rain. Auntie Mabel's Wellington boots have holes in them and her feet are wet. They fly in Spotty Plane to the shoe shop in the High Street but Auntie Mabel is dismayed to find they have sold out of boots in her size. So they fly on to The Gates Rubber Company, a factory where they watch Wellington boots being made. There Auntie Mabel shows us how the rubber is pressed flat, a lining is glued on, the rubber is formed into the shape of a boot, and soles and heels are added. Auntie Mabel buys a new pair. She tells the story of Martha the firefighter who couldn't get her boots off until everyone came to help.

Auntie Mabel takes Pippin out to learn about spiders so that he won't be frightened by them anymore.

Auntie Mabel has to return some books to the library before it shuts. She and Pippin climb into Spotty Plane but it won't start and so they have to go on the bus. Auntie Mabel is in such a hurry that she leaves Pippin asleep on the bus by mistake. Pippin ends up at the bus depot where she helps the bus driver look for lost property and sees a bus being washed and filled with fuel. Auntie Mabel discovers her plane wouldn't start because its tank was empty, and Pippin gets a special ride home on the bus.

Auntie Mabel and Pippin follow some apples' journey from being picked to being sold in a shop.

It is Pippin's birthday. Auntie Mabel is cleaning the house and washing her kitchen floor ready for a party. She takes her laundry to the launderette where Pippin helps with the washing while Auntie Mabel takes her best dress to be dry cleaned. Pippin's friends and relations arrive for the party and sing 'Happy Birthday'. Auntie Mabel is about to serve a big trifle when Pippin chases her friend Danny round the kitchen, trips up Auntie Mabel and the trifle goes all over the clean floor and her best dress.

Auntie Mabel and Pippin are buying some tricks for a children's party, including a fake poo made of plastic. When they get home, Auntie Mabel notices Pippin has made a poo on the path outside her front door. She cleans it up and puts it down the lavatory. She decides to follow Pippin's poo, to find out where the dirty water goes and explores an underground sewer. Auntie Mabel and Pippin fly in Spotty Plane to visit a sewage treatment plant. They see how water is cleaned and returned to the river and how solid waste can be treated and used as fertilizer to be spread on fields. Back home again, Pippin tricks Auntie Mabel into thinking the fake poo is real.

Auntie Mabel is knitting a blue jumper for her sister Edie when she runs out of wool. She and Pippin go to the shop to buy some more, but they have sold out of blue wool. Auntie Mabel decides to begin at the beginning. She and Pippin set off in Spotty Plane to find some sheep. They watch the sheep being shorn and find out how the wool is carded and spun into a long thread. They visit a factory where the wool is dyed and at last Auntie Mabel finds the blue wool she needs to finish the jumper.

Auntie Mabel visits a factory to see how crisps are made.

A mouse lives in a hole in Auntie Mabel's kitchen wall. She and Pippin fly in Spotty Plane to a wood to look for holes that are home to different animals. They find holes in tree trunks and in the ground which might be occupied by squirrels, woodpeckers and badgers. Auntie Mabel remembers the day when a hole in the back door saved her life. She had installed a dog flap for Pippin. One day she became trapped in her larder and her chip pan caught fire. Pippin got out through the dog flap and ran to fetch the fire brigade. The firemen arrived just in time to put out the fire and save Auntie Mabel.

Auntie Mabel and Pippin have been to stay with their friend Dora. But Pippin is frightened by Dora's big dog and she leaves her little suitcase behind. When they get home, Auntie Mabel writes a letter to Dora. They take it to the Post Office and buy a stamp. Auntie Mabel decides to travel with the letter to see what happens to it. They watch letters being sorted, ride in a post van and on the night train. After a long journey they end up, with the letter, back at Dora's. Pippin stands up to the big dog and retrieves her suitcase.