Original title
Postman Pat
Released
9/16/1981
Origin country
GB
Genre
Animation, Kids
Production companies
Cosgrove Hall Films, Alphanim, Woodland Animations, Entertainment Rights
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
106
Pat and his black-and-white cat Jess deliver the mail in Greendale.
Pat helps Tom Pottage learn his letters by making him a red ABC notebook.
Tom Pottage is now having trouble with his numbers from 1 to 10, so Pat helps him once again by making Tom a blue 123 notebook.
There has been a robbery at Garner Hall and the Major Forbes' toy soldiers have been stolen. Pat calls to deliver a parcel with some new toy soldiers but leaves the wrong parcels and when he goes for a picnic lunch, he has the toy soldiers. When he arrives back at Garner Hall, PC Selby says his sandwiches are evidence.
Pat goes to the Post Office to collect his brand new vehicle, a Royal Mail Post Bus. He has offers to take some of his friends on a shopping trip into Ingledale.
Pat goes to search Granny Dryden's attic and finds an old tuba, which gives him a bright idea for Greendale's annual fete. When Pat learns to play the tuba, it makes an awful noise!
Pat's barometer says snow is due. No-one believes him but as Mr. Pringle and the schoolchildren are out on a hike it turns out the barometer was right after all...
The children set off on a school outing and are very excited when they discover Greendale's old forgotten steam train, the Greendale Rocket. Everyone volunteers to get the Greendale Rocket back into action. Pat and Ted try to get the engine working again. Will it work again in time for the grand reopening?
Pat has so many parcels and letters to deliver that he does not know how he will get his rounds done in time for the village Christmas party and make a surprise visit as Santa Claus. But help is at hand from a very cheerful stranger with a big white beard and shiny black boots – who could it be?
The children are disappointed when the circus has to cancel its visit to Greendale, due to ill performers, so the villagers prepare to put on their very own circus.
Pat's cousin Matt arrives from America. He owns his own boat so Pat and Julian sail with him to a small island. Can they find the Greendale cup - which Matt buried as a boy - in time for the annual flower show?
Everyone in Greendale is helping to arrange a surprise party for a special someone's birthday... Postman Pat! The preparations are underway with kids, adults and even Ted's machines helping out. But all the while Pat thinks friends and family have forgotten his special day. Will everything go to plan and be ready in time for the big surprise?
Pat calls to the Post Office and today most of the post is for Katy and Tom because it their birthday. Pat goes to deliver the post to them. Poor Katy is not having a happy birthday because she has lost Sarah-Ann, her doll that she takes everywhere. Pat's round then becomes a search for the missing doll. He comes across a load of other things but not the doll. Will he find Katy's missing doll in order to save the day?
Pat stops for a picnic lunch near Thompson Ground halfway through his round. He falls asleep in the warm sunshine. Some hens cause mischief, one takes Pat's sandwiches and the other takes Pat's keys! The hen surprisingly leaves Pat's keys in a nest in a tree. Dorothy soon comes to see what the commotion is about. Pat and Dorothy then go to get a ladder and Pat climbs up the tree to find a magpie's nest with some other missing things. Who has ever heard of a magpie hen?
Pat always thought he had managed to keep the date of his birthday to himself. He tells Jess not to give his secret away. When he arrives at the Post Office, all of the post is for Pat. As he then goes on his round, everyone he meets knows it's his birthday! How did all those people know?
It has been raining very heavily in Greendale. Even the letters are wet when Pat goes to the Post Office to collect them. Later Pat is stopped when a road has to be cleared of a blockage of mud. Bill brings his model plane and Pat ties an SOS message to it and flies it over to Peter, giving him the message to clear the blockage with his tractor and bulldozer plough.
Pat is having a late day after his van gets stuck in the mud. When he arrives at the Post Office, Mrs Goggins shows him a newspaper article about Major Forbes' bull. Later Ted stops Pat and they have to get some sheep out of a field filled with clovers. Later Ted thinks he's broken his ankle so Pat goes to fetch Dr Gilbertson from the village.
Pat has to deliver some eggs and a registered letter to some campers. The letter is too valuble to leave and the campers are at the waterfall. Pat's van can't travel the bumpy road so Miss Hubbard borrows a tractor and takes him on a rather bumpy ride to the waterfall. When Pat returns to his van, he sees that a hen has got in and laid an egg!
All of Greendale's water supply has had to be turned off. When Pat arrives at the Post Office, Mrs Goggins gives him some lemonade to quench his thirst. Later Granny Dryden shows Pat an old water pump in the village. Can Ted fix it in order to get a water supply working?
Pat finds it hard to steer his van in such a big wind. A fallen tree blocks the road and Peter goes to borrow a chainsaw from the forestry commision to cut the tree up. When Pat can get on his way again, his van's engine jerks. Pat gets out to have a look at it and the wind blows his hat off and it ends up in a lake!
There is a thick fog in Greendale. Pat feels foolish when he thinks a scarecrow is Ted and gives him a letter. When Pat calls at the church, Jess gets out the van. Pat soon finds him but they end up completely lost in the fog. When Miss Hubbard arrives at the church to see the Reverend Timms, she suggests that they ring the church bells to guide Pat and Jess back to the church.
Pat's alarm-clock fails to wake him up. Miss Hubbard passing by outside rings her bicycle bell to wake him up. Pat has to rush out to work in a hurry! When he calls at the Post Office, Mrs Goggins has a parcel of some spare parts for Ted and it just falls to bits. Poor Pat just ends up having a day full of disasters where one thing after another goes wrong!
Heavy snow has fallen in Greendale and Peter has to clear the roads with his tractor and bulldozer blade. When Pat calls to see Mrs Pottage, everyone has to help dig the snow away but it eventually becomes so bad that Peter has to turn back. When Pat arrives at Thompson Ground, Pat and Alf go on a sledge to deliver a parcel and some groceries to George at Hill Top Farm.
Another snowfall has fallen in Greendale. Ted lends Pat some old skates that belonged to Bert in Australia. When the road is blocked, Pat has to skate over the ice to deliver the post. He finds it difficult to skate on the ice though!
Pat calls to collect an Australian stamp from the Reverend Timms, who will be visitng London to meet his sister Elsie from Australia. When Pat arrives at the Post Office, Elsie phones Mrs Goggins to say she will come straight to Greendale because her flight is diverted to Manchester. Will Pat be able to stop the Reverend from catching the train to London?
Mr Pringle has been teaching the children about volcanoes and earthquakes. The next day this makes Pat think about holes in the road. While on his rounds, he gets diverted round in a big circle. PC Selby lets all traffic pass through Thompson Ground. Ted gets ready to mend the hole with tar.
Garner Hall is opening to the public. Ted builds a shiny suit of metal armour and when he decides tries the suit on, he can't see where he's going! He crashes about, making an awful clanking noise!
A huge parcel arrives at the Post Office and it squashes Pat's glasses after he puts them down on the counter. Mrs Goggins lends Pat one of her old pairs of glasses. Pat still can't see properly, meaning he can't read or drive. Ted offers to take him in his lorry.
The villagers prepare for a Greendale arts show. Ted lends Pat some clay but it makes a mess! Pat makes a clay sculpture of Jess. When he is travels to the art show, his van runs out of petrol. Sam lends him some more petrol but it soon runs out again.
Pat finds a long string across the road and follows it to see where it leads. It leads to a tree where Katy and Tom's kite is stuck. Pat needs to find someone with a ladder to rescue the kite.
The villagers prepare to enter a best village competition. Will Greendale win first prize - and where has Ted's lorry got to?
Pat offers to paint the ceiling for Granny Dryden. Some paint spills down Pat's trousers! Pat goes home to change and gets an odd pair of trousers and Sarah can't help laughing. During his rounds, everyone wonders why on earth Pat is out doing his rounds in shorts.
Mail order madness has taken over Greendale, meaning Pat has a lot more parcels than usual. Ted devises a motorised scooter to make Pat's job easier but it proves to be more trouble than it's worth...
Pat does some gardening before work. When he tries to remove a weed, he sprains his back and Sarah calls Dr Gilbertson in. Pat needs a day in bed so Sarah offers to take the post instead. Everyone is surprised to see Sarah delivering the post instead of Pat. Sarah has also forgotten something.
Ted invents a new robot postman to help give Pat a rest. When it goes out for its test run and arrives at the Post Office, it scares Mrs Goggins. When it gets loaded with post, it causes havoc over Greendale. Pat and Ted follow after the robot in Pat's bus.
The Major Forbes prepares for a film show about his balloon flights across the world. When Pat arrives at Garner Hall, the Major asks Pat to climb onto the roof, untangle the string and cast him off into the sky. Unfortunately it sets off with Pat still clinging to the basket!
Who is this strange creature causing havoc all over Greendale?
Pat is to take Mr Pringle and the school children on a Mystery Tour. Where will they end up?
The villagers prepare to enter Ajay's kite festival. Jess loves all the activity but his curiosity gets the better of him when he steps onto Ted's kite and it takes off.
Alf's goat Rosie escapes, so Pat and Alf help to round her up but not she does a lot damage like eating the labels off Pat's parcels.
Ted invents an ice cream machine for the picnic. When the power cuts out, the ever-inventive Ted tries all kinds of ways to get his machine back in action – including connecting it up to Pat's van.
The villagers have a race to see whose vehicle is the best. Whose vehicle will be the best?
It is National Recycling Week and Nisha is organizing a jumble sale.
Pat is to be a magician at Meera's birthday party, and Ted builds a magic stage to make Jess disappear.
When a nasty bout of chicken pox spreads around Greendale, Pat spends a busy day delivering calamine lotion to everyone who needs it.
Pat receives his own video camera and goes round making a video diary of Greendale's events.
Pat and Julian are to take part in a Greendale football match. Will Pat still have all his skills?
Pat offers to take Alf's racing pigeon Cederic to the vets in Pencaster but his van runs out of petrol. Will anyone be able to find Pat?
Julian is to give a class talk about peoples' jobs so Pat takes him on his round to find out while Ted varnishes the schoolroom floor.
Pat offers to babysit Nikhil during his round while Julian goes with Ajay, Nisha and Meera to the cinema in Pencaster. Nikhil can't sleep without his green rabbit toy.
Two escaped butterflies from Pencaster Zoo go on the loose in Greendale. Whoever catches them will get free tickets to the zoo so the children try to catch them.
Pat has the day off so he offers to help Ted and Ajay to drive the Greendale Rocket.
The children are out hunting for UFOs, whilst Ted's new invention – the Washer-Sorter machine – is playing up. Later, a strange bubble creature appears in the station café...
The children are bored on a sunny day. Meanwhile some sand falls off the back of Ted's lorry and onto the road!
The school roof needs repairing so Pat suggests that Greendale has a job swap day to raise enough sponsorship money.
Julian is looking after the school guniea pig, Dotty, but on her first night at the Clifton residence she escapes. The next morning, everyone is looking for Dotty. When Pat leaves for work, it turns out she is following him on his rounds...
Everyone in Greendale is auditioning for Charlie and Julian's new band. It's seems no one is right, but will Lucy Selby have the confidence to audition?
Pat, Ted and the villagers are working hard on a very special surprise for the children. Meanwhile, the children are looking for dinosaurs, and it's not long before they find one...
Julian's friends are staying for a sleep over, but Jess has disappeared and there's a strange noise coming from the cupboard under the stairs...
It's always been a tradition for the Reverand Timms to ring the church bells at the start of Greendale's Midsummer market. However, when Alf's racing Pidgeon Cedric settles next to the bell, it becomes impossible...
Ajay receives a letter and learns that the Greendale station and Rocket locomotive are to be inspected that afternoon. The other villagers lend a hand and Ajay passes with flying colours!
The children are having a great time sledging, but disaster strikes when Katy and Tom get stuck on an icy pond. How can Pat and Alf's ladder help?
It's still winter in Greendale and the children are making a snowman. Then, they lose control of a large snowball and it crashes onto the railway line, but the Greendale Rocket is on its way...
Pat delivers a new supply of arts materials to the school. There, the children are making pictures of their favourite adventure from the past year. Everyone except Sara Gilbertson, who cannot think of anything.
Mrs. Goggins is feeling sad, so Pat plans to take her on a ride in Ted's old hot air balloon. Then, when Ted is called away, things do not exactly go according to the plan...
It is Dr. Gilbertson's birthday, but after Pat gives her a lift, she tells him she has not got time to bother celebrating. Pat and the other villagers all decide to throw a special party for her: Ted, Ajay, Pat and PC Selby works hard to restore a vintage car as a birthday present, the children compose a special song, and Nisha and Sarah make the birthday tea.
Ajay and Pat all make pizzas.
Everyone is practicing different dances for Greendale's spring dance, but Pat is not very good at dancing. Ted helps Pat out by teaching him how to dance. Later, Pat is able to surprise Sara by whisking her onto the dance floor.
Julian is afraid of thunder and lightning, as is Mrs. Goggins. Bonnie goes missing, so Pat and Julian brave the thunderstorm to find her. Julian overcomes his fear by putting Bonnie's needs first.
Lucy doesn't have anything to wear to the party.
Jess and Bonnie are in a very playful mood today, but their mischief ends up causing trouble all over Greendale. Meanwhile, Pat helps Ted build a treehouse for the Pottage twins.
Ted invents a sock drying machine which, unfortunately, destroys Pat's socks so he has to borrow a pair of pink fluffy slippers, which he wears for the rest of the day. Meanwhile, the children are off on a fruit hunt.
The reverend Timms inadvertently starts the Greendale Rocket. Pat and PC Selby give chase in the patrol car, while Ajay and Mr. Pringle are in hot pursuit on the railway pump-truck...
Sarah Gilbertson borrows Jess to enter him in the pet show, but he runs away.
Julian, Meera and Bill play at being cowboys. After riding a bucking bronco, Pat helps them round up a missing sheep.
A group of mice are causing trouble.
When Pat's van breaks down one snowy day, he has to use a lot of different vehicles to finish his round.
When the kids put on an amateur radio show in the school, Charlie and the children learn the importance of working as a team.
Charlie and Bill are eager to see a superhero in Greendale but can't find one. Then, the post falls out of his van and Pat goes to extraordinary lengths to retrieve it!
Tom has his doubts about going on a camping trip with Pat, Jeff and the other children.
Pat and PC Selby plan a bowling night on the village green, Ajay and Ted both want Pat to be their bowling partner, and Sarah is upset when Lucy gets an imaginary friend.
The children make a wish they regret.
The children offer to help their parents with chores but all their hard work weeding and tidying up is destroyed by a mysterious visitor. Ajay and PC Selby stakeout the school whilst Pat goes to investigate at Alf's farm.
Ted saves the day when Pat's boat trip goes wrong.
At the annual sports day, Bill realises that taking part is more important than winning, and is rewarded with a Best Team Player rosette. Then, the adults have a mucky custard race, which ends with Pat covered in custard.
Pat and the Reverend are accidentally lost in the vestry. While PC Selby and the others chase after Dr. Gilbertson to retrieve the vestry key, Pat and Rev. Timms find a way to escape through an underground passage.
It's the Rocket's 100th birthday. Everyone prepares a dish to bring to a potluck picnic. Pat and Ted organise a surprise firework display to celebrate the birthday.
Ajay bets Pat that he can't deliver all the post by teatime. The loser has to run around Greendale in their pyjamas. Meanwhile the kids are enjoying a different sort of maths lesson.
PC Selby has a busy day when Jess, Mabel the sheep and the Greendale Rocket go missing. Helped by Pat, he finds them in the Greendale Tunnel, where clever Jess stopped the train before it hit a trapped Mabel.
It's Nikhil's birthday. Ted ties helium filled balloons to Pat's postbag, which flies up into the air. Pat and PC Selby give chase. Ted uses his one man hover-backpack to reach the bag and pop the balloons.
Sarah and Meera are practicing a traditional Indian dance for the school assembly, but Meera's sari has not arrived.
Pat visits Dorothy, who tells him that all her strawberries have gone missing. Pat saves the day, with a little help from PC Selby and his banjo.
Pat and the other parents decide to brighten up the school by painting a rainbow on the wall. Meera also teaches them a song to remember the colours of the rainbow.
Pat has a surprise in store for Sarah while Lucy faces her fear...
A famous chef disappoints the residents of Greendale by not being able to visit, but Pat is able to organise a great day.
Pat finds himself in an awkward situation and relies on some animals for help.
Ted has some visitors to stay when Pat's house floods.
The residents of Greendale learn that cheats never prosper.
Jess gets into a tricky situation and needs Amy's help to get him out of it.
Pat has overcome his fear of horses, which has given him the chance of delivering the post on horseback.
Pat and Amy come to the rescue of Bessie the sheep when she gets stuck on the edge of a cliff.
Meera and Julian decide to set up a lost property office and find all sorts of 'lost property' outside other people's houses.
Julian and Charlie attach a walkie talkie to Jess' collar, to fool people into thinking that he can talk.
Mrs Goggins finds a hedgehog in the garden behind the post office.
A special delivery for Amy causes problems as Pat struggles to deliver the enormous crate. Meanwhile, Bill learns to ride a bike.
Tom and Katy want to be grown-ups so they can help out, but they soon discover that being small has its advantages.
The children are playing at being space explorers, but fall out with Sara because she's being bossy again. Meanwhile, Jess has gotten himself stuck up a tree. How can Ted's new invention, a litter blower help?
PC Selby tells Pat that he is leaving Greendale. Pat is upset by this, but organises a party to show PC Selby how much he is loved.
Pat is feeling very musical today. He keeps hearing strange and interesting sounds around Greendale.
Pat comes across his beloved old teddy, Billy, and lets Julian take it to school. Unfortunately, Julian swaps the bear with Charlie and it keeps changing hands all day. Will it ever find its way back to Pat?
With another strange package to deliver to Ted, Pat sets off across the village, eager to find out what's inside.
Ted is fixing the hitch on the horse box, so Amy and Meera take Pumpkin for a roam around Greendale.
It is the day of the children's fun run. Bill sets his sights on the mystery prize.
It is a light day for post, so Pat offers to help Ted with his chores when Ted sprains his ankle.
It is winter in Greendale and everything is turned to ice - including the engine on the Greendale Rocket.
Pat has to come to the rescue when Ajay gets stuck in a snowdrift with a Christmas tree.
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