NaN/100 votes#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#21 - DELETE ME
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired Unknown
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#22 - DELETE ME
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown
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#23 - DELETE ME
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown
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#24 - DELETE ME
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown
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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!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Railway" is the best rated episode of "Ivor the Engine" season 1. 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 is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Egg".