Expressing feelings

Bye Bye

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Bing, a young rabbit, finds and plays with a new balloon that Flop blows up for him. After Bing bounces on it the balloon pops, and Bing struggles with not being able to get it back. Flop introduces the 'bye bye box', a keepsake box where Bing already stores broken-but-special things, and together they place the popped balloon inside and draw a picture of it. The episode ends with Bing summarising the bye bye box idea and a short closing song.

Fireworks

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Bing is excited to watch fireworks from his garden with Flop, while friends Pando, Coco and Charlie play nearby. Sula arrives wearing earmuffs because she does not like the bangs, and Bing insists he is brave enough to go outside. When a huge rocket bangs overhead Bing races back in and hides under the kitchen table, upset by the noise. Flop adapts a pair of oven mitts into 'ear gloves' so Bing can step back to the window and enjoy the rest of the fireworks safely, and Bing recaps the lesson to the viewer at the end.

Here I Go

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Bing, a young rabbit, and his friend Pando find a new climbing frame at the park with steps, a tippy tunnel, a rope ladder and a wobbly bridge. At the top, Bing is scared of the very high slide and tells his carer Flop he does not like it. With Flop's patience, and after watching Pando and the toy Hoppity Voosh go down first, Bing slides down himself and enjoys it. He ends by recapping that when you are scared, you can watch someone else try first.

Shoe Shopping

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A young boy named Eddie is told he needs new trainers because his old ones are worn out and his feet have grown. A warm off-screen narrator walks him through the whole trip to the shoe shop, from waiting in a short queue and having his feet measured to choosing, trying on, and paying for a pair. Along the way small hurdles come up, like disliking having his feet touched and the shark shoes being out of stock, and each is talked through calmly. The episode ends with Eddie deciding on the dinosaur shoes and feeling ready to go.

Shadow

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Bing, a young rabbit, discovers his shadow while playing in the garden and plays a game of shadow tag with his carer Flop, taking turns as the 'shadow monster'. When a big rain cloud covers the sun, the shadows vanish and the two head indoors, but Bing is upset that his shadow is left out in the wet. Flop explains that a shadow stays close to you and only appears when light reaches you, then uses a torch to bring Bing's shadow back inside. The episode closes with Bing recapping the game and the idea that shadows need light.

The Scents of Spring

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Little Nutbrown Hare wakes on the first morning of spring and notices a special new smell in the meadow. He sets out with Little Field Mouse to find its source, smelling hyacinths, bluebells and orange blossom, and exploring the woods and creek, but nothing is quite right. That night he goes to bed disappointed, comforted by Big Nutbrown Hare. The next morning he realises the special smell is all the scents of springtime rolled into one, and the two hares end with their 'Guess how much I love you' exchange.

Blocks

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Bing decides to build a block tower as tall as himself in his play area. When Coco arrives wanting the same blocks for a rainbow and baby Charlie grabs the red block, the friends bump into each other's plans, and the tower ends up knocked down. With Flop's guidance, they combine their ideas into one rainbow tower that reaches Bing's height. The episode closes with Bing recounting what happened and what he felt to a friendly storyteller rabbit.

Smoothie

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Bing is a young rabbit having a snack at home with his carer Flop. When the only banana left is too mushy to eat, Flop suggests blending it into a smoothie, and Bing helps add the milk and run the blender. Bing's carrot accidentally falls in and cannot be taken back out, which disappoints him until he tastes the result and finds the carrot smoothie delicious. He ends the day by happily telling a friend all about it.

Car Park

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Bing wants to play his car park game with Flop, but Charlie, a younger visitor, keeps parking vegetables and tips over the garage. Flop sets Charlie up with a separate game and then takes him to the kitchen so Bing can play on his own. Bing soon finds he does not enjoy playing alone, so he drives Charlie's potato back and the two play together. The episode ends with Bing deciding that playing together is more fun.

The Royal Sandcastle Builders

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At a sunny beach, King Friday sets out to build a royal sandcastle but keeps getting frustrated when it does not work. Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda join him as the Royal Sandcastle Builders and discover that each of them calms down a different way, by running in small circles, by playing the bongos, or by doing a slow stretch. Once they have managed their frustration, they work out that adding water makes the sand hold together. They finish a castle that looks just like King Friday's real one.

The Meteor Shower

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On a night on Puffin Rock, young puffin Una and her family and friends set out to watch the August meteor shower together. Along the way they gather hedgehogs, owls and others heading for the sand dunes, while a narrator explains how shooting stars are made. When Una learns her friend Silky is too worried to come, she leaves the show to reassure her and offers to stay by her side. Silky joins them, the friends welcome her with a berry, and the whole island watches the meteor shower together.

Yoga Ball

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At home in suburban Australia, sisters Bluey and Bingo spend the day coaxing their busy, work-from-home Dad into games with his green yoga ball, from a pretend elevator to a chase called Raiders. When Dad bounces Bingo too hard, she goes off upset, and her Mum helps her find her 'big girl bark' to tell him. Bingo speaks up, Dad apologises, and together they practise exactly how rough is okay. The episode closes with a comic beat as the children burst in on Dad using the toilet.

Camping

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Bluey meets Jean-Luc, a French-speaking dog, while her family is camping in the Australian bush. Over several days the two invent games together, pretending to live in the forest, planting a seed and chasing a wild pig. One morning Bluey finds Jean-Luc's tent packed away and learns his family has gone home. Her mum comforts her with the idea that special people sometimes come for a while and then leave, and the seed they planted grows into a small tree.

Go to Camp

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At Grizzly Ted's summer day camp, Sister Bear and her friend Lizzy spend their days swimming, hiking, and doing crafts, until the counselor announces an overnight sleep-out on Skull Rock. Sister secretly dreads sleeping so far from home and hides her worry until Lizzy gently draws it out of her. Together they decide to practice with a night in the backyard, and Sister succeeds. She heads to the real sleep-out feeling ready, sharing a campfire story and searching for shooting stars.

Last Day of Summer

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On the last day of summer vacation, a young llama plans to fly kites in the park with his friends Nellie, Luna and Euclid. When his kite rips he repairs it, and when rain arrives the group invents indoor summer with an indoor beach, indoor kite flying and a homemade sunset. Mama helps Llama Llama see that a changed plan can still be a good day. The sun returns, and everyone flies kites and watches the real sunset together from Grandpa and Graham's boat.

The Dump

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Dad drives Bluey and Bingo to the local dump, and along the way they play a car-spotting rainbow game, quiz him about the world and invent a wild police escape. When they arrive, Bluey is upset to find Dad throwing away her drawings and calls him a baddie. He puts them back, apologises, admits he is not the best dad or driver and explains that this dump turns old paper into fresh paper for another child to draw on. Understanding this, Bluey lets the drawings go, and the family drives home spotting the final pink car together.

Forgotten Fuzzy

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Little Llama packs a big bag and goes for his longest sleepover yet at Grandma and Grandpa's house. After a day of picking vegetables, cooking, riding the tractor and stargazing, he realizes he left his stuffed Fuzzy Llama at home and cannot imagine sleeping without him. His grandparents comfort him, and Grandpa offers Little Linty Llama, the very toy he slept with as a boy. The next morning Little Llama reunites with Mama and Fuzzy, proud that he stayed the whole time and made a new friend.

Copycat

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In this episode of Bluey, Bluey spends the morning copying everything her dad Bandit says and does. On his walk the family finds a hurt budgie, boxes it up with a tea towel and drives it to the vet, but the bird dies. Back home, Bluey stages a pretend replay of the whole event with Bingo and her mum, trying to make it end differently before accepting that some things cannot be changed. The episode closes with the copycat game quietly forgotten.

Neighbours

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Bluey and Bingo build houses out of couch cushions and pretend to be neighbours on a make-believe street, soon joined by Mum and Dad. As each sister keeps expanding into the other's space, Bluey learns to solve the clashes by asking nicely instead of arguing. Dad plays a loud, lonely neighbour who admits he just wants company. By the end the animals and pets are traded and rehomed, and the family settles happily onto their pretend street.

Together We're Not Alone

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Doe accidentally knocks over Ray's guitar while dancing, so the three friends set off for the Falsetto Forest, the place where new guitars grow. On the way in they pass trumpeting flowers, drumming flowers and jingling vines, and Doe, who is nervous about the dark forest, writes each new sound down as the group's expert. After Doe finds the guitar bush and Ray picks a new guitar, they realise nobody remembers the route home. Doe works out that they can retrace the sounds in reverse order, and the friends listen their way back out of the forest.

Sad Baby

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Star is leading a yoga session with her pups on the terrace when Baby announces that winter ruins everything and heads inside to hibernate. Star first moves the yoga mat indoors and then offers freshly baked biscuits, but neither lifts his mood. Slivington points out that Baby keeps shivering, so Star sews him a full winter outfit with earmuffs, boots and a padded coat. Warm at last, Baby heads out, sees the snow-covered rooftop and decides winter is not so bad, and the episode closes with all three doing the happy penguin pose in the snow.

Not Feeling the Fireworks

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Star hands out party hats at her pink hotel and announces that this New Year's Eve there will be fireworks on the rooftop terrace. Her pups back out once they hear about the loud bangs, so Star first tries getting them to face their fear by playing loud sounds in the park, which only upsets them. She then offers her own headphones, the pups test them by asking her to play something loud, and it works. Extra headphones are arranged for the other dogs, and the whole group watches the fireworks together and wishes each other a happy New Year.

Shops

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Bluey and her friends set out to play shops in the bushland, turning logs, seeds and berries into a till, money and kitten treats. Bluey keeps inventing new rules and details, so the game never actually starts, which wears out Mackenzie until he walks off. The friends bring him back, and Bluey admits she keeps adding things while Mackenzie admits he rushes, so they promise to meet halfway. They finally play through one complete sale and head off to a new game.

Musical Statues

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At an indoor play group it is Bing's turn to choose, and he picks musical statues. With Flop working the music, Bing, Sula, Pando, Coco and baby Charlie dance and then freeze each time the music stops, dropping out one by one when they wobble. Pando is the last statue standing, and Bing is disappointed that he did not win the game he chose, so he stops playing. He soon decides to rejoin because it is more fun with everyone, and the group settles in to play again.

Best Buggy Blues

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Pete at the Beach

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Pete the Cat and his family drive to the beach, where his older brother Bob plans to teach him to surf. Pete secretly fears the big waves, so he stalls by playing in the sand and burying himself to stay cool, while his mom quietly senses something is wrong. Bob figures out the problem, admits he was once scared too, and slowly introduces Pete to the water. Pete rides his first wave, falls, tries again and finishes the day surfing happily as the sun goes down.

The Race

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Addy prepares for a cross-country race with help from her panda neighbour Stillwater and her siblings. She runs hard but loses to Asha, the fastest runner, and feels there is nothing to celebrate. Stillwater tells a version of The Tortoise and the Hare in which the tortoise races against himself, and Addy realises she set a personal best time. The siblings celebrate with smoothies and Asha comes over to congratulate her.

The Big Sneeze

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Pocoyo, Pato the duck and Ellie the elephant take turns building a tower out of coloured blocks in a plain, open space. Each time it grows tall, Ellie sneezes and knocks it over, which frustrates Pato until the narrator explains she has a cold and cannot help it. Pocoyo helps settle Ellie into bed to rest so the others can keep playing. At the end Pato appears to have caught the cold too, and the narrator says goodbye.

Juno's Bubble Bath Breakout

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Juno, a young hippo, climbs a maple tree for a pretty leaf and ends up covered in sticky sap. Her mother takes her to Vida the vet, who works out the cause and prescribes a bubble bath, but Juno is frightened of the water. Vida guides her through small 'baby hippo steps', letting her choose the towel and bubbles and test the water, until Juno gets in and washes clean. Juno thanks Vida with the special leaf, and Vida heads home to her Papa.

Broken Ducky

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A young girl named Sonia has a new toy ducky that will not move, and she is convinced it is broken. Her brother Mel, her uncle, her parents and her visiting granny each try to help, testing whether it swims, flies or needs winding, in a sunlit family home by the sea. The family realizes the ducky simply cannot run like a real duck, and they find new ways to include it in their play. The episode closes with everyone playing together and a short song.