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The Best Episodes of Ivor the Engine

Every episode of Ivor the Engine ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ivor the Engine!

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...
Genre:Animation
Network:ITV1

Best Episodes Summary

"The Railway" is the best rated episode of "Ivor the Engine". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/26/1976. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "The Egg".

  • The Railway
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    #1 - The Railway

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/26/1976

    Nothing 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!

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  • The Egg
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    #2 - The Egg

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/1976

    Who lays eggs in a Volcano? Somebody does and Jones and Ivor take the gold-miner's advice and keep it warm - until they hear it sing!

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  • The Proper Container
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    #3 - The Proper Container

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/1976

    What is the proper container for red-hot livestock? The Regulations are quite definite but definitely inflammable. So another, more suitable conveyance must be found.

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  • The Alarm
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    #4 - The Alarm

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1976

    Some creatures are real and some are mythical, even if they are good at frying fish, and they want to stay mythical.

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  • The Retreat
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    #5 - The Retreat

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1976

    If you want to hide, perhaps the best thing is to pretend you were never there in the first place - even if it does make your friend look a bit of a fool.

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  • The Hat
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    #6 - The Hat

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/1976

    Mrs Porty does wear some unusual hats but she wouldn't expect to be arrested for wearing one of them - certainly not in front of the Church Ladies Guild!

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  • Old Nell
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    #7 - Old Nell

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/1976

    It's a hard life being a sheep dog, especially when the silly sheep and the engine driver need to be rescued. Sometimes railway engines are more sensible than people.

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  • Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons
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    #8 - Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/6/1976

    Ivor the Engine, when he sings, could charm the very birds off the trees - or at least the pigeons off Miss Price's roof.

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  • The Visitor
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    #9 - The Visitor

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/9/1976

    Visitors are always welcome. Even wounded visitors weighing several tons can be accomodated by Mr Hughes the Gasworks.

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  • The Invalid
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    #10 - The Invalid

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/10/1976

    Nobody likes to take medicine, but some patients are so unhelpful that even the most patient nurse loses patience and gets the boot.

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  • The Boot
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    #11 - The Boot

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/1976

    We can all be recognised by the sort of clothes we wear, but this invalid is rescued by her boot and everybody is happy at last.

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  • Banger's Circus
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    #12 - Banger's Circus

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/1976

    If you are far from home it is a great joy if home comes to find you. And what a show it puts on when it does!

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  • Unidentified Objects
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    #13 - Unidentified Objects

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/16/1976

    Are these strange apparitions flying saucers or just the bubbles of a goldminer's boredom - and what's the use of gold anyway?

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  • Mrs Porty's Foxes
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    #14 - Mrs Porty's Foxes

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/1976

    Some wear fancy hats in order to look beautiful. Some wear them to save their friends - but what else should an engine-driver do?

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    #15 - Bluebell

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/1976

    A good donkey will always do what she is told, even though she has to run a long way to do it. Luckily there are wheels for the return journey.

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  • Dai and the Donkey
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    #16 - Dai and the Donkey

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1976

    The dividing line between being a nuisance and being useful depends on what sort of disaster is waiting for a small engine.

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  • Gold
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    #17 - Gold

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1976

    What is the point in having a bit of gold put by if you can't spend a bit to help your friends when they are in trouble.

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  • Mrs Porty
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    #18 - Mrs Porty

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1976

    Perhaps gold will not do to buy the railway, but Mrs Porty is not going to stand by and let her donkey lose a dear friend.

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  • Cold
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    #19 - Cold

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1976

    Volcanoes are not really things that people need, but for some they are home from home - if they can find one.

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  • The Endowment
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    #20 - The Endowment

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1976

    If you can't find a desirable volcano, then you must seek the help of a learned society which has a lot of half-crowns.

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  • Snowdrifts
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    #21 - Snowdrifts

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/22/1977

    When the snow is deep and Mrs Williams runs out of jelly-babies, it is time to invent something to move the snow out of the way.

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  • Cold Sheep
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    #22 - Cold Sheep

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1977

    Some snowdrifts are just snow, but some have more than snow in them, and they must not be ploughed aside, even for the sake of the General's new teeth.

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  • The Fire Engine
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    #23 - The Fire Engine

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/1977

    Some fire engines will go absolutely anywhere, so long as they don't get stuck. Then they must not be too proud to ask for help.

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    #24 - Sledging

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/1977

    Pulling sledges up the hill can be quite fun, if you are strong enough, but it can be even more fun sledging down the hill again - if you have a sledge.

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  • The Rescue
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    #25 - The Rescue

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/1977

    When all the latest technical equipment cannot pull you out of trouble, perhaps it is time to get help from more old-fashioned pushers and pullers.

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