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Fireman Sam

Carnival of Junk

S5 · E8
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Episode details

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Status
Aired
Season / Episode
5 / 8
Runtime
10 min
Original network/platform
Cartoonito
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Overview

Mandy is looking forward to the family holiday in Jamaica because she's longing to see the carnival, but she is ill due to chicken pox and the holiday is called off. Meanwhile, the Twins are trying to keep Pontypandy tidy, but in their attempt to clear up, James gets trapped beneath an old boiler. When he escapes Mike manages to lay his hands on the boiler and turn it into a steel drum. He enlists Sam's help to bring a Caribbean carnival to Pontypandy.

About the show

Fireman Sam is an animated comedy children's television series about a fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other townspeople in the fictional Welsh rural town of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and Tonypandy, which are situated approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) apart in the South Wales valleys). The original idea for the show came from two ex-firemen from Kent, who took their idea to artist and writer Rob Lee who developed the concept, and the show was later commissioned by S4C. Fireman Sam first appeared in Welsh on S4C as Sam Tân in 1987, and later that year in English on BBC1. The original series finished in 1994, and a new series that expanded the character cast commenced in 2005. The series was also shown in Gaelic in Scotland, where it was known as Sam Smalaidh . The series was sold to over 40 countries and has been used across the United Kingdom to promote fire safety.

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