Ivor the Engine is a Children’s TV cartoon which first started in the 50’s. Ivor was no normal engine, he was special, as this small green railway engine was alive! He was accompanied on his travels by Jones the Steam, who was Ivor's driver, and who loved him dearly. Ivor was no normal engine, he was special, as this small green railway engine was alive! He was accompanied on his travels by Jones the Steam, who was Ivor's driver, and who loved him dearly. The Page includes a History of the programme, Story of the Show, Video Intro, Characters, Images, DVDs, T-Shirts and Episode Guide. The Who - A Quick One While He's Away @ Monterey International Pop Festival, CA, USA, 18 June 1967.
From Ivor the Engine (1959). Ivor with Jones the Steam on footplate. Created by Narrated by Country of origin UK No. Of episodes 32 (1959 b/w) 40 (1975-1977 colour) Production Running time 10 minutes per episode (b/w) 5 mins per episode (colour) Release Original network / Original release 1959 1975 – 1977 Ivor the Engine is a British stop motion animated television series created by and 's company.
It follows the adventures of a small green steam locomotive who lived in the 'top left-hand corner of Wales' and worked for The and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited. His friends included Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station, among many other characters. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Having produced the live Alexander the Mouse, and the animated The Journey of Master Ho for his employers / in partnership with Firmin, Oliver Postgate and his partner set up Smallfilms in a disused cow shed at Firmin's home in near Canterbury, Kent. Ivor the Engine was Smallfilms' first production, and drew inspiration from Postgate's World War II encounter with Denzyl Ellis, a former with the, who described how came to life when you spent time steaming them up in the morning. Postgate decided to locate the story to, as it was more inspirational than the flat terrain of the English Midlands.
The story lines drew heavily on, and were influenced by, the works of poet. Production [ ] Ivor the Engine was filmed using animation techniques featuring cardboard cut-outs painted with watercolours. The series was originally made for by Smallfilms for in 1958, but was later revived in 1975 when new episodes in colour were produced for the. The series was written, animated and narrated by Oliver Postgate. Peter Firmin provided the artwork. The sound effects were endearingly low-tech, with the sound of Ivor's puffing made vocally by Postgate himself. The music was composed by and predominantly featured a solo, to reflect the three notes of Ivor's whistle.
Voices were performed by Oliver Postgate, and Olwen Griffiths. Anthony Jackson provided the voices for Dai Station, Evans the Song and Mr. Episodes [ ] The original series was in black and white and comprised six episodes which told how Ivor wanted to sing in the choir, and how his was replaced with steam organ pipes from the on Mr Morgan's roundabout.
There then followed two thirteen-episode series, also in black and white. Black and white episodes were 10 minutes each. In the 1970s, the two longer black and white series were re-made in colour, with some alterations to the stories, but they did not revisit the original six. The colour series consisted of 40 five-minute films. These would often each form part of a longer story. Although the six original black and white episodes were subsequently released on video, the two longer black and white series (totalling 26 episodes) were not and for many years were thought to have been lost. In October 2010, however, film copies of all 26 episodes were discovered in a pig shed.
When the colour series was subsequently released on DVD, some of the episodes whose content linked, were edited together, with the relevant closing and opening titles and credits removed. The colour series episodes were. The Railway • 2. The Proper Container • 4. The Alarm • 5. The Retreat • 6. Old Nell • 8.
Brangwyn's Pigeons • 9. The Visitor • 10. The Invalid • 11.
The Boot • 12. Banger's Circus • 13. Unidentified Objects • 14. Porty's Foxes • 15. Bluebell • 16. Dai and the Donkey • 17. The Endowment • 21.
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Snowdrifts • 22. Cold Sheep • 23. The Fire Engine • 24. Sledging • 25.
The Rescue • 26. The Water Tower • 27. The Cuckoo-clock • 29. The Trumpet • 30. Time Off • 31. The Seaside • 32. The Lost Engine • 33.
The Outing • 34. Half-Crowns • 35. Sheep Herding • 36. Juggernaut • 37. The Bird House • 38. Chickens • 39. Retirement UK VHS Releases [ ] Throughout the 1980s and the early 90's the BBC released a few videos of Ivor the Engine.
In 1984 a single 57 minute compiled video called Ivor the Engine and the Dragons with 13 stories joined up together as an omnibus. VHS video title Catalogue Number (pre-cert) Catalogue Number (Uc rated) Year of release Episodes Ivor the Engine and the Dragons BBCV 9015 BBCV 4033 1 October 1984 The Egg, The Proper Container, The Alarm, The Retreat, The Seaside, The Lost Engine, The Outing, Cold, The Endowment, Half-crowns, Chickens, St George and Retirement. In 1985 a single 58 minute compiled video called Ivor the Engine and the Elephants with 13 stories joined up together as an omnibus. VHS video title Catalogue Number (pre-cert) Catalogue Number (Uc rated) Year of release Episodes Ivor the Engine and the Elephants BBCV 9017 BBCV 4015 7 October 1985 Mr Brangwyn's Pigeons, The Visitor, The Invalid, The Boot, Banger's Circus, Sheep Herding, Juggernaut, The Bird House, Bluebell, Dai and the Donkey, Time Off, Sledging and The Rescue. In the early 1990s a video with six black and white stories of the very first Ivor the Engine series in the late-1950s (previously broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion) and seven colour episodes of the 1970s BBC series of Ivor the Engine, all shown as single episodes, was released.