The BEST episodes of Bananaman

Every episode of Bananaman ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bananaman!

This is 29 Acacia Road and this is Eric, the schoolboy who lives an amazing double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs... Eric is Bananaman! Ever alert for the call to action!

Last Updated: 6/14/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended

9.25

4 votes

#1 - The Web of Evil

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1984

Bananaman comes face to face with Doctor Gloom's latest creation!

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8.50

6 votes

#2 - Jaws of Steel

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1983

General Blight hires the cold-blooded killer Auntie to dispose of Bananaman following a meeting of criminals.

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8.20

5 votes

#3 - Fog of Fear

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1984

A mysterious thick fog consumes Acacia Road. Bananaman investigates and finds that it is the work of the Weatherman, who has teamed up with General Blight.

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8.17

6 votes

#4 - The Banana Kid

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1983

Bananaman decides to hire a sidekick because he is so busy trying to save the world. But the interview process is put on hold when he receives news that a shark has invaded the local swimming pool.

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7.86

36 votes

#5 - The Big Breakout

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1983

With the help of underground criminal The Mole, the Heavy Mob break out of jail and escape through an underground tunnel. Bananaman follows in order to dispose of the Mole and capture the Heavy Mob.

Writer: Bernie Kay

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7.75

4 votes

#6 - The Snowman Cometh

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1986

Bananaman gets put on ice by the Weatherman's latest creation.

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7.60

5 votes

#7 - Destination Danger

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1983

King Zorg steals the Early Warning satellite so nobody will be alerted to his latest Earth invasion.

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7.60

5 votes

#8 - Wall of Death

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1983

The evil Weatherman makes it rain constantly, so the wall that protects Acacia Road will fall down, and allow hundreds of people to be flooded by the water. Bananaman is called into stop his evil scheme.

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7.50

2 votes

#9 - The Pirate TV Station

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1986

Dr Gloom take over the TV and forces the newsreader to tell the world not to help ladys across the road, not to brush your teeth and (gasp) not to eat bananas.

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7.50

2 votes

#10 - Banana Junction

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/1986

Bananaman and Crow have their train journey interrupted...by the Heavy Mob!

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7.50

2 votes

#11 - Clown Capers

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/25/1986

Bananaman goes to the circus, but will General Blight stop clowning around?

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7.50

2 votes

#12 - Night of the Nerks

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1986

King Zorg plots with General Blight to take over the world by unleashing his army of Nerks on the planet, where they take over the roles of policemen, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, and TV readers.

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7.50

2 votes

#13 - Disaster at Devil's Cove

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1986

Dr Gloom and General Blight are at it again. This time around sees Crow being captured and a ship of bananas fearing its doom.

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7.50

4 votes

#14 - Intergalactic Olympics

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1984

Bananaman goes to the Intergalatic Olympics.

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7.40

5 votes

#15 - Auntie's Back in Town

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/7/1983

Auntie returns and has another plan to defeat Bananaman.

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7.40

5 votes

#16 - Tunnel of Terror

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/11/1983

General Blight and Doctor Gloom plot to use a fairground machine to blow up Acacia Road police station. Eric is told of their evil plan and transforms into Bananaman to try and stop them before it is too late.

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7.40

5 votes

#17 - Lost Tribe of the Tapiocas

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1984

Bananaman drops in on the mysterious jungles of the Banana Republic.

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7.33

6 votes

#18 - Trouble at the Mill

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1984

Doctor Gloom creates a new villain called Appleman and orders him to seek out and destroy Bananaman. Appleman takes Eric and Samantha hostage in order to find out the location of Bananaman, not realising that Eric is Bananaman.

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7.33

3 votes

#19 - The Final Orbit

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1984

King Zorg has a new secret weapon - a large magnet he plans to use to spin the Earth anti-clockwise! Unluckily for Zorg, Bananaman is in space just as his battle cruiser sets off to dominate the world...

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7.24

103 votes

#20 - Bananaman Meets Dr. Gloom

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1983

Doctor Gloom, and General Blight plan to take over the world as soon as they have disposed of Bananaman. As Bananaman tries to stop them he is turned into a baby by Doctor Gloom's ray gun.

Writer: Bernie Kay

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7.13

32 votes

#21 - The Kidnap Caper

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1983

General Blight kidnaps the chairman of the United Nations Christmas Club committee and chains him to a railway track, demanding billions of pounds of ransom money.

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7.00

5 votes

#22 - House on Hangman's Hill

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1983

Everybody thinks that the house on Hangman's Hill is haunted by a ghost. Bananaman is sent to investigate.

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7.00

2 votes

#23 - Operation Total

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/15/1986

General Blight has given out his orders... and things don't look good for the Man of Peel!

7.00

2 votes

#24 - The Crown Jewel Caper

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/8/1986

The Heavy Mob are out of jail and plan to steal the Crown Jewels. Once again, it's all up to Bananaman...

7.00

2 votes

#25 - Cavern of the Lost

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/1986

Bananaman sets out for the north face of the mountain Igor, where several mountaineers have recently vanished.