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Season 1

  • S01E01 Pat's Finding Day

    • September 18, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat calls to the Post Office and today most of the post is for Katy and Tom because it their birthday. Pat goes to deliver the post to them. Poor Katy is not having a happy birthday because she has lost Sarah-Ann, her doll that she takes everywhere. Pat's round then becomes a search for the missing doll. He comes across a load of other things but not the doll. Will he find Katy's missing doll in order to save the day?

  • S01E02 Pat And The Magpie Hen

    • September 25, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat stops for a picnic lunch near Thompson Ground halfway through his round. He falls asleep in the warm sunshine. Some hens cause mischief, one takes Pat's sandwiches and the other takes Pat's keys! The hen surprisingly leaves Pat's keys in a nest in a tree. Dorothy soon comes to see what the commotion is about. Pat and Dorothy then go to get a ladder and Pat climbs up the tree to find a magpie's nest with some other missing things. Who has ever heard of a magpie hen?

  • S01E03 Pat's Birthday

    • October 2, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat always thought he had managed to keep the date of his birthday to himself. He tells Jess not to give his secret away. When he arrives at the Post Office, all of the post is for Pat. As he then goes on his round, everyone he meets knows it's his birthday! How did all those people know?

  • S01E04 Pat's Rainy Day

    • October 9, 1981
    • BBC One

    It has been raining very heavily in Greendale. Even the letters are wet when Pat goes to the Post Office to collect them. Later Pat is stopped when a road has to be cleared of a blockage of mud. Bill brings his model plane and Pat ties an SOS message to it and flies it over to Peter, giving him the message to clear the blockage with his tractor and bulldozer plough.

  • S01E05 The Sheep In The Clover Field

    • October 16, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat is having a late day after his van gets stuck in the mud. When he arrives at the Post Office, Mrs Goggins shows him a newspaper article about Major Forbes' bull. Later Ted stops Pat and they have to get some sheep out of a field filled with clovers. Later Ted thinks he's broken his ankle so Pat goes to fetch Dr Gilbertson from the village.

  • S01E06 Pat's Tractor Express

    • October 23, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat has to deliver some eggs and a registered letter to some campers. The letter is too valuble to leave and the campers are at the waterfall. Pat's van can't travel the bumpy road so Miss Hubbard borrows a tractor and takes him on a rather bumpy ride to the waterfall. When Pat returns to his van, he sees that a hen has got in and laid an egg!

  • S01E07 Pat's Thirsty Day

    • October 30, 1981
    • BBC One

    All of Greendale's water supply has had to be turned off. When Pat arrives at the Post Office, Mrs Goggins gives him some lemonade to quench his thirst. Later Granny Dryden shows Pat an old water pump in the village. Can Ted fix it in order to get a water supply working?

  • S01E08 Pat's Windy Day

    • November 6, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat finds it hard to steer his van in such a big wind. A fallen tree blocks the road and Peter goes to borrow a chainsaw from the forestry commision to cut the tree up. When Pat can get on his way again, his van's engine jerks. Pat gets out to have a look at it and the wind blows his hat off and it ends up in a lake!

  • S01E09 Pat's Foggy Day

    • November 13, 1981
    • BBC One

    There is a thick fog in Greendale. Pat feels foolish when he thinks a scarecrow is Ted and gives him a letter. When Pat calls at the church, Jess gets out the van. Pat soon finds him but they end up completely lost in the fog. When Miss Hubbard arrives at the church to see the Reverend Timms, she suggests that they ring the church bells to guide Pat and Jess back to the church.

  • S01E10 Pat's Difficult Day

    • November 20, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat's alarm-clock fails to wake him up. Miss Hubbard passing by outside rings her bicycle bell to wake him up. Pat has to rush out to work in a hurry! When he calls at the Post Office, Mrs Goggins has a parcel of some spare parts for Ted and it just falls to bits. Poor Pat just ends up having a day full of disasters where one thing after another goes wrong!

  • S01E11 Pat Goes Sledging

    • November 27, 1981
    • BBC One

    Heavy snow has fallen in Greendale and Peter has to clear the roads with his tractor and bulldozer blade. When Pat calls to see Mrs Pottage, everyone has to help dig the snow away but it eventually becomes so bad that Peter has to turn back. When Pat arrives at Thompson Ground, Pat and Alf go on a sledge to deliver a parcel and some groceries to George at Hill Top Farm.

  • S01E12 Letters On Ice

    • December 4, 1981
    • BBC One

    Another snowfall has fallen in Greendale. Ted lends Pat some old skates that belonged to Bert in Australia. When the road is blocked, Pat has to skate over the ice to deliver the post. He finds it difficult to skate on the ice though!

  • S01E13 Pat Takes A Message

    • December 11, 1981
    • BBC One

    Pat calls to collect an Australian stamp from the Reverend Timms, who will be visitng London to meet his sister Elsie from Australia. When Pat arrives at the Post Office, Elsie phones Mrs Goggins to say she will come straight to Greendale because her flight is diverted to Manchester. Will Pat be able to stop the Reverend from catching the train to London?

Season 2

  • S02E01 Postman Pat And The Hole In The Road

    • April 3, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mr Pringle has been teaching the children about volcanoes and earthquakes. The next day this makes Pat think about holes in the road. While on his rounds, he gets diverted round in a big circle. PC Selby lets all traffic pass through Thompson Ground. Ted gets ready to mend the hole with tar.

  • S02E02 Postman Pat And The Suit Of Armour

    • April 10, 1996
    • BBC One

    Garner Hall is opening to the public. Ted builds a shiny suit of metal armour and when he decides tries the suit on, he can't see where he's going! He crashes about, making an awful clanking noise!

  • S02E03 Postman Pat In A Muddle

    • April 17, 1996
    • BBC One

    A huge parcel arrives at the Post Office and it squashes Pat's glasses after he puts them down on the counter. Mrs Goggins lends Pat one of her old pairs of glasses. Pat still can't see properly, meaning he can't read or drive. Ted offers to take him in his lorry.

  • S02E04 Postman Pat Misses The Show

    • April 24, 1996
    • BBC One

    The villagers prepare for a Greendale arts show. Ted lends Pat some clay but it makes a mess! Pat makes a clay sculpture of Jess. When he is travels to the art show, his van runs out of petrol. Sam lends him some more petrol but it soon runs out again.

  • S02E05 Postman Pat Follows A Trail

    • May 1, 1996
    • BBC One

    Pat finds a long string across the road and follows it to see where it leads. It leads to a tree where Katy and Tom's kite is stuck. Pat needs to find someone with a ladder to rescue the kite.

  • S02E06 Postman Pat Has The Best Village

    • May 8, 1996
    • BBC One

    The villagers prepare to enter a best village competition. Will Greendale win first prize - and where has Ted's lorry got to?

  • S02E07 Postman Pat Paints The Ceiling

    • May 15, 1996
    • BBC One

    Pat offers to paint the ceiling for Granny Dryden. Some paint spills down Pat's trousers! Pat goes home to change and gets an odd pair of trousers and Sarah can't help laughing. During his rounds, everyone wonders why on earth Pat is out doing his rounds in shorts.

  • S02E08 Postman Pat Has Too Many Parcels

    • May 22, 1996
    • BBC One

    Mail order madness has taken over Greendale, meaning Pat has a lot more parcels than usual. Ted devises a motorised scooter to make Pat's job easier but it proves to be more trouble than it's worth...

  • S02E09 Postman Pat And The Big Surprise

    • May 29, 1996
    • BBC One

    Pat does some gardening before work. When he tries to remove a weed, he sprains his back and Sarah calls Dr Gilbertson in. Pat needs a day in bed so Sarah offers to take the post instead. Everyone is surprised to see Sarah delivering the post instead of Pat. Sarah has also forgotten something.

  • S02E10 Postman Pat And The Robot

    • June 5, 1996
    • BBC One

    Ted invents a new robot postman to help give Pat a rest. When it goes out for its test run and arrives at the Post Office, it scares Mrs Goggins. When it gets loaded with post, it causes havoc over Greendale. Pat and Ted follow after the robot in Pat's bus.

  • S02E11 Postman Pat Takes Flight

    • September 1, 1996
    • BBC One

    The Major Forbes prepares for a film show about his balloon flights across the world. When Pat arrives at Garner Hall, the Major asks Pat to climb onto the roof, untangle the string and cast him off into the sky. Unfortunately it sets off with Pat still clinging to the basket!

  • S02E12 Postman Pat And The Beast Of Greendale

    • September 5, 1996
    • BBC One

    Who is this strange creature causing havoc all over Greendale?

  • S02E13 Postman Pat And The Mystery Tour

    • September 8, 1996
    • BBC One

    Pat is to take Mr Pringle and the school children on a Mystery Tour. Where will they end up?

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Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Postman Pat Takes The Bus

    • December 25, 1991
    • BBC One

    Pat goes to the Post Office to collect his brand new vehicle, a Royal Mail Post Bus. He has offers to take some of his friends on a shopping trip into Ingledale.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Postman Pat And The Toy Soldiers

    • January 2, 1992
    • BBC One

    There has been a robbery at Garner Hall and the Major Forbes' toy soldiers have been stolen. Pat calls to deliver a parcel with some new toy soldiers but leaves the wrong parcels and when he goes for a picnic lunch, he has the toy soldiers. When he arrives back at Garner Hall, PC Selby says his sandwiches are evidence.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Postman Pat And The Tuba

    • May 29, 1994
    • BBC One

    Pat goes to search Granny Dryden's attic and finds an old tuba, which gives him a bright idea for Greendale's annual fete. When Pat learns to play the tuba, it makes an awful noise!

  • SPECIAL 0x4 Postman Pat And The Barometer

    • September 9, 1994
    • BBC One

    Pat's barometer says snow is due. No-one believes him but as Mr. Pringle and the schoolchildren are out on a hike it turns out the barometer was right after all...

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Postman Pat and the Greendale Rocket

    • September 6, 2003
    • BBC One

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Postman Pat's Magic Christmas

    • December 24, 2003
    • BBC One

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Postman Pat Clowns Around

    • September 13, 2004
    • BBC One

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Postman Pat and the Pirate Treasure

    • September 20, 2004
    • BBC One

  • SPECIAL 0x9 Postman Pat's Great Big Birthday

    • April 2, 2005
    • BBC One

  • SPECIAL 0x10 Postman Pat: The Movie

    • May 23, 2014
    • BBC One

    Patrick "Pat" Clifton, also known as "Postman Pat" , is a friendly postman who has been delivering letters in the village of Greendale in the north of England for years. He wants to take his wife, Sara, on a late honeymoon to Italy. He plans to afford it through a bonus from his employer, the Special Delivery Service (SDS), but their new boss, Edwin Carbunkle, has cancelled all bonuses. He plans to make SDS more efficient by replacing its human workers with robots, thinking that being friendly is a waste of time.