This article is about Little Red Tractor television programme. For The Red Tractor food assurance scheme in the UK, see Assured Food Standards.
Little Red Tractor is a British children's television series produced by The Little Entertainment Company and was co-produced by Entertainment Rights for the first two series.[2] The ten-minute episodes were broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC on the CBeebies channel.[3]
5 January 2004 (2004-01-05) – 29 April 2007 (2007-04-29)
The series is produced using stop motion model animation and features unusually detailed sets and models. The series features the popular voices of Stephen Tompkinson and Derek Griffiths. The characters are based on the books by Colin Reeder, which were narrated for video in the mid 1990s by Brian Glover and Richard Briers. The show is mainly aimed at an audience at Preschool.
Little Red Tractor Projects Limited owned the original Little Red Tractor video series. Although it didn't have television exposure, Little Red Tractor broke into the top ten children's videos and stayed there for several weeks. In total, the original series sold over 300,000 copies. Contender the distributor wanted to duplicate that success. However, the television rights were sold to Keith Littler's Little Entertainment Group because Peter Tye, the director/writer of the series, preferred their expertise in stop frame animation and empathy with the original. Despite losing the television rights to Little Red Tractor, Contender went ahead and produced their similar series, CITV's Tractor Tom. Despite apparent similarities to Tractor Tom, Little Red Tractor has a completely different style, with more realistic story-lines, a larger human cast, and no surreal livestock behaviour.
Characters
Stan (voiced by Stephen Tompkinson) is Little Red Tractor's driver and constant companion. Stan lives at Gosling Farm, and keeps two cows Daisy and Veronica, and two pigs.
Little Red Tractor (leader) is a small and old but reliable red farm tractor, mute but capable of expressing emotions. Stan restored him to his farm as in new condition.
Patch is Stan's dog, Patch is depicted as a male in the 2004 series whereas in the original stories depict Patch as a female.
Mr. Jones (voiced by Derek Griffiths) is Stan's neighbour and owner of Big Blue Tractor and Harvey. He often appears selfish, materialistic or otherwise antisocial, but tends to be socially inept or smug rather than actually unpleasant. His first name is revealed to be Jasper and he lives at Beech Farm.
Big Blue Tractor (co-leader) is a large, up-to-date blue farm tractor owned by Mr. Jones. Has no anthropomorphic traits, but can blow his horn by himself. In the original stories he was named Big Fred.
Harvey is an orange combine harvester owned by Mr. Jones but sometimes borrowed by Stan.
Thomas is Mr. Jones' nephew who comes to stay at Beech farm with him on occasion since Mr. Jones' sister moved back from the city to the country. Thomas is learning to like the country life which he initially thought was smelly, dirty and not as good as computer games.
Stumpy (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) is the miller. Friendly, mildly eccentric and clumsy. Drives his quadbike, "Nipper" very badly. Stumpy plays in Walter's band.
Ryan is the child neighbour of Stan. He and his sister like to play with Little Red Tractor and help out.
Amy is Ryan's sister.
Mr. Turvey (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) is Ryan and Amy's father. He likes to run and plays keyboards in Walters band.
Mrs. Turvey (voiced by Shireen Shah) is Ryan and Amy's mother. She likes to paint and does arts and crafts.
Walter (voiced by Derek Griffiths) is a mechanic who runs the Babblebrook garage and likes to play rock and roll. Walter is easily led astray. Walter is lead singer and plays the guitar for his band called Walter and the Wolverines.
Nicola (voiced by Shireen Shah) is Walter's daughter who also runs the garage. She tends to be far more sensible than her father. Nicola also plays an instrument in her father's band.
Leo is Walter's nephew, becomes a friend of Ryan and Amy. He is a more than competent drummer who stands in for Nicola in Walter's Band.
Sparky is a yellow and blue tow truck which Nicola and Walter drive.
Rusty is Walter's burgundy unreliable car and restoration project who unfortunately breaks down regularly.
Episodes
Series 1 (2004)
1. The Big Bang (5th january 2004)
2. The Ladder (8th january 2004)
3. The Gold Cup (13th january 2004)
4. Little Red Tractor's Birthday (6th january 2004)
5. Making Hay (21st january 2004)
6. The Lucky Day (7th january 2004)
7. Berries (9th january 2004)
8. Mr. Fixit (12th january 2004)
9. Flying (14th january 2004)
10. The Garage Sale (20th january 2004)
11. Tiger, Tiger (19th january 2004)
12. The Windy Day (15th january 2004)
13. Farm of the Year (27th january 2004)
14. The Dam (16th january 2004)
15. The Silence of the Cows (22nd january 2004)
16. The Big Sneeze (2nd february 2004)
17. The Secret Den (23rd january 2004)
18. Mr. Big (29th january 2004)
19. The Detectives (30th january 2004)
20. Roof Tops (26th january 2004)
21. Winter Lights (6th february 2004)
22. Dog Gone (28th january 2004)
23. Bye Bye, Blue (3rd february 2004)
24. Enter the Dragon (5th february 2004)
25. Water Water (9th february 2004)
26. The Party (4th february 2004)
Series 2 (2005)
27. The Beast of Babble-Brook
28. The New Engine
29. The Town Boy
30. Circles in the Corn
31. Spuds
32. Little Red Rocker
33. Glorious Mud
34. The New Addition
35. The Tree House
36. Traction Trouble
37. Gone With the Wind
38. Llama Drama
39. Read All About It
40. Marrow Mangler
41. Buried Treasure
42. The Ghost of Tawny Owl Wood
43. The Beech Farm Flyer
44. Paper Chase
45. Molehills and Windmills
46. May Day
47. Scrambled Eggs
48. Farm Games
49. Double Trouble
50. Hot Hot Hot
51. Cheesed Off
52. Magic Hat
Series 3 (2007)
53. Thunder and Dancing
54. Row Yer Boat
55. Lost!
56. Up, Up and Away
57. One Potato, Two Potato
58. The Show Must Go On
59. Too Cold for Snow
60. Furry Jumper
61. Topsy Turvey
62. The Map
63. The Hill
64. Run
65. Movie Madness
66. Kart Race
67. What's Up, Duck?
68. Rambling Rabbits
69. Milkshake
70. Electric Trickery
71. An Unwanted Tractor
72. Raindance
73. Bubblegum
74. Countryside Code
75. Welcome Home
References
^"Toonhound - Little Red Tractor (2004-2007)". www.toonhound.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^"Entertainment Rights Hauls Little Red Tractor To Mipcom". Animation World Network. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^Donohue, Simon (10 August 2004). "True North's on the right track". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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Not to be confused with Tractor Tom This article is about Little Red Tractor television programme For The Red Tractor food assurance scheme in the UK see Assured Food Standards This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Little Red Tractor news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Little Red Tractor is a British children s television series produced by The Little Entertainment Company and was co produced by Entertainment Rights for the first two series 2 The ten minute episodes were broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC on the CBeebies channel 3 Little Red TractorGenreChildren s television seriesCreated byColin ReederDirected byRussell HaighVoices ofStephen TompkinsonDerek GriffithsJimmy HibbertShireen ShahFlorence JonesStewart MajkowskiEuan DickTheme music composerMichael CrossStan CullimoreCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series3No of episodes75ProductionProducerKeith LittlerEditorFred TayRunning time10 minutes per episode approx Production companiesThe Little Entertainment Company 1 TRACK Productions LimitedEntertainment Rights Series 1 2 DistributorEntertainment Rights Series 1 2 The Little Entertainment Company Series 3 ReleaseOriginal networkCBeebiesPicture format1080i HDTV 2004 2007 Original release5 January 2004 2004 01 05 29 April 2007 2007 04 29 The series is produced using stop motion model animation and features unusually detailed sets and models The series features the popular voices of Stephen Tompkinson and Derek Griffiths The characters are based on the books by Colin Reeder which were narrated for video in the mid 1990s by Brian Glover and Richard Briers The show is mainly aimed at an audience at Preschool Contents 1 History 2 Characters 3 Episodes 3 1 Series 1 2004 3 2 Series 2 2005 3 3 Series 3 2007 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditLittle Red Tractor Projects Limited owned the original Little Red Tractor video series Although it didn t have television exposure Little Red Tractor broke into the top ten children s videos and stayed there for several weeks In total the original series sold over 300 000 copies Contender the distributor wanted to duplicate that success However the television rights were sold to Keith Littler s Little Entertainment Group because Peter Tye the director writer of the series preferred their expertise in stop frame animation and empathy with the original Despite losing the television rights to Little Red Tractor Contender went ahead and produced their similar series CITV s Tractor Tom Despite apparent similarities to Tractor Tom Little Red Tractor has a completely different style with more realistic story lines a larger human cast and no surreal livestock behaviour Characters EditStan voiced by Stephen Tompkinson is Little Red Tractor s driver and constant companion Stan lives at Gosling Farm and keeps two cows Daisy and Veronica and two pigs Little Red Tractor leader is a small and old but reliable red farm tractor mute but capable of expressing emotions Stan restored him to his farm as in new condition Patch is Stan s dog Patch is depicted as a male in the 2004 series whereas in the original stories depict Patch as a female Mr Jones voiced by Derek Griffiths is Stan s neighbour and owner of Big Blue Tractor and Harvey He often appears selfish materialistic or otherwise antisocial but tends to be socially inept or smug rather than actually unpleasant His first name is revealed to be Jasper and he lives at Beech Farm Big Blue Tractor co leader is a large up to date blue farm tractor owned by Mr Jones Has no anthropomorphic traits but can blow his horn by himself In the original stories he was named Big Fred Harvey is an orange combine harvester owned by Mr Jones but sometimes borrowed by Stan Thomas is Mr Jones nephew who comes to stay at Beech farm with him on occasion since Mr Jones sister moved back from the city to the country Thomas is learning to like the country life which he initially thought was smelly dirty and not as good as computer games Stumpy voiced by Jimmy Hibbert is the miller Friendly mildly eccentric and clumsy Drives his quadbike Nipper very badly Stumpy plays in Walter s band Elsie is Stumpy s wife Nipper is a purple quadbike ridden by Stumpy Ryan is the child neighbour of Stan He and his sister like to play with Little Red Tractor and help out Amy is Ryan s sister Mr Turvey voiced by Jimmy Hibbert is Ryan and Amy s father He likes to run and plays keyboards in Walters band Mrs Turvey voiced by Shireen Shah is Ryan and Amy s mother She likes to paint and does arts and crafts Walter voiced by Derek Griffiths is a mechanic who runs the Babblebrook garage and likes to play rock and roll Walter is easily led astray Walter is lead singer and plays the guitar for his band called Walter and the Wolverines Nicola voiced by Shireen Shah is Walter s daughter who also runs the garage She tends to be far more sensible than her father Nicola also plays an instrument in her father s band Leo is Walter s nephew becomes a friend of Ryan and Amy He is a more than competent drummer who stands in for Nicola in Walter s Band Sparky is a yellow and blue tow truck which Nicola and Walter drive Rusty is Walter s burgundy unreliable car and restoration project who unfortunately breaks down regularly Episodes EditSeries 1 2004 Edit 1 The Big Bang 5th january 2004 2 The Ladder 8th january 2004 3 The Gold Cup 13th january 2004 4 Little Red Tractor s Birthday 6th january 2004 5 Making Hay 21st january 2004 6 The Lucky Day 7th january 2004 7 Berries 9th january 2004 8 Mr Fixit 12th january 2004 9 Flying 14th january 2004 10 The Garage Sale 20th january 2004 11 Tiger Tiger 19th january 2004 12 The Windy Day 15th january 2004 13 Farm of the Year 27th january 2004 14 The Dam 16th january 2004 15 The Silence of the Cows 22nd january 2004 16 The Big Sneeze 2nd february 2004 17 The Secret Den 23rd january 2004 18 Mr Big 29th january 2004 19 The Detectives 30th january 2004 20 Roof Tops 26th january 2004 21 Winter Lights 6th february 2004 22 Dog Gone 28th january 2004 23 Bye Bye Blue 3rd february 2004 24 Enter the Dragon 5th february 2004 25 Water Water 9th february 2004 26 The Party 4th february 2004 Series 2 2005 Edit 27 The Beast of Babble Brook 28 The New Engine 29 The Town Boy 30 Circles in the Corn 31 Spuds 32 Little Red Rocker 33 Glorious Mud 34 The New Addition 35 The Tree House 36 Traction Trouble 37 Gone With the Wind 38 Llama Drama 39 Read All About It 40 Marrow Mangler 41 Buried Treasure 42 The Ghost of Tawny Owl Wood 43 The Beech Farm Flyer 44 Paper Chase 45 Molehills and Windmills 46 May Day 47 Scrambled Eggs 48 Farm Games 49 Double Trouble 50 Hot Hot Hot 51 Cheesed Off 52 Magic HatSeries 3 2007 Edit 53 Thunder and Dancing 54 Row Yer Boat 55 Lost 56 Up Up and Away 57 One Potato Two Potato 58 The Show Must Go On 59 Too Cold for Snow 60 Furry Jumper 61 Topsy Turvey 62 The Map 63 The Hill 64 Run 65 Movie Madness 66 Kart Race 67 What s Up Duck 68 Rambling Rabbits 69 Milkshake 70 Electric Trickery 71 An Unwanted Tractor 72 Raindance 73 Bubblegum 74 Countryside Code 75 Welcome HomeReferences Edit Toonhound Little Red Tractor 2004 2007 www toonhound com Retrieved 20 November 2022 Entertainment Rights Hauls Little Red Tractor To Mipcom Animation World Network Retrieved 25 August 2021 Donohue Simon 10 August 2004 True North s on the right track Manchester Evening News Retrieved 25 August 2021 External links EditLittle Red Tractor at BBC Online Little Red Tractor at IMDb The template Bcdb is being considered for merging Little Red Tractor at The Big Cartoon DataBase The template Bcdb is being considered for merging Little Red Tractor Stories at The Big Cartoon DataBase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Little Red Tractor amp oldid 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