Pretend play

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.

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.

March Like an Ant

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Little Nutbrown Hare and his father pick red berries for breakfast, but by morning the berries have vanished. With help from Little Field Mouse, Little Nutbrown Hare tracks them down and discovers a line of ants carrying the berries away. His father explains that ants live in underground nests and carry food home to their families. The episode ends with father and son under the old oak tree, sharing the last berries and measuring how much they love each other.

Superhero Squabble

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Donkey Hodie and her best friend Panda play superheroes and invent a mission to protect a mailbox from a made-up 'mailbox snacker'. They disagree about whose pretend power is better, and the argument grows until they declare maybe they should not be friends anymore. Each one takes a deep breath to calm down, sings about whether their friendship is over, and works up the courage to apologize. They make up, agree that friends can argue and still be best friends, and team up to finish their superhero game.

Can You Touch the Stars?

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Little Nut Brown Hare and his friend Little Field Mouse spend one evening in the forest trying to touch a star after hearing Little White Owl's bedtime story. They climb a hill, a tree and ask the bluebird for help, learning from Big Nut Brown Hare that stars are far away. In the end they touch a star's shimmering reflection in the river. The night closes with the little hare and his father gazing at the sky and sharing how much they love each other.

Picnic

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A narrator guides a boy named Eddie through what to expect on a family picnic, moving from packing the cool box to finding a grassy spot, playing, eating and packing up. Along the way Eddie meets his friend Akeel and Akeel's granny, learns how bees carry pollen, and practices politely saying 'no thank you' to food. When a bee visits and rain arrives, the group stays calm and turns the shower into a pretend desert-island game. The episode closes by recapping the picnic steps and the cheerful 'Ready, Eddie, go!' refrain.

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.

New Kid on the Block

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When a moving truck brings a new family to the block, Bea and her friends welcome the new kid, Priya, with homemade cookies. Priya cannot find her favourite puppets among the moving boxes and grows worried, so the friends form a 'kindness club' and play detectives to track them down. They follow clues, a smiley face on the box, its large size, and the oink of a piggy bank inside, until they open the right box. Priya reunites with her puppets and the group welcomes her to the neighbourhood.

Breaktime

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Eddie, a young boy in a red school uniform, is guided by a friendly narrator through everything that can happen at break time. He tries building blocks, joins in hopscotch and tag, gets confused when the game turns into animal tag, and learns he can ask friends or a teacher for help. When it all feels like too much, Miss Mac invites him to rest on the friendship bench. The bell rings, break time ends, and Eddie heads back to class feeling ready.

Cloud

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Abadas is a CBeebies show in which three animal friends, Seren, Harry and Ella, play a word game introduced by Ben, a character who lives in a book. In this episode the word is 'cloud', and Seren flies up into the sky to discover what a cloud looks like. Along the way she meets a balloon that pops and a feather that tickles before finding a real cloud that is white, floats and makes rain. The episode ends with the friends recapping what they learned and singing goodbye.

The Beach

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At a sunny Australian beach, Bluey finds a special shell and sets off alone to show it to Mum, who is further along the sand. Imagining herself as a mermaid with legs from King Neptune, she follows Mum's footprints, meets crabs, a jellyfish and a pelican, and pushes on when a wave washes the path away. She reaches Mum, who praises her for coming all that way by herself. The episode closes with Bluey reflecting that she loves walking by herself.

Hotel

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Bluey and Bingo turn their house into a pretend hotel and welcome their dad Bandit as the guest. Across the episode they check him in, deliver room service, play out a misbehaving hotel cat, and finally settle him into bed for the night. The story is set entirely inside the family home and is built around sibling cooperation and parent-child play. It ends quietly with the guest tucked in and the game winding down.

The Weekend

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A weekend morning at the Heeler house unfolds, with Bingo drawing at the breakfast table while Bluey and Bandit launch into a cardboard-armour knight game across the kitchen and stairs. The family moves through several quiet domestic beats, including a longer stretch outdoors where Mum Chilli is shown on her own, looking thoughtful. The episode closes with Chilli on the bed beside Bluey and Bingo at bedtime, with a small doll in view. Closing credits roll over the final shot.

Daddy Robot

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Bluey and Bingo do not want to clean up their toys, so dad Bandit turns himself into 'Daddy Robot' that the girls can control with commands. The girls have fun ordering the robot around the house, but the commands start going further than they meant, with favourite toys being thrown out and dad's feelings getting hurt. Mum Chilli steps in to remind the girls that they are responsible for their own mess. The family ends together with a hug after the girls take over the tidying themselves.

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.

Fruit Bat

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Bluey doesn't want to go to bed and wishes she could be a nocturnal fruit bat instead. Her parents move her through rocket ship play, a penguin bath, a bedtime story and lights out, while Mum sits beside her and suggests she try dreaming about being a fruit bat. Bluey then dreams of meeting her dad as a fruit bat on a football field, watching him score a try. She wakes the next morning, tells Mum about her dream, and asks for toast instead of fruit salad.

It's the Bot that Counts

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Doug, a robot boy, and his human friend Emma set out to cheer up Doug's grandmother Nana after she has to cancel her visit. Treating it like a secret-agent mission, they make a handmade card in four steps: turning old newspaper into fresh paper, writing a loving message, decorating it with a daisy and a painted starry sky, and travelling to the farm to deliver it. A goat grabs and chews the card along the way, but they bring it anyway. Nana is touched by the effort and tells them she feels loved and cared for.

Chickenrat

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At bedtime, Bingo cannot find her toy Floppy, so Mum helps her retrace the whole day backwards through the family's suburban home. Each step reveals the imaginative game Bluey and Bingo played, turning Dad into a 'chicken rat' with a magic wand, laying a pretend egg, dressing as ninjas and running a restaurant. Bingo finally remembers she hid Floppy inside the pretend chicken rat egg to keep her safe, and the toy is found. The family settles down with warm goodnights.

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.

Wagon Ride

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Bandit pulls his daughters Bluey and Bingo, plus their toy giraffe Jasmine, in a red wagon through their suburban neighbourhood on the way to the monkey bars. Along the route Dad keeps stopping to chat with neighbours, and Bluey grows impatient and interrupts, so Dad teaches her to rest a hand on his arm and wait. Bluey practises the signal and succeeds, while Bingo invents a pretend bus when the wagon 'breaks down.' The episode ends with the family arriving at the monkey bars and Bingo still happily playing bus.

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.

Horsey Ride

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Bluey plays with her toy pony when her cousins Muffin and Socks arrive for a family visit with their parents. All four puppies want the pony at the same time, which sparks a series of small disputes and tearful moments. Through trial and error the children invent new games, a horsey ride, a dress-up salon and a pretend pampering parlour, so several of them can take part at once. By the end the cousins leave happily and Bluey hands the pony over for a final goodbye.

Little Bear's Shadow

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Little Bear comes home wanting someone to play with, but his friends are all busy and Father is painting the house. Out in the forest and by the pond he discovers his own shadow and spends the day treating it as a new friend, climbing trees, playing hide-and-seek, and sitting with Frog. He brings the shadow home for dinner and asks for it to stay over. The day ends as Mother tucks him into bed and he says good night to his shadow.

Knight Time

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Doc and her toys, Lambie and Stuffy, act out a princess-and-knight rescue and borrow a toy knight named Sir Kirby to play the hero. Sir Kirby cannot move his arms and legs, so Doc examines him and discovers he is covered in old grape jelly and pizza cheese. She diagnoses 'filthy, icky, sticky disease' and treats it with a bath. Sir Kirby returns clean and shiny, saves the pretend princess, and everyone celebrates.

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.

Little Bear Goes to the Moon

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Little Bear wakes up and decides to fly to the moon like a bird, wearing a paper-bag space helmet. After telling a doubtful but affectionate Mother Bear, he climbs a tree, jumps, and imagines he has landed on a moon that looks exactly like his own forest and home. He explores, finds 'moon food' and meets a mother bear who plays along with his adventure. The story ends back at home, where Mother Bear gives him lunch and settles him down for a nap.

Snow Show

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Llama Llama spends a snowy day playing when his teacher Zelda Zebra announces a kids' snow sculpture contest and asks him to be the judge. He worries about keeping the rules and choosing just one winner when every friend's sculpture is so different. After a hot chocolate break and a library trip with Mama, he learns that no two snowflakes are alike. He decides each sculpture wins its own category, and Zelda Zebra reveals a final sculpture of all the children.

Home with Mama

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Llama Llama wakes up hoping to attend his school carnival, but Mama finds he still has a fever and keeps him home to rest and to avoid spreading his cold. He is disappointed and even tries to sneak out, but Mama comforts him with soup, cuddles, and pretend play through the day. His friends and family then surprise him by setting up a whole carnival at his house, with games, balloons, and treats. He ends the day feeling lucky for his friends and his mama, just as a small new sneeze returns.

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.