Postman Pat and the Great Greendale Race is the fourth episode of the third series which was broadcast on September 10th 2004. This episode was written by Glenn Dakin.
Plot[]
Pat, Alf, Ted, Ajay and P.C. Selby take part in a race around the village to see which of their vehicles is the best. During the race, the contestents have to take tests along the way to find out who knows the rules of the road. P.C. Selby on his bicycle falls behind the others straight away, but when Ted gets himself into a prickly situation and Alf gets delayed with his sheep, the policeman starts to catch up. Towards the end, Pat makes it into second place when suddenly Ajay's motorbike which has been holding the lead for most the race, runs out of petrol. Pat stops to help Ajay by letting him have the petrol from his spare can. Then P.C. Selby passes by and wins the race, but Pat does not go away empty handed for coming last. For stopping to help Ajay and losing the chance of winning the race, the Reverend Timms awards Pat with one of Mrs. Pottage's homemade apple pies as well as a trophy for P.C. Selby.
Characters[]
- Pat
- Jess
- Sara Clifton
- Julian Clifton
- Ted Glen
- Alf Thompson
- Dorothy Thompson
- Bill Thompson
- The Reverend Timms
- Mrs. Pottage
- Katy and Tom Pottage
- Ajay Bains
- Meera Bains
- P.C. Selby
- Lucy Selby
- Doctor Gilbertson
- Sarah Gilbertson
- Mr. Pringle
- Mrs. Goggins (cameo)
- Nisha Bains (cameo)
- Nikhil Bains (cameo)
- Charlie Pringle (cameo)
Vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Ted Glen's Workshop
- Thompson Ground
- Greendale Farm
- Greendale Station
- Greendale Post Office (mentioned)
- Garner Bridge (mentioned)
- Intake Farm (mentioned)
Cast[]
- Ken Barrie as Pat, Ted, Alf, The Reverend Timms, P.C. Selby and Mr. Pringle
- Melissa Sinden as Jess
- Carole Boyd as Sara Clifton, Dorothy, Mrs. Pottage, Doctor Gilbertson and Sarah Gilbertson
- Janet James as Julian and Lucy
- Kulvinder Ghir as Bill, Tom and Ajay
- Archie Panjabi as Katy and Meera
Trivia[]
- The original Woodland Animations PAT 1 model is used for the scenes at Thompson Ground and it was used in three promotional scenes as shown in the picture book of the same name.
- The audio track used for when everyone claps and cheers as P.C. Selby finally joins the race is the same one from Postman Pat and the Greendale Rocket, when Pat and Ted are trying to get the Greendale Rocket working.
Goofs[]
- When Pat collects the letters out of the Postbox he say's it's the 10:30 collection, but if you look closer at the postbox it states the collection times are 8:30am & 12:30pm
- When P.C. Selby arrives at Ted's workshop, Katy's coat vanishes.
- We do not see Pat and Alf overtake Ted when delayed by the prickles on his hands.
- Ted says he pricked his thumb on the bramble bush, even though his whole hands are actually covered in prickles.
- On Sarah's drawing of Jess, she has drawn Jess' back paws white even though they are actually black.
- In the shot in Pat's van before we see Alf herding the sheep, Jess' eyes are grey.
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