Tractor Tom is a British animated children's TV programme, produced by the Contender Entertainment Group and Hibbert Ralph Entertainment. Two series were produced, consisting of 26 eleven-minute episodes each, which was aired between 9 February 2002 and 18 November 2004 respectively. It was the first program produced by home media distributor Contender, who later went on to produce and replace with the preschool show Peppa Pig. The show originally aired on CITV in the UK, and also aired in other countries like New Zealand and Australia and in Canada, where it played on Kids' CBC.

Background

Set on the idyllic Springhill Farm, brave and resourceful Tractor Tom and his human, animal, and vehicle friends have fun and adventures at both work and play. The first series featured Liza Tarbuck and James Nesbitt as Farmer Fi and Matt respectively, with Enn Reitel as the narrator. When compared to similar shows at the time, the vehicles did not speak in any form and only communicated through their respective sounds (chugging for Tom, revving for Buzz, Rev, and Rory, and spluttering and wheezing for Wheezy; excluding the French dub) despite having mouths. The major change for Series 2 was that the vehicles now spoke out loud through a cast of child voice actors, and had minor redesigns to add moving mouth parts. Fi and Matt would also gain new voice actors and outfits, and new characters were introduced. Enn Reitel remained as the show's narrator. CITV re-airings of the first series were eventually edited to include the new voice cast although the animation remained the same (Meaning the mouths did not move when the characters spoke) and the credits were not edited for the changes. Sales from DVDs of series one contributed to the Great Ormand Street Hospital Children's Charity (although this is stated on the DVD covers the reference has been removed from the official site), as "Tractor Tom, what would we do without you" was the slogan for the series.

Characters

Vehicles

Humans

Animals

Mentioned or guests

Episodes

Season 1 (2002)

Season 2 (2004)

Rerun airings