
Old Jack's Boat is a British pre-school children's television series that stars Bernard Cribbins as Old Jack, the owner of a multi-coloured boat called The Rainbow. In each episode Old Jack tells a story to the viewer.
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Air Date: 2013-01-21
Miss Bowline-Hitch is taking photos of everyone in the village for her scrapbook, but Ernie doesn't like the tie he h...
Air Date: 2013-01-22
Ernie loses his breakfast honey pot and has to chase it round the village. Meanwhile Jack tells a story of the day he...
Air Date: 2013-01-23
Shelly has decorated the Mermaid Cafe with balloons. Jack tells a tale of the time he had to deliver balloons to the ...
Air Date: 2013-01-24
When Salty's ball hits it, Shelly's new pink recipe becomes a blobby mess. This reminds Jack of the time Salty's ball...
Air Date: 2013-01-25
Jack is fixing the boiler and the loud sounds from the Rainbow keep interrupting Sam and Ernie's conversation. Jack o...
Air Date: 2013-01-27
Sam and Ernie are building a beach hut. Jack offers to fetch a feather duster to clean it with and this reminds him o...
Air Date: 2013-01-29
It's Ernie's birthday and Shelly has made a special cake. But disaster is never far away from Ernie. Jack tells a tal...
Air Date: 2013-01-30
Emily and Shelly start selling doughnuts and the holes in the middle remind Jack of a time when the Rainbow had some ...
Air Date: 2013-01-31
Miss Bowline-Hitch has been rushing around and needs to sit down for a rest. But all the seats are uncomfortable - a ...
Air Date: 2013-02-01
Emily wants a rainbow to shine over Staithes. Jack recalls the time that he and Salty set off to find the end of the ...
Air Date: 2013-02-04
Sam is trying to put a sign up on the beach at low tide. Jack remembers the story of the day the tide went out - and ...
Air Date: 2013-02-05
Emily's ice-cream maker has broken and she can't sell any ice creams. Jack tells a story about the day Salty wanted a...
Air Date: 2013-02-06
Ernie is really hungry but can't seem to find anything to eat.
Air Date: 2013-02-07
Miss Bowline-Hitch's sundial needs the sun to shine on it. Jack recalls a hunt for treasure that needed sunshine to s...
Air Date: 2013-02-08
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Air Date: 2013-03-04
Jack is trying to have a kip on the Rainbow but he keeps getting interrupted by Ernie and Sam who think Jack is turni...
Air Date: 2013-03-05
Sam is trying to clear the seaweed off the beach and Jack remembers a very bumpy day when the sea was covered in seaw...
Air Date: 2013-03-06
Miss Bowline-Hitch is returning all the things she's borrowed but now she's lost her purse. Jack is reminded of the t...
Air Date: 2013-03-07
Salty doesn't want her blanket to be cleaned. But while Emily is washing it Jack tells Salty the story of the underwa...
Air Date: 2013-03-08
Ernie gives Jack a new lightbulb for his ship's lamp. That reminds Jack of a stormy voyage he and Salty once had and ...
Air Date: 2013-03-11
Miss Bowline-Hitch thinks Ernie deserves a special prize for all the hard work he is doing. Jack recalls the time tha...
Air Date: 2013-03-12
Ernie has to deliver some eggs to Sam, but will he get them to her without breaking them? Jack recalls the time he he...
Air Date: 2013-03-13
A mysterious trail of bananas leads Jack to Miss Bowline-Hitch and, possibly, a hairy monster. Jack tells a tale of a...
Air Date: 2013-03-14
Emily doesn't know what to do with her delivery of tiny umbrellas and Jack tells the story of a very special delivery...
Air Date: 2013-03-15
Sam is fishing in the water for some lost keys. Jack is reminded of the time he and Salty had to fish for something a...