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08x20 - Postman Pat and the Sorting Machine

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Postman Pat". Aired: 16 September 1981 – 27 September 1982.*
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Each episode follows the adventures of Patrick Clifton, a friendly country postman, and his black and white cat Jess, as he delivers the post through the valley of Greendale.

08x20 - Postman Pat and the Sorting Machine

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and his black and white cat

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early in the morning just as day is

Dawning he picks up all the post bags

Postman Pat and his black and white cat

all the bugs are singing and the day is

just beginning

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I'm

everybody knows it's bright red band all

his friends will smile as he waves to

grieve them maybe

you can never be sure there'll be knock

ring Parcels to your door

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is black and white cats

all the birds are singing and the day is

just beginning heart feels he's a really

happy man

a really happy

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morning Nisha good morning fat morning

children oh hi Jillian hi Lucy happy

birthday Mira I've got you a present me

too Wicked oh thanks

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oh that's lovely and what a great

drawing Julian look

look it's you Jess wow

[Laughter]

special delivery service Pat Clifton

speaking Pat there's an urgent special

delivery come as fast as you can we're

on our way

we've got a special delivery Jess

what's it going to be today wow

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foreign

oh dear

Pat thank goodness you're here you won't

believe what's happened you need to get

the SDS plane ready right away but Ben

you haven't even told us what we're

delivering yet it's the Sorting machine

I know it is yes but it's broken down

look

oh no that's why all this mail is

building up what are we going to do the

SDS sorting office in Cardiff has a

spare machine you need to fetch it right

away oh so our special delivery is a

sorting machine yes and an engineer who

can install it right oh uh will you be

okay here yes some of the villagers are

coming to help me sort the post by hand

we'll be fine

I think come on Jess we're off to Wales

right

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foreign

setting course for Wales Jess

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right that looks like the Sorting office

prepare to land

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hello

Chrysler welcome to Wales Rowena Roberts

heads of post and chief engineer SDS

Cardiff hello Pat Clifton Postman and

Jess a cat well SDS and caster

so this is the

face SDS plane oh

I love flying on special deliveries

ready for takeoff ready for takeoff

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you were going to lend us a sorting

machine oh yes it's ready to fly and so

am I

this way

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meow gosh this looks familiar

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careful Jess sorry Rowena

oh that only rollers from a conveyor

belt at least Jess has found your

sorting machine

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so he has well done Jess let's get it

onto the plane oh no problem

mind your backs

[Applause]

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thanks for coming everyone

okay we need to sort all this mail as

quickly as possible

there's mountains of it

with nothing a wee dram of elbow grease

won't fix I just hope our elbows are

greasy enough we can do it think

positive I'll bring the unsorted mail

over to you then we put letters for

different streets in bundles with

elastic bands mail for Greendale goes in

the red sacks and mail for pencaster

goes in the green sacks oh I could fix

that if I just don't screw oh got that

Ted

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no yep yep got that uh green and red

Ajay everything okay

there should be a package address to me

in this lot it's Mira's birthday present

well the sooner we get to work the

sooner we'll find it hi that's a foresaw

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special delivery service Pat Clifton

speaking Pat it's Ben how's the special

delivery coming along all fine should be

with you in two shakes of our Welsh

Lambs

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is everything okay

uh yes must go Ben bye

Ted red for Greendale green for

pencaster remember

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um

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oh sorry Parts the forklifts broken down

I can't fix it because I'll be a while

perhaps we can move it ourselves I

always say takes the machine to move a

machine well we'll just have to try the

human touch come on

up

oh

nope too heavy

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careful Jess you don't want to go

rolling away again

wait that's it Rowena can I borrow those

conveyor belt rollers

we'll pick you up later

uh has the eagle landed never mind the

Eagles Nisha I've made us present hasn't

turned up oh okay I'll see you later

now we have to get the rollers

underneath so we can roll it along

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well done Jess now another

oh look at this a knitting pattern from

my niece Flora in Scotland

oh

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no no

come on Pat where are you

right let's push wait my machine will

roll off these rollers crash band game

over no

no take the rollers from behind

and put them in front

that's clever well done packed you know

what they say the special delivery

always gets through

one two three push

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it's working

over it goes that's the way

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nearly there

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hooray job done

now let's get this special delivery back

on track

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idea what's going on oh I think we're

too heavy

it's okay Pat I've got my spanner let me

at the engines and I'll get her going uh

maybe we should just take off some extra

weight first you know the human touch

no I could fix this with a little

ratchet in the sprocket Ted these

letters are in the wrong piles

oh

Lauren I said red sack for pencaster I

know for Greendale green for pancaster

are you sure it's not green for

Greendale no all the mail everyone has

sorted will have to be resorted thank

you

there we're much lighter now

here we go full power

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the human sets did work didn't they

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it's a few Oh we must do some

sightseeing can gilbertson's Castle

isn't far oh well we really need to get

back Rowena oh it won't take long I

promise let's go

remember

Dale

green for pain

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I never seen the castle from up here can

we go around again

no

no fuel

as we went round the castle isn't there

sorry Pat have we got enough fuel to get

to pencaster oh I hope so

don't do any more sightseeing okay Pats

no more sightseeing

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just made it

oh good flying pass

my hair

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okay Pats

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there you go for your all sorted

thanks Rowena no problem and thanks for

Lending me your ratchet Ted you've got a

fine set of tools Nova hi thank you very

much well the only thing for a fellow uh

engineer hello everyone we're here to

pick up Ajay it's almost time for Mira's

birthday tea

[Applause]

uh where is he I'm here love

it's no good mayor's present must be

lost somewhere oh no

oh no now this sorting machine is broken

maybe the uh piston needs loosening yes

or the sprocket needs tightening or oh

wait there's something clogging the

sh**t

that's it

Mira's present

happy birthday love

wow thanks Dad thanks Mom

sometimes you can't beat the human touch

oh you're right there Mrs Goggins hey

Pat

special delivery service mission

accomplished

special day

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delivery service

[Applause]

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