Series 1 (1984)
| Title | Original airdate | Production code | # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Breakfast Time" | 1984 | 1 | ||
| An odd, yellow creature emerges from the depths of the Trap Door and eats the Thing Upstairs's breakfast. Then a big, angry red monster also escapes and chases Berk, only to be scared off by its own reflection. The yellow creature is then used as a makeshift meal for The Thing Upstairs by Berk. | ||||
| "Slither, Wriggle and Writhe" | 1984 | 2 | ||
| Berk is putting up shelves. After breaking the wood he was trying to use, he tries to take some from the trap door, only to be attacked by a tentacle thing. | ||||
| "Food for Thort" | 1984 | 3 | ||
| The Thing Upstairs' favourite vegetable Thort has grown to a dangerous size. Whilst looking for worms Berk releases a swarm of stinging wasp things from the Trap Door; luckily, he soon finds out that Thort likes to eat them. | ||||
| "Lurkings" | 1984 | 4 | ||
| Berk goes fishing with a reluctant Boni, leaving the trap door open as usual. He is followed by Rogg, a friendly thing, who emerges from the open Trap Door. | ||||
| "Gourmet's Delight" | 1984 | 5 | ||
| Berk makes a gourmet dinner, leaving the kitchen in a mess. An invisible thing called Bubo emerges from the Trap Door and causes mischief. | ||||
| "Creepy Crawly" | 1984 | 6 | ||
| A giant spider terrorises Berk. | ||||
| "The Big Thing" | 1984 | 7 | ||
| Rogg takes Boni to the castle battlements to hide from Berk. | ||||
| "Ghoulies" | 1984 | 8 | ||
| Berk finds a spell book and mistakenly summons some ghosts. | ||||
| "The Dose" | 1984 | 9 | ||
| The Thing Upstairs has a cold, so Berk makes up some medicine. A green thing emerges from the Trap Door and drinks it. | ||||
| "The Thingy" | 1984 | 10 | ||
| Berk nails the trap door shut, only for it to be immediately broken open by a mischievous powerful pink thing that begins changing everyone's shape. | ||||
| "Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite" | 1984 | 11 | ||
| Berk goes to sleep but something horrid emerges from the Trap Door and kidnaps Boni. Berk goes down to rescue him. This is one of two episodes which is revealed to be a dream at the end, the other being "Moany Boni". | ||||
| "Fester Rancid" | 1984 | 12 | ||
| Bubo (now coloured yellow after being pelted with scunge in "Gourmet's Delight") returns, and torments Boni and Drutt, eventually running off with Boni and using him as a drum. | ||||
| "The Pain" | 1984 | 13 | ||
| The Thing Upstairs has toothache so Berk goes to sort it out. Drutt wedges open the trap door so he can eat some worms, inevitably releasing a hungry slug thing which decides to eat him instead. This episode is centered on Drutt trying to escape from the creature. | ||||
| "The Little Thing" | 1984 | 14 | ||
| A noisy little thing has escaped and Berk must catch it before it wakes the Thing Upstairs. | ||||
| "Don't Open That Trap Door" | 1984 | 15 | ||
| Whilst cleaning out his cupboard Berk finds an old radio and all the monsters (past and future) emerge from the trap door to dance to the theme tune. This episode acts as more of a music video of the series. | ||||
| "Junk Food" | 1984 | 16 | ||
| Rogg returns and eats all the garbage; he then causes trouble by going up in the lift to the Thing Upstairs's room. | ||||
| "Yechh!" | 1984 | 17 | ||
| Something horrible escapes and lays its eggs. Little things hatch quickly only to pop almost immediately, causing havoc for poor Berk. | ||||
| "Flyin' Wotsit Fingy" | 1984 | 18 | ||
| Berk is trying to take a photograph of Boni and Drutt but gets interrupted by a green flying bat thingy. | ||||
| "Strange Goings On" | 1984 | 19 | ||
| Berk is taking everyone on a picnic but has to scratch the Thing Upstairs before he leaves. While he's gone something pulls Boni down the trap door. This episode is centered on Boni and his experiences through the trap door caverns then the swamp. | ||||
| "Midnight Snack" | 1984 | 20 | ||
| Whilst everyone is asleep, three near-identical greedy things emerge and raid the kitchen, causing a mess. | ||||
| "Nasty Stuff" | 1984 | 21 | ||
| Berk makes some medicine for his headache, but after drinking it he turns into a horrible monster. | ||||
| "Sniff That" | 1984 | 22 | ||
| Something with a lot of eyes sneaks up on Berk while he's trying to unclog a drain. Another thing that sucks things into its mouth climbs out too, and in the end solves both his problems. | ||||
| "Vile Pile" | 1984 | 23 | ||
| All the rubbish Berk keeps throwing down the trap door comes to life and starts spitting slime at him. | ||||
| "Slightly Weird" | 1984 | 24 | ||
| Berk tries to pick mushrooms for the Thing Upstairs's breakfast, until one of them runs off. | ||||
| "Bye Bye Berk" | 1984 | 25 | ||
| Fed up with running around after the Thing Upstairs, and fending off the trap door monsters, Berk leaves. | ||||
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