About this season
The adventures of Q Pootle 5 and friends, the small friendly residents of planet Okidoki.
Episodes (52)
1. The Great Space Race
Aired 29 July 2013 • 10 min
It's the day of the great space race, and Oopsy is very excited. But when her spaceship goes wrong, it's down to Q Pootle 5 to rescue her.
2. The Evenfruit Picnic
Aired 30 July 2013 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5 and his friends try to pick the fruit of an evenfruit tree for the shooting star show, it seems the fruit doesn't want to be picked.
3. Groobie Woogie on Planet Dave
Aired 31 July 2013 • 10 min
Planet Dave is disappointed because he can't go to Groobie's musical extravaganza, so Q Pootle 5 brings the show to Planet Dave instead.
4. Pootle's House Guest
Aired 1 August 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 has plenty to deal with, including some unexpected houseguests, when Oopsy offers to redecorate Stella's home.
5. The Picture Puzzle
Aired 2 August 2013 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5 and Oopsy take some photographs, they discover a mysterious person in some of the pictures. Who could this new person be? And where are they hiding?
6. Officer Bud-D
Aired 5 August 2013 • 10 min
When Bud-D spills a drink on himself, his circuits go haywire, causing all sorts of problems. It's up to Q Pootle 5 to find a way of fixing him.
7. Where's Ray?
Aired 6 August 2013 • 10 min
After Q Pootle 5 and Oopsy fail to crack open a delicious astronaut, the large nut mysteriously disappears during the night. As Pootle and Oopsy go off on an astronaut hunt they discover other people's things have gone missing - and Ray! The mystery is solved when they find Ray, in a makeshift nest, attempting to hatch the missing astronaut.
8. Eddi's Hat
Aired 7 August 2013 • 10 min
It's the day of the hat party and Eddi has forgotten all about it. It's up to Q Pootle 5 to find hats for his two-headed friend.
9. Oopsy's New Do
Aired 8 August 2013 • 10 min
10. Sports Day
Aired 9 August 2013 • 10 min
11. Groobie to the Rescue
Aired 12 August 2013 • 10 min
When Groobie has an accident in his spaceship on Planet Dave, he loses his confidence and refuses to fly anymore. The ever-faithful Bud-D takes over the delivery of parcels, but gets in a muddle and everybody ends up with the wrong things. Q Pootle 5 has the idea to stage a rescue (in which Oopsy is 'stranded' in deep space) and only because his spaceship is broken only Groobie can rescue her. Groobie gets his confidence back and everybody else finally gets the right things delivered!
12. Rocket Bird Oopsy
Aired 13 August 2013 • 10 min
Oopsy is given some rocket boots by Q Pootle 5. She has a wonderful time whizzing through the sky, until they break, and Q Pootle 5 comes to her rescue.
13. A Day with Ray
Aired 14 August 2013 • 10 min
While Stella collects some oozy goo for her plants, Q Pootle 5 and Oopsy look after Ray. Unfortunately Ray doesn't like the activities that Pootle and Oopsy have organised.
14. Map Muddle
Aired 15 August 2013 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5 and Oopsy find a map in a bottle they set off on a treasure hunt, but it's not an everyday treasure they discover.
15. Two Places at Once
Aired 16 August 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 gets himself in a muddle when he agrees to help both Eddi build his new telescope and Oopsy bake some cakes, at the same time.
16. Asteroid Alert
Aired 23 September 2013 • 10 min
The alien tries to save the day when Oopsy thinks she's spotted an asteroid heading for Okidoki.
17. Phew! What a Scorcher
Aired 24 September 2013 • 10 min
It is a boiling hot day and nobody knows why.
18. Hitting the High Note
Aired 25 September 2013 • 10 min
When Stella can't play a note on her bagpipes, she finds a much easier way to do it, which also leads to her being rescued by Q Pootle 5.
19. The Biggest Picture Ever
Aired 26 September 2013 • 10 min
When Planet Dave really wants to join in the friends' art day, it's up to Q Pootle 5 to help him draw a picture.
20. Oopsy's Backwards Day
Aired 27 September 2013 • 10 min
When Oopsy decides to do everything backwards, it ends up with Q Pootle 5 rescuing her. Meanwhile, Bud-D is making a movie and Groobie is desperate to star in it.
21. The Flying Display
Aired 30 September 2013 • 10 min
Stella can't concentrate during the flying display because Ray has got a cold. Q Pootle 5 suggests that Bud-D looks after Ray so Stella can take to the air.
22. Oopsy's Megaphone
Aired 1 October 2013 • 10 min
Oopsy's thrilled when she discovers a megaphone - her friends however, are not. But it's very useful when she has to raise the alarm after Ray gets stuck in a tree.
23. Pootle the Explorer
Aired 2 October 2013 • 10 min
When Stella says she has never seen the Okiorchid flower, Q Pootle 5 leads an expedition to space tree forest to see if they can find it.
24. Rocking Not Rolling
Aired 3 October 2013 • 10 min
When Oopsy crashes into a boulder above the shack, Q Pootle 5 has to rescue Groobie's belongings, and Oopsy, who is stuck in the mud close to the wobbly boulder.
25. The Visitor from Space
Aired 4 October 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 and his friends are playing in space tree forest when some strange objects land around them. When they assemble the pieces, they get a wonderful surprise.
26. Groobie's Space Wash
Aired 7 October 2013 • 10 min
When Groobie's new spacewash goes wrong, it's down to Q Pootle 5 to free a very stuck and very wet Eddi.
27. The Singing Valley
Aired 8 October 2013 • 10 min
Oopsy is upset that her friends are too busy to share in her new discovery. Eventually Q Pootle 5 finds Oopsy in the Singing Valley, where something wonderful awaits them.
28. Flower Power
Aired 9 October 2013 • 10 min
Stella gives her friends some seeds to plant. But none of the seeds grow - except Eddi's, which is huge. It's up to Q Pootle 5 to find out why.
29. A Friend for Ray
Aired 10 October 2013 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5 brings his major-bird friend Roy to visit Okidoki for the day, Ray is not impressed. It's up to Q Pootle 5 to help them get along.
30. The Foggy Day
Aired 11 October 2013 • 10 min
A thick fog has enveloped Okidoki. How will the friends go exploring in their spaceships? Q Pootle 5 has an idea - they need some help from Planet Dave.
31. The Eight-Eyed Thingy from Galaxy 7
Aired 18 November 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 is called into action when Groobie sees something lurking in his store cupboard. Is it really an eight-eyed thingy, or just some hungry space mice?
32. Groobie's Mighty Magnet
Aired 19 November 2013 • 10 min
When Groobie attaches a new magnet to his spaceship, he picks up more than just a rocket motor from Q Pootle 5's house.
33. Spaceship Hiccup
Aired 20 November 2013 • 10 min
When Eddi puts some new oil in his spaceship it gives the engines hiccups. It's up Q Pootle 5 and his friends to find a cure.
34. Strange Sounds in the Night
Aired 21 November 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 and his friends have a camp out to discover what has been keeping Bud-D awake at night.
35. Birthday Mix-Up
Aired 22 November 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 thinks it's Bud-D's birthday and Eddi thinks it's Ray's birthday, so they both plan surprises for their friends. But is it actually anybody's birthday?
36. Pootle's New Spaceship
Aired 25 November 2013 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5's spaceship breaks down he decides it's time to get a new one - but his friends have other ideas.
37. The Cosmic Whipple
Aired 26 November 2013 • 10 min
It is the day of the Cosmic Whipple. But, when Oopsy gets stranded it looks like she is going to miss the most wonderful light show in the whole galaxy.
38. Beat Box Bud-D
Aired 27 November 2013 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5 and his friends have a party, Groobie's jukebox breaks down spectacularly. It's up to Bud-D to get the party started with some very special music.
39. Boing! Boing! Boing!
Aired 28 November 2013 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 and Oopsy boing across Okidoki on their pogo sticks, while Stella and Eddi try to track something, with two very small round feet - what could it be?
40. Pootle Phone Home
Aired 29 November 2013 • 10 min
Oopsy is excited by an unexpected telephone call. The novelty of answering calls soon wears off, but Q Pootle 5 and Eddi are in trouble and need Oopsy's help.
41. Maurice
Aired 6 January 2014 • 10 min
When Stella's caterpillar Maurice disappears it's up to Q Pootle 5 and his friends to track him down. When they find him, something wonderful has happened.
42. Planet Dave in a Spin
Aired 7 January 2014 • 10 min
When a big twisty wind blows across Okidoki and into space, Planet Dave is blown the wrong way round. It's up to Planet Dave's friends to turn him around.
43. Bet-E
Aired 8 January 2014 • 10 min
Bud-D is delighted at the unexpected arrival of a new robot on Okidoki, but Q Pootle 5 and his friends aren't so thrilled with Bet-E's super efficiency.
44. Runaway Rocket
Aired 9 January 2014 • 10 min
When Bud-D fits a new turbo booster to Groobie's spaceship, it takes off without a pilot. It's down to Q Pootle 5 to stop the runaway rocket.
45. Groobie's Day Out
Aired 10 January 2014 • 10 min
Groobie takes his friends on a surprise mystery tour, but things don't go quite as planned and the tourists start to grumble that they're not enjoying their outing.
46. Oopsy's Fairytale
Aired 10 February 2014 • 10 min
When Oopsy discovers that the final page of her fairy tale is missing she sets off to find it - entering a fairy tale of her own.
47. It Came from Outer Space
Aired 11 February 2014 • 10 min
When a large black obelisk appears on Pootle's doorstep one morning, everybody has a different idea as to what the mysterious object might be - a blackboard? A slide? A stage?
48. The Bubble Craters
Aired 12 February 2014 • 10 min
Pootle and Oopsy travel to a special crater, which produces enormous bubbles. They have a great time blowing enormous bubbles, until a large bubble envelops Pootle's spaceship and floats off with it.
49. Bud-D Gets a Rocket
Aired 13 February 2014 • 10 min
Bud-D is quite happy pretending his dustbin is a rocket until Pootle arrives and suggests that Bud-D convert his toy rocket into a real one.
50. Waiting for Gordo
Aired 14 February 2014 • 10 min
Planet Dave is expecting the arrival of his friend Comet Gordon, who only passes by every three million years. Everybody is very excited and Pootle and his friends start to prepare a big welcome for their very big visitor.
51. Rocket Remote
Aired 17 February 2014 • 10 min
When Q Pootle 5 shows off his new jet pack, Oopsy and Stella can't wait to try it. Eddi however is not so sure.
52. A Very Special Place
Aired 18 February 2014 • 10 min
Q Pootle 5 takes a rather bored Oopsy to a very special place to look at the wonders of space - and the wonderful things a bit closer to home too.