Rainbow: Season 20
Season 20 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Rainbow Season 19.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 20 Progress Shield
Noah's Ark
Jan 5, 1988
The Rainbow gang act out the story of Noah's Ark. Bungle has a dream about being Noah and he and his wife are told to built a boat for themselves and their animals as there is goin
Water
Jan 12, 1988
Zippy wants to call both his fish Borris because he doesn't know which one is which, but Bungle disagrees and they both end up aruging. Geoffrey asks Zippy, George and Bungle to co
Social Behaviour: Self
Feb 9, 1988
Zippy plays some loud music which wakes up Geoffrey, George and Bungle. Geoffrey and Bungle go to have breakfast, but Zippy's eaten all of the cereal, milk and bread leaving Geoffr
Social Behaviour: Group
Feb 23, 1988
Geoffrey takes George, Zippy and Bungle to visit Auntie - played by Carry On actress Patsy Rowlands - who has recently lost her job. Meanwhile, Rod, Jane and Freddy sing us a song
Music A
Mar 1, 1988
Zippy and George makes shakers and Bungle makes a twanger to make kitchen music. Geoffrey plays a musical tune using some jars. Then they all play their instruments while Zippy sin
Music B
Mar 8, 1988
Rod Jane and Freddy sing "Listen To The Rhythm". Geoffrey and Bungle march up and down the garden. George pretends to play the penny whistle and Bungle pretends to play the drums.
Learning About Ourselves: Physical Differences
Mar 29, 1988
Freddy brings Zippy's cousin Zippo to visit. Bungle, Zippy and George discover that although Zippy and his cousin look alike, they are very different in other ways. Rod and Jane si
Wide and Narrow
Apr 19, 1988
Bungle, Zippy and George watch a video of the time when Geoffrey, Rod, Jane and Freddy went on a narrow boat. Afterwards, they decide to make their own pretend narrowboats. Rod, Ja
Large and Small
Apr 26, 1988
When Jane asks Geoffrey to look after her small dog and Freddy asks Bungle to look after his large dog, they get the food and the bowls mixed up. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing 'So Many
Mazes Tracks and Trails
May 3, 1988
Zippy and George are looking for things using Zippy's magnifying glass and they follow a trail and find a snail. Then they see some tracks on the ground and wonder what animal has
Whispers
May 10, 1988
Everyone is whispering today because it's Bungle's birthday, and they don't want him to know they're planning a surprise party for him. Geoffrey reads a story called 'Sammy and the
Sounds the Same
May 17, 1988
Bungle, Zippy and George discover that some words that sound the same mean completely different things. Geoffrey is upstairs trying to find a pair of socks to put on. He shouts dow
Problem Solving: Mystery
Jun 7, 1988
Geoffrey, Bungle, Zippy and George are busy sorting through some stuff they've collected for a local jumble sale. Zippy is playing with a red toy car that he found in the jumble. B
Pliable
Jul 5, 1988
Bungle, Zippy and George learn all about things that are pliable. Firstly Geoffrey shows them how pliable plasicine can be by making it into different shapes. Then Geoffrey makes s
Music and Song
Jul 12, 1988
Everyone's singing different songs. Zippy wants George to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" faster and Rod, Jane and Freddy and Geoffrey pretend their on a train while Rod sings "
Zippy's In Love
Jul 26, 1988
Zippy falls in love with television presenter Debbie and sends her a drawing and a poem hes written. Then Zippy dreams about meeting her. Debbie reads out Zippy's poem, but she can
Lions and Tigers
Aug 2, 1988
Everyone goes exploring in the jungle and they see a lion and a tiger. Terry Hall reads a story called The Lonely Lion. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "In the Jungle".
All Change
Aug 16, 1988
The gang decide to move all their furniture out of the room and into the garden to give Rod, Jane and Freddy more space to rehearse their song. But the table rolls away along the s
Wibbly Wobbly
Aug 23, 1988
Geoffrey is going to make an enormous jelly for tea and leaves Bungle, Zippy and George to watch the TV while he's in the kitchen. But while Geoffrey's gone the TV picture goes off
Upside Down, Inside Out
Oct 11, 1988
Geoffrey is wearing his sweater back to front, so has to put it on the right way round, but then he puts it on inside out. Geoffrey shows Zippy a drawing of an old man that very cl
Shapes
Oct 18, 1988
The Rainbow gang make shapes with their bodies. Bungle and Geoffrey race each other to see who can build a tower with the different shapes. Geoffrey builds his tower first but Bung
Problem Solving: Together
Oct 25, 1988
Bungle, Zippy, George and Geoffrey want to pick some apples from the tree in their garden, but Geoffrey can't reach up high enough. They all think of different ways of how Geoffrey
Outer Space
Dec 6, 1988
Geoffrey, Bungle, and Rod, Jane and Freddy have landed on a stange planet which they explore. Zippy and George are at the Rainbow Space command centre and see lots of stars and the
Just One of Those Days
Dec 13, 1988
Everything seems to be going wrong in the Rainbow house. First of all, Geoffrey oversleeps and is late getting up. Then he discovers there's no cereal left for their breakfast, so
Ice and Snow: Explorers
Dec 20, 1988
Zippy,George and Bungle want to play outside in the snow, but Geoffrey suggests that they could pretend to go out on a expedition, so they all get everything they need to go explor
Sympathy
Jan 27, 1989
Zippy gets the measles and George tries to make him a get well card, but it gets ruined. Rod, Jane and Freddy sing "Look On The Bright Side". Geoffrey, George and Bungle paint red