Postman Pat and the Christmas Panto Horse is episode twenty-six of Postman Pat's seventh season. It aired on Friday 20th December 2013 on Cbeebies and was written by Rebecca Stevens.
Summary
Lucy has a special song to sing at the pantomime, but when Pumpkin gets scared by the snow, Pat is in a race to get her back in time. Pumpkin is sheltering from the snow in the old post office and only Pat's special delivery can make him leave.
Characters
- Pat
- Jess
- Julian
- Ben Taylor
- Lauren Taylor
- Lizzy Taylor
- Ted Glen
- Bill Thompson
- Meera Bains
- P.C. Selby
- Lucy Selby
- Doctor Gilbertson
- Sarah Gilbertson
- Charlie Pringle
- Amy Wrigglesworth
- Pumpkin
Vehicles
- PAT 1
- PAT 2
- PAT 3
- PAT 8
- The Panda
- The Pencaster Flyer
Locations
- Greendale
- Pat's House
- Post Office
- Greendale Primary School
- Greendale Station
- The Vets
- The Church
- The Old Post Office
- Pencaster
- Special Delivery Service Sorting Office
Cast
- Lewis MacLeod as Pat and Ben
- Melissa Sinden as Jess
- Janet James as Julian, Lauren and Lucy
- Angela Griffin as Lizzy and Amy
- Bradley Clarkson as Ted and P.C. Selby
- Kulvinder Ghir as Bill
- Archie Panjabi as Meera
- Carole Boyd as Doctor Gilbertson, Sarah Gilbertson and Charlie
Trivia
- This season finale was held back to aire closer to Christmas time.
- Some of the children's paintings from "Postman Pat's Perfect Painting" are on the wall of the classroom.
- Stock footage from "Postman Pat and the Twinkly Lights" is used.
- Lizzy's mermaid costume is the same one she wore at Bill's birthday party in A Speedy Car.
- Bill and Sara are wearing the same pantomime costumes they wore in Postman Pat's Christmas Eve.
- This episode features the song, "Happy Christmas Everyone".
- The Greendale Farm well from Postman Pat's Thirsty Day can be seen outside the old post office.
Goofs
- When this episode is shown on BBC iPlayer, the subtitles say that when Lucy sings her song, she says "Snow falls in our village" but she is actually saying "Night falls in our village".