Season 1

Season 1 aired from 1999-2001 on CBBC. Development for the series began in 1998 after five years of production in 1993.

Episodes

Below here is a chart of episodes listed in order based on the transmission order in France:

Name	No.	Setting	Description
The Story of Nelson the Elephant	1	Africa	A stubborn young Nelson refuses to give up his Umpa Jumpa game until the animals decide to build a trampoline and teach him a lesson.
The Story of Kevin the Crocodile	2	Africa	Kevin gets attracted to another crocodile named Victor by showing him nasty tricks.
The Story of Joey the Kangaroo	3	Australia	Joey, a little kangaroo, cannot jump for the event until Ribbit helps him.
The Story of Snowbert the Polar Bear	4	North Pole	Snowbert the Polar Bear lives alone in the North Pole until he found Sidney the Seal for friendship.
The Story of Henrietta the Hairy Hippo	5	Africa	Henrietta runs away from the Zambam River, because of the naughty hippos. She gets a haircut from the Snip Snip Bird at the Blue Mountain.
The Story of Giggles and Tickles	6	Africa	Giggles and Tickles lose their laughs when they trick the animals until a laughing hyena gives their laughs back.
The Story of Zed the Zebra	7	Africa	Even though Zed was the fastest animal, the animals challenge him to a race. While the animals won in first place, Zed was in second place.
The Story of Adam the Armadillo	8	South America	An armadillo can't play football, due to his small size and the game only for big animals, which the only way for him to play this game is to be the football. However, the big animals then learn that everyone can be different in playing football no matter their size.
The Story of Georgina the Giraffe	9	Africa	Georgina gets her neck tangled up when doing a performance. She is taken to Dr. Gordon to get herself untangled.
The Story of Herbert the Warthog	10	Africa	Herbert and his friends decide to make music for fun. The three try their best not to disturb Reginald in his sleep until Reginald decides to join in the fun.
The Story of Pauline the Pelican	11	Africa	A pelican can't catch a fish like a stork. She decides to steal some of the leftover food selfishly.
The Story of the Juicy Fruit Tree	12	Africa	The animals attempt to get an exotic type of fruit before it falls on the ground.
The Story of the Elephant Bird	13	Africa	Nelson is very tired of being an elephant. He decides to fly like a bird in the sky, but the efforts are very futile.
The Story of Toby the Tortoise	14	Africa	Toby gets afraid of thunder very easily. The animals try to make him come out of his shell, but Audrey was the only one who helped him.
The Story of Ronald and the Tic Tic Bird	15	Africa	Two friends, a rhino and a bird, get their friendship broken up with the dislikes.
The Story of Audrey's Egg	16	Africa	Chaos occurs once the animals try to watch the egg of Audrey. This resulted in a snake very hungry for watermelons.
The Story of Gary the Dromedary	17	Africa	Gary arrives in other different regions while being asked to walk around the desert.
The Story of Molly and Nathalie	18	Africa	Nathalie can't find another dancing partner after dismissing Molly, so the only way to get a partner is to meet Molly again.
The Story of Wally the Wombat	19	Australia	As too much water was wasted at the Australian outback, Joey, Jimmy, and Phoebe are taught a lesson to dance for the weather conditions.
The Story of the Jungle Clearing	20	Africa	Tons of rubbish and broken vines are scattered in the jungle, so the animals decide to clean up the mess.
The Story of Melanie the Moose	21	North America	A moose gets into trouble by her friends for being clumsy.
The Story of Beverley the Beaver	22	North America	Beverley almost causes a deforestation of fir trees for a bigger beaver dam.
The Story of Doris the Duck	23	Africa	Doris pretends to be a princess, treating her friends Toby and Kevin as servants until she decides to be herself.
The Story of Esmeralda the Snake	24	Africa	A snake is conflicted by Herbert while trying to let her be her neighbour.
The Story of Eddie's Big Adventure	25	Africa	Eddie's nature gets into problems by not listening advice to the other animals.
The Story of Herbert's Birthday Party	26	Africa	Herbert plans to get a disguise in order to impress the animals. However, this disguise crashed his own birthday party and the animals don't recognise Herbert in his disguise.