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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.

S15 E02

Curious George

Seesaw Saturday

On a sunny farm, George the monkey finds a mysterious red object and spends the episode trying to work out what it is and how it can help him pick apples. He tests it as a basket holder and a ramp, enlists chickens and goats, and teams up with a red-haired girl named Ali, who realises the heavier side goes down. Along the way chickens keep escaping over the fence and pigs keep eating the picked apples. In the end the farmer reveals it is a goat seesaw, and George has already figured out how to use it to gather apples.

S01 E09

Curious George

Curious George's Home for Pigeons

Stimulating

On a city balcony, the curious monkey George draws birds when a tagged homing pigeon named Compass drops in. Told the balcony isn't a good home for a pigeon, George sets out to build the bird a tree, working through pipe cleaners, clay and a pile of found materials while making a big mess indoors. In the end the doorman arrives to take his pigeon back to its real home, and George is given a real tree for birds to visit. The pigeon leaves happy and George stays as curious as ever.

S01 E01

Jessy & Nessy

Why Is It So Windy Today?

A curious girl named Jessy and her purple sea monster friend Nessie set out to discover why it is so windy today after Nessie's red ribbon blows away. They ask talking trees, racing leaves and a cloud family, then reason that walking into the wind will lead them to its source. They find a giant pink balloon whose sneezing is causing all the wind, and they tie off his loose end with the ribbon to stop it. The wind calms, the balloon feels better, and Nessie ends up with an even nicer purple ribbon.

S01 E10

Pocoyo

A Mystery Most Puzzling

Pocoyo is playing with a camera when it suddenly goes missing, and a trail of photographs is left behind as clues. With the narrator's prompting, Pocoyo examines each photo, a pink foot, a set of wheels and a blue backpack, and rules out Lula and Pato before realising they all belong to Ellie. He finds Ellie, who had been playing a guessing game all along. The episode ends with all the friends posing together for a group photo.

S15 E01

Curious George

George Gets Slimed

George the monkey finds a slug on the wall and, curious about how its slime lets it stick, sets out with his friend Steve to make slime of their own. They follow a recipe with glue, water and borax, then test whether the slime can stick them to the ceiling, stretch across the room, or do anything useful. Each experiment fails or leads somewhere unexpected, and slime ends up spread across the apartment. When the Man with the Yellow Hat comes home and joins in, George realises slime is simply for having fun.

S02 E04

Curious George

Cat Mother

George is left in charge of Professor Wiseman's young kitten, Lucky, while the Man with the Yellow Hat goes to rescue dinosaur bones. Lucky falls for Hundley the dachshund, but Hundley is allergic, so George builds a pretend dog that matches how Hundley feels, sounds, and smells. When Lucky slips into the building's walls, George uses Hundley's sneezes to track him down. Lucky is freed safely and the adults return home with pizza and bones.

S02 E06

Curious George

Curious George and the Trash

Stimulating

The Man with the Yellow Hat sends his hat to be cleaned so he can look his best for a driver's license photo, then leaves George to throw out the trash. George mistakes the freshly cleaned hat for garbage and sends it down the chute, then chases the garbage truck across the city to get it back. Along the way he learns how trash, recycling and landfills work, and finally finds the hat at the landfill where a chef has claimed it. The hat is returned in time, and the Man takes his photo with George's help.

S02 E01

Ada Twist Scientist

The Curious Case of Lil' Liz

Stimulating

Ada agrees to babysit her brother Arthur's pet lizard, Lil' Liz, even though lizards give her the heebie-jeebies. When the lizard escapes from an unlocked cage, Ada and her friends Rosie and Iggy use the scientific method to track her down, researching the lizard's habits and building a cosy 'lizard lounge' stocked with her favourite things. Lil' Liz returns to the lounge and Arthur forgives Ada, who has lost her fear along the way. The episode ends with Ada bubbling over with new questions about the lizard.

S01 E03

Jessy & Nessy

How Can We Make Fog Go Away?

Jessy, a girl in an orange jacket, and Nessy, a purple sea monster, lose their ball in thick fog during a park football game. Curious about where the fog comes from, they try blowing it away and asking friends for help before following a smell high into the clouds. There they find a giant named Eugene cooling a pot of soup, whose steam is making the fog. After everyone helps cool the soup, the fog lifts, the ball turns up over the goal line, and Nessy learns he scored.

S02 E22

Puffin Rock

Just Like Mama

recommended age co-watching from 4

On a bright day on Puffin Rock, puffins Mama and Una set off to gather seaweed while baby Baba and Papa stay behind to guard the burrow from lurking seagulls. Along the way Mama and Una jump on seaweed and race a dogfish, and Una discovers that a large great blackback gull is what has scared the other birds from the cliff. Mama confronts the gull and drives it off, keeping her puffling safe and letting the seagulls return. The family reunites at the burrow, having each done their part.

S01 E08

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Muffin Party