Series 1 featured Bodger and Badger working in Troff's Nosherama, a run-down café with pretensions to being a restaurant. While Bodger worked in the kitchens as a chef, both he and Badger made friends with the waitress, Mavis. Troff's Nosherama was run by Mr Troff who was very arrogant, tight-fisted and didn't like to admit when he was wrong. Troff had no idea of Badger's presence until the end of the last episode in the series.

It was not known during production whether another series was to be recommissioned, hence the last episode of this series is titled "The Final Episode".

The closing titles of this series at first featured specially-shot clips of the cast (in character) then a specially-shot clip of Badger over the technical crew credits. This changed gradually through the series, slowly incorporating repeated clips of cast members (in character) from earlier in the episode, although these were occasionally interspersed with the specially-shot clips, with the latter gradually being phased out. The specially-shot clip of Badger over the technical crew credits remained, however.

This series was repeated on 8 consecutive Tuesdays from 13 February to 3 April 1990 on BBC1 at 3:50pm.

Simon Bodger must win a cookery contest to get the Chef's job at Troff's Nosherama.

Badger ends up inside a cake.

The Health Inspector pays a visit to Troff's Nosherama where she thinks she's seeing badgers.

Mr Troff decides the Nosherama needs a new Welcome sign. Mr Troff thinks Mavis is the artist, but in fact it is Badger.

Mr Troff’s Australian aunt comes to visit the Nosherama.

Adrian Loud Warbler invites Mavis to lunch to discuss a singing job. Unfortunately he takes her to the Nosherama!

Bodger is in danger of being replaced as chef at the Nosherama when a salesman shows Mr Troff a new ‘Shove-a-Chef.'

Bodger and Badger are left in charge of the Nosherama, but things do not quite go according to plan with a wedding cake for the wedding party of two mountaineers. Fortunately, Mavis and Badger have an idea when Bodger accidentally crushes the cake...