Bob the Builder season 1

Bob the Builder season 1
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	CBBC (U.K.) Nickelodeon (U.S.)
Original release	April 12 (1999-04-12) – August 2, 1999 (1999-08-02)
chronology

The first season of the British animated television series Bob the Builder was originally aired on CBBC in the United Kingdom and Nickelodeon in the United States from April 12 to August 2, 1999 and contains 13 episodes.

Episodes

Pilot

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date
0	0	"Bob the Builder"	Chris Allen	15 May 1997 (1997-05-15)
Bob and Digger (Scoop) exercise, when Bob falls off a ladder when trying to remove a bird's nest from the guttering, but is saved by Digger.

Season 1: (1998–1999)

No. overall	No. in season	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Written by	BBC airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom)	Nick Jr. episode order
1	1	"Scoop Saves the Day"	Diane Redmond	12 April 1999 (1999-04-12) 22 January 2001 (2001-01-22)	101A
However, dangerous thunderstorms cause havoc in Bobsville: roads are blocked, trees and telegraph lines are down, pipes are broken, and fences are destroyed. Robert II "Bob" and his team of machines repair the damage that the storm left behind. Along the way, Pilchard, Bob's pet cat gets stuck in a broken tree hanging over the middle of a duck pond. Then Scoop rescues Pilchard, while Muck, and Lofty clear the branches, and Dizzy uses her mixer drum to rescue ducklings.
2	2	"Travis Paints the Town"	Chris Trengove	19 April 1999 (1999-04-19) 25 January 2001 (2001-01-25)	107A
Bob is called away from a job, leaving Roley and Travis alone with Roley's line marking machine. This gives a jealous Spud the chance to sabotage Travis, since Travis has never gotten into trouble before. Spud hooks up the road marking machine to Travis, then lies to him saying that Farmer Pickles needs him down at the pond. Roley, Farmer Pickles, Bob and Muck are soon in pursuit of Travis as he paints white lines all over the road. Spud, who pranked Travis, as a punishment is forced to clean the road with soap.
3	3	"Bob Saves the Hedgehogs Bob Saves the Porcupines"	Chris Trengove	26 April 1999 (1999-04-26) 16 January 2001 (2001-01-16)	103A
Bob and his gang help a family of hedgehogs (porcupines in the US) to get across a busy road. Lofty gets terrified of them and mistakes them for mice, but later is calm when he transports them back to their burrow that Bob and the team have been constructing.
4	4	"Pilchard in a Pickle"	Chris Trengove	10 May 1999 (1999-05-10) 22 January 2001 (2001-01-22)	101B
Bob's cat Pilchard goes missing. Wendy tries to find Pilchard unaware that she is napping in one of the pipes Travis is transporting for Bob and the team to lay.
5	5	"Muck Gets Stuck"	Chris Trengove	17 May 1999 (1999-05-17) 23 January 2001 (2001-01-23)	102A
Muck gets stuck in the dark tunnel, so Bob and the others struggle to get him (her in the US) out. Muck is afraid of the dark as well.
6	6	"Wendy's Busy Day"	Diane Redmond	24 May 1999 (1999-05-24) 23 January 2001 (2001-01-23)	102B
Bob has caught a cold so Wendy steps in and takes over. She then takes Muck, Roley and Dizzy to finish the road but when Dizzy gets stuck in the cement whilst playing football (soccer in the US), Lofty is brought in to rescue her. Meanwhile back at home, Muck starts to catch a cold.
7	7	"Bob's Bugle"	Jimmy Hibbert	7 June 1999 (1999-06-07) 15 January 2001 (2001-01-15)	106B
Bob makes himself a bugle out of some left-over bits of piping. None of the machines have the heart to tell him how awful it sounds, except Roley, who actually likes the way it sounds and has no complaints, so they try hiding it, but after an accident Bob drops his bugle and Roley runs over it.
8	8	"Buffalo Bob"	Chris Trengrove	14 June 1999 (1999-06-14) 15 January 2001 (2001-01-15) (Nick Jr.) 13 January 2001 (2001-01-13) (Nickelodeon; reruns)	106A―118B
Bob takes part of in a line-dancing competition. When his dancing partner, Mavis, calls and tells him she has sprained her ankle at the gym and cannot compete, Wendy offers to take her place as Bob's partner. The machines also take part in their own line-dancing.
9	9	"Travis and Scoop's Race Day"	Ross Hastings	5 July 1999 (1999-07-05) 25 January 2001 (2001-01-25)	107B
Spud challenges Scoop and Travis to a race to see which of them works harder than the other. Scoop wins the race, even though he gets tricked by Spud who keeps throwing obstacles at him to make Travis win instead.
10	10	"Bob's Birthday"	Diane Redmond	12 July 1999 (1999-07-12) 19 January 2001 (2001-01-19)	104A
The gang prepares a special surprise for Bob's Birthday. Muck, Roley and Dizzy make a "Concrete Cake" out of an old tyre (tire in the US) for Bob to commemorate ten jobs, while Bob, Scoop and Lofty are at Farmer Pickles' farm.
11	11	"Naughty Spud"	Jimmy Hibbert	19 July 1999 (1999-07-19) 5 June 2001 (2001-06-05)	116B
Spud steals Bob's ladder to reach apples from an apple tree, unaware that Bob is now stuck on the roof of Travis' shed. Muck then breaks the spare ladder trying to take it to Bob.
12	12	"Scary Spud"	Sarah Ball	26 July 1999 (1999-07-26) 16 January 2001 (2001-01-16)	103B
Spud is worried that he may no longer be scary, and to make matters worse, after he attempts to do karate, he breaks his nose off. Muck, Dizzy and Travis investigate along with Spud to help him get his nose back.
13	13	"Bob's Barnraising"	Diane Redmond	2 August 1999 (1999-08-02) 5 June 2001 (2001-06-05)	116A
The team needs to finish constructing Farmer Pickles' barn and get the bales into it before the rain hits. Travis and Muck haul the harvest into the shed, while Scoop and Lofty hold the walls in the barn.