Ivor the Engine

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From the 'top left-hand corner of Wales', Ivor sets out on adventures

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Series 1

1. The Railway

A typical day in the life of Ivor the Engine. Ivor delivers Coal to Grumbly Gasworks, tomatoes to Mr Davy and Fish to Mrs Thomas. Ivor also goes to choir practice.

2. The Egg

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.

3. The Proper Container

Dai Station isn't too 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. So where has Idris got to?

4. The Alarm

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.

5. The Retreat

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.

6. The Hat

Jones and Ivor bring back a package, which is supposedly a hat for Mrs. Porty. However, Jones and Dai discover it's a new telescope cover for Professor Longfellow and go home for the night. In the morning, the package has gone...

7. OId Nell

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 Nell, the sheepdog, to get help.

8. Mr. Brangwyn's Pigeons

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 follows some amusing attempts to get them down.

9. The Visitor

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.

10. The Invalid

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

11. The Boot

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

12. Banger's Circus

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

13. Unidentified Objects

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

14. Mrs. Porty's Foxes

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.

15. Bluebell

Jones is cleaning Ivor when they are called off on an emergency - Mr. Dinwiddy needs his new boots! Jones leaves Bluebell the Donkey holding the bucket. She follows them all the way, so Jones and Mr. Dinwiddy arrange for a mode of transport.

16. Dai and the Donkey

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

17. Gold

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.

18. Mrs. Porty

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

19. Cold

One morning Jones and Ivor spots 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.

20. The Endowment

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.

21. Snowdrifts

It's winter in the top left-hand corner of Wales and Ivor's railway is not running because of deep snow. Llaniog needs supplies soon, though, as Eli the Baker is nearly out of flour. What Ivor needs is a snowplough.

22. Cold Sheep

Ivor collects supplies from Grumbly. On the way home the railway is blocked by a drift which Ivor refuses to plough. The drift is full of sheep. They take the sheep home and come back for the goods.

23. The Fire Engine

Major Llewellyn boasts about his new fire engine, but when it is called for it gets stuck in the snow. Ivor takes the firemen and the handpump to the fire and helps put it out. He is appointed Honorary fireman.

24. Sledging

Ivor is hauling sledges up the hill with his winch. He hauls too many at a time and tips over. He sledges down the hill into a snowdrift. Nell the sheepdog runs and fetches the fire-brigade. The fire engine tries to pull Ivor out but the rope breaks.

25. The Rescue

The big crane from Pontypool comes out to help pull Ivor from the snow. Ivor is too firmly stuck and the crane overturns. Bluebell the donkey fetches the circus elephants and they soon push and pull everybody out.

26. The Water Tower

Ivor refuses to go under the water tower and take on water. No amount of persuading will get him under until Mrs Porty arrives to collect her goldfish which she had left in the water-tower while she cleaned their pool.

27. Mrs. Bird

Jones and Ivor decide to help a family of birds that have built a nest on the line.

28. The Cuckoo Clock

A safer place must be found for Mrs. Bird. They consult Mrs Porty who finds and old cuckoo clock. Jones fixes it in a tree by Ivor's shed. Mrs. Bird refuses to cuckoo, but it is a very good home.

29. The Trumpet

Ivor receives a mysterious package in the post. It turns out to be a trumpet from some old friends and comes in handy for rounding up Old Idwoll's sheep.

30. Time Off

It's a lovely summers day and Ivor has finished all his work. Jones and Dai decide to go and relax by the river. Ivor feels a little left out standing by the station platform so he goes off on his own.

31. The Seaside

The Grumbly Choir decide to spend some time having fun at Tewyn Beach after taking part in the Eisteddfod. Of course, Ivor is left alone and feels very sad. Back at Grumbly, standing sad and alone again, he decides to go off on his own.

32. The Lost Engine

Where is Ivor? Mrs Porty passes in her donkey cart. She has seen Ivor on the line. She says bandits have stolen him. She chases Ivor in the donkey cart, but he has only gone to Tewyn to look at the beach.

33. The Outing

The choir go to Tewyn Beach and have a bathe for their outing. Ivor is expecting to be left on the line, but the big crane is there to lift him off onto a stretch of line on the beach. Ivor joins in the fun...until he puts out his fire...

34. Half-Crowns

The Dragons have nearly run out of Half-Crowns for their gas meter at Smoke Hill. Jones and Ivor find some in one of the most unlikely places.

35. Sheep Herding

Jones and Dai are watching the sheep dog trials and a very large contestant turns up to enter.

36. Juggernaut

Ivor goes off with Banger's Circus as "The Singing Engine". His replacement is a Juggernaut built by Bynon Smith. It turns out to be a lot less reliable than Ivor.

37. The Bird House

Ivor returns along with a small fortune and knows just what he wants to buy.

38. Chickens

Ivor has gone off on his own again. Dai gets quite cross about it, while Jones finds Ivor at Mr. Pugh's farm along with some guests.

39. St. George

There are some problems with Smoke Hill again. So, Jones, Ivor and the dragons go to Merioneth to see Mrs. Griffiths. While there, Gaian and Blodwen encounter an old enemy.

40. Retirement

The dragons are to be put in a museum. They do not like this, but there is no alternative, until Mr. Dinwiddy finds a volcanic seam in his gold mine. The dragons retire to it and become mythical again.