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Season 1

  • S01E01 Arrival

    • February 3, 1995
    • YTV

  • S01E02 The Boothouse

    • February 10, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy spots an old boot floating down the river and decides it would make a wonderful place to live. GP uses his amazing new invention to help, and everybody pitches in to build a home for Hammy.

  • S01E03 Mist

    • February 17, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy and Martha get lost in an early morning mist on the river, but GP and Turtle set out to rescue them in GP's balloon.

  • S01E04 Birdwatching

    • February 24, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy, Martha and GP set off on a birdwatching adventure and come to the aid of a squeaking Weathercock.

  • S01E05 The Contest with the Wind

    • March 3, 1995
    • YTV

    Martha builds a kite for the annual tug-of-war with the Wind. The contest begins, but Wind catches GP cheating.

  • S01E06 Acorns

    • March 10, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy and Frog offer to help Martha solve the mystery of her disappearing acorns.

  • S01E07 Granny Rabbit

    • March 17, 1995
    • YTV

    Granny Rabbit borrows Martha's boat without permission to make a shelter for her grandchildren, and the whole Riverbank springs into action to help make Granny a new home.

  • S01E08 The Golden Flower

    • March 24, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy finds an old map and goes off in search of buried treasure, but all he and GP find is a package of mysterious seeds.

  • S01E09 The Aeroplane

    • March 31, 1995
    • YTV

    GP finishes his flying machine and starts boasting that it's the fastest thing on the Riverbank. Turtle accepts his challenge to race, but when Turtle is injured and Wind agrees to run in his place, GP learns such a lesson that he resolves to never boast again.

  • S01E10 Bubbles

    • April 7, 1995
    • YTV

    Martha's nephews sneak in while she's asleep to borrow her father's pipe, some soap and a pail. Soon enough the woods are filled with lovely, squishy bubbles.

  • S01E11 The Monster

    • April 14, 1995
    • YTV

    One day while fishing, Hammy thinks he sees a monster peering at him from behind some bushes. He and Martha go back to investigate.

  • S01E12 A-Diving We Shall Go

    • April 21, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy decides to build a diving bell out of parts he finds in GP's garage.

  • S01E13 Garage Sale

    • April 28, 1995
    • YTV

    Everybody joins in when Martha suggests GP host a garage sale to get rid of some old junk.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Golden Coach

    • April 28, 1995
    • YTV

    After a ferocious summer storm, Hammy and Martha find a Golden Coach in a clearing. After everyone takes turns going for a ride, Granny Rabbit suggests they all take it back to its rightful owner.

  • S02E02 Hammy's Wings

    • May 12, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy's dreams of flight are dashed when his goose-feather wings don't work, but GP and Martha team up to make his dream come true.

  • S02E03 King of the Riverbank

    • May 19, 1995
    • YTV

    When out looking for new subjects to paint, Hammy finds a beautiful moose who he decides must be King of the Riverbank.

  • S02E04 Tugboat Toadie - Part 1

    • May 26, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy is excited to use his diving bell again when he and Martha find a sunken boat in the river.

  • S02E05 Tugboat Toadie - Part 2

    • June 2, 1995
    • YTV

    After raising the old tugboat, Martha and Hammy repair and polish it. When Hammy takes the vessel out on the river, he hears a far-off song that leads him to a surprise.

  • S02E06 Popcorn

    • June 9, 1995
    • YTV

    GP invents a popcorn machine but forgets to turn it off before he delivers the mail, leading to the biggest popcorn flood Riverbank has ever seen.

  • S02E07 The Flood

    • June 16, 1995
    • YTV

    The River is rising swiftly and Hammy goes upstream to investigate, but GP has another idea about what might be holding back the water.

  • S02E08 Hairbrush Henry

    • June 23, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy meets a shy pygmy hedgehog named Hairbrush Henry who jumps at the chance to appear on GP's newest invention: television.

  • S02E09 The Loneliness of Wind

    • June 30, 1995
    • YTV

    Wind has gone away and all the animals miss him, so they set off to find him in GP's balloon.

  • S02E10 Fore!

    • July 7, 1995
    • YTV

    GP spies a mysterious white, dimpled object through his telescope. When it crash-lands on the Riverbank, the Wise Old Frog calms GP's fears and the animals hatch a plot to send the white ball back where it came from.

  • S02E11 Scaryday

    • July 14, 1995
    • YTV

    The mysterious Mr. Spooky arrives for Scaryday, scaring Hammy, Martha and Turtle and sending miniature spookies floating all over the Riverbank - all in good fun, of course.

  • S02E12 Autumn

    • July 21, 1995
    • YTV

    Hammy gets restless when he sees all the animals preparing for winter, but Martha explains to him that some of the animals must hibernate until spring and GP eases his worries with an autumn drive.

  • S02E13 A Winter's Tale

    • July 28, 1995
    • YTV

    The animals awake in the middle of winter to find the Riverbank buried in snow, and they are shocked when the snowman they build suddenly demands chocolate cookies.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Spring Has Sprung

    • August 15, 1996
    • YTV

    A curious Hammy sets out to find where spring comes from, but he puts the search on hold when one of GP's favorite inventions goes missing.

  • S03E02 Little Red Hammy Hoops

    • August 22, 1996
    • YTV

    The Wise Old Frog puts a twist on his storytelling session by having all the animals act out the story of Little Red Riding Hood, finishing with a scary surprise for Hammy.

  • S03E03 Package from the Sky

    • August 29, 1996
    • YTV

    When trying to deliver mail from his airplane, GP accidentally drops a package intended for Martha in the woods.

  • S03E04 The Music Box

    • September 5, 1996
    • YTV

    Martha thinks everyone has forgotten her birthday, but Hammy bakes a cake and throws a surprise party for her.

  • S03E05 Ship Ahoy!

    • September 12, 1996
    • YTV

    Wind brings a model sailboat down the river, but things don't go so well for Hammy when he climbs aboard.

  • S03E06 The Bat Story

    • September 19, 1996
    • YTV

    Wise Old Frog is telling ghost stories one evening when a strange laughing creature swoops down from above to scare them. The next morning, Hammy and Martha meet this spooky stranger.

  • S03E07 The Visit

    • September 26, 1996
    • YTV

    GP's nieces come downstream to sleep over at the Old Mill and cause quite a commotion.

  • S03E08 Sherlock Hammy

    • October 3, 1996
    • YTV

    Hammy decides to become a famous detective, so Martha makes him a special hat and lends him her magnifying glass. But what Hammy really needs is a mystery to solve.

  • S03E09 Soap Box Derby

    • October 10, 1996
    • YTV

    GP has a cold and cries for sympathy, but after getting such nice special treatment from Hammy and Martha, he isn't eager to admit when he starts to feel better.

  • S03E10 Hammy to the Rescue

    • October 17, 1996
    • YTV

    For once it's GP's turn to be rescued when he and Martha take off for a picnic in GP's balloon and get stranded on top of the Scary-High Cliff.

  • S03E11 Corkers

    • October 24, 1996
    • YTV

    Hammy decides to make a toy boat out of a cork he finds floating downstream, and soon it becomes the most popular toy on the Riverbank.

  • S03E12 Captain Toadie's Band

    • October 31, 1996
    • YTV

    Captain Toadie remembers how Hammy and the others rescued him and his tugboat, and returns the Riverbankers' kindness with a gift of band instruments.

  • S03E13 GP's Amazing Machine

    • November 7, 1996
    • YTV

    Martha is missing the bobbin off of her sewing machine, and Hammy tries in vain to find it.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Who Am I?

    • November 14, 1996
    • YTV

    A mysterious, dinosaur-like creature appears fleetingly behind the bushes and scares Hammy and GP. Martha joins in to investigate this new stranger.

  • S04E02 Dig

    • November 21, 1996
    • YTV

    Hammy, Martha and GP take the Dig-a-ma-bob on an archeological dig at which they find an old comb, a stick and a toothbrush.

  • S04E03 The Big Wheel

    • November 28, 1996
    • YTV

    GP builds a unicycle out of a discarded bicycle wheel that Hammy finds in the woods, but when GP takes the cycle out for a spin he quickly loses control of the giant wheel.

  • S04E04 The Riverbank Fair

    • December 5, 1996
    • YTV

    The annual Riverbank Day is marked with the Riverbank Fair, which starts off with a parade and features a baking contest with Hammy as the judge.

  • S04E05 A Trip to the Stars

    • December 12, 1996
    • YTV

    Hammy dreams that he finds a long, silver spaceship that takes him and GP into outer space. When he wakes up, however, the story seems to start all over again.

  • S04E06 The Trunk of Hats

    • December 19, 1996
    • YTV

    GP gives Hammy a dusty old trunk from his attic, and Hammy discovers it's full of hats with magical powers.

  • S04E07 Daredevil GP

    • December 26, 1996
    • YTV

    Hammy starts a book of records for a restless GP to break. GP decides to break the diving record held by Turtle, with a twist - he'll be diving through the sky.

  • S04E08 The General Store

    • January 2, 1997
    • YTV

    Wise Old Frog decides the Riverbank needs a general store, and Hammy just happens to meet the right animal for the job.

  • S04E09 The Cuckoo's Tale

    • January 9, 1997
    • YTV

    Hammy's cuckoo bird gets wanderlust and takes off to see the world, but now Hammy can't wake up properly.

  • S04E10 Let it Rain

    • January 16, 1997
    • YTV

    A drought strikes the Riverbank, and Wise Old Frog suggests they do a Rain Dance.

  • S04E11 Boros

    • January 23, 1997
    • YTV

    GP builds a robot called 'BOROS' (Battery Operated Rodent of Steel) to do all his work for him so he can have more "thinking time," but BOROS ends up being a little too successful.

  • S04E12 Circus

    • January 30, 1997
    • YTV

    Timothy Tortoise brings his circus to town, and all the animals are excited to perform.

  • S04E13 Humbug's Christmas

    • February 6, 1997
    • YTV

    It's Christmas on the Riverbank and Hammy, Martha, GP and Turtle set out to find a tree and exchange gifts. But when a mysterious stranger steals their tree, the animals track it to a lonely cave deep in the woods and find a Christmas surprise.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Unstoppable Turtle

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    GP helps Turtle build a 'Turtle-ma-bob' that can climb over almost everything. All goes well until Turtle decides to test out a special button on the machine, sending him on a wild ride.

  • S05E02 The Legend of the Bells

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    After Wise Old Frog tells Hammy the Legend of the Lost Bells, he and GP team up to track the bell sounds deep beneath the river.

  • S05E03 I Can Do Everything

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    GP insists on giving Martha a better way to clean up the river, Hammy a better way to dig his garden and Turtle a better way to count his steps. But he just might be pushing himself too hard.

  • S05E04 The Shell Game

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Turtle decides he likes living in his shell so much he wonders why everybody else doesn't do the same, so he heads off in search of fellow shell-dwellers.

  • S05E05 The Singing Biker

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Hairbrush Henry isn't shy anymore, and returns to dazzle everybody with his new motorbike singing act...until he crashes the bike into the river.

  • S05E06 Houseboat

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Martha builds a houseboat so she and Hammy can go cruising, but it's too small for GP to join in so he decides to build an invention to call them back home.

  • S05E07 Eggs Ahoy!

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Hammy finds some eggs in the bushes and thinks they belong to Robin, and soon all the animals have come together to gather up all the eggs. But Granny Rabbit and Ferret both have surprises in store.

  • S05E08 The Little Hamster That Could

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Martha and Wise Old Frog try to cheer Hammy up when he wishes he was bigger, but it's only when Turtle gets into a tight squeeze that Hammy realizes being small can make a big difference.

  • S05E09 The Computer and the Bagpipes

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Uncle McTavity asks GP to build him a computer to play the bagpipes for him while he runs the general store.

  • S05E10 The Butterfly

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Hammy is very puzzled by Cathy Caterpillar's transformation into a chrysalis, and GP is convinced that it's full of aliens from outer space.

  • S05E11 It's About Time

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Martha realizes teaching Hammy about time wasn't such a good idea when the nervous hamster begins to stress about fitting all his daily activities into twenty-four hours.

  • S05E12 Boros Returns

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    GP'S globetrotting Battery Operated Rodent of Steel (BOROS) returns home for a visit, and all the animals try to impress him by boasting about how exciting their lives have been since he has been away.

  • S05E13 The Trip to Away

    • September 21, 1998
    • YTV

    Martha builds a huge airplane so she can take her friends to see the world, but they only get as far as the barnyard before they run into some trouble.