Precious Eggs

Episode Overview

Writer

Rebecca Stevens

Director

Chris Taylor

Producer

Debbie Peers (for Cosgrove Hall Films)
Jo Jordan (for Entertainment Rights)

Release Details

Series

6

Series no.

6.09

Number

9

Released

9th October 2008 (UK)

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Precious Eggs is the ninth episode of Postman Pat Season 6. It was first broadcast on Thursday 9th October, 2008 and written by Rebecca Stevens.

Summary[]

Pat has to deliver some duck eggs to Amy. Unfortunately, people keep mistaking them for ordinary eggs!

Meanwhile, Ted is struggling with the inquibator for the eggs.

Characters[]

Vehicles[]

PAT 1
PAT 4
Ted's Lorry
VET 1
The Panda Car
The Red Tractor
SYLVIA 1
The Reverend Timms Bicycle
Michael's Moblie Shop
Julian's Trike
Meera's Trike

Locations[]

Greendale
Pat's House
Post Office
The Vets
Greendale Station
The Green
Ted's Workshop
Ted's Mill
Greendale Primary School
The Church
Pencaster
Sorting Office
The Market Square
The Harbour
The Town Hall
Ted's Garage
River Penn

Cast[]

Lewis MacLeod as Pat and Ben
Melissa Sinden as Jess and Bonnie
Carol Boyd as Sara Clifton, Mrs. Goggins, Dorothy, Doctor Gilbertson, Sarah Gilbertson and Charlie
Janet James as Julian, Lauren and Lucy
Angela Griffin as Lizzy and Amy
Ken Barrie as Ted, Alf, the Reverend Timms and P.C. Selby
Kulvinder Ghir as Bill and Michael
Archie Panjabi as Nisha and Meera

Trivia[]

Frequently used stock footage from seasons 3 - 5 is used.
This is the time in the series anyone (let alone the Reverend) has had a helmet with their bicycle.
This is first episode to have Pat drive PAT 4.
This is the third time Jess is herding sheep, following Postman Pat and the Troublesome Train and Postman Pat and the Pet Show.
The audio effect of Jess being surprised and frightened is the same from the end of Postman Pat and the Runaway Kite, when he runs away after seeing the trophy that looks like Ted’s kite.

Goofs[]

In the first shot there is no one outside Pat's house, but in the next shot, Pat is washing his van front of the house and Jess is dozing on the door step.
Pat usually parks his van round the side of his house, but when he is washing it towards the beginning, it is crookedly parked in the middle of the road.
After Julian says "Don't forget your hat, Dad." PAT 1 changes to PAT 4.
Pat leaves his bucket in the middle of the road when he drives off to the sorting office.
When Pat says "Morning, Dorothy." Mrs. Thompson's pupils are smaller.
The Reverend's helmet looks exactly the same as Pat's motorcycle helmet.
For some reason Doctor Gilbertson looks upset when Pat borrows the Reverend's bicycle.
Both Pat says "Thanks, good idea!" and Doctor Gilbertson says "Look he's on a special delivery." without moving their lips.
When Doctor Gilbertson says "Look he's on a special delivery." Bill's pupils are smaller.
When Pat cycled to the sorting office, he could have taken his hat with him instead of leaving it at the market.
There is no reason why Pat should cycle round the market twice.
The eggs should have been kept in a warm place through out the episode.
For most of the scene in the market, Mrs. Goggins pupils are bigger, but they suddenly change back to normal when she apologises to Pat.
Dorothy says Amy's eggs look like all the others on her market stall, even though hers are brown ones in wooden crates with straw or card containers while Amy's are white ones in a sea-through box with a label on it.
When Ted's inquibator explodes, Ted and Amy's faces are clean, but in the next shots they are covered in oil.
Just before the scene changes, some of the oil disappears from under Ted's right eye.
Alf claims he has never seen a sheep-cat until now, even though Jess has been herding his sheep before.
Even though Nisha says "Now the butter." the words seem to come out of Meera's mouth.
When Pat drives out of the station, a shadow suddenly appears in the back of the van for a split second.
When Jess leads the ducklings out of the van, the last four suddenly appear out of nowhere.
There are a few points during the episode when Amy has Lizzy's voice.
When Pat and Jess leave the van and run to collect the eggs, Jess knocks a traffic cone out of place and you can see the marker for when the cone was supposed to be positioned on the set.