"Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda" is a boisterous and delightful dissertation on discovering the uncharted depths of one's own personality.

Abandoned by his bubble-headed mum and raised by a bunch of dogs, Bob is understandably bashful around humans.

Deprived of her parents while still in diapers, Dorinda endures a dreadful existence with distant relatives.

On a dark and drizzly December day, Dorinda and Bob meet on a vacant block strewn with bushes, buttercups and benches.

They become fast friends. One day, a bewildered buffalo bounds over a barrier at a nearby Botanical Garden.

Amid billows of dust and the beeping and blaring of horns, Bob and Dorinda band together to save the day.

Relying on their wits - and the useful deployment of Bob's dog buddies and Dorinda's distracting dust mops - the dynamic duo restore order and emerge from the episode victorious.

No longer bashful and doleful, Bob and Dorinda discover that they can be brave and daring.