Tractor Tom

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British animated television series

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image	Tractor Tom.jpg
genre	Educational
Animation
writer	{{Plainlist
director	Jerry Hibbert
starring	{{Plainlist
narrated	Enn Reitel
composer	Mark Sayer-Wade
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	2
num_episodes	52
executive_producer	{{Plainlist
producer	{{Plainlist
runtime	11 minutes
company	{{Plainlist
network	ITV (CITV)
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| image = Tractor Tom.jpg | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Educational Animation | creator = | writer = {{Plainlist |

Mark Holloway (Series 1)
Chris Trengove (Series 1)
Andrew Brenner (Series 2) | director = Jerry Hibbert | starring = {{Plainlist |
Liza Tarbuck
James Nesbitt
Enn Reitel
Victoria Shalet
Liam Ross-Mills
Luke Sackville
Tom Swetland
Jack Leach
Amber Amayo | narrated = Enn Reitel | composer = Mark Sayer-Wade | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 2 | num_episodes = 52 | executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
Richard Bridgwood
Joan Lofts | producer = {{Plainlist |
Charlotte Loynes (Series 1)
Lesley Sawl (Some Series 1 episodes and all of Series 2) | runtime = 11 minutes | company = {{Plainlist|
Contender Entertainment Group
HRTV | network = ITV (CITV) | first_aired = | last_aired = Tractor Tom is a British animated children's television series, 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 Peppa Pig.

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. When compared to similar shows at the time, the vehicles did not speak in any form and only communicated through their respective sounds (chugging for Tom, revving for Buzz, Rev, and Rory, and spluttering and wheezing for Wheezy; excluding the French dub) despite having mouths.

The major change for Series 2 was that the vehicles now spoke out loud through a cast of child voice actors, and had minor redesigns to add moving mouth parts. Fi and Matt would also gain new voice actors and outfits, and new characters were introduced. Enn Reitel remained as the show's narrator. CITV re-airings of the first series were eventually edited to include the new voice cast although the animation remained the same (Meaning the mouths did not move when the characters spoke) and the credits were not edited for the changes.

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), as "Tractor Tom, what would we do without you" was the slogan for the series.

Characters

Vehicles

Tom is a cheerful bright red tractor who is optimistic and always tries to solve his friends' problems. He is also afraid of the dark sometimes. Tom always knows the safety rules and can get a bit angry when somebody disobeys orders. He seems to be the arguably closest friend of Buzz. He likes helping him out.
Buzz is a young and inquisitive blue and yellow quadbike who is sometimes said to be "too small". He also liked to get into trouble with Snicker the foal in the first series, and arguably Tom's closest friend. In the second series, he is now a well behaved boy and likes helping Tom out.
Wheezy is the farm's slow, old, and large yellow combine harvester who enjoys telling stories in the first series and likes to stay in the barn, which is the "home" of most of the vehicles. In "Two Harvesters", he was told by Rev that he was challenging Roly. Also, he sometimes doesn't like going out of the barn in the second series. In "The Quiet Place", his first quiet place got a bit distracted, until with the help of Tom, he had a new one.
Rev is a large purple pickup truck belonging to Matt the farmhand that often boasts and his least favourite thing is coming second or last in a race. Though he isn't a villain-like character, he is sometimes disagreeable. He is Tom's best friend and seems to tell Wheezy to challenge Roly to a race in a field in "Two Harvesters". Also, he hates getting dirty or carrying dirty stuff (only when he said that in "Come Back Dusty" when he was carrying manure for Mr. Aziz's roses).
Rora was introduced at the beginning of the second series as a white and hot pink-coloured motorbike and replaced Buzz as Farmer Fi's on-road vehicle. An energetic character who is good friends with Dusty and has a friendly rivalry with Rev. When she isn't driving Fi around, she always likes teasing Rev. She can get a bit bossy. She is never sleepy (only in "A Song for the Farm", all because of Dusty's sleep-talking and Matt's snoring).
Dusty was introduced early in the second series as a yellow and orange aeroplane and is energetic and friendly. She seems to be good friends with Rora. In "A Song for the Farm", she talks in her sleep, which causes Rora to wake up and not get enough sleep. She hates having baths in "Come Back Dusty", because she will get soap in her eyes. She seems to do the loop-the-loops.

Humans

Farmer Fi (voiced by Liza Tarbuck in the first series) is the sole farmer of Springhill Farm, who wears a pink shirt and hat, blue trousers with a yellow flower at the bottom and has blond hair. In the second series she wears blue overalls. She only needs one employee, Matt, because she owns a very small farm.
Farmerhand Matt (voiced by James Nesbitt in the first series) lives in a small silver caravan down the road from the farm, and often helps with the work on the farm. He is rather forgetful and mentally clumsy, especially in the second series. He owns Rev the truck and drives in him everywhere.

Animals

There are three brown hens on Springhill Farm.
Wack is one of the two ducks on the farm. He wears an orange collar. In "Wild Ducks", he didn't want to say hello to the wild ducks at first.
Bach is the other duck which wears a blue collar. He, just like Wack, seems to not make friends with the wild ducks at first in "Wild Ducks".
Riff is the farm's sheepdog who likes to associate with the other animals, and likes rounding them up like the sheep. In "The Big Picnic", she seems to want Fi's pie.
Purdey is Farmer Fi's pet cat who is rather lazy and is a friend of Wheezy's.
Mo is the only cow on the farm and hence sometimes gets lonely but otherwise an ordinary cow character.
Winnie is a horse who tends to not be very excited, except when it comes to carrots.
Snicker is Winnie's foal who likes to get into mischief with Buzz and his favourite food is sugar cubes, but also, like Winnie, loves carrots. Notably one of the few male animals on the farm.
There are eight sheep who like to use strange non-animal objects such as helter-skelters, central heating systems, and baths. They also love to get into mischief and go into Matt's caravan when unwanted.

Mentioned or guests

Farmer Allsop runs the neighbouring farm to Farmer Fi's. He is mentioned many times, but made no appearances.
Roly - Farmer Fi has borrowed Farmer Allsop's harvester twice when Wheezy wasn't available. He looks exactly like Wheezy but is blue and is much faster. In his first appearance in "Where's Wheezy?", he only appeared as a non-speaking, unnamed character harvesting the wheat, but his name was revealed to be Roly in his second appearance in "Two Harvesters", and was given a voice. He was a bully towards Wheezy at first and Rev challenged him and Wheezy to a race with Dusty commentating. He and Wheezy eventually became friends.
Mr. Aziz only mentioned once by the narrator when Rev was carrying manure for his roses in "Come Back Dusty". He made no appearances.
Rory - Identical to Rora, but only appeared in the last episode of the first season "Rodeo", when hired by Matt. He is orange.
There are three wild ducks that appeared in "Wild Ducks", when they were migrating and stopped for a rest. The wild ducks were a trio of male Mallard Ducks.
It is unknown if the rabbit that appeared in the first season to steal the animals' food is the same one that appeared in the second season, visiting Wheezy's "quiet place".
Fi's parents - Fi's mother phoned her once, not making an appearance, worrying about Fi's father's sudden illness, which turned out to be not serious. As Fi said, it was "just my mum worrying. You know what she's like."
Jerry runs the sports centre and talked to Matt on the phone once. He made no appearances.

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

Season 2 (2004)

|LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Buzz Helps Out |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 27 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |ShortSummary=Buzz tries to help out Tom with his jobs. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = The New Football |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 28 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |ShortSummary=After Tom damages the Sheep's football, he tries to find a replacement for it. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Hide and Seek |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 29 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |ShortSummary=Tom and his friends play hide and seek with the animals. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Out of Reach |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 30 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |ShortSummary=Rev scares Tom while he stacks new hay bales, while Matt tries to get Purdey off the roof. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = All for a Wash |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 31 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |ShortSummary=Tom, Rev and Wheezy try to finish their jobs first for a treat. Meanwhile Rora and Buzz try to make Whinny and Snicker do some exercise. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Trailer Trouble |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 32 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |ShortSummary=Tom loses his trailer after Fi asks him to help her with harvesting the apples. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Trail of Tricks |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 33 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |ShortSummary=Tom and Buzz follow a trail and solve some mysteries. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = The New Vehicle |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 34 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |ShortSummary=Tom and his friends try to figure out a surprise that only Fi and Matt know about. It turns out to be a new airplane called Dusty. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Buzz to the Rescue |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 35 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |ShortSummary=Buzz helps lift a fallen tree after being teased by Rev about being small. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Rora’s Monster |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 36 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |ShortSummary=Rora and Dusty play monsters. Afterwards, Rora becomes afraid of strange sounds she thinks are from actual monsters. |Title = Puppy Problems |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 37 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |ShortSummary=Tom tries to keep watch of Riff's new puppies. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = The Quiet Place |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 38 |EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |ShortSummary=Wheezy finds a quiet place to relax after work. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Come Back Dusty |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 39 |EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |ShortSummary=Tom and his friends try to find Dusty, who's afraid of having a wash. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = The Great Sheep Race |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 40 |EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |ShortSummary=Tom and his friends help out with the Springhill Farm Grand Prix. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Matt’s in Charge |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 41 |EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |ShortSummary=After Fi catches a cold, Matt is put in charge of the farm for the day. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = The Farm Parade |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 42 |EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |ShortSummary=The loud noise of a new juice machine causes a parade to happen on the farm. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Rora and the Rain |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 43 |EpisodeNumber2 = 17 |ShortSummary=Rora is scared of the rain, which makes her forget to feed the ducks. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Wheezy Wings |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 44 |EpisodeNumber2 = 18 |ShortSummary=Wheezy wants to learn to fly after seeing Dusty give some rides to the animals. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Rev the Hero |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 45 |EpisodeNumber2 = 19 |ShortSummary=Rev helps Matt find his missing mobile. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = The Big Adventure |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 46 |EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |ShortSummary=Tom, Buzz and Rora help Wheezy by going on a pretend jungle adventure. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = A Song for the Farm |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 47 |EpisodeNumber2 = 21 |ShortSummary=Tom and Wheezy make up a song to help Rora fall asleep. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Two Harvesters |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 48 |EpisodeNumber2 = 22 |ShortSummary=Tom, Buzz and Rev help Wheezy make a new friend, after Wheezy worries about getting hurt. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Carrot Dance |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 49 |EpisodeNumber2 = 23 |ShortSummary=Fi and Matt practice for the farmer's dance, while Tom and Buzz try to pick carrots. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Tom Hatches an Egg |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 50 |EpisodeNumber2 = 24 |ShortSummary=Tom finds an egg and tries to find its mother. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Cool for Trucks |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 51 |EpisodeNumber2 = 25 |ShortSummary=Rev gets a new horn and tires, distracting Tom and Buzz from planting seeds. |LineColor=0c0680 |Title = Wild Ducks |WrittenBy = Andrew Brenner |OriginalAirDate |EpisodeNumber = 52 |EpisodeNumber2 = 26 |ShortSummary=Some wild ducks cause trouble on the farm.

Rerun airings

ABC Kids (Australia)

References

(20 July 2024). "CITV | Tractor Tom - S01 Episode 7 (Fly Away Buzz)".
"Tractor Tom". Books express.
"Tractor Tom".

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