# List of Bernard's Watch episodes

This is the list of episodes of the British children's television drama series, Bernard's Watch.

## Overview

| Series | Series | Episodes | Premiere | Last in series |
| Original series |||||
| | 1 | 5 | 14 November 1997 | 12 December 1997 |
| | 2 | 12 | 2 October 1998 | 18 December 1998 |
| | 3 | 13 | 10 September 1999 | 17 December 1999 |
| | 4 | 13 | 15 September 2000 | 15 December 2000 |
| | 5 | 10 | 26 November 2001 | 7 December 2001 |
| New series |||||
| | 1 | 13 | 6 January 2004 | 30 March 2004 |
| | 2 | 13 | 6 January 2005 | 31 March 2005 |

## Original series
### Series 1 (1997)

| No. | Episode | Writer/s | Director/s | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Still Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 14 November 1997 (1997-11-14) |
| Bernard receives a watch from the postman because he is always late for everything including his friend Karen's birthday party. |||||
| 2 | "A Bit More Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 21 November 1997 (1997-11-21) |
| As Bernard gets used to using his magic watch, he finds it comes in very handy at school. |||||
| 3 | "Time Out" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 28 November 1997 (1997-11-28) |
| Bernard wants to go to the zoo, but his parents just don't have the time. Bernard, however, has all the time in the world, and decides to clear his parents' schedules a bit. |||||
| 4 | "Time For Everything" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 5 December 1997 (1997-12-05) |
| While Bernard practicing his magic tricks, he comes across a lost rabbit outside his house. He tries to reunite it with its owner and keeps it in the meantime. |||||
| 5 | "Giving Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 12 December 1997 (1997-12-12) |
| Bernard's grandad comes to stay while his parents are away, Bernard is amazed at how much time his grandad has! Bernard's parents come back as his grandad slips and Bernard saves him. |||||

### Series 2 (1998)

| No. | Episode | Writer/s | Director/s | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Plenty of Time" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) |
| Karen discovers Bernard's watch, and finds out what it can do. |||||
| 2 | "Story Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 9 October 1998 (1998-10-09) |
| Karen finds it very difficult to write stories at school, so she uses the watch to give herself more time to think and found the watch at the car door. |||||
| 3 | "Quality Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 16 October 1998 (1998-10-16) |
| Karen has often fancied the idea of having a baby sibling. But then she has to babysit her neighbour's naughty toddler, and discovers just how much time young children can take up. |||||
| 4 | "Games Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 23 October 1998 (1998-10-23) |
| Bernard wants to go and see his friend Karen playing in the Tennis tournament but at the same time he has to play in the Football final. What is he going to do? |||||
| 5 | "Time Travel" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 30 October 1998 (1998-10-30) |
| Karen keep Bernard's watch until Bernard and his family return from their holiday. |||||
| 6 | "Show Time" | Brian Finch | David Cobham | 6 November 1998 (1998-11-06) |
| On Bernard's birthday, Grandad performs a conjuring show for his party. However, the show looks like coming a cropper thanks to a rude party guest. Then Bernard needs Karen's help to performs a few tricks of his own, and soon the tables are turned. |||||
| 7 | "Time Tables" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 13 November 1998 (1998-11-13) |
| Bernard gets into trouble with his music teacher when Mr Beasley accidentally drives off with Bernard's instrument. At first, Bernard is inclined to seek revenge on his teacher, but he ask Karen to help him to learning a lot about the true value of time. |||||
| 8 | "Gnome Time" | Brian Finch | David Cobham | 20 November 1998 (1998-11-20) |
| While on his own in the house one day, Bernard finds himself being burgled. Naturally, the magic watch proves very handy, but Bernard also has some unlikely allies on his side. |||||
| 9 | "Time to Spare" | Graham Alborough | David Cobham | 27 November 1998 (1998-11-27) |
| Due to a fast clock, Bernard arrives at the go-kart track a whole hour early for a friend's birthday party. His friend Dylan is also early, so they hang out in the park together, but then Dylan gets his head stuck in some railings. Bernard goes in search of help...and one thing leads to another. |||||
| 10 | "Swim Time" | Graham Alborough | David Cobham | 6 December 1998 (1998-12-06) |
| Karen is in trouble at the swimming pool when she loses the key to her locker trapping the watch inside. She gets out of more trouble when she blames a locker thief, with a master key, who tries to frame her. |||||
| 11 | "Old Time" | Brian Finch | David Cobham | 11 December 1998 (1998-12-11) |
| A nasty museum employee gets Bernard's Grandad sacked from his job. Can Bernard put things right? |||||
| 12 | "Space Time" | Brian Finch | David Cobham | 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18) |
| Karen makes a strange new friend one day in town, and uses the watch when her friend is in danger of missing her ship. |||||

### Series 3 (1999)

| No. | Episode | Writer/s | Director/s | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Present Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 10 September 1999 (1999-09-10) |
| It's Karen's birthday, and Bernard is trying to find just the right present to give her. |||||
| 2 | "Out of Time" | Peter Corey | David Cobham | 17 September 1999 (1999-09-17) |
| Bernard's Mum and Dad both have meetings to attend and have an argument about the meetings, not realising that Bernard is there, so thinking they don't care anymore Bernard looks after Karen for the Afternoon. |||||
| 3 | "Time and Again" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 24 September 1999 (1999-09-24) |
| Bernard and his Dad go fishing which causes the magic watch to break, Bernard is very upset however the postman steps in and saves the day. |||||
| 4 | "Time to Go Home" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 15 October 1999 (1999-10-15) |
| Karen is bored when she has to stay with her Gran, but having the magic watch proves to be very useful at times like this. |||||
| 5 | "Time Share" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 22 October 1999 (1999-10-22) |
| Karen's mother happens across the watch and, unaware of its powers, is amazed at how much she can do with her time. |||||
| 6 | "The Time of Day" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 29 October 1999 (1999-10-29) |
| Bernard is staying with Grandad during the school holiday, but Grandad accidentally hurts his foot. Fortunately, Karen have time for him and Bernard. |||||
| 7 | "Four Four Time" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 5 November 1999 (1999-11-05) |
| Karen's mother's car breaks down when Karen is going to her music exam. |||||
| 8 | "Tee Time" | Peter Corey | David Cobham | 12 November 1999 (1999-11-12) |
| Bernard uses his watch to help his Dad in a game of golf – but is this wise? |||||
| 9 | "Visiting Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 19 November 1999 (1999-11-19) |
| Bernard's demanding cousin Lucy is staying with him, and looking after her takes all the time the watch can give. However, Lucy soon changes her ways when Bernard does a particularly good deed for her. |||||
| 10 | "Borrowed Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 26 November 1999 (1999-11-26) |
| Karen is sick of her classmate Fergus always borrowing her things without asking. No one understands, so Karen uses the watch to give Fergus just the lesson he deserves. |||||
| 11 | "Time, Gentlemen" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 3 December 1999 (1999-12-03) |
| Bernard is trying to raise money for a local Pet Sanctuary, and his Grandad agrees to help by giving a darts masterclass. Unfortunately he isn't as good as he once claimed to be, Bernard is forced to intervene. |||||
| 12 | "Another Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 10 December 1999 (1999-12-10) |
| Karen loves looking in other people's houses in frozen time, She especially loved looking in Mrs Sadge's house as it was very old and because she is old Karen decided to help her out and Mrs Sadge thinks Karen is an elf. |||||
| 13 | "Ending Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 17 December 1999 (1999-12-17) |
| Bernard wakes up on New Year's Eve to find that his watch has been stolen by an arch-criminal Mr Rattle. Mr Rattle is mean to Bernard and his mother knocks Mr Rattle out with a vase. When he finally gets it back, the villain's deeds have made the watch stop working. Could the new millennium be the end of Bernard's watch? |||||

### Series 4 (2000)

| No. | Episode | Writer(s) | Director/s | Original airdate |
| 1 | "The Right Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 15 September 2000 (2000-09-15) |
| Mr Brin the milkman has no time for anyone - until Bernard intervenes. |||||
| 2 | "Time Loop" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 22 September 2000 (2000-09-22) |
| Bernard's cousin Lucy comes to stay and discovers Bernard's watch and gets stuck in a time loop. |||||
| 3 | "Wings of Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 29 September 2000 (2000-09-29) |
| Bernard has to keep reminding Lucy on how she can't keep appearing from anywhere. Then Lucy appears in an old lady's house while shes outside then sees her puppies and realises the house is on fire what will Lucy do? |||||
| 4 | "Helping Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 6 October 2000 (2000-10-06) |
| Lucy likes to use the watch to help Bernard – but her well-meaning efforts tend to backfire. |||||
| 5 | "Time For a Change" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 13 October 2000 (2000-10-13) |
| Bernard and his Grandad redecorate a neighbours wallpaper for a surprise but the neighbour doesn't like the colour. |||||
| 6 | "Time For an Ice Cream" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 20 October 2000 (2000-10-20) |
| On her way to see a superhero movie, Lucy goes in search of an ice cream. This takes awhile, however, as she ends up being a bit of a superhero herself. |||||
| 7 | "Time Slip" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 3 November 2000 (2000-11-03) |
| Something is seriously wrong with the watch, and Bernard misses out on a very special day. |||||
| 8 | "Time to Remember" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 10 November 2000 (2000-11-10) |
| Bernard and his Grandad look through some old war memorabilia, and Grandad tells Bernard about his ancestors who fought in the war. Bernard decides to put aside some time to remember those who went before him. |||||
| 9 | "Autograph Time" | Richard Fegen | David Cobham | 17 November 2000 (2000-11-17) |
| Lucy gets the chance to see her favourite boyband, Altitude. She sneaks into their room and gets them tea because they think the food is horrible. On the way back to the studio, she finds out that Abby has had an accident; that is until Lucy realises she hasn't got a ticket. Abby is played by Samantha Birch, the actress who plays Sam in the following series. |||||
| 10 | "Ignition Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 24 November 2000 (2000-11-24) |
| Bernard enlists the help of Mr Singh to renovate an old go-kart. |||||
| 11 | "Time to Heal" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 1 December 2000 (2000-12-01) |
| Lucy keep Bernard's watch while he injures himself. Could his watch give him more time to heal? |||||
| 12 | "Play Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 8 December 2000 (2000-12-08) |
| Lucy is acting in the school play, but shortly before opening night, the lead actor Jeremy injures himself. The play may have to be cancelled, as no one can understudy in such a short time. That is, unless they happen to have a magic watch... |||||
| 13 | "Time's Up" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 15 December 2000 (2000-12-15) |
| Bernard's family are off to America on holiday, when suddenly the Postman arrives to tell Bernard that he must return the watch. But why? |||||

### Series 5 (2001)

| No. | Episode | Writer | Director/s | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Changing Times" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) |
| Bernard can't wait to get his watch back when he arrives back from America, but finds it needs to be repaired, and in the meantime is given an alarm clock by the Postman. Everyone is wondering why Bernard came back home. |||||
| 2 | "A Very Important Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 27 November 2001 (2001-11-27) |
| After receiving an unexpected visit from the Postman, Sam accidentally messes up her future. Can she correct her mistake to put the course of time right again? |||||
| 3 | "Police Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 28 November 2001 (2001-11-28) |
| Bernard's Grandad has been arrested for a series of strange crimes. Bernard uses his watch to find out what has happened, and everyone is amazed to discover who the real culprit is. |||||
| 4 | "Every Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 29 November 2001 (2001-11-29) |
| Bernard uses his watch to help people with their injuries. But when his teacher Mrs. Spindell sees him with his watch, she tells him not to bring it to school because it is valuable, but when he brings it anyway. However, when she catches him with it, she sends him to the headteacher. |||||
| 5 | "Alien Times" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) |
| A group of unlikely detectives spy on Sam as she uses the watch and think she may be some form of mutant. |||||
| 6 | "Doing Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham and Alison Rashley | 3 December 2001 (2001-12-03) |
| The Postman is distraught when his van runs away through time, as it may lead to him losing his job. Bernard soon helps to retrieve it however, in the process he has a terrifying vision of the future. Is his destiny as dark as it appears? |||||
| 7 | "Running on Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 4 December 2001 (2001-12-04) |
| Bernard receives a model train but has no tracks to see it run on. He makes a friend in someone with a large model railway, Mr. Arnold. But when Mr. Arnold finds a note from his wife saying she's left him, can his knowledge of trains and Bernard's watch help save their marriage? |||||
| 8 | "A Worrying Time" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 5 December 2001 (2001-12-05) |
| Sam tries to cure her aunt Rowena of worrying all the time by trying to get her to try high-risk activities, but she is too worried. But when Sam ends up in danger, can her aunt get over her fears to save Sam? |||||
| 9 | "Pool Time" | Andrew Norriss | Alison Rashley | 6 December 2001 (2001-12-06) |
| Bernard and Sam like to use a local hotel swimming pool. But one day, the hotel is in danger of being closed due to lost mice. Sam holding Bernard's hands and click the magic watch to freeze time and help them rescued the lost mice. |||||
| 10 | "What's Time For?" | Andrew Norriss | David Cobham | 7 December 2001 (2001-12-07) |
| The Postman needs Bernard's help to handle a mischievous young watch-holder, Harry Claymore, who keeps causing problems for everyone. |||||

## New series
### Series 1 (2004)

| No. | Episode | Writer/s | Director/s | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Own Goal" | Kelly Marshall | Dominic MacDonald | 6 January 2004 (2004-01-06) |
| It's football time at Pentup Primary School and Bernard and his team mates are against the girls, will they win or will they lose? |||||
| 2 | "Father's Day" | Rob Jones | Dominic MacDonald | 13 January 2004 (2004-01-13) |
| Bernard doesn't want his dad to come to Father's Day, at school, so he changes the letter to something cool. Does it work? |||||
| 3 | "Owning Up" | David Ingham | Rachel Tillotson | 20 January 2004 (2004-01-20) |
| Bernard gets his best card taken off him by Ms. Savage, will things break while he retrieves it? |||||
| 4 | "Testing Time" | Rob Jones | Dominic MacDonald | 27 January 2004 (2004-01-27) |
| Ms Savage suspects Nathan of cheating while Mr Steel think he is a genius so they challenge Nathan along with Bernard to a quiz against Nicolette and Trish. |||||
| 5 | "Vote Bernard" | Rob Jones | Rachel Tillotson | 3 February 2004 (2004-02-03) |
| Bernard and Nicolette run for election and Bernard tries to stop Nicolette from cheating. |||||
| 6 | "First Place" | Laura Summers | Dominic MacDonald | 10 February 2004 (2004-02-10) |
| Bernard tries to use his watch to win sports day but is his family worth the risk? |||||
| 7 | "Deeply Dippy" | Rob Jones | Rachel Tillotson | 17 February 2004 (2004-02-17) |
| Bernard is on strikes, he sends love letters to Ms. Savage signed "Mr X" to keep her from giving him strikes, will he get into trouble? |||||
| 8 | "Dare You" | Laura Summers | Dominic MacDonald | 24 February 2004 (2004-02-24) |
| Nicolette has some concert tickets but daring Bernard to eat a fish, will Bernard eat the school pet? |||||
| 9 | "Loopy Loo" | Simon Nicholson | Rachel Tillotson | 2 March 2004 (2004-03-02) |
| The boys toilets are broken and the girls are not. Will Nathan manage to get a break to tinkle or will Nicolette stop this? |||||
| 10 | "Model Pupil" | Elly Brewer | Dominic MacDonald | 9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) |
| Bernard and Nathan build a model for their history project but Nicolette ruins it causing Ms Savage to threaten them with double detention. |||||
| 11 | "Camping Out" | Kristine Underdown | Rachel Tillotson | 16 March 2004 (2004-03-16) |
| Bernard and Nathan go head-to-head with Nicolette and Trish in a camping contest. |||||
| 12 | "Late Again" | Kelly Marshall | Rachel Tillotson | 23 March 2004 (2004-03-23) |
| Bernard and Nathan are late for school, not knowing it is a teacher training day when they do not have to be in. |||||
| 13 | "Time Out" | Kelly Marshall | Dominic MacDonald | 30 March 2004 (2004-03-30) |
| Bernard covers for Nathan so he can reunite with his estranged grandmother on a school day, can Bernard manage to keep Nathan from being expelled? |||||

### Series 2 (2005)

| No. | Episode | Writers | Directors | Original airdate |
| 1 | "Turning Japanese" | Elly Brewer | N.G. Bristow | 6 January 2005 (2005-01-06) |
| Bernard decides to prove to Nicolette that he is strong by breaking a stone tile and becomes popular, Nathan doesn't seem too pleased. |||||
| 2 | "Pupil Of The Year" | Dave Ingham | N.G. Bristow | 13 January 2005 (2005-01-13) |
| Bernard tries to help Nathan become Pupil of The Year to get two tickets to a football match. Nicolette has other ideas. |||||
| 3 | "The Black Knight" | Kelly Marshall | N.G Bristow | 20 January 2005 (2005-01-20) |
| It's Medieval day at Pentup Primary and Nathan (The Green Knight) is battling the mysterious Black Knight. But who could it be? |||||
| 4 | "Mummy's Here" | Elly Brewer | N.G. Bristow | 27 January 2005 (2005-01-27) |
| Bernard's mum has become teacher assistant for the day, as Ms. Savage faked spraining her leg. Bernard needs to convince his mum to leave. And quick! |||||
| 5 | "Spooked" | Kelly Marshall | N.G. Bristow | 3 February 2005 (2005-02-03) |
| The School is being kept for a sleepover to observe the stars but when a certain story which all the students think the school is haunted, will Bernard save the day? |||||
| 6 | "Wheels" | Simon Nicholson | N.G. Bristow | 10 February 2005 (2005-02-10) |
| Bernard doesn't have a bike and so when a competition to earn a new chopper comes up, how can he refuse? |||||
| 7 | "The Worm Turns" | Elly Brewer | N.G. Bristow | 17 February 2005 (2005-02-17) |
| Nathan feels he is Bernard's sidekick and decides to prove Nicolette wrong, only to find she has some other tricks up her sleeve. |||||
| 8 | "Vanishing Act" | Rob Jones | N.G. Bristow | 24 February 2005 (2005-02-24) |
| It's family past day and Bernard's Great Grandfather was a Pig Farmer. Bernard decides to liven things up until Nicolette manages to steal the watch and will break it, will Bernard be able to retrieve it before the whole world freezes? |||||
| 9 | "Learn To Earn" | Simon Nicholson | N.G Bristow | 3 March 2005 (2005-03-03) |
| Bernard wants a new skateboard and Pentup Primary decides to pay the students to clean the school. But with Nicolette stealing half the kids' money, Bernard must do something to get some new wheels. |||||
| 10 | "Cookie" | Rob Jones | N.G Bristow | 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10) |
| When a superstar decides to sing at the school, the janitor has too many jobs to handle. Bernard helps him out, with bad consequences as well as Mr. Steel rocking his way to love. |||||
| 11 | "Lost And Found" | Kelly Marshall | N.G. Bristow | 17 March 2005 (2005-03-17) |
| Something is wrong with Ms Savage. Meanwhile, Bernard discovers a dog while walking to school, could this be the cause? |||||
| 12 | "Party Animals" | Dave Ingham | N.G. Bristow | 24 March 2005 (2005-03-24) |
| While Nicolette is handing out party invitations, she pranks Jo. Bernard sticks up for her, and she tries to make friends with him leading Nicolette to tease him claiming Jo is his girlfriend, will Bernard be cool with it? |||||
| 13 | "Fire! Fire!" | Kelly Marshall | N.G. Bristow | 31 March 2005 (2005-03-31) |
| Bernard accidentally sprays Nicolette with a hose and Nicolette gets him back by locking him in a storage room and hitting the fire alarm! |||||