Tidying up

Cake Bake

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On the morning of Duck's birthday, Sarah decides to bake him a cake. After Duck picks an unusual 'bread cake' from the recipe book, Sarah gathers ingredients and starts mixing, only for batter to ruin the open recipe. The cake itself speaks up and dictates the remaining steps while a parcel arrives from Sarah's grandmother containing roller skates for Duck. Once baked, Sarah, Duck and the talking cake head to the park, where everyone sings a birthday song together.

Lots of Shallots

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Sarah and Duck find tiny seeds tucked inside their newspaper and decide to plant them in pots in the living room. They water the soil, get muddy, clean up and then wait through dinner and bedtime for something to happen. The next morning small sprouts appear, and Sarah looks them up in her vegetable book before a character called the Plate Girl arrives to confirm they are shallots, the baby onions that stay small. The episode ends with Duck giving the little shallots gentle 'lessons' in the garden.

Meet Josh!

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Josh, the new host of the Blue's Clues game, arrives home and tries to work out what his puppy Blue wants with her snack. With help from the viewer and a video call to his cousins Steve and Joe, he finds three paw-print clues, a cup, a straw and a cow, drawing each in his notebook and visiting an animated farm along the way. Sitting in his thinking chair, he reasons that cows make milk, so Blue wants milk poured in a cup to drink with a straw. The episode ends with a snack party and a closing song.

Zou The Chef

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Zou, a young zebra, decides to bake a cake and draw a card for his mother on Mother's Day. With Grandma's guidance he mixes butter, eggs and flour and ices a finished cake, while his friend Elzee makes a card alongside him. Dad accidentally eats the cake before Mom returns, so Zou attempts a second one alone and ends up covered in flour. Mom comes home, helps him clean up and finish a new cake, and the episode ends with the whole family wishing each mother in the house a happy Mother's Day.

The Tidy-Up

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Twins Stan and Olivia realise their playroom is too messy to enjoy, so they set out to tidy it. They try one method, grouping toys by type, then a fussy method that mixes them up, before agreeing to sort every book, car and stuffed toy into red, blue and yellow teams. When their multicolored Leonardo toy fits no team, their friend Puff shares a piece of rainbow to make a multicolored team. The room ends clean and the twins go back to playing.

Muddy Puddles

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On a rainy day, Peppa and her little brother George go outside to jump in muddy puddles, with Mummy reminding them to wear their boots. Peppa leads George from puddle to puddle and checks a big one is safe before he jumps in. They show their muddy selves to Daddy Pig, who helps clean up and then joins the whole family for a splash in the garden. The episode ends with everyone jumping together in the mud.

Swept Away

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Pocoyo builds a block tower and knocks it down, then learns that his friend Ellie is coming over to play. A warm narrator reminds him to clean up, and Pocoyo grabs a broom, which he first turns into a pretend horse, hockey stick and guitar, making even more mess. In the end he uses that same playful energy to sweep the blocks away just in time. Ellie arrives and the two play together.

Gaston the Ladybird

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Ben the elf and Holly the fairy princess play with their friend Gaston the ladybird, riding on his back and watching him roll over. The next day Gaston will not come out, so they ask Nanny Plum for help and visit his cave. They find it messy and smelly and decide to clean it as a surprise, but Gaston cries when he sees what they have done. The friends realise Gaston loved his home just as it was, and they happily put back the cobwebs, smelly socks and dirt before running off to play again.

Square's Special Place

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Square rushes to meet his friends Circle and Triangle, who introduces a hiding game he calls 'Shroud and Find'. While hiding, Square discovers a tree hollow and quietly turns it into a special place he returns to on his own. When Circle and Triangle later find and share the spot, it starts to feel different to him, and he stops visiting for a while. The narrator closes by reflecting that you can always go back to your special place, even when you are not there.

Zou Leaves Home

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Zou, a young zebra, is told off by his mum for being too noisy as he plays a monster game in his bedroom, so he announces he is leaving home. He says goodbye in turn to grandma, who shares a lipstick keepsake, and to grandpa, who lends him an old rucksack, a compass and a torch and helps bake chocolate chip cookies with mum. On the way out he meets his best friend Elzee, who offers to help tidy the messy bedroom that started the trouble, and Zou heads back. The episode closes with the family sharing dinner and Zou saying he is glad he stayed.

Shoe La La!

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Nancy falls in love with a pair of forty-dollar red shoes and is told by both parents that they cost too much for shoes she cannot wear every day. After learning the difference between a want and a need, she decides to earn the money herself through extra chores like weeding the garden and saving her piggy bank money. At the store she is caught out by sales tax and comes up short, then earns a tip by giving another shopper honest shoe advice. She finally has enough and buys the red shoes.

Clean Sweep

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Lyla and her three siblings Liana, Louisa and Luke want to play their basketball video game, but the house rule is chores before games and the kitchen is a mess. With their helper Stu and a nudge from Dad, they list eight chores and split them evenly, only to discover the split is unfair because some jobs take far longer. They fix it by sorting chores into easy and hard and giving each kid one of each. Working as a team, they finish cleaning together and unlock their game.

The Case of the Disappearing Doll

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Nancy Clancy discovers her favourite doll Maribel is missing and, with her friend Bree, turns detective to crack 'the case of the disappearing doll.' She questions her little sister JoJo, chases down neighbour Grace, and even suspects her own mother, following clues like a tan hair tie and a trail of popcorn. In the end she retraces her morning and realizes the doll went into the laundry with her sheets. Nancy apologizes for blaming everyone, is reunited with Maribel, and decides to tidy her room.

Muck Amok

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Fred, a house cat who calls himself Nature Cat, and his friends Squeeks, Hal and Daisy are called to help Squeeks' cousin Marvin, whose marsh home is flooding. They investigate where the water enters and where it should drain, and discover a pile of trash blocking the stream. The friends clear away the litter so the water can flow again. The marsh returns to health and the animals that had left come back home.

Chip and Nico's Fun Day

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Chip the pug spends a special Fun Day at her Happy Hoppers preschool, where the class bounces on trampolines under three safety rules. Eager to master a seat drop, Chip talks her friend Nico into letting her bounce without a grown-up watching, falls and hurts her tail, and both end up cleaning the cafeteria as a consequence. Nico blames Chip and the friends fall out, leaving Chip guilty and unsure if they are still best friends. She goes home, talks it over with her mama, and brings Nico a 'sorry' cake, but he is already asleep, so she resolves to make up with him the next day.

Babee's Room

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In this episode of The Hive, young bees Buzzbee and Rubee wait at home with Grandma and Grandpa while their parents are at the hospital to collect a new baby. Each child decides the baby should share their room and sets about making mobiles, paintings, dances and tidy spaces to win the baby over. When Mama and Papa arrive home, they explain that the baby is too small to share a room yet and will sleep with them for now, but will visit and enjoy both children's rooms. The episode ends with the parents inviting the two to help change the baby's nappy.

Begins

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Jill, a young girl on a family farm, has to move her pets out of her bedroom and into a backyard farm because a new baby is coming and her little sister Jackie needs a room. With help from her dad and the handyman Jammer, Jill settles the goats, chickens, pony, alpaca and a grumpy duck into cozy homes and teaches them to share a barn. Along the way she takes in a pregnant sheep named Barbara and is reassured that she can be a real farmer. The day ends with the family preparing for the baby, Mum leaving for the hospital, and the sisters discovering a mysterious golden egg.