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Rainbow: Season 21

24 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 1989 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Rainbow

Season 21 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 20.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 21 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 21: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S21·E1 Mytharc

Family Get Together

Sep 8, 1989

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 a

S21·E2 Core

Bungling Bungle

Sep 15, 1989

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

S21·E3 Core

Rejected/Neglected

Sep 22, 1989

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.

S21·E4 Core

Family in the Garden

Sep 29, 1989

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

S21·E5 Core

Geoffrey Babysits

Oct 6, 1989

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

S21·E6 Core

Neighbours

Oct 13, 1989

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

S21·E7 Core

Misbehaving

Oct 20, 1989

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 misb

S21·E8 Core

Zipman and Bobbin

Oct 27, 1989

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

S21·E9 Core

Zippy Wants to be a Comedian

Nov 3, 1989

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,

S21·E10 Core

Worried/Weary

Nov 10, 1989

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 jum

S21·E11 Core

Our Common Land

Nov 17, 1989

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

S21·E12 Core

Time/Space

Nov 24, 1989

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

S21·E13 Core

Night Out

Dec 1, 1989

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

S21·E14 Core

Borrowing 2

Dec 8, 1989

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 scis

S21·E15 Core

Same/Different

Dec 15, 1989

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

S21·E17 Core

Super Bungle

Jan 12, 1990

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

S21·E21 Core

Practice Makes Perfect

Feb 9, 1990

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 h

S21·E22 Core

The VIP

Feb 16, 1990

Someone very special is coming for dinner, a VIP.

S21·E24 Mytharc

No Accounting for George

Mar 2, 1990

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

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