Ivor the Engine (Season 1)

The Railway 0.0

Air date: 1976-01-26

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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!

The Egg 0.0

Air date: 1976-01-27

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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!

The Proper Container 0.0

Air date: 1976-01-29

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

The Alarm 0.0

Air date: 1976-01-30

Runtime: 5 min

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

The Retreat 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-02

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

The Hat 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-03

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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!

Old Nell 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-05

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-06

Runtime: 5 min

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

The Visitor 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-09

Runtime: 5 min

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

The Invalid 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-10

Runtime: 5 min

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

The Boot 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-12

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

Banger's Circus 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-13

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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!

Unidentified Objects 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-16

Runtime: 5 min

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

Mrs Porty's Foxes 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-17

Runtime: 5 min

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

Bluebell 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-19

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

Dai and the Donkey 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-20

Runtime: 5 min

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

Gold 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-23

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

Mrs Porty 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-24

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

Cold 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-26

Runtime: 5 min

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

The Endowment 0.0

Air date: 1976-02-27

Runtime: 5 min

Overview: 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.

DELETE ME 0.0

Runtime: 5 min

DELETE ME 0.0

Runtime: 5 min

DELETE ME 0.0

Runtime: 5 min

DELETE ME 0.0

Runtime: 5 min