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Season 1

  • S01E01 Hello, We Must be Going

    • November 19, 2007
    • BBC One

    Alex and Zoe are mistaken for monsters when they first arrive through the portal.

  • S01E02 Goodbye, We Must be Staying

    • November 20, 2007
    • BBC One

    In this episode, the animals fear that they will be returned to their feral, uncivilised state. Zoe is torn between her desire to help and her need to return home.

  • S01E03 The Mist of Time

    • November 21, 2007
    • BBC One

    In this episode, G'Bubu the gorilla is swept back in time to an era when his ancestors fought for control of the trees against their enemies, the giant tree frogs.

  • S01E04 Catcher in the Rhyme

    • November 22, 2007
    • BBC One

    Zoe and Alex must recover the Corespore before the Animalians are stuck forever.

  • S01E05 Forget Me Not

    • November 23, 2007
    • BBC One

    Alex and Zoe go on a search for a Corespore in a place where lost Animalian memories go, Memory Canyon.

  • S01E06 Long Short Story

    • November 26, 2007
    • BBC One

    In this episode, an important message is incorrectly communicated. The kids struggle to discover the truth about Livingstone's disappearance.

  • S01E07 Righting the Writing

    • November 27, 2007
    • BBC One

    Chaos erupts when words go missing.

  • S01E08 Butterfly Winter

    • November 28, 2007
    • BBC One

    In this episode, the animalians become hooked on TV.

  • S01E09 Speechless in Animalia

    • November 29, 2007
    • BBC One

    All the animals lose the power of speech.

  • S01E10 Don Iguana

    • November 30, 2007
    • BBC One

    To impress Zoe, Iggy the iguana dons a cape and becomes Animalia's secret hero.

  • S01E11 Over and Beyond

    • December 3, 2007
    • BBC One

    Zoe travels to the land of Over and Beyond, a realm populated by fictional characters, to rescue two zebras who have been captured by a dragon. To allow them to escape, Zoe must stay behind and entertain the dragon with her stories like Scheherazade.

  • S01E12 Being Peter Applebottom

    • December 4, 2007
    • BBC One

    When G'Bubu is hit on the head by a bongo nut, he assumes the personality of Peter Applebottom, a brilliant but pompous scientist who claims to know how to permanently fix the Core.

  • S01E13 Animalia's Talent-o-topia

    • December 5, 2007
    • BBC One

    Allegra the crocodile admits to Zoe that she can't read. Zoe helps her to write a song for Animalia's talent contest. Iggy and G'Bubu also perform in the competition.

  • S01E14 Brain Drain

    • December 6, 2007
    • BBC One

    Livingstone is feeling unappreciated, but he gets the day off when a Corespore blast results in Livingstone turns into a happy-go-lucky twit.

  • S01E15 Save Our Swamp

    • December 7, 2007
    • BBC One

    Zoe and Tyrannicus join forces to shut down and drain the swamp. When Alex is struck with a swamp fever, Zoe puts aside her aversion and teams up with Allegra to track down the elusive plant.

  • S01E16 Tunnel Vision

    • December 10, 2007
    • BBC One

    Alex explores Animalia's tunnel system where he becomes trapped, along with an Animalian he has never met before, a weasel named TC.

  • S01E17 Iggy's Quest

    • December 11, 2007
    • BBC One

    On a visit to his grandfather's home, Iggy must come to terms with the fact that he is not a full-blooded iguana, but rather, is part chameleon. With the help of his grandfather Carmine, Iggy gets in touch with his 'inner chameleon' and overcomes his fear of a recurring nightmare.

  • S01E18 What's the Good Word?

    • December 12, 2007
    • BBC One

    Tyrannicus starts his own nation of Tyrannia and teams up with the Creeper to declare war on Animalia, with the goal of driving Alex and Zoe out of the kingdom.

  • S01E19 Alex's Secret Code

    • December 13, 2007
    • BBC One

    The Creeper sabotages the Core by destroying a main root which causes the animals to revert to their original language. The kids must find the origin spore that allows the animals to communicate.

  • S01E20 Whistling in the Dark

    • December 14, 2007
    • BBC One

    The search for the Creeper leads Alex and Zoe to the Chamber of Legends, a dusty room filled with Animalian relics. Alex reveals that he helped a weasel escape from the tunnels, and only now does Alex learn that the weasel is none other than the notorious Creeper.

  • S01E21 The Call to Action

    • March 17, 2008
    • BBC One

    Livingstone calls an Animalian meeting to reveal that the Creeper is back. He journeys into the tunnels with Alex and Zoe to find it. However, the Creeper uses the Wind of No Return to foil the heroes' attempts.

  • S01E22 The World According to Iggy

    • March 18, 2008
    • BBC One

    Iggy is asked to babysit Echo while his parents, Erno and Elni, handle a portal-guarding shift. To entertain the baby elephant, Iggy tells him tales of Animalia in which Iggy is cast as the hero. But the Creeper sweeps Elni and Erno into the tunnels in order to kidnap Echo, whom the Creeper believes stands in the way of him controlling Animalia.

  • S01E23 Nothing But The Truth

    • March 19, 2008
    • BBC One

    Tyrannicus plants a story that Livingstone is to retire. Livingstone refutes the rumour, but many Animalians believe Tyrannicus. When the Truth Corespore blasts off, Animalia can only speak in lies, so the kids must find the Corespore before Tyrannicus tricks Livingstone into quitting.

  • S01E24 The Dream-Weavers

    • March 20, 2008
    • BBC One

    When nightmares plague Animalians, Alex and Zoe go to 'over and beyond', where they must find the Dream-Weaver and rescue Animalia from its dream troubles.

  • S01E25 Getting Over The Glums

    • March 21, 2008
    • BBC One

    Livingstone and Reenie are struck by the 'glums', a rare Animalian version of the blues. There is only one cure for the syndrome: a good, long laugh. But those affected with the glums don't find anything the least bit funny, so Alex, Zoe, G'Bubu and Iggy must criss-cross the kingdom in search of the funniest joke in Animalia.

  • S01E26 Tunnel King

    • March 24, 2008
    • BBC One

    The Creeper is accused of stealing from the Animalians, but without any hard evidence, Livingstone refuses to blame it. Encouraged by Tyrannicus, the enraged Animalians rush into the tunnels. It's a trap, however, and they become stuck. Meanwhile, the Creeper tries to sabotage the Core but is thwarted by Allegra, the only Animalian not in the tunnels.

  • S01E27 The Day Zoe Listened

    • March 25, 2008
    • BBC One

    Alex bets Zoe that she can't resist talking for a full day. It's a vow of silence. So Zoe spends the day listening to the amazing and magical world of Animalia, and makes new friends and huge discoveries.

  • S01E28 Alex's Treasure Island

    • March 26, 2008
    • BBC One

    Alex and the gang put on a production of Treasure Island, but a corespore blows mid-performance, sending Animalia into a treasure hunt frenzy. Alex and Zoe journey to Over and Beyond to find the missing corespore.

  • S01E29 Taking a Guilt Trip

    • March 27, 2008
    • BBC One

    Ever since Alex helped the Creeper escape from the portal, the boy has been wracked with guilt. He has the naive and unrealistic hope that he can convince the Creeper to turn over a new leaf.

  • S01E30 The Animal Within

    • March 28, 2008
    • BBC One

    When Alex and Zoe share a meal with the Horrible Hogs at the Elephants' Eatery they're appalled by the Hogs' awful table manners, crudeness, and limited social skills. The Hoity-Toity toucan overhears, and puts a spell on Alex and Zoe, making them Neanderthal versions of themselves.

  • S01E31 The Mystery of the Missing Melba

    • June 23, 2008
    • BBC One

    Alex gets a video camera for his birthday and embarks on video research which turns into a hard-boiled detective documentary about the 'missing Melba'.

  • S01E32 Scary Story-Go-Round

    • June 24, 2008
    • BBC One

    Once a year, Animalia celebrates with the traditional story-telling game known as Scary Story-Go-Round. Everyone in Animalia takes a turn to make up one continuous and very scary story.

  • S01E33 The Ballad of the Creeper

    • June 25, 2008
    • BBC One

    Following the blueprints of the scientist Peter Applebottom, the Creeper has invented a device that can corrupt the Corespore. This turns all Animalians, including Alex and Zoe, into ninnies. Gorillas are the only species not affected by the corruption, so G'Bubu leads the quest to restore the Corespore and free Animalia from ninni-ness.

  • S01E34 From A to Z

    • June 26, 2008
    • BBC One

    When pages disappear from Animalia's Big Book of Words, Animalians lose the ability to use the words on them. As their vocabularies shrink, the chaos in Animalia grows. Alex and Zoe must find why the pages are disappearing and restore the words to Animalia.

  • S01E35 The Dragon and the Night

    • June 27, 2008
    • BBC One

    A Corespore blasts off and flies to the land of Over and Beyond, where fictional characters live. With this Corespore missing, Animalians are unable to agree about anything.

  • S01E36 Tomorrow

    • June 30, 2008
    • BBC One

    Alex and Zoe join forces to write a sci-fi story called Tomorrow. The story asks if the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do?

  • S01E37 Guardians of the Core

    • July 1, 2008
    • BBC One

    Alex finds the Guardians of the Core Guidebook, which provides words and phrases that can help the Core. But when Alex isn't careful with the words he uses, the Core becomes a musical jukebox causing Animalians to sing and dance uncontrollably.

  • S01E38 Paradise Found

    • July 2, 2008
    • BBC One

    With the Creeper gone and peace restored to Animalia, Alex and Zoe decide it's time to go home. Livingstone also decides to take a much needed break, but before he can go, he must choose a new leader. Allegra and Tyrannicus vie for the position, but ultimately Livingstone knows that a good leader must lead with his heart.

  • S01E39 Back to the Present

    • July 3, 2008
    • BBC One

    After a few days in the 'real world', Alex and Zoe miss Animalia and want to return. But when they arrive, the city is in disrepair. They discover that time in Animalia moves at a different rate and a few days in their world is over a year in Animalia. Much to their surprise, G'Bubu and Iggy are no longer the leaders of Animalia, and instead King Tyrannicus is ruling the city.

  • S01E40 What the World Needs Now

    • July 4, 2008
    • BBC One

    The Creeper is back and he uses his knowledge of the Core to gain power and force the Animalians to do his bidding. Alex and Zoe are sent to protective custody, while G'Bubu and Iggy are searching the portals for Livingstone.

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