Tractor Tom

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Tractor Tom
Genre Educational
Animation
Written by
  • Mark Holloway (Series 1)
  • Chris Trengove (Series 1)
  • Andrew Brenner (Series 2)
Directed byJerry Hibbert
Starring
Narrated by Enn Reitel
ComposerMark Sayer-Wade
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Richard Bridgwood
  • Joan Lofts
Producers
  • Charlotte Loynes (Series 1)
  • Lesley Sawl (Some Series 1 episodes and all of Series 2)
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network ITV (CITV)
Release9 February 2002 (2002-02-09) 
18 November 2004 (2004-11-18)

Tractor Tom is a British animated children's TV programme, produced by the Contender Entertainment Group and Hibbert Ralph Entertainment. Two series were produced, consisting of 26 eleven-minute episodes each, which was aired between 9 February 2002 and 18 November 2004 respectively. It was the first program produced by home media distributor Contender, who later went on to produce and replace with the preschool show Peppa Pig .

Contents

The show originally aired on CITV in the UK, and also aired in other countries like New Zealand and Australia and in Canada, where it played on Kids' CBC.

Background

Set on the idyllic Springhill Farm, brave and resourceful Tractor Tom and his human, animal, and vehicle friends have fun and adventures at both work and play.

The first series featured Liza Tarbuck and James Nesbitt as Farmer Fi and Matt respectively, with Enn Reitel as the narrator, with the vehicles communicating through their respective sounds (chugging for Tom, revving for Buzz, Rev, and Rory, and spluttering and wheezing for Wheezy; excluding the French dub), even though they have mouths. The second series, however, introduced new voice actors for Fi & Matt, and the vehicles now had the ability to talk. New characters were introduced in the second series as well. Some of the vehicle characters from Series 1 had minor redesigns in Series 2 to feature moving mouth parts to accommodate their new voices. Enn Reitel retained his role as narrator throughout both series, remaining until the end of series 2.

Sales from DVDs of series one contributed to the Great Ormand Street Hospital Children's Charity (although this is stated on the DVD covers the reference has been removed from the official site), [1] [2] as "Tractor Tom, what would we do without you" was the slogan for the series.

Characters

Vehicles

Humans

Animals

Mentioned or guests

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten byOriginal air date
11"Ringtone"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
Matt loses his mobile and it's up to Tractor Tom to find it.
22"Showtime Tom"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
Fi and Matt hold a show, where the ducks become the stars with their dancing!
33"Apple Squash"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
Troubles are going alone in the farm involving a bored Wheezy, a fussy Purdey, and some apples.
44"Baa Baa Tom Sheep"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
When Tom accidentally gets covered in flour, a lamb mistakes Tom for a sheep, and thinks he is the Mummy.
55"Football Crazy"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
The vehicles end up playing football, wrecking the nicely-cleaned farm. Will Tom and the others be able to clean it up before Fi comes back?
66"Clean Machine"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
Rev wants to finish his job before it rains.
77"Fly Away Buzz"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
Buzz gets blown away into a tree on a windy day.
88"Where's Wheezy?"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
When Wheezy gets ill and Fi borrows a replacement harvester, he begins to feel useless and runs away.
99"Sports Day"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
Matt is unhappy when the Sports Day gets cancelled, but Tractor Tom decides to let him hold it at the farm instead.
1010"The Big Jump"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
Fi decides that Whinny needs exercise. Meanwhile, Matt is having trouble painting Fi's House.
1111"A Job for Buzz"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
1212"Treasure Trail"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
1313"A Carnival for Fi"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
1414"Musical Mayhem"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
When Winnie is sad, Tom knows just the thing to make her smile again.
1515"Mo's Low"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
1616"The New Scarecrow"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
1717"The Wheezy Files"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
1818"The Big Picnic"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
1919"Show & Tell"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
2020"Flower Power"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
2121"Anyone for Tennis?"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
2222"Haywire Hens"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
2323"The Big Hole"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
2424"A Surprise for Fi"Mark Holloway2002 (2002)
When Fi and Tom can't go to the carnival, Matt decides that the carnival will come to them.
2525"Tom's Busy Day"Chris Trengove2002 (2002)
2626"Rodeo"Chris Trengove6 october 2002 (6 october 2002)
Matt dreams of being a cowboy and Tom finds a way to bring the wild west to Springhill.

Season 2 (2004)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleWritten byOriginal air date
27"Buzz Helps Out"
28"The New Football"
29"Hide and Seek"
30"Out of Reach"
31"All for a Wash"
32"Trailer Trouble"
33"Trail of Tricks"
34"The New Vehicle"
35"Buzz to the Rescue"
36"Rora’s Monsters"
37"Puppy Problems"
38"Quiet Place"
39"Come Back Dusty"
40"The Great Sheep Race"
41"Matt’s in Charge"
42"The Farm Parade"
43"Rora and the Rain"
44"Wheezy Wings"
45"Rev the Hero"
46"The Big Adventure"
47"A Song for the Farm"
48"Two Harvesters"
49"Carrot Dance"
50"Tom Hatches an Egg"
51"Cool for Trucks"
52"Wild Ducks"

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