Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden

- Season 2

(1987)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.

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.

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.

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.

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.