Postman Pat Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

Postman Pat and the Bollywood Dance

15 mins

Meera and Sarah are practising a traditional Indian dance for school assembly. It's not going very well but Meera refuses to get help from Nisha as she wants to be grown up and do it herself. Pat delivers some netting to Dorothy, who is plagued by swarms of bugs on her lettuces. Meera tells her that she's expecting a special sari for the dance. The next morning the sari hasn't arrived. Dorothy gives Pat the golden netting as the holes are too big to keep out the bugs. Pat gives it to Meera to wear. Sarah is upset as her 'sari' is an old bath-towel. Nisha finally persuades Meera to accept her help and the two girls perfect their dance routine. They leave for school as Pat delivers the new netting to Dorothy. His last bit of post is for Meera. He realises that it must be her sari and rushes to school. Meera has noticed that Sarah is upset and kindly lets her wear the gold netting sari. Pat arrives and gives Meera her own sari. The little girls perform their dance routine to cheers from the other kids and Pat.

Episode 2

Postman Pat and the Stolen Strawberries

15 mins

PC Selby has discovered that Dr Gilbertson loves the banjo and tries to secretly practise a song for her. Pat visits Dorothy who tells him that all her strawberries have gone missing. Pat rushes off to find PC Selby but every time he thinks he's seen him PC Selby disappears. Eventually Pat catches up with PC Selby who explains about the banjo. They go back to Dorothy's and discover that the 'strawberry thieves' are actually birds. Pat has a good idea. PC Selby can practise the banjo and act as a scarecrow at the same time whilst he and Dorothy pick some more strawberries. At the end of the day Dr Gilbertson comes to a special strawberry tea party and is serenaded by PC Selby.

Episode 3

Postman Pat and the Pot of Gold

15 mins

Pat and the other parents decide to brighten up the school by painting a rainbow on the playground wall. Meera teaches them a special song to remember the colours of the rainbow. The children, meanwhile, are following rainbows to find the pot of gold at the end. Meera and Charlie decide that to get the fairy gold you have to tidy up wherever you are, whilst Julian and Bill just want to be treasure hunters. They go from place to place tidying up as they go. They eventually end up back at the school where they see the big rainbow mural and a pot of gold cupcakes at one end. They've found gold at the end of the rainbow after all.

Episode 4

Postman Pat and the Greendale Knights

15 mins

Pat gives the garden a makeover whilst Sara, Dorothy and Nisha have a girl's day out. He babysits the various kids who are all busy playing knights in armour. Bill teases Lucy for being 'girly' and not wanting to play knights properly. Pat builds the kids a castle out of old boxes which they play in, leaving Lucy outside as castle guard. To Lucy's horror a strange knight arrives in a metal helmet with a glowing sword in his hand. Lucy bravely confronts her fear and douses the 'knight' with water from a hosepipe. It turns out to be Ted in his soldering gear who has come to fix the rose arbour for Pat's garden makeover! As the mother's arrive home they are confronted by a beautiful garden. Sara 'knights' brave Lucy for defending the castle. Pat tells Lucy that they're both knights in shining armour now!

Episode 5

Postman Pat and the Fantastic Feast

15 mins

Pat can't even boil an egg. As he goes on his rounds he sees various members of the village cooking food. When a famous Chef has to cancel his cooking demonstration in Greendale the villagers are very disappointed. Pat saves the day by organising everyone into making their own cooking demonstration. Soon a delicious meal of fish pie, salad and blackcurrant crumble is on the table and everyone thanks Pat for having such a good idea.

Episode 6

Postman Pat Gets Stuck

15 mins

Pat gives Mrs Goggins a dog whistle which she explains can only be heard by dogs, not humans. Jess and Bonnie are playing and knock over a big bag of post. In the confusion Pat puts the whistle in his coat pocket. Later, Pat and Jess are enjoying a well-earned break on their rounds. Jess goes inside a tree trunk, chasing after a bird and Pat follows. Jess comes out of the top but Pat is stuck in the tree. Jess rushes off for help. Pat tries to attract the attention of various passers by on the road but because of the position of the tree no one can see him. Jess teams up with Bonnie and they try to get help but no one can understand them. Pat remembers the dog whistle and blows it. Bonnie goes hurtling off, followed by Jess and everyone else. Pat is pulled from the tree by all his friend and thanks them for rescuing him.

Episode 7

Postman Pat and the Incredible Inventions

Episode 8

Postman Pat and the Go-Kart Race

15 mins

A go-kart race is taking place and the adults all try to cheat by putting motors in their karts. Unfortunately, the motors don't stop and it's Julian and Pat who come to the rescue with a good old-fashioned wind and pedal-powered kart.

Episode 9

Postman Pat's Pet Rescue

15 mins

Julian has a sore throat and Pat offers to take the day off work to look after him. Jess gets bored and wanders off to play with Bonnie. Pat is soon run ragged bringing Julian glasses of fruit juice, games and other things with which to amuse himself. Jess chases after Bonnie and falls down a hole and hurts himself. Bonnie races off and eventually manages to attract Amy's attention. Amy rescues Jess and brings him back to the surgery where she gives him an x-ray and mends his broken paw. Pat starts to develop a sore throat. Pat, Julian and Sara (who has returned from work) are horrified to hear of the accident. Julian confesses that he started to feel better much earlier but was enjoying all the fuss and attention so much that he carried on pretending to be ill. Julian blames himself for Jess's accident. Pat brings Jess home and Julian apologies to them both and helps to nurse them both.

Episode 10

Postman Pat's Pony Post

15 mins

Julian, Meera and Sarah are having a riding lesson on Pumpkin. Sarah is being very bossy and pretends that she knows everything there is to know about horses. Pat confesses that he's a bit nervous of horses. Amy goes to tend an injured sheep and the kids put Pumpkin back in the stable. Pumpkin gets fed up with bossy Sarah and runs away. Pat and Ted find him and Pat has to overcome his fear of ponies and ride Pumpkin back to Amy's house. The children, Amy, Pat and Pumpkin are all reunited at the stables where Sarah apologises for her behaviour. Pat hands Amy some post delivered by Pony Post.

Episode 11

Postman Pat's Clifftop Adventure

15 mins

Pat has to face his fear of heights when Amy and Bessie the Sheep get stuck on Greendale Crag.

Episode 12

Postman Pat and the Lost Property

15 mins

Meera and Julian decide to set up a lost property office and find all sorts of 'lost property' outside people's houses. Pat delivers the post but important medicine for Amy's patients is lost when Jess and Bonnie play a chasing game in the back of the van. Pat attempts to retrace his steps to find the medicine and meets a number of irate villagers all of whom are reporting lost property to PC Selby. Pat realises what must have happened and leads them to the train station where Meera and Julian are presiding over their stall. They are downcast to discover that the property they'd taken wasn't really lost at all. Pat spots Amy's medicine on the table and congratulates the children for finding it. Amy rushes off with the medicine. The children apologise for their mistake. Pat tells them that a lost property office is a good idea, so long as the property really is lost!

Episode 13

Postman Pat and the Talking Cat

15 mins

Julian and Charlie play a trick on the Greendale residents when they attach a walkie-talkie to Jess the cat.

Episode 14

Postman Pat's Hedgehog Hideaway

15 mins

Sara goes away overnight and Pat and Julian have to cope on their own. Pat forgets his keys to the house, picks up the wrong sandwiches for lunch and creates chaos trying to make pancakes for supper. Mrs Goggins discovers that a hedgehog is stealing Bonnie's food. Pat and Amy take the hedgehog out into the countryside and set it free. The next morning Pat and Julian stop in at the PO on their way to pick up Sara. They discover that the hedgehog has returned and this time has brought its babies with it. Pat and Julian construct a special hedgehog hide for the hedgehogs to live in until the babies are bigger. When Sara arrives home Julian proudly shows her the house that he's made with Pat. Sara tells him that the hedgehog isn't the only one to have missed her baby. Aw, Mum!

Episode 15

Postman Pat Never Gives Up

15 mins

Bill is trying to learn to ride his bike without stabilisers but is having a hard time. Pat gives him a hand, but Bill still doesn't have much luck, however Pat tells him the most important thing is to never give up and that it will happen eventually. In the meantime, a giant package arrives on the Greendale Rocket and Pat needs to get it to Amy-but it won't fit in his van! With the help of Ajay, Ted and the kids, Pat eventually gets on the road with his cargo, but the van is unstable and falls down a hill. When Bill is the only one who can go for help, he knows he can't let Pat down and finally manages to ride his bike all on his own. Pat was right - you should never give up!

Episode 16

Postman Pat and the Double Disguise

15 mins

Greendale is holding a charity sale and Julia is sorting through everyone's donated items. Tom and Katy try to help out, but only end up making a big mess, so Julia shoos them off to play. As Tom and Katy wander around the village, they come upon a variety of people who need help - Ted, Ajay, Pat - but all of them say the jobs are for grown-ups. Then, a part for Ajay's train goes missing and the only ones who can help are the twins... and they find that sometimes, being small isn't bad after all.

Episode 17

Postman Pat's Cat Calamity

15 mins

Sarah and the rest of the children are having fun playing space ship. Unfortunately, Sarah is being bossy again and, as mission commander, gets angry and storms off when the others won't listen to her ideas. Meanwhile, Greendale is under a storm of litter-which Jess loves playing with and chasing all over town... including right up a tree, where he gets stuck! With the help of mission commander Sarah and one of Ted's crazy new inventions, Jess is rescued. Everyone thanks Sarah for her help, and she learns an important lesson about cooperating with her friends.

Episode 18

Postman Pat and the Popular Policeman

15 mins

On the way to drop Julian off to school, P.C. Selby pulls Pat over to tell him that he's leaving Greendale to become part of the police force in Pencaster. Oh no! Pat and Julian go on a mission to throw a party and let P.C. Selby know how much everyone loves him. Meanwhile, Dr. Gilbertson's broken car, Amy's foot and general upheaval around the village keep P.C. Selby running around all day... but is that and the party enough to keep the Selbys in Greendale?

Episode 19

Postman Pat's Noisy Day

15 mins

On his daily rounds, Pat keeps hearing strange and interesting sounds around Greendale. The children, who are off school, are bored and getting under foot. No one knows what to do with them. By the end of his rounds, Pat has an idea to keep the children out of trouble and make use of all the noises of Greendale. Good thinking, Pat!

Episode 20

Postman Pat and the Disappearing Bear

15 mins

Cleaning out the attic, Pat stumbles across a box of his old things, including his favourite toy from when he was a boy - his teddy bear. Julian takes Billy the bear to school for show-and-tell. As they're playing, Charlie and Julian decide to swap toys, and Charlie heads off with Billy. From there, though, Billy is off on an adventure all his own around the village of Greendale, making friends and helping out-just like Pat does!

Episode 21

Postman Pat and the Cranky Cows

15 mins

With another strange package to deliver to Ted, Pat sets off across the village. Pat can't wait to find out what's inside as the parcel is making strange noises and scaring Jess! Meanwhile, the Pottage's cows are very out-of-sorts and despite trying everything from theatre to skateboard tricks, the twins can't seem to cheer them up. Maybe something in the mystery package can help...

Episode 22

Postman Pat's Big Boat Adventure

15 mins

Pat, Ted and Reverend Timms start to drift away in an old boat. Luckily, Amy comes up with a plan and everyone plays a part in rescuing them.

Episode 23

Postman Pat's Holiday Hobbies

15 mins

There's no post in Greendale today so Pat has the day off. Getting under foot hanging around the house, Sara thinks that Pat needs a hobby. Pat sets off around the village to try out the hobbies of some of his friends-from cycling to train repair-to dancing with Ted Glen! None of them are quite right and Pat is gets frustrated. But, by the end of the day, thanks to Ajay and Mrs Goggins, Pat figures out what it is he loves to do most.

Episode 24

Postman Pat and the Grumpy Pony

15 mins

While Ted fixes the hitch on Amy's horse box, Amy and Meera take Pumpkin for a roam around Greendale. Unfortunately, Pumpkin hasn't had his hay this morning and is one grumpy pony. He doesn't want to go anywhere! Amy asks Pat if he'll go fetch Ted to pick up Pumpkin with her trailer. When Pat can't find Ted, he decides to drive it over himself-but the hitch is still broken and the trailer goes careening off. How will they ever get Pumpkin home now?

Episode 25

Postman Pat's Fun Run

15 mins

Pat and Mrs. Goggins are getting the village ready for the children's fun run, putting up signs and getting a special Mystery Prize for the winner, while Ted is perfecting his super-fast barbeque. When Bill accidentally breaks his mum's clock, he decides that winning the mystery prize is the only way he'll be able to replace it. When Lucy and Sarah go missing on the run, Bill learns an important lesson about winning, but all's well that ends well and everyone gets to celebrate with Ted's barbeque thanks to some very special clock parts!

Episode 26

Postman Pat's Spy Mission

15 mins

When Ted sprains his ankle, Pat takes on his jobs for the day and communicates with Ted via a walkie-talkie. Julian and Charlie tune into their frequency and believe there are spies in Greendale.

Episode 27

Postman Pat's Ice'Capade

15 mins

The Greendale Rocket is frozen solid until it is defrosted by Ted Glen's latest invention. Meanwhile, the children use the station's frozen car park as an ice-rink.

Episode 28

Postman Pat's Christmas Eve

15 mins

The children of Greendale are staging a pantomime of Cinderella. Meanwhile, Ajay gets stuck in the snow whilst fetching the village's Christmas tree.