Series 1 (1974)

Ship in a Bottle
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February 12, 1974 • 15m

Emily Brings home a bottle with some bits of wood in it. Professor Yaffle tells them it is a ship-in-a-bottle. Bagpuss finds thi...Read more

The Owls of Athens
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February 19, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings in a very old, dirty bit of rag, which as ever, Yaffle can see no value in. The mice start to vigorously clean the cl...Read more

The Frog Princess
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February 26, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings a collection of ornamental enamel pieces. For a while these are a cat and a bird, but later they decide that it is a...Read more

The Ballet Shoe
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March 5, 1974 • 15m

One dirty old shoe is left for Bagpuss and his friends to repair, and the mice suggest that it might be suitable for living in, wh...Read more

The Hamish
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March 12, 1974 • 15m

Nobody really knows what the floppy tartan cloth object that Emily has brought is, except Bagpuss. He says it is a small soft Ham...Read more

The Wise Man
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March 19, 1974 • 15m

Bagpuss and his friends learn of a Chinese wise man, his turtle friends and his love of solitude.

The Elephant
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March 26, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings a tatty straw elephant without any ears. Bagpuss and his friends try to solve the mystery of how it lost its ears by singing songs...

The Mouse Mill
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April 2, 1974 • 15m

Emily leaves a box in front of Bagpuss, which has windows and a front door. The mice open it up, revealing the Marvellous Mechanic...Read more

The Giant
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April 9, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings in a model of a giant, and Bagpuss tells the story of how a kindly witch makes an sad giant happy.

Old Man's Beard
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April 16, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings in a plant called Old Man's Beard. The friends try to figure out why it is has this name, and Bagpuss tells the story...Read more

The Fiddle
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April 23, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings in an old bucket with a hole in it, which turns out to be the home of a leprechaun, an old friend of Bagpuss, and his...Read more

Flying
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April 30, 1974 • 15m

Yaffle comes down from his bookend to find a basket, containing items. The mice search it and find a twig broom, which leads Made...Read more

Uncle Feedle
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May 7, 1974 • 15m

Emily brings in a piece of cloth, which Charlie Mouse identifies as a house for a rag doll, leading to a several rag jokes from th...Read more