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All 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...
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Season 1

  • The Railway
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    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!

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Egg
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    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!

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Proper Container
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Alarm
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Retreat
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Hat
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    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!

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Old Nell
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Visitor
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Invalid
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Boot
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Banger's Circus
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    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!

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Unidentified Objects
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    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mrs Porty's Foxes
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    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?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bluebell
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Dai and the Donkey
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Gold
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mrs Porty
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Cold
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Endowment
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    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown