Seasons & episodes

S2 · E10The Great Golfing Gamble Air date unannounced · 20 min

It doesn’t take Toad long to tire of the game of croquet, and he sets off to play a proper game – like golf!

S2 · E11Gadget Mad Air date unannounced · 20 min

Toad invites his friends around for a big surprise after tea. He has spent the past weeks installing an electrical generator to power his newfound craze.

S2 · E12Mayday Air date unannounced · 20 min

May Day celebrations are in full swing on the riverbank, and Toad, Ratty, Badger and Mole are enjoying all the fun of the fair. Toad fails miserably at "Test Your Strength"- he cannot even lift the mallet- whilst Badger breaks the bell.

S2 · E13Fancy Dress Air date unannounced · 20 min

Invitations are received to a fancy-dress party in Toad Hall, but when everyone arrives, there is no sign of Toad!

S3 · E1Paperchase 1986-12-30 · 20 min

When the field mice, voles and shrews accidently break a stained glass window in Toad Hall, Rat attempts to find something else for them to do,so “The Riverbanker’s Paperchase Championship” is made.

S3 · E2Mercury of the Motorbicycle 1987-01-08 · 20 min

Toad invests in a motorbicycle. The blame is immediately put on Toad when the calm of the countryside is disrupted, and Toad cant convince his motorbicycle has been stolen.

S3 · E3Mr. Toad's Telephone 1987-01-15 · 20 min

The Weasels have sold Toad an electric telephone. With Mole’s help, Toad installs the telephone but learns from Mole that he cannot call Mole, Rat, or badger as they do not have telephones.

S3 · E4Toad, Astronomer 1987-01-22 · 20 min

Toad’s latest craze is Astronomy. So he buys a large, expensive telescope. With great reluctance, his friends help get it up to the roof, and abandon him up there.

S3 · E5Caught in a Maze 1987-01-29 · 20 min

Inspired by a recent visit to Hampton Court, Toad has the maze his father had built many years ago restored to its former glory, and opens it to his friends.

S3 · E6School Days 1987-02-05 · 20 min

Badger discovers that the local school has been temporarily closed. While Badger, Rat and Mole make plans for alternative lessons, Toad decides that he can turn Toad Hall into Toad Hall Academy for the Children of gentlepersons.

S3 · E7Badger's Remedy 1987-02-12 · 20 min

Mole has been stricken with food poisoning! In the basket of remaining mushrooms, Badger is shocked to see a deadly poisonous toadstool. There is an antidote, a fungus, but even though Badger sends out all Mole’s friends, the fungus cannot be found.

S3 · E8Masterchef 1987-02-19 · 20 min

Tea at Ratty’s finds Toad reminiscing about his last visit to London - Toad had called on Mole’s cousin, where Toad discovered ‘Cooking’. Badger, Rat and Mole are invited to Toad Hall for the gastronomical experience of the decade.

S3 · E9Fire at Toad Hall 1987-02-26 · 20 min

When Toad accidently sets fire to the Hall, Mole offers Toad a place to stay. Mole soon regrets this offer as car upon car load of furniture begins to arrive at Mole’s modest home.

S3 · E10Unlikely Allies 1987-03-05 · 20 min

One grey November morning a Stranger Weasel appears with a persuasive power and turns the Henchmen and Weasels against the Chief. The Stranger takes command and the Weasels go on a rampage, as the Stranger plans to take over Toad Hall.

S3 · E11A Producer's Lot 1987-03-12 · 20 min

The Riverbankers Annual Production is The Pirates of Penzance! This is Badger’s silver jubilee, but Toad is worried he does not have the biggest part. Half way through the performance, there is a scene that Badger does not remember rehearsing…

S3 · E12Champion of the Green Baize 1987-03-19 · 20 min

“The Game No Gentlemen’s Residence Should Be Without” - a billiard table is installed in Toad Hall and Toad is challenged to a game with his beloved Rolls Royce at stake!

S3 · E13Winter Haunts 1987-03-26 · 20 min

Unable to reach their homes in the snow, Mole, Rat and Badger spend a night with Toad, and soon they’re telling ghost stories. The appearance of the ghost of Toad Hall, however does not exactly terrify them. Moreover it looks strangely familiar.