Up, Down and Across. Bungle's bouncing up and down on his trampoline, Geoffrey's yo-yo goes up and down, and you get the idea where we're headed with this - but I bet you never expected to see *Zippy* on a trampoline. Sort of. This episode was originally broadcast on Tuesday, 13th September, 1988.

Obviously, directions are the subject we're learning about in this one, and we're treated to some interesting footage of hot-air balloons, funny reversed video effects, and all the gang on a roller-coaster (again, sort of). You've got to give them credit for how much they crammed into this episode, including some animations from Telemagination (who'd have been working on The Telebugs around this time - remember that?), an odd Brady Bunch type of scene with only Zippy, and a Rod, Jane and Freddy number about an old machine that sees everyone else join in one-by-one. My favourite moment, though, has to be this exchange towards the end:

Geoffrey (patience personified): The game is called "Stick the tail on the donkey".
Bungle (super genius): What do I have to do?

Oh, and the cartoony cross-plaster gave me a chuckle, as did George finally asserting himself over the placement of that photo. Plus don't miss Zippy sounding a bit like a Dalek around 8:32. (That really was one of Roy Skelton's other jobs, by the way.)

The promo at the end for the Rainbow comic brought something back to me. Did anyone else reading this use to get it?

Many thanks to Lee for providing this recording.

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