TV series

Ivor the Engine
1976–1977 · 5 seasons
A gentle, cozy little world of trains and friendly voices, soothing and unhurried, like a warm bedtime story.
- Created by
- Oliver Postgate
- Genres
- Animation, Family
- Starring
- Oliver Postgate, Anthony Jackson
- Overview
- Ivor the Engine is a British children's animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It is a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited. His friends included Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station, among many other characters.
- How it feels
- Warm, whimsical, light and earnest. Slow-burning and fine in the background.
- About
- Friendship, found family, work, nature
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Oliver Postgate
- Genres
- Animation, Family
- Starring
- Oliver Postgate, Anthony Jackson

