Postman Pat and the Chinese Dragon is the fourteenth episode of the seventh season. It was first broadcast on Thursday 14th March 2013 and was written by Rebecca Stevens.
Summary[]
It's Chinese Day at school and the children are really looking forward to a day of special Chinese-themed celebration, helped by Michael. As a special surprise, he's ordered a real Chinese dragon costume which Pat picks up at the sorting office to deliver to the school. On the way though, naughty horse Pumpkin gets the dragon's head stuck on his own and as he canters off into the fields the locals are terrified that there's a real dragon on the loose!
Characters[]
- Pat
- Jess
- Julian Clifton
- Mrs. Goggins
- Bonnie
- Ben Taylor
- Lauren Taylor
- Lizzy Taylor
- Ted Glen
- Dorothy Thompson
- Bill Thompson
- Reverend Timms
- Meera Bains
- P.C. Selby
- Lucy Selby
- Doctor Gilbertson
- Sarah Gilbertson
- Charlie Pringle
- Amy Wrigglesworth
- Pumpkin
- Michael Lam
Vehicles[]
- PAT 1
- PAT 2
- PAT 3
- The Panda Car
Locations[]
- Greedale
- The Church
- Pat's House
- Greendale Primary School
- Greendale Station
- The Vets
- Pencaster
- Sorting Office
- Pencaster Town Hall
- Pencaster's Market Square
- Pencaster Harbour
- Ted's Garage
Cast[]
- Lewis MacLeod as Pat and Ben
- Melissa Sinden as Jess and Bonnie
- Janet James as Julian, Lauren and Lucy
- Carole Boyd as Mr. Goggins, Dorothy, Doctor Gilbertson, Sarah and Charlie
- Angela Griffin as Lizzy and Amy
- Bradley Clarkson as Ted and P.C. Selby
- Kulvinder Ghir as Bill and Michael
- Dan Milne as the Reverend Timms
- Archie Panjabi as Meera
Goofs[]
- The back door of the van closes by itself when Pumpkin leaves with the dragon's head.
- When Ben is explaining to Pat about the dragon, one of his eyebrows disappears in mid-conversation.
- Amy says "Bye, Pat." without moving her lips.
- When Pat puts his umbrella back in the van, surely he would have noticed the dragon’s head was missing.