Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden

All Episodes 1985 - 1989

  • Ended
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  • 1985-05-01T15:00:00Z
  • 10m
  • 4h 56m (27 episodes)
  • Tony Robinson + 1 more, Deborah Gates
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Family
Tony Robinson, who co-wrote this series with Debbie Gates, narrates the tales of Fat Tulip and his friends, featuring odd encounters with the likes of Fred the Baddy, a dog called Dorian, the Ugliest Possible Face, a mountaineering tortoise called Lewis Collins… and even the odd passing human.

29 episodes

1987-12-25T16:00:00Z

Special 1 Fat Christmas

Special 1 Fat Christmas

  • 1987-12-25T16:00:00Z10m

Thin Tim won't allow any visitors for Christmas except his Auntie Mabel. Peter, Paul and Mary toad invite the other animals to a party so they can nick all their grub.

Series Premiere

1985-05-01T15:00:00Z

1x01 Tale of Two Frogs

Series Premiere

1x01 Tale of Two Frogs

  • 1985-05-01T15:00:00Z11m

Two frogs, Ernie & Sylv go looking for a new place to live after their pond dries up. They end up exploring Fat Tulip's garden and kitchen, where Ern takes an interest in the washing machine.

1985-05-08T15:00:00Z

1x02 A Load of Old Rubbish

1x02 A Load of Old Rubbish

  • 1985-05-08T15:00:00Z11m

Thin Tim has come to stay with Fat Tulip, forcing him to clean up the airing cupboard and the rest of his house. Then Inspector Challenor arrives to shed light on a missing key.

1985-05-15T15:00:00Z

1x03 Meet a Dog Called Dorian

1x03 Meet a Dog Called Dorian

  • 1985-05-15T15:00:00Z11m

Thin Tim wants to do odd jobs around the house, but Fat Tulip would rather play Frisbee. When it lands right in the apple tree, local policeman Inspector Challenor and his new dimwitted dog Dorian arrive to help.

1985-05-22T15:00:00Z

1x04 Swimming in Custard

1x04 Swimming in Custard

  • 1985-05-22T15:00:00Z11m

Fat Tulip is throwing a party, but has eaten all the food on the way back from doing the shopping. When everything else goes wrong and Fat Tulip is just about to give up, a bunch of mince decide to help him out.

1989-05-29T15:00:00Z

1x05 Rip Up the Roses

1x05 Rip Up the Roses

  • 1989-05-29T15:00:00Z11m

Nasty toads Peter Paul & Mary have totally messed up Fat Tulip's Garden. Nice frogs Ernie and Sylv mean to find the culprits of this dirty deed, even though they expect they might be terrible stinky monsters.

1985-06-05T15:00:00Z

1x06 Fred the Baddy

1x06 Fred the Baddy

  • 1985-06-05T15:00:00Z11m

Fat Tulip gets a kipper in the mail, meaning Fred the Baddie is coming to stay. So he decides the best thing to do is to pretend not to be home. But a note on the door does not stop Fred the Baddie, who can't read.

1x07 The Tortoise Who Climbed Mountains

  • 1985-06-12T15:00:00Z11m

Ernie and Sylv meet Lewis Collins, a tortoise who imagines himself to be very heroic, fast and strong. He first plans to jump over Fat Tulips house, but decides that would be too easy. He proceeds to dig a tunnel under it instead.

1985-06-19T15:00:00Z

1x08 Bees Know Best

1x08 Bees Know Best

  • 1985-06-19T15:00:00Z11m

One thousand two hundred and seventeen bees are looking for a new place to stay. Ernie & Sylv invite them to join them in Fat Tulip's Garden, but Fat Tulip and Thin Tim take objection.

1985-06-26T15:00:00Z

1x09 No Hiding Place

1x09 No Hiding Place

  • 1985-06-26T15:00:00Z11m

Ernie & Sylv are playing hide and seek. But when Ern hides in a bucket, he ends up down the well in Fat Tulip's garden. Soon all the other insects and animals think there's a monster (possibly several of them) down there.

1985-07-03T15:00:00Z

1x10 Fistful of Bluebottles

1x10 Fistful of Bluebottles

  • 1985-07-03T15:00:00Z11m

Ernie & Sylv and all the other young creatures are off to training camp in the woods. But one of the teachers, Mary toad, is helping her kin Peter and Paul cheat at all the tasks.

1985-07-10T15:00:00Z

1x11 Mice with Measles

1x11 Mice with Measles

  • 1985-07-10T15:00:00Z11m

All the mice in their hole that connects to Fat Tulip's kitchen are ill and Ernie and Sylv are looking after them. Fat Tulip isn't feeling very well either and asks Thin Tim to bake him a cake.

1985-07-17T15:00:00Z

1x12 The Ugliest Possible Face

1x12 The Ugliest Possible Face

  • 1985-07-17T15:00:00Z11m

A lot of different animals are practicing for the Uglies Possible Face competition. Ernie and Sylv try to cheer up Mary toad by having her compete as well.

1985-07-24T15:00:00Z

1x13 Seven Washing Machines

1x13 Seven Washing Machines

  • 1985-07-24T15:00:00Z11m

Fat Tulip's washing machine is broken and his door number is missing. The morning after he hangs up an orange peel shaped like a six to serve as a door number, seven washing machine salesman visit him, bringing along seven washing machines to demonstrate.

Season Finale

1985-07-31T15:00:00Z

1x14 Never Eat a Tortoise

Season Finale

1x14 Never Eat a Tortoise

  • 1985-07-31T15:00:00Z11m

Thin Tim insists that Fat Tulip loses some weight and forces him to exercise in the garden and go on a diet. But Fat Tulip fills the shed with cakes and sweets for midnight snacks. Ernie and Sylvie want to investigate, but Lewis Collins the tortoise insists that he goes in first, disguised as a fruitcake.

Season Premiere

1987-06-04T15:00:00Z

2x01 A Blackberry Fool

Season Premiere

2x01 A Blackberry Fool

  • 1987-06-04T15:00:00Z10m

Thin Tim has collected a pyramid of blackberries to make jam and orders Fat Tulip not to touch them. But when Fred the Baddy arrives and squashes all the blackberries, he and Fat Tulip have to go out to pick some more.

1987-06-11T15:00:00Z

2x02 Smelly Socks

2x02 Smelly Socks

  • 1987-06-11T15:00:00Z11m

Fat Tulip loves the new pair of glow in the dark socks that he got from Inspector Challoner so much, that he refuses to take them off, even when Thin Tim begs him to do so because of the smell.

1987-06-18T15:00:00Z

2x03 The Long March

2x03 The Long March

  • 1987-06-18T15:00:00Z11m

Ernie and Sylv were going mole riding to practice for the mole jumping competition. But Mary Toad had taken over the stables and replaced all the moles with hedgehogs. Meanwhile, Thin Tim leads Fat Tulip on a long march camping trip.

1987-06-25T15:00:00Z

2x04 A Fizzy Tadpole

2x04 A Fizzy Tadpole

  • 1987-06-25T15:00:00Z11m

Sylv and Ernie are looking after their baby cousin Bunting the tadpole. But Peter, Paul and Mary drink all of Bunting's water out of her pram. Fat Tulip isn't allowed to turn on his garden hose by order of Inspector Challoner.

1987-07-02T15:00:00Z

2x05 Lumpy Cat Flap Jack

2x05 Lumpy Cat Flap Jack

  • 1987-07-02T15:00:00Z11m

The mice are forced to break off their Summer Fair in the cellar when a lumpy cat arrives. Fat Tulip also wants to use the cellar to take a nap because Thin Tim is decorating his bedroom.

1987-07-09T15:00:00Z

2x06 The Hairy Strawberry

2x06 The Hairy Strawberry

  • 1987-07-09T15:00:00Z11m

Ernie and Sylvie Frog are trying to teach Leon the Spider how to spin a web. Inspector Challoner is staking out in Fat Tulip's house, waiting to catch Fred the Bady.

Peter, Paul and Mary want the other animals to get them all the parts to build a go-cart. They promise to bake a cake for Bunting the Tadpole's one week birthday so they can steal the wheels off of Bunting's pram.

2x08 Gravy in the Swimming Pool

  • 1987-07-23T15:00:00Z11m

Fat Tulip has decided to learn how to swim. Unfortunately for him, that day 27 prisoners led by Fred the Baddy have broken out of their cells to visit the local swimming pool as well.

1987-07-30T15:00:00Z

2x09 The Suitcase That Spoke

2x09 The Suitcase That Spoke

  • 1987-07-30T15:00:00Z11m

On the first day of their a seaside holiday, Inspector Challoner and Fat Tulip get themselves stuck in the mud. To the rescue come Dorian the Dog and Fred the Baddie, who stowed away in a yellow suitcase.

2x10 An Extremely Long Bootlace

  • 1987-08-06T15:00:00Z11m

Fred the Baddie hides Inspector Challoner's uniform somewhere around the beach. The Inspector and Fat Tulip enter a fishing competition to win a money prize. Fat Tulip doesn't have a fishing rod, but uses the world's longest worm, whom he calls 'Bootlace'.

1987-08-13T15:00:00Z

2x11 Big Trouble

2x11 Big Trouble

  • 1987-08-13T15:00:00Z11m

During their seaside holiday, Fat Tulip and Inspector Challenor find themselves looking after Dunwoody's key to the pier. But when the little white shell Fat Tulip put it in disappears, they could both end up in big trouble.

1987-08-20T15:00:00Z

2x12 Rotten Milk

2x12 Rotten Milk

  • 1987-08-20T15:00:00Z11m

Fred the Baddie has escaped again and is heading for Fat Tulip as usual. Along the way he steals Dunwoody's Milk Float during a traffic jam. But Thin Tim and Fat Tulip have set up a Fred the Baddie trap for his arrival.

2x13 The Blanket from Outer Space

  • 1987-08-27T15:00:00Z11m

Lewis Collins the Tortoise is training himself to defend the garden from Aliens from Outer Space. Inspector Challoner has lost his favourite yellow blanket, on which he had written, amongst other important things, a list of people to invite to the Policeman's Ball.

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