Season 1 (2008)

Meeting the Green Balloon Club
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June 20, 2008 • 30m

Lily-Rose, Ant, Cat, Jay, Sky and Skipper the dog meet at the foot of the Green Balloon in a clubhouse, made from recycled bottles and boxes.

Animals under the water
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June 27, 2008 • 30m

The kids find out about animals under the water.

Dragonflies
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July 4, 2008 • 30m

The team find out about fruit and dragonflies and travel over the Scottish Highlands to find out what wildlife lives there.

Bugs hunt/ Isles of Scilly
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July 11, 2008 • 30m

The gang are on a bug hunt and Jelly is visiting the Isles of Scilly.

Lily-Rose plants nasturtiums
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July 18, 2008 • 30m

Lily-Rose plants some nastertiums and find out about the night-time creatures with Cat.

The team go to the coast
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July 25, 2008 • 30m

The team go to the coast to find out about the wildlife living there.

Ant's special visitor
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August 1, 2008 • 30m

Ant brings a very special visitor to the club

Heathland
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August 8, 2008 • 30m

The balloon travels over heathland and the children look out for wildlife.

Busy bee boogie
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August 15, 2008 • 30m

The team discover a forest of flowers and the ground crew learn how to do a buzzy bee boogie.

Under the sea
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August 22, 2008 • 30m

The balloon is flying over the coast and the team explore under the sea.

Sweet lavender
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August 29, 2008 • 30m

The team discover how sweet lavender is, what a rat's skull looks like and Nature Chris is being put through an army assault course.

All the senses
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September 5, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team use all their senses to explore the world around them.

Building a nest
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September 12, 2008 • 30m

Jelly sends in her special report as she finds out what it is like to hug a tree. Jay and Ant will be showing us how tricky it is ...Read more

Life on the waterways
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September 19, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team are finding out about life on the waterways and Cat finds out about water voles. Jelly is spotting her very first Jay in Bill's garden.

Mud festival in Wales
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September 26, 2008 • 30m

The balloon is heading to a mud festival in Wales and the green team are having lots of messy fun with compost and clay.

Canal boat
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October 3, 2008 • 30m

Jelly meets up with Green Balloon Club members Louie and Stanley for a trip on a canal boat and look at the wildlife along the banks.

Basil the kitten
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October 10, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team have a special visitor with them in the balloon. Basil the kitten has come to Balloon Club with Cat, and the team l...Read more

Apples
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October 17, 2008 • 30m

Today Jelly is harvesting apples in an orchard while Lily-Rose and Ant are starting a planting experiment to see if they can grow ...Read more

Owls/ the seashore
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October 24, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team find out about owls and Club Members Ellie, Jodie and Erin meet a tawny owl. The Ground Crew check out what wildlif...Read more

Halloween
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October 31, 2008 • 30m

It is Halloween and there are some spooky goings-on in the Green Balloon. Jelly visits Bill to see if her pumpkin has grown big en...Read more

Birds in Autumn
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November 7, 2008 • 30m

As part of the Autumnwatch season Green Balloon Club team are having a good look at Autumn - how the leaves change colour and whet...Read more

Wild about woods
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November 14, 2008 • 30m

This week the Green Team are going wild about woods. Green Balloon Club member Ralf is reporting from a woodland event, finding ou...Read more

Hibernating birds
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November 21, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team are learning about hibernation and Jay is finding out if birds hibernate. Ant looks at hibernating insects and make...Read more

Jumping salmon/ ferret
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November 28, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team marvel at just how athletic some creatures are. Green Balloon Club members from Cardiff show us what brilliant jump...Read more

Mini Christmas trees/ badgers
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December 5, 2008 • 30m

The Green Team are starting to think about Christmas. They have an idea for making mini Christmas trees and Cat finds out about Pi...Read more

Christmas tree/ reindeer
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December 12, 2008 • 30m

Christmas is getting near and Sky has bought a Christmas tree for the Green Balloon. May and Alfie send in a report on choosing th...Read more

The Story of Christmas
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December 19, 2008 • 30m

Christmas is almost here and the Green Team are thinking about presents. They receive a beautiful book, The Story of Christmas, an...Read more

Happy New Year/ fun in the snow
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January 9, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team are all together again and full of wishes for the New Year. Jelly and her friends find out how to recycle your Chri...Read more

Lily-Rose hates winter
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January 16, 2009 • 30m

It is January and Lily-Rose is feeling fed up with the Winter. Her flowers have died and there is no wildlife around to spot. The ...Read more

Birds in winter
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January 23, 2009 • 30m

The Green Balloon Club have a good look at the birds in the winter garden. Cat and Lily-Rose are making comical dancing birds and ...Read more

The Green Balloon Club Pantomime
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January 30, 2009 • 30m

It is panto time in the Green Balloon. Join the Green Team as they tell the story of Lily-Rose Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolves....Read more

Making bread
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February 6, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team learn how bread is made. Jelly files a special report from a flour mill and the team try their hand at making bread...Read more

Blue tits
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February 13, 2009 • 30m

The first signs of Spring are starting to appear and birds are looking for places to build their nests and start a family. Jake is...Read more

Lily-Rose's tooth
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February 20, 2009 • 30m

Lily-Rose has lost her first tooth and she brings it in to show the Green Team. So Ant in turn shows her his collection of animal ...Read more

Weather with Nature Chris
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February 27, 2009 • 30m

The team are joined by Nature Chris and are having a weather day. They discover different ways of making rainbows and have a look ...Read more

Skipper's birthday
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March 6, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team wonder when Skipper's birthday is, because she is a rescue dog and Cat does not know exactly when she was born. The...Read more

Creatures that communicate using vibrations
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March 13, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team are finding out about creatures that communicate using vibrations. Green Balloon Club members Lukasz, Tabitha and X...Read more

Ladybirds and hyacinths in Spring
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March 20, 2009 • 30m

Spring is on the way. Ant has found his first ladybird of the year; it looks as if they are coming out of hibernation. Lily-Rose's...Read more

The lifecycle
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March 27, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team are finding out about the life cycle. Ant has brought in some pupas that he is watching, hoping that they will soon...Read more

Animal tracks
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April 3, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team are going tracking. Every creature makes a different print, but can they recognise them? Green Balloon Club members...Read more

City farm/ baby rabbits
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April 10, 2009 • 30m

Lily-Rose, Ant, Cat, Jay, Sky and Skipper the dog travel Great Britain in a green hot air balloon. The team have some very special...Read more

Dig In
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April 17, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team are joining the BBC's Dig In Campaign - time for some spring vegetable planting. Lily-Rose has a lovely new windowb...Read more

Toy farm/ baby animals/ incubator
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April 24, 2009 • 30m

Cat has brought a great toy farm to Club and the Green Team find out about baby farm animals. Green Balloon Club members Eddie, Jo...Read more

Bluebells/ planting on
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May 1, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team are amazed by just how fast things can grow. Green Balloon Club members Lydia, Thomas, Edward and Kimberley report ...Read more

Stag beetles
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May 8, 2009 • 30m

Ant brings in in his prize model of a stag beetle and the team find out about Britain's biggest insect, sadly under threat. Green ...Read more

Animals that live in dens
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May 15, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team have built a fantastic den inside the Green Balloon and are thinking about animals that live in dens and under the ...Read more

Ocean in a box
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May 22, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team make their own nature worlds, and Cat and Ant make an ocean in a box. Jelly visits friends in the Scilly Isles and ...Read more

Four seasons
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May 29, 2009 • 30m

The Green Team think about the four seasons and try to decide which is best. Could it be spring as it's full of new things? Could ...Read more