[First lines. The episode opens on a blustery day in the countryside and a bus driving down a hill]
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It's blowing a gale today in Pontypandy, but a hurricane wouldn't lower the spirits of the ever cheerful debonair Trevor Evans the bus.
[Trevor Evans is singing while driving the minibus when a leaf blows into the windscreen]
Oh! [Switches the wipers on to get rid of the leaf] Ha!
[He drives past a telephone cable which is blowing about in the wind, and it eventually falls onto the road. The camera cuts to the home of Fireman Sam Jones in Pontypandy, the town in which Fireman Sam is set]
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Fireman Sam is just finishing his breakfast.
[We see Sam eating his breakfast while listening to the radio]
SSSam's Radio
High winds this morning in South Wales, but moderating later in the day.
Mmmm. [Turns off his radio] I quite like windy days. Wind blows those cobwebs away. I know. [He gets out of his seat] I think I'll give Sarah and James a ring. [Picks up the telephone in the hall] Perhaps we could go to the park after I finish my shift. Odd. That's very odd. The phone's dead!
[Minutes later, Sam is walking in the wind as debris goes flying in the other direction. Inside the nearby cafe, Bella Lasagne, the cafe's owner, is trying to make a phone call, but to no avail]
Pronto, pronto. Hello, hello? Oh, the telephone! It not work!
[Sam enters the cafe]
Hello there, Bella. I'll have my usual. Cheese and chutney sandwiches, please.
Sandwiches, I will make the sandwiches? I got no bread. I phone the baker, but the phone are no work. Oh, Mamma Mia!
Mmm, leave it to me, Bella, I'll see what I can do.
[The camera cuts to a general store named N.W. Price]
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Dilys Price wants to get mummy's little Norman from under her feet.
[Norman Price, the son of Dilys Price, exits the shop with his yellow skateboard]
I want to watch the telly.
That's all you ever do. You'll have square eyes, my sweet.
Now then, off you go to have a lovely play in the park. [Norman picks up an apple] Norman! [Norman hastily puts the apple back and smiles innocently] Scram!
[Norman walks away from the shop and decides to ride on his skateboard. Then, he goes skateboarding into the park]
[In the park, twins Sarah and James Jones, who are also the niece and nephew of Fireman Sam, are having a lesson on flying their kite with Trevor as their lecturer]
Now then, you hold the kite like so. Keep the string tight arm's length. [Pulls the kite and the string snaps] Oh. Oh, it's snapped. Don't worry, it'll be up in no time. [The kite goes flying off] Oh! Oh, no hang on a minute! [Sarah and James watch their kite fly away] Oh, no! No, come back here! No, come! Come to Trevor!
[Norman is riding his skateboard in the park while Trevor chases after the kite]
[Norman dodges the runaway kite and Trevor falls over]
It's quite alright, Norman.
[One day, Sarah and James are picking potatoes in a field]
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In a field above Pontypandy, on a rather hot day, Sarah and James are picking potatoes for Bella Lasagne.
Girls girls girls, moan moan moan. Come on, let's just get the job done.
Just 'cause you know Bella will give you some ice cream, greedy. Listen! It's Uncle Sam. [Races to the gate]
And Jupiter. [Puts the rake down and walks to the gate]
[Jupiter is worming its way down the hill with Fireman Sam at the wheel]
Well, sir, a day and a half this has been. It's the weather I suppose.
That's right, Fireman Sam. A blazing hot weather means lots of fires, eh, Cridlington?
Eh, oh, yeah, uh blazes, a blaze in hot weather too, right man, um, sir.
Who's in that field over there, Sam?
Oh, that's Sarah and James. [Stops Jupiter right next to the field to talk to Sarah and James] What are you doing in Bella's potato patch?
For tomorrow's chips. It's hard, mind. My back aches.
Does it now? Well let's have a think. Yes, good idea that. Helping Bella. Carry on the good work. [Drives off]
[The episode opens outside Pontypandy Fire Station]
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It's all go at Pontypandy Fire Station this morning.
[Inside the fire station, Station Officer Basil Steele is reading a red book as he enters the kitchen]
Drill day today, eh, Cridlington?
[Elvis is busy making lunch for the fire brigade]
Now one cup of marge to two cup, two cups... [Sees Station Officer Steele] Oh, brill brill. I mean, a drill, uh, Station Officer Steele, sir, but I am making lunch, sir.
Oh, well. Not to worry, Trevor Evans is here today on his part-time fireman course. What is that, by the way.
Well, um, instant mashed potatoes, sir, it's full of fibre, you know. It's very easy to make.
Yes, well the last time you said that, we had to buy a new stove.
[Soon, Station Officer Steele is in his office]
Quick burst of the assembly bell. [Presses the bell] Fireman Sam! [Fireman Sam slides down the pole] Fireman Evans, fall in at the double!
FSFireman Sam
[saluting to Station Officer Steele] Reporting for duty sir.
[Trevor, dressed in his firefighter uniform, is stuck on the pole]
Oh. [Slides down the pole] Oooohhh! [Hits the floor]
[clears throat] Today, we shall be doing pump drill from a hydrant using soft suction followed by slip and pitch at Bella's cafe.
[whispering to Sam] Doesn't sound very tasty.
Slip and pitch, Fireman Evans, means using a ladder to rescue someone who is stuck.
[Soon, the firemen, minus Elvis, have climbed into Jupiter and are now ready to move out as they put their seatbelts on]
All present and correct, sir.
Right, Thomas Street, let's go.
[Sam starts Jupiter's engine and Jupiter leaves Pontypandy Fire Station en route to its destination]
[The episode opens with snow falling around Pontypandy, but it fades to the morning]
NNarrator
There's a surprise for the people of Pontypandy as they open their curtains this morning.
[Dilys Price goes to look at the snow that's fallen outside N.W. Price's general store]
Bloomin' nuisance, this snow. Makes the place untidy. [The camera pans right to Bella's cafe] Norman! Norm, help me clear the path!
[off camera] I want to go sledging, mum.
[Bella is looking at the snow from her cafe]
Ah, the snow. It glisten like the diamond in the sunlight.
[Some snow falls off the awning of Bella's cafe, revealing the name. Meanwhile, a robin lands on the fountain which is now frozen and pecks on the ice, but then it flies away. Then, the camera fades to outside Sam's house]
SSSam's Radio
It's going to be a white Christmas as predicted. Four inches of snow fell overnight in parts of Wales, with drifting in places....
[Inside his house, Sam is having breakfast]
SSSam's Radio
And with these colder fronts moving in from Scandinavia and Russia, there's more on the way.
[Sam turns his radio off]
Hmmmm. Well, I hope the snowploughs have done their job. [Reads the Christmas card that he has just opened] I wonder if Sarah and James are up yet. They're going to have some fun today.
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