Postman Pat Goes Undercover

Postman Pat Goes Undercover

Air Date	17th March 2006
Previous	Postman Pat the Secret Superhero
Next	Postman Pat and the Bowling Buddies

Postman Pat Goes Undercover is the fifteenth episode of Postman Pat Season 4. It was written by Jan Page.

Summary[]

Mr. Pringle is planning to take the children camping for the weekend. However, Bill can't go since his aunt is coming to visit. Sarah doesn't want to go as she thinks it will be too windy, and convinces Lucy that they should rather stay home and play with Sarah's new dollhouse.

When all the minibuses are booked out for the weekend, Pat has the idea to turn his old post bus into a school bus. So the children and Mr. Pringle repaint and clean the bus, Pat tests out the lights and wipers, Ted mends the engine and very soon, the bus is ready for its new occupation.

Mr. Pringle decides to let Pat come on the trip as he needs some help with the camping gear. So, Mr. Pringle and the children set off in the bus, while Pat and Jess follow behind in his van with the camping gear and soon arrive at the camping spot. Tom is a bit nervous about the trip, but soon ends up both enjoying himself and being very helpful, particularly when the tents are blown away in a storm.

Characters[]

Vehicles[]

PAT 1
PAT 2

Locations[]

Pat's House
Post Office
Greendale Primary School
P.C. Selby's House
Greendale Station
The Church
Garner Hall
River Penn

Cast[]

Ken Barrie as Pat, P.C. Selby and Mr. Pringle
Melissa Sinden as Jess and Bonnie
Carole Boyd as Sara Clifton, Mrs. Goggins, Mrs. Pottage, Doctor Gilbertson, Sarah Gilbertson and Charlie
Janet James as Julian and Lucy
Kulvinder Ghir as Bill, Tom and Ajay
Archie Panjabi as Katy and Meera

Trivia[]

Going by production order, this is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season.
From this point onwards, PAT 2 is a school bus, but does not get registered as SCHOOL 1 until Special Delivery Service.
Stock footage from Postman Pat and the Job Swap Day and Postman Pat Clowns Around is used.
The songs, "Something New" and "The Camping Song" feature in this episode.
The Camping Song was the only song Ken Barrie ever sang during series 3 to 5, apart from the opening theme.
The water coming out of Meera's hose is actually cling film.
The original Woodland Animations PAT 2 appears, The old and new PAT 2 can be differentiated by the font used for the number plate and the iron guard not being present on the new model.
A piece of the fallen tree from Postman Pat's Windy Day can be seen in the place where Pat, Jess, Mr. Pringle and the children go camping.
The original Woodland Animations PAT 1 model is used on one of the country sets when they all go back to the school.

Goofs[]

Because stock footage from Postman Pat and the Job Swap Day is used, most of the children (except Charlie) look depressed about Mr. Pringle's announcement at the school trip even though they are meant to be happy about them.
When Mr. Pringle suggests that the class go camping, Sarah and Lucy's expressions show opposite opinions about it compared to the rest of the episode.
The tyres on the post bus are flat when Meera squirts water on the outside of the bus, even though Mr. Pringle pumped them up earlier. You can also see a flat tyre when Meera and Julian put their paint brushes in the tin of yellow paint.
When Mr. Pringle pumps up the bus' tyres, the pump is not attached to where the valve should be.
In one shot after PAT 1 and 2 have driven away from the school, PAT 1 does not have its rear number plate. It is also missing when they have arrived at the camping spot.
At a few points, Tom has only one eye brow.
At the end, Ajay had no eyebrows.