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The Best Episodes of Ivor the Engine Season 1

Every episode of Ivor the Engine Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ivor the Engine Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 1 - The Railway
    6.4/10(11 votes)
    S1:E1

    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

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  2. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 2 - The Hat
    6.4/10(8 votes)
    S1:E2

    Jones 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 5 - The Dragon
    6.1/10(8 votes)
    S1:E5

    Going 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 11 - The Boot
    6.1/10(7 votes)
    S1:E11

    Mr Brangwyn provides a boot for Alice to wear until her foot heals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 14 - Mrs Porty's Foxes
    6.1/10(7 votes)
    S1:E14

    Mrs 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 3 - Old Nell
    6.0/10(7 votes)
    S1:E3

    A 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 7 - The Alarm
    6.0/10(7 votes)
    S1:E7

    After 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 12 - Banger's Circus
    6.0/10(7 votes)
    S1:E12

    Alice's circus, run by Mr Charlie Banger, is coming to Grumbly town. Bani and Alice are very excited.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 10 - The Invalid
    5.9/10(7 votes)
    S1:E10

    Jones and Evans the Song have great difficulty bathing Alice and giving her medicine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 6 - The Proper Container
    5.7/10(7 votes)
    S1:E6

    Dai 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..

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 8 - The Retreat
    5.7/10(7 votes)
    S1:E8

    Idris 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 4 - Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons
    5.6/10(7 votes)
    S1:E4

    Ivor 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

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 9 - The Visitor
    5.6/10(7 votes)
    S1:E9

    A 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 13 - Unidentified Objects
    5.4/10(7 votes)
    S1:E13

    Jones and Dai are relaxing when they spot some strange objects in the sky. The source appears to be Mr Dinwiddy's goldmine.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 15 - Bluebell
    0.0/10(0 votes)
    S1:E15

    Jones 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 16 - Dai and the Donkey
    0.0/10(0 votes)
    S1:E16

    Dai Station is not too keen on Bluebell riding around with Ivor, but she soon proves her worth when the engine is derailed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 17 - Gold
    0.0/10(0 votes)
    S1:E17

    Mr 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 18 - Mrs Porty
    0.0/10(0 votes)
    S1:E18

    After Mr Dinwiddy's idea falling through, Mrs Porty comes up with a solution to the railway being sold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 19 - Cold
    0.0/10(0 votes)
    S1:E19

    One 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Ivor the Engine Season 1 Episode 20 - The Endowment
    0.0/10(0 votes)
    S1:E20

    Jones 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.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Railway" is the best rated episode of Ivor the Engine season 1. It scored 6.4/10 from 11 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 26, 1976.