Nanny and the Professor

Seasons

1970

7.2

TV-PG

A remarkable young English nanny takes over the household of a widowed professor and his three children.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Nanny Will Do

Professor Everett's three rambunctious children scare away another housekeeper. Suddenly at the door appears Nanny, unbidden and undaunted, bringing mystery and magic to a family that doesn't know how much they need her.

The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out

S1 • E2

The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out

Prudence has a nightmare with a monster named Wiblet, and Nanny helps her overcome her fears.

S1 • E3

The New Butch

The Professor misses Butch's basketball practice again. Feeling rejected, Butch is negatively influenced by a "hip" kid and takes up bad manners and slang. Nanny looks to the university faculty picnic as an opportunity to set things right.

S1 • E4

The Scientific Approach

A new girlfriend of the Professor thinks that Butch and Prudence are not grounded in reality and should be involved in her children's therapy group. Butch tests whether there is a tooth "elf" by not telling his father when he loses a tooth.

S1 • E5

The Astronomers

Hal gets a telescope for his birthday but Butch is the one who discovers a new comet.

S1 • E6

Spring, Sweet Spring

Nanny suggests a family picnic on a lovely Spring day. The family members all have other ideas until their plans are mysteriously thwarted. Just when they are all ready to go on their outing, another problem pops up. Nanny keeps the picnic and fun going on anyway and they have a great Saturday together.

S1 • E7

Nanny on Wheels

The Professor gives Nanny driving lessons while Hal, Butch and Prudence restore a vintage jalopy into a second household car.

S1 • E8

Strictly for the Birds

Nanny and the children's rescue of some ducklings leads to trouble for Nanny.

S1 • E9

The Tyrannosaurus Tibia

Waldo finds a dinosaur bone and buries it in the yard. Nanny and the children's hunt for a rose bush eating gopher uncovers Waldo's treasure and results in dig for more!

S1 • E10

I Think That I Shall Never See a Tree

Nanny and the children stage a protest to stop the city from cutting down a favorite tree for a road expansion project.

S1 • E11

The Games Families Play

Professor Everett receives a fabulous job offer from Astrodynamics, but it means moving to Astroville. The children don't want to leave their home, but put a brave face on for their father's sake.

S1 • E12

An Element of Risk

The Professor is contacted out of the blue by an old college girlfriend and isn't sure he's ready to see her again. Prudence's favorite balloon pops and she doesn't want to risk losing a new balloon by inflating it.

S1 • E13

The Philosopher's Stone

Hal feels too much pressure to complete various projects and school work, with a big science competition being foremost, it's making him irritable and miserable. Nanny offers a good luck piece, that acts like a magic amulet that restores his confidence so much he no longer worries at all and becomes careless.

S1 • E14

A Fowl Episode

Sebastian, the rooster Prudence raised from a chick has finally learned to crow. Now if he would only learn to crow at sunrise instead of the middle of the night.

S1 • E15

Nanny and the Smoke-Filled Room

Nanny convinces Butch to run for class president. Butch is running on the issues but his opponent is running on free bike rides and ice cream. Butch has to decide how much he wants to win.