Postman Pat (1981)

Sarah and Meera are practicing a traditional Indian dance for the school assembly, but Meera's sari has not arrived.

Pat visits Dorothy, who tells him that all her strawberries have gone missing. Pat saves the day, with a little help from PC Selby and his banjo.

Pat and the other parents decide to brighten up the school by painting a rainbow on the wall. Meera also teaches them a song to remember the colours of the rainbow.

Pat has a surprise in store for Sarah while Lucy faces her fear...

A famous chef disappoints the residents of Greendale by not being able to visit, but Pat is able to organise a great day.

Pat finds himself in an awkward situation and relies on some animals for help.

Ted has some visitors to stay when Pat's house floods.

The residents of Greendale learn that cheats never prosper.

Mrs. Goggins is feeling sad, so Pat plans to take her on a ride in Ted's old hot air balloon. Then, when Ted is called away, things do not exactly go according to the plan...

It is Dr. Gilbertson's birthday, but after Pat gives her a lift, she tells him she has not got time to bother celebrating. Pat and the other villagers all decide to throw a special party for her: Ted, Ajay, Pat and PC Selby works hard to restore a vintage car as a birthday present, the children compose a special song, and Nisha and Sarah make the birthday tea.

Ajay and Pat all make pizzas.

Everyone is practicing different dances for Greendale's spring dance, but Pat is not very good at dancing. Ted helps Pat out by teaching him how to dance. Later, Pat is able to surprise Sara by whisking her onto the dance floor.

Julian is afraid of thunder and lightning, as is Mrs. Goggins. Bonnie goes missing, so Pat and Julian brave the thunderstorm to find her. Julian overcomes his fear by putting Bonnie's needs first.

Lucy doesn't have anything to wear to the party.

Jess and Bonnie are in a very playful mood today, but their mischief ends up causing trouble all over Greendale. Meanwhile, Pat helps Ted build a treehouse for the Pottage twins.

Ted invents a sock drying machine which, unfortunately, destroys Pat's socks so he has to borrow a pair of pink fluffy slippers, which he wears for the rest of the day. Meanwhile, the children are off on a fruit hunt.

The villagers prepare to enter Ajay's kite festival. Jess loves all the activity but his curiosity gets the better of him when he steps onto Ted's kite and it takes off.

Alf's goat Rosie escapes, so Pat and Alf help to round her up but not she does a lot damage like eating the labels off Pat's parcels.

Ted invents an ice cream machine for the picnic. When the power cuts out, the ever-inventive Ted tries all kinds of ways to get his machine back in action – including connecting it up to Pat's van.

The villagers have a race to see whose vehicle is the best. Whose vehicle will be the best?

It is National Recycling Week and Nisha is organizing a jumble sale.

Pat is to be a magician at Meera's birthday party, and Ted builds a magic stage to make Jess disappear.

When a nasty bout of chicken pox spreads around Greendale, Pat spends a busy day delivering calamine lotion to everyone who needs it.

Pat receives his own video camera and goes round making a video diary of Greendale's events.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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...

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?

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.

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.

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!

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?