Bernard Season 1, Episode 9: Hitchhiking

1

The Gym

Bernard goes to the gym and starts training enthusiastically... until he discovers that each piece of equipment has a life of its own

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2

Golf

Bernard goes to the gym and starts training enthusiastically... until he discovers that each piece of equipment has a life of its own

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3

Ice Climbing

Once he has found all his equipment, Bernard sets off to climb the highest peak. But the closer he gets to the summit, the trickier it becomes...

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4

The Swing

Bernard finds a beautiful tree with a beautiful swing. The only problem is that someone else has got there first!

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5

Security Guard

Bernard is very familiar with the exhibits in the museum where he works, so why is that moving sculpture carrying a canvas in its hand?

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6

The Vending Machine

Sportsmanship is about knowing how to win and how to lose... and sometimes about how to share a refreshing drink with your opponent after the game...

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7

Diving Board

Bernard desperately tries to copy all the things that Lloyd (the penguin) enjoys doing at the swimming pool... including diving from the highest springboard!

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8

Watching TV

Whatever the time, wherever he is, Bernard is completely hooked on television... that is until the shop closes and the shutters come down

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9

Hitchhiking

Picking up hitchhikers can often be very dangerous. So when Bernard stops to pick up Zack, he should remember that one day he may need a lift

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10

Sky Diving

If Bernard ever succeeds in jumping out of the plane, he's bound to forget his parachute. Is there any other way he would want to do it?

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11

At the Theme Park

Bernard just wants to have a good time at the theme park. The trouble is that someone else wants to be in his photo and then that balloon appears...

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12

A Day in the Country

Bernard has gone to the mountain, while the mountain comes to Bernard! It may look like rain, but Bernard's not worried because he's got his umbrella

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13

Learning to Fly

Bernard is learning to fly, and may not have chosen the best day... But once you are airborne, the important thing is not how you land, but where you land!

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14

Close Encounters

Bernard is delighted to receive a visit from a small extraterrestrial, but his visitor is less than delighted by Bernard's limited technological skills

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15

The Intruder

One night Bernard's supper is interrupted by an intruder. Can a lone polar bear deal with the darkness, his own deep-seated fears and... a little mouse?

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16

Basketball

There's nothing Bernard likes better than a challenge, and when it comes to playing basketball against Zack, winning means winning at all costs

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17

The Cart

What do you get when you cross a motor scooter with a supermarket cart? The answer - as Bernard finds out the hard way – is a highly dangerous vehicle

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18

Bowling

Bernard the bowling champ takes on Lloyd. It should be easy for Bernard, but in sport there are three kinds of luck – good luck, bad luck and... Bernard's luck

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19

Taekwondo

In order to recover his property from Zack, Bernard takes up taekwondo. He develops awesome skills, but the result is not quite what he had planned

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20

Scuba Diving

Bernard looks forward to a day's scuba diving. At first all goes swimmingly, but he soon realises that not everything is quite what it seems under the sea

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21

Doors

Most people can negotiate revolving doors, even when they have their arms full of packages. But Bernard is not quite like everyone else

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22

At the Museum

Museums contain thousands of priceless exhibits carefully preserved for hundreds of years. Then Bernard pays a visit...

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23

Street Racing

When Zack lines up alongside him at the traffic lights, it gives Bernard the perfect excuse to start a race through the city streets. But what about other road users?

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24

The Desert Island

Bernard finds himself on a desert island where all the inhabitants try to make him feel welcome... in their own special way

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25

Baseball

Bernard soon figures out how the baseball pitching machine works, until the machine steps up a gear and shows it has a few more tricks up its sleeve

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26

The Car

Bernard is proud of his small convertible. The only trouble is that he can't get everything in the boot, which complicates life more than you would imagine

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27

The Flower

Bernard loves his flower, and is determined to do whatever is necessary to protect it from danger – no matter what the cost

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28

The Medallion

Bernard finds a medallion, but soon discovers that it brings bad luck. So he tries to throw it away, but unfortunately for him, it keeps on coming back

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29

The Moth

When Bernard tries to get rid of an annoying moth, something unexpected happens and his kitchen becomes a very dangerous place

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30

Bullfighter

Bernard finds himself in field full of bulls, and despite his lack of experience, decides to try his hand at bull-fighting

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31

At the North Pole

Bernard gets bored trekking across the frozen Arctic wastes. Some abandoned equipment becomes a source of great entertainment, but not for long...

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32

The Package

Zack tries to steal a parcel which Bernard is carrying. At first he succeeds, but Bernard doesn't give up that easily...

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33

Sleepwalker

Even when he's asleep, Bernard is capable of anything – as he finds out when he wakes up in the morning

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34

The Pizza

Bernard has to deliver a pizza to a haunted house... and to its starving owner. But how is he going to get paid?

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35

The Unicycle

To the amazement of Zack, Bernard discovers he has some performing skills which he never knew he had

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36

The Motorboat

Although Bernard has been shipwrecked, his real problems begin when he finds an abandoned motorboat which could get him back to shore

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37

The Prisoner

Bernard makes a daring escape from prison, but once he's out, he realises that perhaps life inside wasn't so bad after all

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38

The Supermarket

Bernard is delighted with all the bargains he has bought. Now the only problem is how to get them all home

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39

The Mosquito

Bernard feels very tired and wants to sleep for hours... But there's a mosquito about with other ideas. He just has to get rid of that mosquito

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40

Oasis

In the middle of the desert Bernard stumbles across an oasis. The palm trees look real enough, and that cool water is just too tempting

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41

The Treasure

A map may lead you to the hidden treasure, but does not always tell you about the hidden dangers... Even Indiana Jones would have had trouble here

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42

The Window Cleaner

Bernard is cleaning the windows of a skyscraper, when he disturbs two birds trying to protect their fledgling

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43

Marathon

Bernard, Zack and Lloyd are competing in a marathon. The winner will not be the one who runs the fastest, but the one who survives the longest

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44

The Fumigator

Do you like cockroaches? No? Well, nor does Bernard, and he is determined to get them out of his house somehow

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45

The Fumigator 2

Despite all Bernard's efforts, the cockroaches are taking over Bernard's house, but his patience is running out

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46

Close Encounters 2

Another UFO appears on Bernard's radar. He is desperate to see what is inside the strange carapace, but the extraterrestrial is in no hurry to show himself

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47

The Little Dog

Goliath may be tiny but he packs a charge of aggression and bad temper equivalent to someone several times his size... as Bernard discovers

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48

A Lucky Day

Is it really possible for our walking disaster of a polar bear to have a lucky day? Bernard... lucky... for a whole day?

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49

The Storm

Once Bernard had a polar home on the ice cap, but a lightning strike during a polar thunderstorm forces him to leave it all behind

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50

The Robot

A robot seems to offer Bernard a simple solution to the problem of cleaning his house. The trouble is that the robot is literally crazy about his job

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51

The Vacuum Cleaner

When the vacuum cleaner finishes its work, there's not a speck of dust anywhere, and no sign of Bernard's winning lottery ticket either!

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52

A Day in the Country 2

Bernard wants to enjoy nature. The only problem is that the fauna and flora want to enjoy him at the same time

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