Bodger is Chef
Episode 1 • Sep 13, 1989
Simon Bodger must win a cookery contest to get the Chef's job at Troff's Nosherama.
Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes.
120 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1989
Rating
6.2/10
5 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 13, 1989
Simon Bodger must win a cookery contest to get the Chef's job at Troff's Nosherama.
Episode 2 • Sep 20, 1989
Badger ends up inside a cake.
Episode 3 • Sep 27, 1989
The Health Inspector pays a visit after reports of badgers roaming around the kitchens.
Episode 4 • Oct 04, 1989
Mr Troff decides the Nosherama needs a new Welcome sign. Mr Troff thinks Mavis is the artist, but in actual fact it is Badger!
Episode 5 • Oct 11, 1989
Mr Troff's Australian auntie comes to visit the café.
Episode 6 • Oct 18, 1989
Adrian Loud Warbler invites Mavis to lunch to discuss a singing job, unfortunately he takes her to the Nosherama!
Episode 1 • Jan 09, 1991
Job-hunting leads Simon to Lesby Avenue junior school. Will he get the job as handyman?
Episode 2 • Jan 11, 1991
Will magic be enough when Miss Moon sees Badger? Class Four come to the rescue.
Episode 3 • Jan 23, 1991
Mrs Trout commissions Bodger (and Badger) to make a cake of the mayor to commemorate his visit to the school.
Episode 4 • Jan 30, 1991
The headmistress wants a school skeleton. But when she plans to cancel a school outing to pay for it, she gets right under Badger's skin.
Episode 5 • Feb 06, 1991
Mr Roberts is called to the school to get rid of the small furry creature (Badger, of course) that has been spotted in the kitchen.
Episode 6 • Feb 13, 1991
The headmistress's birthday cake from the cake shop mysteriously disappears shortly after Badger opens it, so Simon makes a miniature mashed potato statue of the headmistress as a replacement. Then Miss Moon spots this and thinks the fairies have cast a spell on Mrs Trout...
Episode 1 • Oct 01, 1991
Episode 2 • Oct 08, 1991
Mrs Trout writes, directs and stars in the school play. But will everything be alright on the night? Not likely with Bodger and Badger about.
Episode 3 • Oct 15, 1991
Badger decides to enter Mrs Trout's poetry competition.
Episode 4 • Oct 22, 1991
Mr Valentino, the school governor, comes to the school to tell Mrs Trout that Miss Moon is to be awarded a prize for not missing a day's school. Mrs Trout is not happy!
Episode 5 • Oct 29, 1991
Miss Moon gets a thump on the head and a new view of life but all Mrs Trout gets is mash in the mush.
Episode 6 • Nov 05, 1991
As Mrs Trout has been sent back to teacher's school to learn how to read, the new headmistress arrives, and brings along her loathsome nephew who is to be the school handyman. Bodger seems to be out of a job again.
Episode 1 • Sep 13, 1993
Bodger starts a new job as handyman in a large amusement park, where no pets are allowed. But Badger is determined to join Simon, and together the pair meet Holly who hangs about a lot in the park - for free - because her mum works in the kitchens. All seems well until Badger realises that he hasn't seen ANY mashed potato in the park.
Episode 2 • Sep 20, 1993
Mr Beasley tries to catch Badger, who is at the theme park, but is confused as Bodger, Holly and Badger have great fun tricking him.
Episode 3 • Sep 27, 1993
Badger makes friends with some unusual animals, the tapirs.
Episode 4 • Oct 04, 1993
Bodger fixes the elephant's trunk and Badger has trouble with mashed potato.
Episode 5 • Oct 11, 1993
Bodger dresses up as a knight, while Badger tries his paw at flying and Holly rescues him.
Episode 6 • Oct 18, 1993
Mr Beasley is issued with a new uniform, but Bodger manages to ruin most of it with the help of Badger and some mashed potato.
Episode 1 • Jan 09, 1995
Bodger and Badger are living in a new flat. They think they're alone until Badger makes friends with a mouse who lives under the floorboards.
Episode 2 • Jan 16, 1995
Badger doesn't let a little thing like floorboards stop him from getting to Mousey's house. They've got to come up.
Episode 3 • Jan 23, 1995
After their new washing machine blows up, Simon and Badger have to go to the launderette, where Badger manages to cause mayhem as well.
Episode 4 • Jan 25, 1995
When Simon Bodger paints a shop sign back to front, Badger finds a quick solution with an electric saw.
Episode 5 • Feb 06, 1995
Simon Bodger has trouble with burglars, Boss and Courtney, but Badger and the Egyptian statue foil their plans.
Episode 6 • Feb 13, 1995
When the rent money goes missing Simon and Badger are told to move out - nothing can save them, except Mousey!
Episode 1 • Jan 15, 1996
Simon Bodger and Badger come face to face with their new landlady, the fearsome Mrs. Dribelle.
Episode 2 • Jan 22, 1996
Elton sees badgers when he's hit with a frying pan!
Episode 3 • Jan 29, 1996
Badger finds that Simon's cactus very amusing as it has been planted in a potty. Then an unexpected bump on the head sends Badger bonkers.
Episode 4 • Feb 05, 1996
Simon thinks he has won the lottery, Mousey has to give up her new bedside table and lamp, and Simon regrets a phone call to Mrs Dribelle.
Episode 5 • Feb 12, 1996
In an attempt to get Simon Bodger out of her house Mrs Dribelle pretends to have a sick mother who needs his room!
Episode 6 • Feb 19, 1996
Fluffykin's birthday cake is delivered to Bodger and Badger's address. Badger is determined to prove that the cake is not a real cat, and ends up destroying the cake.
Episode 2 • Sep 16, 1996
Someone threatens to kidnap Mrs Dribelle's cat Fluffykins. Bodger agrees to look after the cat while she finds a detective, so Mousey leaves home in protest.
Episode 3 • Sep 23, 1996
Mrs Dribelle has a sneaky new tenant, Alec Smart, who always has plenty of dishonest money-making schemes. When he notices Simon's expensive camera, he tricks the handyman into swapping it for some false stain remover.
Episode 4 • Sep 30, 1996
Mr Smart decides to buy Mrs Dribelle's house using money he got by photocopying £50 notes. Badger tries to cheer Simon up with practical jokes.
Episode 5 • Oct 07, 1996
Mr Smart is up to his tricks again - trying to make money from Badger's 'mash painting'.
Episode 6 • Oct 14, 1996
Mrs Dribelle's garden gnomes are going missing.
Episode 7 • Oct 21, 1996
Will it be wedding bells for Mrs Dribelle and Mr Smart? Not if Badger and Mousey have anything to do with it.
Episode 1 • Dec 15, 1997
Bodger, Badger and Mousey are moving to the seaside to run the Seagull's Rest Hotel. But they get a big surprise when they find out who their new neighbour is.
Episode 2 • Dec 22, 1997
Mr Smart tries to steal Bodger's hotel guests - but Badger and Mousey have other plans and use spots of red paint to get them back.
Episode 3 • Jan 05, 1998
Ms Peake arrives for a nice quiet holiday at the Seagull's Rest.
Episode 4 • Jan 12, 1998
When the trifle starts jumping around the kitchen, Simon and Ms Peake think it has been taken over by aliens - but Badger knows better.
Episode 5 • Jan 19, 1998
Can Badger save Mousey when she sails out to sea in Ms Peake's new hat?
Episode 6 • Jan 26, 1998
Badger leads Ms Peake and Mr Smart on a wild-goose chase as they hunt for buried treasure.
Episode 1 • Dec 14, 1998
Bodger and Badger meet the new tourist information officer, Mrs S. Melly.
Episode 2 • Dec 21, 1998
Mrs Melly leaves The Seagull's Rest (Bodger's B&B) out of the Good Hotel Guide, so Bodger decides to do his own advertising.
Episode 3 • Jan 04, 1999
Simon wins some baking ingredients and enters the Puddleford cake competition.
Episode 5 • Jan 18, 1999
Episode 6 • Jan 25, 1999
Episode 7 • Feb 01, 1999
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