Balamory (series 4)

This article contains episode information and plot summaries[1][2][3] from the television show Balamory for season Four. Season Four was broadcast in 2005.

Cast

Main cast are listed on the main Balamory page.

Episodes

Season four

Title	Description	Original air date
Auntie's Bloomers	Archie's kilt is a bit draughty.	4 April 2005
The Eagle Flies	PC Plum offers to get a photograph of an eagle for Miss Hoolie to show the kids in the nursery. However, he's having a busy day and needs help to find the elusive eagle.	5 April 2005
Plum Abroad	PC Plum goes on holiday.	6 April 2005
The Game Show		7 April 2005
The Wedding	Katie and Roddy are getting married and PC Plum is the best man. Archie is driving them to Abbey Island and Edie is recording the wedding but when Archie's car breaks down outside the police station, it is up to Edie to save the day.	8 April 2005
Woodwork	Spencer teaches Edie how to carve a wooden puppet like Pinocchio.	11 April 2005
The Time Machine	Archie tries to build a time machine to help teach the children about olden days.	12 April 2005
Signing		13 April 2005
The Falkirk Wheel	Archie makes an indoor canal so the children can sail boats on it.	14 April 2005
The Snowman	It's snowing in Balamory but one child has a cold. Josie Jump and Miss Hoolie come up with a novel way of entertaining him. In this episode Miss Hoolie sings the coloured house song.	15 April 2005
Lobster Fishing	Miss Hoolie is playing a game of hunt the thimble with the children, which leads to Josie organising an unusual treasure hunt with a little help from PC Plum and a lobster fisherman. Josie learns about how floats help fishermen locate their lobster pots.	18 April 2005
The Portrait Gallery	Archie and Spencer are taking the nursery children to see a painting gallery in the Balamory Art Museum.	19 April 2005
The Slide Projector		20 April 2005
Harvest	Edie helps the children celebrate the harvest.	21 April 2005
Truck Parade	A trip is organised to the mainland to see a big truck parade, but they accidentally leave Spencer behind as he wants to come too.	22 April 2005
Big Cats	Miss Hoolie's cat proves less than cooperative when Spencer tries to paint him for the children.	25 April 2005
The Orchestra	Suzie needs help learning to play the cymbals in the orchestra.	26 April 2005
How Far	Archie wonders who will be able to put his fabulous new measuring invention to good use	27 April 2005
The Map		28 April 2005
I Went to School One Morning		29 April 2005
The Yoghurt Pot Bird	Suzie gets in a muddle as she tries to help Edie teach the children about birds-of-paradise.	2 May 2005
The Allotment	Josie does some gardening, but can't find any vegetables.	3 May 2005
Too Much of a Good Thing		4 May 2005
Continental Shopping	A new product range is introduced in Pocket 'n' Sweet, but will it prove a success?	5 May 2005
Carnival		6 May 2005
Slippy	The snow makes everything slippery; Spencer visits Archie to make a sledge.	9 May 2005
The Optician	Archie takes a memorable trip to the optician.	10 May 2005
Bonjour	Miss Hoolie gets help teaching French.	11 May 2005
Worried Plum		12 May 2005
Feeling at Home	Miss Hoolie has friends coming to visit, so she organises a special picnic for them to feel at home.	13 May 2005
Musical Boats		16 May 2005
Shapes and Patterns		17 May 2005
Hello Day	It’s the Hello Day at Balamory Nursery, is she doesn’t say hello to anyone?	9 April 2005
Butterflies	Josie wants to teach the children a butterfly dance, and Edie suggests they try to catch a butterfly with nets. PC Plum intervenes to protect the butterflies from harm, and has an alternative for Josie.	18 May 2005
The Giggler	Granny McLeod comes to visit the children in the nursery, and keeps them laughing.	19 May 2005
Highland Games	Archie asks Spencer to make some leaflets for the Balamory Highland Games. He goes back to his castle and finds his latest invention there. He tries to use it so everyone at the games will hear about them. But his invention is too big, so Edie carries it in her bus to the Highland Games. (Trivia: This was actually filmed at the Callander Highland Games.)	20 May 2005
Colour Surprise Day	Archie invents a special 'colour surprise' machine to the delight of the children in the nursery.	23 May 2005
Video Guide	Penny and Pocket create a video guide for their shop. The shop has a lot of visitors, all with questions about the island, so Suzie and Penny come up with a way of providing all the answers	24 May 2005
Shadows	Josie Jump asks PC Plum to investigate when things go bump in the night during a windy spell	25 May 2005
Holiday Snaps	Josie says she has photos of her journey and comes up with an idea for a game of Snap. So Josie goes to see Edie.	26 May 2005
Roller Skates	Archie is trying to ride around Balamory in roller skates, so Josie helps.	27 May 2005
The Loch Bala Monster		30 May 2005
Island in the Sun	It's a snowy day in Balamory so PC Plum banishes the winter blues by relieving his summer holiday.	31 May 2005
The Ferry Ride		10 April 2005
The Piano	Edie has came back from her holiday in Paris, France, together with Archie and gives everyone at the nursery souvenirs she bought while she was there. She explains to Miss Hoolie that she recorded Archie's experiences in Paris but needs vocals from him in order to complete the video which she plans to show to the children. But while working on the video, Edie accidentally dropped her screwdriver which presses a button that wipes out all the sound in the video, leaving it "sound-less" for the children to hear. This is when Spencer comes to the rescue and uses music instead to make up for the sound wiped out from the mini-accident. That way the children can enjoy the Paris video happily.	2 June 2005
Wheelie Day	Josie suggests a wheelbarrow race on Wheelie Day, so Edie volunteers to help her out.	3 June 2005
Snap		6 June 2005
Mix Up	Suzie and Penny reorganise the shop, but some crossed wires causes problems when the fruit delivery to the shop goes wrong.	7 June 2005
Phone Frazzled		8 June 2005
Nature Symphony	It's raining so PC Plum has to cancel a nature walk. Instead he comes up with another way of helping the children enjoy the magic of nature.	9 June 2005
The Sniff Along		10 June 2005
Trip to the Moon		13 June 2005
Hot Sun	It's a very hot day, so Archie invents a machine to keep everybody cool, but Edie has other plans.	14 June 2005
Wrong End of the Stick	PC Plum gets too wrong end of the stick.	15 June 2005
Ballroom Dancing	Josie Jump decides to teach Ballroom Dancing in her dance class, she tries to dance with Miss Hoolie but she steps on her toes, she then tries PC Plum but she then steps on her toes.	16 June 2005
Sand Sculpture Festival	There is a sand sculpture festival at the beach and Spencer is organising it. He goes to the cafe to catch the bus to go and then he realises that he forgot to organise the bus. He goes to Edie McCredie to organise the bus but she is planning to go windsurfing. After telling her about the food. She agrees to organise the bus. When they get back to the cafe. Spencer realises that he forgot to organise the food. It is up to Suzie sweet to help.	17 June 2005
The Oil Platform		20 June 2005
Plum the Musical	Josie is organising a musical, but which famous resident of Balamory will feature in it?	21 June 2005
The Cinema		22 June 2005
Fingal's Cave	Archie and Miss Hoolie visit Fingal's cave, but is Archie fully prepared for the trip?	23 June 2005
The Prize	PC Plum is in charge of running the Balamory Yacht Race.	24 June 2005
Nuts	Someone or something is stealing all of the bird nuts from the bird table for all the birds residing at the nursery. Josie Jump decides to help Miss Hoolie buy some more bird nuts at Pocket & Sweets and feed the birds with the nuts. But when the bird nuts are stolen again, PC Plum investigates the mystery and finds out that a squirrel is taking all of the bird nuts. So he tells Josie and Miss Hoolie to use a bird feeder to prevent the squirrel from stealing the nuts and for everyone to enjoy birdwatching at the nursery. At the end of the day, Miss Hoolie closes the school cupboard and gets the nuts.	25 June 2005
The Mountie	PC Plum has a police man visiting from Canada but wonders how he can take the Mountie on patrol, so he goes and sees Archie to make another bike. Last in the series	26 June 2005

References

1. "Balamory - CBeebies - BBC". www.bbc.co.uk.
2. "Balamory". locatetv.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Locate TV Listings