Ivor The Engine

Ivor The Engine

...Not very long ago, in the top left-hand corner of Wales, there was a railway. It wasn't a very long railway or a very important railway, but it was called The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, and it was all there was. And in a shed, in a siding at the end of the railway, lives the Locomotive of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited, which was a long name for a little engine so his friends just called him Ivor..." ...And that was how it began, back in 1959: one of Oliver Postgate's most loved creations, Ivor the Engine. It was a series about the Welsh adventures of a little green railway engine and his many friends. But Ivor wasn't an ordinary steam engine. He pretty much wished he was a person and ended up doing things like singing in a choir and swimming in the sea! One season of six, 10 minute, Black and White films was made for and screened by Associated-Red.

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1. Episode 1

Air Date: 1959-01-01

Ivor the Engine hears the sound of a Welsh choir for the first time, and wants to join in, though he knows this is impossible.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 1960-01-04

Jones the Steam is concerned that Ivor is not himself. Along with Dai Station, they visit the Chief Engineer, who tells them that Ivor is physically in excellent condition, but that obviously something is bothering him, but what?

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 1959-01-01

Dai the Station has the idea of taking Ivor back to where he first became sad. On the hill above the choir practice, Jones the Steam discovers what is bothering Ivor.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 1959-01-01

Evans the Song agrees to listen to Ivor's whistle, but it is too weak and rough for the choir. Jones the Steam determines to change Ivor's whistle for proper pipes, capable of making a more pleasant sound.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 1959-01-01

With the help of all of Ivor's friends, Jones is able to replace Ivor's whistle with three organ pipes donated from the local roundabout. Now all they need is the choir committee and the railway management to agree to Ivor joining the choir.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 1959-01-01

Evans the Song convinces both the choir committee and the railway bosses, and Ivor joins the choir.

1. The Choral Society

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2. The Festival

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3. The Search

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4. The Outing

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5. Mrs Porty's Donkey

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6. Dai and the Donkey

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7. The Birds

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8. Mrs Porty's Foxes

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9. Ivor's Friends

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10. The Fire Engine

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11. Old Nell

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12. Mr Dinwiddy's Gold

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13. Ivor's Present

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1. Smoke Hill

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2. Idris

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3. The Firey Breath

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4. Olwen

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5. The Retreat

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6. Mr Brangwyn's Box

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7. The Invalid

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8. Alice

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9. The Circus

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10. Snowdrifts

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11. The Cold Hill

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12. The Antiquarian Society

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13. The Endowment

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1. The Railway

Air Date: 1976-01-26

2. The Hat

Air Date: 1976-01-27

3. Old Nell

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4. Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons

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5. The Egg

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6. The Proper Container

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7. The Alarm

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8. The Retreat

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9. The Visitor

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10. The Invalid

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11. The Boot

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12. Banger's Circus

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13. Unidentified Objects

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14. Mrs Porty's Foxes

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15. Bluebell

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16. Dai and the Donkey

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17. Gold

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18. Mrs Porty

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19. Cold

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20. The Endowment

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1. Snowdrifts

Air Date: 1977-11-22

2. Cold Sheep

Air Date: 1977-11-23

3. Sledging

Air Date: 1977-11-24

4. The Rescue

Air Date: 1977-11-25

5. The Fire Engine

Air Date: 1977-11-29

6. The Water Tower

Air Date: 1977-11-30

7. Mrs Bird

Air Date: 1977-12-01

8. The Cuckoo Clock

Air Date: 1977-12-02

9. The Trumpet

Air Date: 1977-12-06

10. The Seaside

Air Date: 1977-12-07

11. The Lost Engine

Air Date: 1977-12-08

12. The Outing

Air Date: 1977-12-09

13. The Sheepdog

Air Date: 1977-12-13

14. Juggernaut

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15. The Bird House

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16. Time Off

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17. Half-Crowns

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18. Chickens

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19. St. George

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20. Retirement

Air Date: 1977-12-23

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Rating

8.0/10

Release Date

1959-01-01

Episodes

72 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

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