Series
Ivor the Engine
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Ivor the Engine is a British children's animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It is a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited. His friends included Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station, among many other characters.
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Seasons & episodes
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- 1The Railway26 Jan 1976 · 5mNothing out of the ordinary even happens on this little railway in the top left-hand corner of Wales. But what ordinarily happens is often fairly extraordinary!
- 2The Hat27 Jan 1976 · 5mJones and Ivor bring back a package, which is supposedly a hat for Mrs Porty, but Jones and Dai discover to be a new telescope cover for Professor Longfellow and they go home for the night. In the morning, the package has gone.
- 3Old Nell29 Jan 1976 · 5mA silly sheep has got itself stuck on a ledge in the hills. Jones tries to rescue it but ends up stuck himself. He ends up sending Ivor and Old Nell, the sheepdog, to get help.
- 4Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons30 Jan 1976 · 5mIvor has to deliver some pigeons to Mr Brangwyn. Thanks to Evans the Song, they end up escaping and on Miss Pryce's roof. There follow some amusing attempts to get them down
- 5The Dragon2 Feb 1976 · 5mGoing past Smoke Hill, an extinct volcano, Jones and Ivor spot smoke coming from the top. Jones discovers a fire inside the hill and a strange egg. He puts it in Ivor's firebox to keep it warm. Mr Dinwiddy does not have any idea what it is so they go off to choir practice. During the practice there seems to be a voice coming from inside Ivor.
- 6The Proper Container3 Feb 1976 · 5mDai Station is not pleased about Ivor's new friend, Idris, travelling in his firebox. He orders him into a box, which catches fire and then scares him off trying to extinguish it..
- 7The Alarm5 Feb 1976 · 5mAfter choir practice Idris helps out Mrs Thomas, whose fish fryer is on the blink. While everyone is enjoying a fish supper, Evans the Song spots a worrying article in his bit of newspaper.
- 8The Retreat6 Feb 1976 · 5mIdris is still missing when the representative of the antiquarian society arrives to interview Jones about him. After a few embarrassments, Jones and Ivor find Idris in the most obvious place.
- 9The Visitor9 Feb 1976 · 5mA rock on the line turns out to be a wounded elephant. Jones and Ivor take the elephant, named Alice, and her keeper to Mr Hugh's gasworks to recuperate.
- 10The Invalid10 Feb 1976 · 5mJones and Evans the Song have great difficulty bathing Alice and giving her medicine.
- 11The Boot12 Feb 1976 · 5mMr Brangwyn provides a boot for Alice to wear until her foot heals.
- 12Banger's Circus13 Feb 1976 · 5mAlice's circus, run by Mr Charlie Banger, is coming to Grumbly town. Bani and Alice are very excited.
- 13Unidentified Objects16 Feb 1976 · 5mJones and Dai are relaxing when they spot some strange objects in the sky. The source appears to be Mr Dinwiddy's goldmine.
- 14Mrs Porty's Foxes17 Feb 1976 · 5mMrs Porty shows Jones and Ivor the fox cubs in the wood near her house. As Ivor and Jones go to deliver Mrs Porty's Hat for the Institute Prize Giving, they save the fox from the fox hunt, by hiding her in the hat box.
- 15Bluebell19 Feb 1976 · 5mJones is cleaning Ivor when they are called off on an emergency, as Mr Dinwiddy needs his new boots. Jones leaves Bluebell the Donkey holding the bucket. She follows them all the way to the goldmine, so Jones and Mr Dinwiddy arrange for a mode of transport.
- 16Dai and the Donkey20 Feb 1976 · 5mDai Station is not too keen on Bluebell riding around with Ivor, but she soon proves her worth when the engine is derailed.
- 17Gold23 Feb 1976 · 5mMr Williams of head office breaks the terrible news to Jones and Dai that the railway is to be sold and Ivor might have to do shunting at Pontypool. Then Mr Dinwiddy has a brainwave.
- 18Mrs Porty24 Feb 1976 · 5mAfter Mr Dinwiddy's idea falling through, Mrs Porty comes up with a solution to the railway being sold.
- 19Cold26 Feb 1976 · 5mOne morning Jones and Ivor spot some smoke beside the railway line. It turns out to be Idris the Dragon. They rescue him and he explains that Smoke Hill is now extinct.
- 20The Endowment27 Feb 1976 · 5mJones and Dai are not getting anywhere trying to find a home for Idris and the other dragons. Jones decides he must go to Lanmad and ask for the help of Mrs Griffiths.
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Details
- Created by
- Oliver Postgate
- First aired
- 26 Jan 1976
- Last aired
- 23 Dec 1977
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ITV1, BBC Television
- Episodes
- 97
- Votes
- 3 on TMDB
Cast
Oliver Postgate- AAnthony Jackson
