Old Tom

Angela Throgmorton is leading a somewhat lonely life when a strange, scruffy, creature appears on her doorstep. Feeling sorry for the poor thing, she...

Told by her friend, Lavinia, that she and Old Tom should 'smarten themselves up', Angela takes Old Tom to the local department store to buy new outfit...

Old Tom is getting in Angela's way as she tries to tidy the house, so she suggests he goes outside and find a friend. However, outside Old Tom is teas...

Angela goes shopping for a playhouse for Old Tom and ends up buying an old rocket ship. Old Tom loves it and, with his best friend Lucy, they decide t...

Lavinia decides to 'elevate the cultural tone' of Angela's household, by giving them regular musical recitals on her violin. Her talent, however, is n...

Lavinia takes Angela with her to the beauty salon for a complete makeover . Angela is reluctant, but agrees to go if Old Tom can come, too. At the sal...

Angela tries to get her old car repaired, but is talked into trading it in for a new car, instead. The salesman persuades Angela and Old Tom to test d...

Angela falls off the roof while trying to retrieve Old Tom's golf balls, and is confined to bed. She suggests getting Lavinia to look after the house...

Lavinia comes to take Angela golfing. Old Tom and Lucy want to go golfing, too, but Lavinia tells them the golf club won't let 'undesirables' play - t...

Lavinia takes Angela and Old Tom to the town's finest restaurant. Old Tom is horrified when the owner, Chef Geoff, serves them tiny portions, so he hi...

Lavinia has entered Angela's house in a 'Tidy Home' competition, so Angela goes out to buy flowers while Old Tom tidies up his room. Angela specifical...

Old Tom is being pestered by a bird which has built its nest on top of Angela's chimney. The bird disturbs Old Tom's sleep, takes his food and fills t...

Lavinia has entered Angela's house in a 'Tidy Home' competition, so Angela goes out to buy flowers while Old Tom tidies up his room. Angela specifical...

It's Angela's birthday and Lavinia has several treats planned for her. But she is annoyed that Old Tom is coming, too - especially when he gets them t...

Old Tom is upset when Lucy has to go to a friend's party, so Angela takes him to the beach to cheer him up. As Angela dozes, Old Tom gets up to mischi...

Lavinia persuades Angela to buy Old Tom a computer, so he won't get up to mischief. When the computer arrives, Old Tom is more interested in playing w...

Lavinia thinks her nephew, Billy, is a brilliant artist and hangs one of his paintings in Angela's living room. When Lucy and Old Tom see it, they thi...

When Lavinia discovers that 'the great example of modern art' was painted by Old Tom, she takes it to a local gallery owner who offers to exhibit and...

Lucy is having trouble with her school project on Leonardo Da Vinci, so Angela takes her and Old Tom to the local museum to get more information. Whil...

Lavinia takes Angela, Lucy and Billy on a picnic in the countryside. When they open the picnic hamper, they discover that Old Tom has hidden inside an...

With all his friends away for the holidays, Old Tom is bored - so Angela reluctantly sends him off to summer camp. Despite Angela's fears, Old Tom set...

While Angela is sleeping, a couple of thieves sneak into her house and steal her most treasured possession - a valuable antique vacuum cleaner. Old To...

Old Tom overhears Lucy and Angela complaining about Billy, and mistakenly thinks they are talking about him. Devastated that not even his best friends...

While playing frisbee, Old Tom accidentally breaks Angela's favourite record by her favourite singer, Tom Moans. Old Tom and Lucy try and buy a replac...

Old Tom wants some money to buy a toy, so Angela suggests he work for it - as a gardener. She lends him her old lawn-mower, and he soon has a job mowi...

Angela has to go to hospital for a small operation on her big toe, so she leaves Old Tom with Lavinia for the afternoon. However, Old Tom is very smel...

Old Tom hurts his tooth on a lollipop, so Angela rushes him off to the dentist for a check-up. The dentist has trouble coping with Old Tom - who plays...

A rather ordinary magician, called Morton the Affordable, is entertaining Billy's birthday party - not very successfully - until Old Tom's antics disr...

Old Tom has a nightmare about monsters, so Angela takes him and Lucy to an amusement park to cheer him up. Lucy wants to go on the Ghost Train, but Ol...

When Old Tom is finishing his bath, his favourite bath toy - a rubber duckie - goes down the plug hole and gets stuck in the house's plumbing. Old Tom...

Angela won't let Old Tom keep his new pet - a goat. However, instead of taking it back to where he got it from, Old Tom hides the goat in his room. Me...

Lavinia is organising a dance competition and wants Angela to take part. Angela, who loves dancing, is keen, but she doesn't have a partner. When Old...

Angela has organised a cruise on the harbour for herself, Old Tom and Lavinia. However, when Lavinia discovers the boat is an old rustbucket, she refu...

Angela buys a birthday present for Lavinia - a parrot. But while she goes out to buy some birdseed, Old Tom lets the bird out of the cage. Angela retu...

The Queen, wanting to see someone different at her next garden party, choses Angela and Old Tom at random. Angela is delighted, but gives Old Tom a cr...

Old Tom accidentally breaks Angela's favourite vacuum cleaner, so he and Lucy go to a Home Appliance Expo, to buy her a new one. There they discover t...

Angela bakes a cake to enter in the Home Appliance Show Bake-Off, but Old Tom eats it by mistake. Feeling guilty, Old Tom decides to bake a new cake t...

Angela gets a temporary job at a local sports store, and takes Old Tom along. The store owner, Nugget Gristle, doesn't like Old Tom at first, but when...

When Lucy enters a TV Quiz Show, Old Tom helps her study. However, Billy is one of the other contestants and, on the day of the show, he tricks Lucy i...

Angela and Old Tom go to the local swimming pool, where they meet Lucy who is practising for her swimming certificate. Billy is also there and starts...

It's April Fools Day and Old Tom and Lucy play a trick on Billy, who tries to get his own back. Instead, he meets Angela and tricks her into believing...

When an outing is cancelled because of rain, Old Tom decides to invent a device that can change the weather. Adapting a TV remote control, he almost s...

Angela and Old Tom go to the beach, where Old Tom gets involved in a sandcastle competition. While waiting for his sandcastle to be judged, Old Tom go...

Angela buys Old Tom a novelty radio, shaped like an apple. However, Old Tom, thinking it is an apple - eats it! All of a sudden, strange voices start...

Old Tom wants to play with Lucy but is not allowed to, because she has chicken pox. Old Tom goes home and paints spots on his face, so Angela will thi...

Angela and Old Tom are planning to go to the zoo, but the car breaks down. As Angela tries to fix it, Old Tom is accidentally picked up by a garbage t...

Angela buys Old Tom a robot and cleans it. At first, Old Tom dislikes the robot - especially when it tries to clean him - but when it cooks Old Tom di...

The local playground is old and dilapidated, so Old Tom and Lucy decide to hold a fundraising fete to build a new one. However, Lavinia takes over the...

Billy has a fabulous new tree house - complete with elevator - and all the kids want to play in it. However, when Billy refuses to let Old Tom in, Luc...

Old Tom and Lucy are practising for a go-kart race but Billy destroys their kart. Dismayed, they go home to Angela's place where they see a big box in...

A TV producer sees Old Tom causing mayhem at a shopping centre and, thinking Old Tom is a comic genius, gives him his own TV show. Soon Old Tom is a T...

In the final episode, Old Tom seems to be back at square one - rejected by much of the community. On a trip to the observatory, Billy causes trouble b...