1997

S3.E1 ∙ Bob's Boots

Fri, Dec 17, 1999

Bob has some new boots, but they squeak whenever he moves. Luckily, he is given an opportunity to wear them in when Lofty spots some mice.

6.7 /10

S3.E2 ∙ Mucky Muck

Thu, Dec 30, 1999

Muck loves getting mucky, but is afraid of being washed afterwards.

6.9 /10

Bob takes the day off to go bird watching while Wendy looks after a job. The computer breaks down and she's forced to ask Bob to handle the job. Then more and more urgent jobs come up! By now it's too late for bird watching.

6.8 /10

S3.E4 ∙ Magnetic Lofty

Fri, Jan 07, 2000

Mr. Bentley is organising some town improvements: Wendy is to clear the old railway track to make a cycle path, while Bob turns a rubbish dump into a park. Lofty is fitted with a magnet to help shift the rails, and Muck is loaded up with old rails and sleepers to take to the dump. At the site of the dump, Mr. Bentley drops his best pen, which gets covered with turf as Bob lays the lawn. Muck and Lofty - his magnet covered with old scrap iron - arrive on the scene, to be told that they should have gone to the new dump down the road. However, when Mr. Bentley misses his pen, Bob thinks of using Lofty's magnet to find it underneath the turf. With the pen retrieved, Bob adds to the town improvements by turning the old rails and sleepers into a park bench.

6.5 /10

S3.E5 ∙ Roley's Tortoise

Fri, Jan 14, 2000

Roley finds a tortoise on the building site and the team try to find its owner.

6.5 /10

S3.E6 ∙ Special Delivery Spud

Fri, Jan 21, 2000

Bob's saw is so blunt that Mrs. Potts's fence is behind schedule. He decides to order Wendy her own saw as a surprise, but unknown to him, Wendy orders a new one for him too. The next day, Mr. Dixon the Delivery Man rings to say that he has a parcel for Bob but his van has broken down. Spud is feeling helpful and takes a sack of Mr. Dixon's parcels - unfortunately, as he can't read, he delivers them all to the wrong people. When Bob discovers that the sack is missing, he offers to track it down. He finds Spud as he finishes his deliveries, and makes him collect all the parcels to take back to Mr. Dixon. Back at the Yard, Wendy comes over with

6.2 /10

S3.E7 ∙ Pilchard's Breakfast

Fri, Feb 04, 2000

Bob and the crew are so busy that they forget to give Pilchard his breakfast. The hungry cat goes to look for its owner and nearly runs into trouble.

6.8 /10

S3.E8 ∙ Scoop's in Charge

Fri, Feb 11, 2000

Scoop's left in charge of finishing the Mayor's new garage while Bob and Wendy attend a special meal. Scoop gets rather too big for his wheels and ends up running over Mr. Bentley's special gold watch.

6.6 /10

S3.E9 ∙ Scoop Has Some Fun

Wed, Mar 01, 2000

Spud's naughty tricks result in a nasty accident for Lofty, but Bob and the machines get their own back.

6.8 /10

S3.E10 ∙ Spud and Squawk

Thu, Mar 16, 2000

Mr. Bentley asks Bob and crew to build a new out-of-town car park. Meanwhile Spud is scaring crows in Farmer Pickles's field, but cannot shake off one particularly persistent bird who follows him everywhere. He decides to climb aboard Travis's trailer, and get the tractor to drive so fast that the crow will be blown off. Heading towards town, Travis has to swerve to avoid Muck, who is coming the other way towing the line-marking machine. The crow is scared away, but Travis's load of corn spills all over the road, and Farmer Pickles insists that Spud clear it up. Once this job is finished, Wendy asks Farmer Pickles if they can borrow Spud - she has sown some grass borders in the car park and needs a scarecrow to keep the birds off. Unluckily for Spud, his persistent friend returns to keep him company.

6.5 /10

S3.E11 ∙ Muck's Sleep-Over

Thu, Mar 23, 2000

Farmer Pickles agrees to let Muck sleep over with Travis, while Bob undertakes a night job at the tunnel. Muck cannot sleep because the countryside is so much darker than the town. Spud makes some noises to scare Muck, who charges away from the farm with Spud in pursuit. Pilchard, who has accompanied Bob on the night job, hears an owl's hoot and decides to investigate. Worried that she might get lost, Bob goes after her. He bumps into a nervous Muck, who joins in the hunt. Meanwhile Spud is lost in the woods, and hears the owl's cries. He jumps back - right onto Pilchard's tail. Her caterwauling terrifies Spud, who rushes back to Travis's shed. Pilchard dashes straight into Bob's arms, and they all go back to the tunnel to finish the job. Then Bob sets up his arc-lights at the farm, so Muck will have enough light to sleep.

6.8 /10