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Postman Pat's Windy Day
Windy Day 36
Air Date 4th November 1981 (UK)
3rd July 1985 (New Zealand)
19th June 1991 (Australia)
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Postman Pat's Windy Day is the eighth episode of the first series which was first broadcast on 4th November 1981 . It was entirely written by John Cunliffe and narrated by Ken Barrie.

Plot[]

It is a very windy day in Greendale and Pat is finding it difficult to steer his van. Alf Thompson is nearly blown off his feet. Suddenly, Pat sees a fallen tree blocking the road; he stops just in time to avoid hitting it and gets out to look at it. Peter Fogg is on the other side; he walks off to get a chainsaw to cut the tree up. Pat takes the branches away so Peter can lift the tree out of the way.

After the road is unblocked, Pat goes back to his van, but it has gone. He soon finds it safe and sound next to Sam's Mobile Shop. Sam had moved the van to protect it from branches that may be a threat to its new paint work. Suddenly as Pat drives on his way, the van's engine starts to splutter and clank. Pat stops and gets out to check the engine and the wind blows his hat off. Pat chases after the hat but he cannot catch it and the wind blows it into a stream. So Pat gives up on it and goes back to the van. He soon spots the trouble with the engine; a cable has snapped, but it is no trouble to fix. Pat puts the problem right and is soon on his way again.

When Pat calls at the school, his letters get blown away. The children help to catch them and Bill Thompson takes them to the Headmaster. Towards the end of his windy round, Pat sees a flying towel belonging to Granny Dryden. He helps her catch her washing and she shows him a scarecrow which is wearing Pat's hat. Pat puts his hat back on his head, thanks the scarecrow for looking after it for him and heads off for home in his van.

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Trivia[]

  • The crest on Pat's van and hat changes in this episode. From this point onwards, the production team had the rights to use the official Royal Mail logos. Prior to this, the crest on the van was just a simple crown and his hat had a small brass oval on it. In this episode, it has been replaced by a Royal Mail logo; a crown resembling the one from the crown jewels. Underneath it is EIIR. Next to it is written Royal Mail.
  • Pat and Sam reference the van's new paintwork to aid with fitting it into the continuity of the show.
  • One of the toy windmills can be seen in Gran's attic in the "Gran" episode "Gran the Camper". All the windmills would later appear at the Post Office from Postman Pat and the Tuba to Series 2.
  • The airmail letter can be seen amongst Mr. Willmake's letters in the "Bertha" episode "The Tea Nurse" during the song "Mrs. Tupp".
  • This is the only episode to take place entirely outdoors. No indoor scenes are featured.
  • This is the last mentioning of the Headmaster of Greendale Primary School.

Goofs[]

  • How did Sam manage to move Pat's van if Pat had the keys?
  • If Sam had moved Pat’s van for him, surely Pat would have seen him or heard him do so. He did not wander that far from the van while dealing with the tree.
  • There is no way Peter could have gone to the forestry commission on foot and back on the tractor in the time he was gone, as he returns almost instantly.
  • When Pat opens up the bonnet of his van and checks the engine before he loses his hat, the cable that has snapped is seemingly nowhere to be seen at first, but when Pat returns to his van after losing his hat, the cable then suddenly appears when he pulls out the two halves of it.
  • When Pat closes Granny Dryden's garden gate, the noise it makes is more like a gate into a field.

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