The Colour Episodes - Series 1

1. The Railway

January 26, 1976 · 5m

It is 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 Hat

January 27, 1976 · 5m

Jones and Ivor bring back a package, which is supposedly a hat for Mrs Porty, but 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...

3. Old Nell

January 29, 1976 · 5m

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.

4. Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons

January 30, 1976 · 5m

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.

5. The Egg

February 2, 1976 · 5m

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 doesn't 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.

6. The Proper Container

February 3, 1976 · 5m

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.

7. The Alarm

February 5, 1976 · 5m

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.

8. The Retreat

February 6, 1976 · 5m

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.

9. The Visitor

February 9, 1976 · 5m

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

February 10, 1976 · 5m

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

11. The Boot

February 12, 1976 · 5m

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

12. Banger's Circus

February 13, 1976 · 5m

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

13. Unidentified Objects

February 16, 1976 · 5m

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

February 17, 1976 · 5m

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

February 19, 1976 · 5m

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 to the goldmine, so Jones and Mr Dinwiddy arrange for a mode of transport.

16. Dai and the Donkey

February 20, 1976 · 5m

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

February 23, 1976 · 5m

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

February 24, 1976 · 5m

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

19. Cold

February 26, 1976 · 5m

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.

20. The Endowment

February 27, 1976 · 5m

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.