S01E02: We Do Promise Honestly We Can Look After Your Dog
Lola and her friend Lotta know everything there is to know about dogs. So they are really pleased when Marv lets them look after Sizzles in the park.
Overview
Charlie and Lola is a British animated television series based on the Charlie and Lola books written by Lauren Child. It aired from 2005–2008. The animation uses a collage style that emulates the style of the original books. Three series were commissioned by and initially broadcast on the BBC between 2005 and 2008. The series are produced by Tiger Aspect and have been subsequently broadcast in more than twenty countries. The series has won multiple BAFTA awards.
Episodes
S01E01 I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed
November 7, 2005 11 min
Charlie has to get Lola ready for bed but Lola insists that she is not tired, and is too busy drinking strawberry "pink" milk with tigers, brushing her teeth with a lion, playing with a...
Charlie is trying to get Lola to hurry up or else they'll be late for school. But Lola finds it so hard to hurry when there is colouring, dancing clouds, playing hopscotch on musical pavements,...
Lola has her heart set on playing the Sun in an upcoming school production, so she tries to get her teacher to fulfil her destiny, but then she is upset when she is cast as...
Charlie has to make lunch for Lola, but she's a very picky eater and refuses to eat carrots, peas, mashed potatoes, fish sticks and her least favourite food - tomatoes (although she has never tried...
Lola's favourite book is 'Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies', which she often borrows from the local library. But when someone else borrows her beloved book, Charlie tries to find another book that will win her interest.
S01E09 I Can Do Anything That's Everything All on My Own
November 15, 2005 11 min
Lola insists on doing everything on her own, even some things she is not really good at doing. Charlie tries to teach her that there is nothing wrong with occasionally accepting a little help.
Charlie is good at making Lola jump. Lola is desperate to be able to make him jump back, but, as hard as she tries, just can't seem to do it. So the only way to...
Charlie tells Lola not to play with his home-made model rocket, but Lola just can't resist when she and Soren Lorenson have to use it to transport a sad elephant back home to the jungle....
S01E14 I Love Going to Granny and Grandpa's It's Just That...
November 20, 2005 11 min
Charlie and Lola are going to visit their grandparents' house by the sea for the weekend. Lola loves going to Granny and Grandpa's but she is worried about remembering to pack everything. Then she is...
It's picture day at school and Lola must keep clean for a whole school day for her first school picture. But keeping clean for a whole day is really, really hard.
Lola finds a spider in the sink when trying to brush her teeth, and she doesn't like spiders very much. Charlie tries to show her that some spiders don't hurt us and that they're our...
S01E18 You Won't Like This Present as Much as I Do!
November 24, 2005 11 min
Lola wants to choose the best present in the world for Lotta's birthday. She chooses a doctor's kit, but doesn't think that Lotta will appreciate the kit as much as she would, and would rather...
Lola is going to stay at Lotta's for the night, and packs everything she needs for them to play Cinderella. Back home, Charlie and Marv set up their race car track. But Lola forgets her...
Charlie and Marv are to appear in a musical assembly about outer space at school. Lola wants to join in and desperately wishes that she could play music too, but can't seem to master any...
Lola is busy playing secretary, waitress, dentist and librarian. Way too busy to play with Lotta, or Charlie, or even Soren Lorenson. But Charlie's new card game, Mix-Up Flip-Flop, is awfully tempting...
Charlie and Lola have fun playing with their new "Build Your Own City" playset that Granny and Grandpa have bought them, but Charlie wants to build airports and play aliens, whereas Lola wants draw and...
Granny and Grandpa have bought Lola an alligator costume. Lola loves it and insists that she will never take it off. But with an upcoming school presentation about things she likes, Charlie is worried that...
Lola always wants to win at everything - even if it means cheating. So Charlie challenges her to a race around the park that she cannot possibly cheat at.
Snow is forecast and Lola can't wait for it to arrive. When it finally comes, Charlie, Lola, Marv, Lotta and Sizzles all have a wonderful time playing in it. But when the snow melts, Lola...