Season 3

The Wind in the WillowsSeason 3

1986
13 Episodes

Episodes

Paperchase
S03E01

Paperchase

When the field mice, voles and shrews accidently break a stained glass window in Toad Hall, Rat attempts to find something else for them to do,so “The Riverbanker’s Paperchase Championship” is made.

30 Dec 198620m
Mercury of the Motorbicycle
S03E02

Mercury of the Motorbicycle

Toad invests in a motorbicycle. The blame is immediately put on Toad when the calm of the countryside is disrupted, and Toad cant convince his motorbicycle has been stolen.

08 Jan 198720m
Mr. Toad's Telephone
S03E03

Mr. Toad's Telephone

The Weasels have sold Toad an electric telephone. With Mole’s help, Toad installs the telephone but learns from Mole that he cannot call Mole, Rat, or badger as they do not have telephones.

15 Jan 198720m
Toad, Astronomer
S03E04

Toad, Astronomer

Toad’s latest craze is Astronomy. So he buys a large, expensive telescope. With great reluctance, his friends help get it up to the roof, and abandon him up there.

22 Jan 198720m
Caught in a Maze
S03E05

Caught in a Maze

Inspired by a recent visit to Hampton Court, Toad has the maze his father had built many years ago restored to its former glory, and opens it to his friends.

29 Jan 198720m
School Days
S03E06

School Days

Badger discovers that the local school has been temporarily closed. While Badger, Rat and Mole make plans for alternative lessons, Toad decides that he can turn Toad Hall into Toad Hall Academy for the Children of gentlepersons.

05 Feb 198720m
Badger's Remedy
S03E07

Badger's Remedy

Mole has been stricken with food poisoning! In the basket of remaining mushrooms, Badger is shocked to see a deadly poisonous toadstool. There is an antidote, a fungus, but even though Badger sends out all Mole’s friends, the fungus cannot be found.

12 Feb 198720m
Masterchef
S03E08

Masterchef

Tea at Ratty’s finds Toad reminiscing about his last visit to London - Toad had called on Mole’s cousin, where Toad discovered ‘Cooking’. Badger, Rat and Mole are invited to Toad Hall for the gastronomical experience of the decade.

19 Feb 198720m
Fire at Toad Hall
S03E09

Fire at Toad Hall

When Toad accidently sets fire to the Hall, Mole offers Toad a place to stay. Mole soon regrets this offer as car upon car load of furniture begins to arrive at Mole’s modest home.

26 Feb 198720m
Unlikely Allies
S03E10

Unlikely Allies

One grey November morning a Stranger Weasel appears with a persuasive power and turns the Henchmen and Weasels against the Chief. The Stranger takes command and the Weasels go on a rampage, as the Stranger plans to take over Toad Hall.

05 Mar 198720m
A Producer's Lot
S03E11

A Producer's Lot

The Riverbankers Annual Production is The Pirates of Penzance! This is Badger’s silver jubilee, but Toad is worried he does not have the biggest part. Half way through the performance, there is a scene that Badger does not remember rehearsing…

12 Mar 198720m
Champion of the Green Baize
S03E12

Champion of the Green Baize

“The Game No Gentlemen’s Residence Should Be Without” - a billiard table is installed in Toad Hall and Toad is challenged to a game with his beloved Rolls Royce at stake!

19 Mar 198720m
Winter Haunts
S03E13

Winter Haunts

Unable to reach their homes in the snow, Mole, Rat and Badger spend a night with Toad, and soon they’re telling ghost stories. The appearance of the ghost of Toad Hall, however does not exactly terrify them. Moreover it looks strangely familiar.

26 Mar 198720m