The Magic Key

2000 26 episodes

Based on characters in the Oxford Reading Tree, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta. Adapted for television by Jocelyn Stevenson and Madeline Warburg.

Episode guide

  1. H.M.S. Sweet Tooth

    September 25, 2000 No. GA TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Bill, Wilf and Floppy encounter a band of chocoholic pirates on the high seas. Biff, unable to overcome her own chocoholic tendencies, opens the cargo hold on HMS Sweet Tooth, alerting the…

  2. Lug And The Giant Storks

    October 2, 2000 No. GB TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Kipper, Wilma and Floppy meet Lug, a lonely Space Elf and some giant Space Storks. curriculum content: capital letters

  3. The Rook King

    October 9, 2000 No. GC TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Kipper, Chip and Wilma are turned into a scarecrow, an invisible boy and a cat by the wicked Rook King. curriculum content: capital 'I'

  4. Clutterland Band

    October 16, 2000 No. GD TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Nadim, Biff and Floppy find themselves on Clutterland Island, which is rapidly sinking under the weight of all the useless objects its inhabitants can't bear to throw away. They must persua…

  5. Troll Talk

    October 30, 2000 No. GE TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Wilf, Biff, Gran and Floppy meet some extremely bad tempered Trolls- or are they? Biff and Gran are captured by trolls who want to use them in a people stew. But when Wilf tries to reason w…

  6. The Patchworker

    November 6, 2000 No. GF TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Anneena, Chip and Floppy arrive in a strange patchwork world, where the skyscrapers are upside down and waterfalls flow upwards. curriculum content: sentences make sense

  7. Code Calling

    November 13, 2000 No. GG TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Wilma, Wilf and Floppy are transported to an ancient civilization, where coded messages are used. Wilma misreads a coded message and mistakenly announces an impending battle. There is then…

  8. Zandoodle And The Wheezlebang

    November 20, 2000 No. GH TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Kipper takes the top off one of Zandoodle the wizard's magic potions, releasing a whirlwind which mixes up the labels. curriculum content: labels

  9. Biff Of The Jungle

    November 27, 2000 No. GI TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Biff, Wilma and Floppy find themselves stuck in a jungle with Nora Lockemup, a collector of rare and endangered species. When Nora realizes that Biff and Wilma are on to her, she locks Wilm…

  10. Nadim's Machine

    December 4, 2000 No. GJ TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Nadim faces a race against time when Wilf and Floppy are captured by the evil Grabber Lotterdosh. Can he save them from being robotized? curriculum content: instructions

  11. The Flying Circus

    January 15, 2001 No. GK TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Chip, Biff and Floppy are whisked into a world where planes fly themselves. To his horror, Chip finds himself in the flight controller's deck in charge of four wacky flying machines. Giving…

  12. Fraser The Eraser

    January 22, 2001 No. GL TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Kipper, Gran and Floppy spin into Crayon World, where Fraser the Eraser is intent on rubbing everything out. curriculum content: descriptions

  13. The Anneena Academy

    January 29, 2001 No. GM TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Anneena, Wilf and Floppy find themselves in a nightmare world- where everyone looks at sounds like Anneena. But how can they identify the real Anneena? curriculum content: capital letters f…

  14. Dragon Land

    February 5, 2001 No. GN TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Wilma, Wilf and Floppy are inside the Dragon Land computer game- and if their opponents win, they'll be trapped there for ever. curriculum content: questions

  15. The Queen Of Hearts

    February 12, 2001 No. GO TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    The bad-tempered Queen of Hearts throws Biff and Kipper into a dungeon after a mix-up over some washing. curriculum content: reasons and explanations

  16. Floppy And The Puppies

    February 26, 2001 No. GP TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Floppy is tricked by a couple of scheming puppies who are not as cute as they first appear. curriculum content: characteristics

  17. The Giant And The Knee Nibblers

    March 5, 2001 No. GQ TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Kipper, Teddy, Wilf and Floppy are doomed to take part in a never-ending story. curriculum content: beginnings and endings

  18. The Cream Cake Mystery

    March 12, 2001 No. GR TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Chip, Nadim and Floppy become embroiled in a crime mystery- someone is stealing the baker's cakes. curriculum content: seeing patterns

  19. Master Hansel And Miss Gretel

    March 19, 2001 No. GS TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Anneena, Kipper and Floppy meet Hansel and Gretel and find that they have starring roles in the Grimm Brothers' most famous fairy tale. curriculum content: retelling a story

  20. The Sound Monster

    March 26, 2001 No. GT TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    Wilma and Floppy find themselves on an island where the sounds made by the animals are all mixed up. curriculum content: words that make sounds

  21. Tumbleweed Desert

    April 23, 2001 No. GU TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    curriculum content: actions

  22. The Stone Of Contentment

    April 30, 2001 No. GV TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    curriculum content: rules

  23. The Demon Drill

    May 14, 2001 No. GW TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    curriculum content: classifications

  24. Fabulous Fancy Foods

    May 21, 2001 No. GX TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    curriculum content: preferences

  25. The Fountain Of Youth

    June 4, 2001 No. GY TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    curriculum content: chronology

  26. Underwater World

    June 11, 2001 No. GZ TV Episode HIT Entertainment Plc., Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, O…

    curriculum content: settings