Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder

Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder
Air Date	12th October 2004
Previous	Postman Pat and the Train Inspector
Next	Postman Pat and the Rocket Rescue

Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder is the twenty-fourth episode of Postman Pat Season 3. It was written by Anna Cummingham, based on a story by John Cunliffe.

Plot

The children are having fun sledging in the snow. Then disaster strikes when Katy and Tom get stuck on a frozen pond and Pat has to use Alf's new ladder to rescue the twins.

Characters

• Pat
• Jess
• Sara Clifton
• Julian Clifton
• Mrs. Goggins
• Ted Glen
• Alf Thompson
• Dorothy Thompson
• Bill Thompson
• Mrs. Pottage
• Katy and Tom Pottage
• Ajay Bains
• Nisha Bains
• Meera Bains
• Lucy Selby
• Sarah Gilbertson
• Mr. Pringle
• Charlie Pringle
• The Reverend Timms (deleted scene)

Vehicles

• PAT 1
• The Red Tractor
• The Greendale Rocket
• Ted's Lorry

Locations

• Pat's House
• Post Office
• Thompson Ground
• Greendale Station
• Ted's Workshop
• Greendale Primary School
• The Church
• Garner Hall
• The Vicarage (deleted scene)

Cast

• Ken Barrie as Pat, Ted, Alf and Mr. Pringle
• Melissa Sinden as Jess
• Carole Boyd as Sara Clifton, Mrs. Goggins, Dorothy, Mrs. Pottage, Sarah Gilbertson and Charlie
• Janet James as Julian and Lucy
• Kulvinder Ghir as Bill, Tom and Ajay
• Archie Panjabi as Katy, Nisha and Meera

Trivia

• Most of the episode is an adaption of the book "Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder", written by John Cunliffe back in 1998.
• The bulldozer blade from Postman Pat's Rainy Day and Peter Fogg's snowplough from Postman Pat Goes Sledging is reused as Alf's snowplough.
• This episode has a similar plot to the Fireman Sam special-length episode, "Snow Business", since it revolves around the title/namesake character using a ladder to rescue twins (Katy and Tom for Pat, and Sarah and James for Sam) from a sledge on a frozen pond.
• For the most scenes, cotton wool is used to represent snow. However, as the establishing shot of the Post Office utilizes stock footage, the snow covering the road and Pat's van here has been painted in digitally.
• A deleted scene from the episode would have shown Pat helping the Reverend Timms by using the ladder to bring down an old bird's nest from the chimney of The Vicarage.

Goofs

• When Pat wakes up at the beginning, he has no eyebrows.
• At Pat's house the clock reads 7.55, but when Pat arrives at the post office, the clock there shows 7.30.
• When the children wave to Pat, their lip sync is out of place.
• When Pat takes the ladder off his van to rescue the twins, the bonnet twitches and the number plate is not on properly.
• At various points during the episode, Alf has no eyebrows.
• When Ted says "Look out below!", his voice suddenly becomes Pat's.

Gallery

Title Card

Greendale

Deleted Scene

Rare Promo

Behind the Scenes

The ladder on display at the Waterside Arts Centre