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Find sources: "List of Kipper episodes" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | This is a list of episodes from the British animated television series Kipper, which ran from 5 September 1997 to 21 December 2000 in the United Kingdom. ## Contents * 1 Series overview * 2 Episodes * 2.1 Series 1 (1997) * 2.2 Series 2 (1998) * 2.3 Series 3 (1999) * 2.4 Series 4 (1999) * 2.5 Series 5 (2000) * 2.6 Series 6 (2000) * 3 References ## Series overview[edit] Series | Episodes | Originally aired | | First aired | Last aired | 1 | 13 | 5 September 1997 (1997-09-05) | 28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) | 2 | 13 | 24 September 1998 (1998-09-24) | 17 December 1998 (1998-12-17) | 3 | 13 | 21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) | 15 April 1999 (1999-04-15) | 4 | 13 | 23 September 1999 (1999-09-23) | 16 December 1999 (1999-12-16) | 5 | 13 | 20 January 2000 (2000-01-20) | 13 April 2000 (2000-04-13) | 6 | 13 | 28 September 2000 (2000-09-28) | 21 December 2000 (2000-12-21) ## Episodes[edit] ### Series 1 (1997)[edit] # | Title | Character(s) Appearing | Written By | Original airdate (UK) | | | | 1| "The Visitor"| Kipper, Gosling| Mick Inkpen| 5 September 1997 (1997-09-05) Kipper lets a lost gosling stay at his house and they soon become friends. 2| "The Umbrella"| Kipper, Tiger| Bob Baker| 12 September 1997 (1997-09-12) Kipper tries to use an umbrella as a fishing pole and an adventure ensues. 3| "The Seaside"| Tiger| Mick Inkpen| 19 September 1997 (1997-09-19) Kipper and Tiger take a trip to the seaside. 4| "Nothing Ever Happens"| Tiger, Magic Rabbits| Mick Inkpen| 26 September 1997 (1997-09-26) Kipper finds a magic set in the attic on a rainy day and adorable magic ensues. 5| "Pig's Present"| Pig, Tiger, Jake (laughs only), Holly (mentioned), Sammy (mentioned), Roly-Poly the Hamster| Mick Inkpen| 3 October 1997 (1997-10-03) Kipper has the perfect present for his friend Pig, a hamster. But Kipper's attachment to the hamster makes him unwillingly to give up the cute little critter. 6| "The Rainbow Puddle"| Magic Frog| Mick Inkpen| 10 October 1997 (1997-10-10) Kipper tries to help a frog find his way home. 7| "The Butterfly"| Pig, Butterfly, Human Baby| Mick Inkpen| 17 October 1997 (1997-10-17) Kipper learns about blending and mixing colors while trying to catch a butterfly. 8| "The Bleepers"| The Bleepers| Mick Inkpen| 24 October 1997 (1997-10-24) Can Kipper fix an alien spaceship to help the Bleepers return home? 9| "Snowy Day"| Tiger| Mick Inkpen| 31 October 1997 (1997-10-31) Kipper and Tiger enjoy a fun-filled day of playing in the snow. Note: At the end of this episode, Kipper acts as a narrator. 10| "Pig's Cousin"| Pig, Arnold, the Ducks| Mick Inkpen| 7 November 1997 (1997-11-07) Kipper and Pig take Pig's cousin Arnold to the park, but Arnold only wants to feed the ducks. 11| "The Paddling Pool"| Tiger| Mick Inkpen| 14 November 1997 (1997-11-14) On a hot, sunny summer's day, Kipper sets up his paddling pool, or at least he tries to. 12| "Tiger's Torch"| Tiger| Mick Inkpen| 21 November 1997 (1997-11-21) Tiger gets a new torch, so Kipper and Tiger go camping in the woods to use it. They read a scary story, and soon they hear a strange sound and they go and look for it and they see an owl make the sound and they get scared and run back into the tent. Then, Tiger finds a snail's shadow scaring him. Note: This episode is adapted from the storybook, Kipper's Monster. 13| "The Conker Tree"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Kitten| Mick Inkpen| 28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) Kipper, Tiger, Pig and Arnold find a kitten stuck high up in a tree and help it to get down. ### Series 2 (1998)[edit] # | Title | Character(s) Appearing | Written By | Original airdate (UK) | | | | 14| "The Goldfish"| Tiger, Goldfish, Tadpole| Matthew Westwood| 24 September 1998 (1998-09-24) Kipper finds a goldfish and tries to take care of it while Tiger's on holiday. 15| "Sleepless Night"| Tiger| Matthew Westwood| 1 October 1998 (1998-10-01) Kipper has a hard time sleeping due to a brief thunderstorm and a couple of phone calls from Tiger. 16| "The Camping Trip"| Tiger| George Tarry| 8 October 1998 (1998-10-08) Kipper and Tiger go on a camping trip. When it rains, however, the only shelter they soon have is a nearby rabbit hole. 17| "The Igloo"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Matthew Westwood| 15 October 1998 (1998-10-15) Kipper and Tiger build an igloo one cool winter's day, but when Pig and his cousin Arnold arrive, Pig discovers that he is too big to fit in it. Then, it rains with hailstones and the gang have to have fun with umbrellas. Shortly after the rain, however, the igloo collapses in the sunshine, forcing Pig's cousin Arnold to have his own igloo home. 18| "Hiccups"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 22 October 1998 (1998-10-22) Poor Kipper gets the hiccups one warm summer's day while having some quiet time in his inflatable paddling pool and his friends, first Pig, then Jake, and finally Tiger give him various suggestions on how to cure them, like standing upside-down and making music and drinking a glass of water from the wrong side, that is until an unexpected and musical surprise cures the hiccups forever. 19| "The Little Ghost"| Tiger, Little Ghost| Dave Ingham| 29 October 1998 (1998-10-29) A ghost visits Kipper's house, but he's not very scary, so Kipper offers to make him scary, using Tiger. 20| "Space Invaders"| Pig, Arnold, Spaceship| George Tarry| 5 November 1998 (1998-11-05) Kipper finds what seems to be a toy spaceship, but never discovers that it is very real. 21| "The Magnifying Glass"| Pig, Arnold, Butterfly| James Mason| 12 November 1998 (1998-11-12) Kipper looks at things with his magnifying glass and becomes distraught when he loses it. Then a lost Arnold finds a lollipop that happens to not taste very good. 22| "Kipper Is Unwell"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 19 November 1998 (1998-11-19) Everybody thinks that Kipper is feeling sick because he has big red circles on his face from an accident while painting a big red rocket earlier on. 23| "The Nest"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Baby Bird| George Tarry| 26 November 1998 (1998-11-26) Kipper and Tiger help a baby bird to get back up into a tree, and they make their very own nest. 24| "The Magic Lamp"| Tiger, Dragon| George Tarry| 3 December 1998 (1998-12-03) Kipper finds an old bike headlight that grants every wish that he and Tiger make. They find a door behind Tiger's wallpaper, go up a very high staircase and also go on a roller coaster that takes them to a planet where a very scary dragon lives. 25| "The Gizmo"| Tiger, Magic Frog| James Mason| 10 December 1998 (1998-12-10) Kipper and Tiger go to the duck pond to sail Tiger's new boat, but it gets stuck amongst some lily pads. Now, how can a hairdryer help solve the problem? 26| "Kipper's Circus"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| George Tarry| 17 December 1998 (1998-12-17) Kipper and Tiger play circus and can do pretty much everything perceiving to it except doing a handstand. And Pig and Arnold are the exact opposite! ### Series 3 (1999)[edit] # | Title | Character(s) Appearing | Written By | Original airdate (UK) | | | | 27| "The Lost Mug"| Pig, Arnold, Squirrel| James Mason| 21 January 1999 (1999-01-21) Arnold loses his mug in the woods, so he, Kipper and Pig set out to find it. Soon, Arnold meets a squirrel who happily drops acorns on passing people. 28| "The Rescue"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| James Mason| 28 January 1999 (1999-01-28) Arnold finds a pedalboat at the beach and desperately wants a ride. He soon gets his chance when Kipper and Tiger get marooned on a desert island. 29| "The Picnic"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, the Ducks, The Ants| Dave Ingham| 4 February 1999 (1999-02-04) Kipper and Tiger try to have a late summer picnic, but Pig, Arnold, ants, ducks, wasps, and even apples are not letting them settle down in one place. 30| "The Treasure Hunt"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Dave Ingham| 11 February 1999 (1999-02-11) Kipper and Tiger go on a treasure hunt with Tiger's metal detector, but they can find no real treasure besides a screw, a water pipe, and Arnold's toys. 31| "Jake's Bird"| Pig, Jake, Fluff| Dave Ingham| 18 February 1999 (1999-02-18) Pig accidentally causes Jake's bird, Fluff, to go missing. 32| "The Dinosaur"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| James Mason| 25 February 1999 (1999-02-25) Kipper and Tiger are led to believing that there's a dinosaur in the park. 33| "Tiger's Sled"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Dave Ingham| 4 March 1999 (1999-03-04) Tiger gets a new sled, so Kipper and Tiger go for a ride. 34| "The Swimming Pool"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| James Mason| 11 March 1999 (1999-03-11) Kipper, Tiger, Pig and Arnold go to the pool, but Tiger isn't getting in due to his poor swimming ability. 35| "Arnold's Balloon Trip"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| George Tarry| 18 March 1999 (1999-03-18) Arnold is blown away on a balloon to a candy mountain, so Kipper, Tiger and Pig try their best to rescue him. 36| "The Magic Act"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| George Tarry| 25 March 1999 (1999-03-25) Kipper does a magic act and makes everyone, including himself, think that he has made Arnold disappear for good. 37| "Cakes and Tails"| Tiger, Pig| George Tarry| 1 April 1999 (1999-04-01) Kipper and Tiger cannot find Pig when they plan to meet him at the park. They are getting anxious because Pig has a cake with him. They also have been talking about beasts. 38| "The Long Walk"| Tiger| Dave Ingham| 8 April 1999 (1999-04-08) Kipper and Tiger get lost on a nature walk, and Tiger's new coat, that is supposed to help, isn't helping whatsoever. 39| "Christmas Eve"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Mouse| Mick Inkpen| 15 April 1999 (1999-04-15) Kipper gives his friends some presents and picks out the perfect Christmas tree in the woods. ### Series 4 (1999)[edit] # | Title | Character(s) Appearing | Written By | Original airdate (UK) | | | | 40| "The Surprise Party"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 23 September 1999 (1999-09-23) Jake can't believe that all his friends have forgotten his birthday. Luckily Kipper arrives and can't keep a secret. 41| "The Ball"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| James Mason| 30 September 1999 (1999-09-30) Kipper gets a knock at the front door, he finds a ball that is no ordinary ball and seems to have a life of its own. 42| "Pirates"| Tiger, Pig| George Tarry| 7 October 1999 (1999-10-07) Kipper and Tiger play pirates on an island with a spooky surprise. 43| "Tiger's Cold"| Tiger, Arnold, Pig| Dave Ingham| 14 October 1999 (1999-10-14) Kipper visits Tiger who is in bed with a really bad cold. Tiger is a demanding patient and none of the things Kipper has brought to cheer him up seem to work. In the end Kipper calls Pig and Arnold in to give the patient some of his medicine. 44| "Looking After Arnold"| Arnold, Pig| George Tarry| 21 October 1999 (1999-10-21) Kipper is looking after Arnold, who Pig has assured him is very tired and won't be any trouble at all. Kipper makes Arnold a house under the table, reads to him and turns a cardboard box into a railway engine. By the time Pig returns it's Kipper who can't keep his eyes open. 45| "The Mouse"| Mouse| Dave Ingham| 28 October 1999 (1999-10-28) Kipper can't understand where the contents of his cereal packet have gone, or why his toys are littered all over the place when he knows he put them away Then he discovers he's got a little visitor and life may never be the same again. 46| "Clouds"| Arnold, Pig| George Tarry| 4 November 1999 (1999-11-04) Kipper and Pig see kangaroos and helicopters in the cloud shapes. Suddenly Arnold walks up a rainbow and Kipper has to go and find him. Is it all a dream? 47| "Crazy Golf"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Dave Ingham| 11 November 1999 (1999-11-11) Tiger wants to show everyone how good he is at crazy golf. He's a bit upset when Kipper manages to get the ball through the windmill, and he doesn't. 48| "Echo Echo"| Pig, Jake, Henry, Pig's aunt (mentioned)| George Tarry| 18 November 1999 (1999-11-18) Kipper meets a parrot belonging to Pig's aunt. 49| "The Big Freeze"| Tiger| James Mason| 25 November 1999 (1999-11-25) Kipper helps some ducks when their pond freezes over in winter. 50| "Jake's Friend"| Jake, Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Dave Ingham| 2 December 1999 (1999-12-02) Jake has an imaginary friend called Wilbur. 51| "The Fair"| Pig, Arnold| James Mason| 9 December 1999 (1999-12-09) Kipper, Pig and Arnold go to the fair. 52| "Big Owl's Bath"| Tiger| James Mason| 16 December 1999 (1999-12-16) Kipper and Tiger decide to give all their things a bath, but, outside, the windy weather is making everything more and more ruined. ### Series 5 (2000)[edit] # | Title | Character(s) Appearing | Written By | Original airdate (UK) | | | | 53| "Tiger's Joke Box"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 20 January 2000 (2000-01-20) Pig with a blue mouth from eating a blue sweet, Kipper with a black eye from a telescope with an inked eyepiece, Jake itching from itching powder; Tiger has fun with his joke box but the joke is on him when the others decide enough is enough! 54| "Tiger's Rocket"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Baby Goose| Dave Ingham| 27 January 2000 (2000-01-27) Tiger's very excited when his new rocket arrives. He's not so excited when it refuses to take off. With a bit of help from Kipper and Sock Thing, everything works out fine. 55| "The Jumble Sale"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| John Grace| 3 February 2000 (2000-02-03) Pig suggests Kipper takes some of his unwanted things to a jumble sale. He points out that if Kipper gets rid of old stuff, he will have more room for new stuff. Kipper is almost convinced until he realizes his precious comics have to go. 56| "Water Water Everywhere"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Magic Frog| George Tarry| 10 February 2000 (2000-02-10) Kipper and Tiger are having great fun with the hosepipe and paddling pool. Unfortunately Tiger didn't attach the hosepipe to the tap properly and suddenly there's water everywhere. 57| "Pig's Shop"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 17 February 2000 (2000-02-17) Pig sets up a sweet shop with Arnold as his assistant. Kipper says he'd like one of each but Pig wants to be paid. He says he'll take a conker in exchange for a gobstopper. But he's made the same offer to Tiger, and in a game of conkers with Kipper, it turns out Tiger's world beating conker is, in fact, a gobstopper on a string. 58| "Hide and Seek"| Mouse| Dave Ingham| 24 February 2000 (2000-02-24) Kipper plays a game of hide-and-seek with Mouse. 59| "The Costume Party"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 2 March 2000 (2000-03-02) Tiger decides to invite everyone to a fancy dress party. Kipper, Pig and Jake don't know what Tiger's going to be dressed as, but the invitation says no one is to come as a pirate! 60| "Hedgehog Watch"| Tiger, Hedgehog| John Grace| 9 March 2000 (2000-03-09) Tiger is spending the night at Kipper's house. They're on hedgehog watch but every time the hedgehog turns up, they're doing something else and don't see him. Then they find a bite taken out of a donut. Kipper knows he didn't do it. Tiger didn't do it. So who did? 61| "Skates"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| George Tarry| 16 March 2000 (2000-03-16) Tiger and Kipper go to the park to try out Tiger's new roller blades. Tiger crashes and hurts his thumb. He tells Pig he's so badly injured he can't use roller blades anymore and Pig can borrow them. But Pig is quite happy on Kipper's roller skates and does a ballet dance to show them. 62| "Cousins"| Mouse, The Cousins| George Tarry| 23 March 2000 (2000-03-23) Mouse's two cousins come to stay at Kipper's house. At first it seems like a good idea, although Kipper is confused as to which mouse is which. But the cousins are always hungry and they make a lot of noise. Kipper and Mouse would like to see them go, but how do they set about it? 63| "The Flying Machine"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Neil Arksey| 30 March 2000 (2000-03-30) Kipper decides to make something out of old bits and pieces he finds lying around. He thinks he's making a flying machine, but in fact it turns out to be something much more useful for a hot day. 64| "Arnold's Drum"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| James Mason| 6 April 2000 (2000-04-06) Arnold gets a new drum. He plays it non-stop at Kipper's, Tiger's and Pig's picnic, throwing the big day into chaos. 65| "The Key"| Mouse| James Mason| 13 April 2000 (2000-04-13) Kipper finds an old key and remembers it's for a clockwork mouse in his toybox. His friend Mouse is unimpressed, it's not like a real mouse. Kipper decides the two mice should have a race and when the clockwork mouse wins, Mouse has had enough. She decides to hide the key. ### Series 6 (2000)[edit] # | Title | Character(s) Appearing | Written By | Original airdate (UK) | | | | 66| "The Holiday"| Tiger, Seal| Dave Ingham| 28 September 2000 (2000-09-28) At the seaside Tiger just wants to read his book. Kipper keeps interrupting him so Tiger tells him to go for a swim. Kipper plays ball with a sea lion but Tiger doesn't believe him. He finishes his book and Kipper starts reading, now he wants to be left alone. Tiger meets the sea lion too and soon all three of them play happily together, book forgotten. 67| "The Big Race"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| Dave Ingham| 5 October 2000 (2000-10-05) Kipper, Tiger and Pig decide to have a race. The prize is one of Pig's chocolate cakes. Tiger goes on his tricycle and ends up in the duck pond but Kipper keeps running. Arnold gets a lift with Jake on his scooter. Guess who gets the chocolate cake? 68| "Arnold on Wheels"| Arnold, Pig, Tiger| Neil Arksey| 12 October 2000 (2000-10-12) Pig leaves Arnold with Kipper and wobbles off on his bicycle. Kipper lends Arnold his first bike and, with the help of stabilizers, they have a wonderful ride round Big Hill. Pig can't believe it's Arnold hurtling towards him on his return, a better bike rider than Pig will ever be. 69| "Pig's Sweater"| Pig, Arnold, Tiger| Dave Ingham| 19 October 2000 (2000-10-19) Pig is very proud of his new purple woolly sweater and shows it off to Kipper. Arnold spots a big red arrow, and then another, and they follow them into the woods. Pig doesn't notice he has caught his sweater on a branch. The arrows were Tiger's idea and he laughs at them from a tree he's hiding in. Then he realizes they're lost. The unraveled wool from Pig's sweater leads them back home. 70| "Buried Treasure"| Tiger, Jake| George Tarry| 26 October 2000 (2000-10-26) Jake has lost something in the park. It's a surprise so he can't tell Kipper and Tiger what it is. They find a treasure map signed by Bluebeard the pirate and follow the clues. When they all meet up again Kipper and Tiger realize Jake lost the map. The treasure hunt was to be a surprise for Kipper's birthday, but Jake's even got the date wrong! 71| "Clay Time"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Dave Ingham| 2 November 2000 (2000-11-02) Kipper finds Tiger messily trying to make a clay pot on his new potter's wheel. They decide to make some pots together and Tiger tells Kipper how difficult it is. Pig gives Arnold a ride on the potter's wheels thinking it is a car without wheels. They find the pots Tiger and Kipper have been making and think they're chocolate cookies. Tiger has some explaining to do. 72| "The Purple Park Monster"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| George Tarry| 9 November 2000 (2000-11-09) Tiger and Kipper decide to hunt for the purple park monster, but when they lay a trap for it, they get more than they bargained for. 73| "The River Trip"| Tiger, Jake| James Mason| 16 November 2000 (2000-11-16) Kipper and his friends take a trip on the river. 74| "The Robot"| Pig, Arnold, the Ducks| Dave Ingham| 23 November 2000 (2000-11-23) Kipper is waiting for Pig and Arnold at the duck pond when a small friendly robot clanks out of the water. At Kipper's house it tries a piece of bread, a milk shake and some chocolate cookies but when Kipper introduces Hippo, to his horror, the robot eats him too! Happily Kipper and Hippo are reunited at the duck pond. 75| "The Missing Tape Mystery"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold, Jake| George Tarry| 30 November 2000 (2000-11-30) It's Arnold's birthday and he's got some great presents. Pig has given him a cassette player, but the tape is missing. They want to play musical chairs. Who has the tape? Everyone thinks everyone else has it until Tiger asks some searching questions. And the tape is in Tiger's... well, that would be telling, wouldn't it? 76| "Kipper the Hero"| Tiger, Pig, Jake, Arnold, Kitten| Dave Ingham| 7 December 2000 (2000-12-07) Kipper thinks the Wonder Dog books are great and decides to be Kipper the Super Dog. Note: This is the last episode for Jake. 77| "The Magic Carpet"| The Bleepers| James Mason| 14 December 2000 (2000-12-14) A magic carpet, complete with three wishes, turns up in Kipper's house. He wishes himself and Hippo to the moon to meet the Bleepers. The carpet tips Hippo off when they reach the moon and the Bleepers find him and wonder what he is and how he got there. When Kipper turns up the Bleepers wonder how he got there. He tells them about the carpet but they laugh. He gives them a ride right round the moon and at last they believe him. 78| "The Farm"| Tiger, Pig, Arnold| Dave Ingham| 21 December 2000 (2000-12-21) Kipper, Tiger (wearing his proper farmer's boots), Pig and Arnold are off to the farm. Arnold finds a large white egg and makes a nest for it in his buggy. The others tease him, but soon the egg hatches and a duckling appears. It joins its mother duck and six brothers and sisters and soon Kipper with Arnold on his shoulders, Tiger slipping in the mud as he carries the buggy, and finally Pig, join the end of the fluffy procession. ## References[edit]