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Rainbow Season 21 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Friday, September 8, 1989

Ended: Friday, March 2, 1990

When does Rainbow Season 21 come out?

Rainbow Season 21 premiered Friday, September 8, 1989 on ITV1 and ended Friday, March 2, 1990. The season has 24 episodes.

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Rainbow Season 21 release schedule

Rainbow Season 21 episode release dates
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1. Family Get Together

Zippy, George, Bungle and Geoffrey are going to go for a picnic but it's rains so they decide to have their picnic inside. Zippy and George perform a show for Bungle and Geoffrey and sing "Three Blind Mice". Geoffrey reads a story called 'Home is Best'. Bungle sings "London's Burning" and Zippy, George and Geoffrey join in and they all have their picnic.

Friday · 37 years ago

2. Bungling Bungle

Geoffrey decides to decorate with Bungle's help but things don't go to plan when Bungle wallpapers over the door.

Friday · 37 years ago

3. Rejected/Neglected

Zippy is trying to write a song for a talent contest . He refuses help from Bungle George and Geoffrey but finds it's more difficult to do than he realised.

Friday · 37 years ago

4. Family in the Garden

Geoffrey knocks down Zippy and George's skittles over and then falls over into Bungle's paddling pool. He then goes to sit down but sits on Bungle's lemonade and isn't best pleased. Geoffrey decides that everyone should have their own piece of the garden so that he can have his own quiet corner, Zippy can grow things to eat, George can grow flowers and Bungle wants to have animals on his piece of garden. Bungle and Geoffrey measure the garden whilst Zippy and George design a plan. Zippy and George show Geoffrey their plan for the garden, but they've put everyone in the same part of the garden. Auntie comes round and reads everyone a story called 'Thomas The Gardener'. Then everyone has their own piece of garden and Bungle brings a donkey into the garden so children can ride him.

Friday · 37 years ago

5. Geoffrey Babysits

Geoffrey tells Zippy, Bungle and George about Bobby who's moved in next door, but Geoffrey seems to spend most of the time with Bobby leaving Zippy, George and Bungle very unhappy until they find out why. Geoffrey read a story called 'Hot Dog, Shaggy Dog'.

Friday · 37 years ago

6. Neighbours

Zippy, George and Bungle, mistaking a sikh turban for a crown, think a King and Queen have moved in next door.

Friday · 37 years ago

7. Misbehaving

When Zippy, George and Bungle are misbehaving, Geoffrey gets so fed up that he goes out for the day- and gets his extremely strict grumpy Uncle Bill to come and look after the misbehaving trio.

Friday · 37 years ago

8. Zipman and Bobbin

Zippy is building his own Batmobile out of cardboard. Then he and George pretend to be Zip Man and Bobbin the Boy Blunder. Together they stop Geoffrey the Joker from getting rid of the worlds laughter.

Friday · 37 years ago

9. Zippy Wants to be a Comedian

When watching Ernie Wise on the TV, Zippy develops aspirations to be a comedian himself, but no-one will laugh at his jokes. That night he has a dream in which he meets Ernie Wise, thus imbuing him with the talent he needs to become a master comedian.

Friday · 37 years ago

10. Worried/Weary

George is collecting money for the local hospital. Gabrielle makes lots of paper animals to sell at the jumble sale and shows everyone how to make them. The Rainbow gang have a jumble sale in the garden.

Friday · 37 years ago

11. Our Common Land

Geoffrey, Zippy George and Bungle find out that the council want to build houses on the Rainbow woodland.

Friday · 37 years ago

12. Time/Space

Geoffrey has forgotten he had to make a rocket for a children's party, so Gabrielle Bradshaw comes round to help him.

Friday · 36 years ago

13. Night Out

Zippy, George and Bungle camp out in the garden for the night but not everything goes to plan.

Friday · 36 years ago

14. Borrowing 2

Everyone is borrowing things, but they forget to give them back. Zippy's taken George's basket and moved his shells, Bungle's taken Geoffrey's ruler, George has taken Bungle's scissors and Geoffrey's borrowed the paints and forgotten to put them back. Gabrielle shows everyone her game that's she made.

Friday · 36 years ago

15. Same/Different

Zippy's cousin Zippo comes to stay but Zippy gets annoyed when Geoffrey's 'friend' Jenny keeps getting them mixed up.

Friday · 36 years ago

16. The Toymaker

Friday · 36 years ago

17. Super Bungle

Super Bungle helps George get his doll from Zipoid and Mr Geoffrey who live on the planet of too many toys.

Friday · 36 years ago

18. George and Germs

Friday · 36 years ago

19. Geoffrey Learns French

Friday · 36 years ago

20. Family Pressure

Friday · 36 years ago

21. Practice Makes Perfect

Bungle is learning to play his keyboard, but he never stops playing it which annoys everyone. Geoffrey comes up with an idea to help improve his playing and asks Jessica to gives him some piano lessons.

Friday · 36 years ago

22. The VIP

Someone very special is coming for dinner, a VIP.

Friday · 36 years ago

23. Wrong Day

Friday · 36 years ago

24. No Accounting for George Finale

Zippy wants to buy a new model car and Bungle wants to buy a comic, so George lends them some money, but then he realises he hasn't got as much money in his money box as he thought he had. Geoffrey reads a story called 'The More The Merrier'. Geoffrey gives George some chores to do to earn extra pocket money so he can buy a xylophone.

Friday · 36 years ago

Rainbow Season 21 guest stars

  • Matthew Corbett

    Matthew Corbett

    Himself

  • Christopher Lillicrap

    Himself

  • Rani Singh

    Herself

  • Jugnu Singh

    Himself

  • Ernie Wise

    Ernie Wise

    Himself

  • Philip Elsmore

    Himself

  • Gabrielle Bradshaw

    Herself

Rainbow Season 21 FAQ

When does Rainbow Season 21 come out?

Rainbow Season 21 premiered Friday, September 8, 1989 on ITV1.

How many episodes are in Rainbow Season 21?

Rainbow Season 21 has 24 episodes.

Are new episodes of Rainbow Season 21 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Rainbow Season 21 finale?

The Rainbow Season 21 finale (Episode 24) aired Friday, March 2, 1990.

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