Fireman Sam: 5 - Norman's Pitfall [VHS]

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Enjoy more delightful escapades with Fireman Sam, everyone’s favourite fireman, as he stars in 4 new episodes featuring a host of delightful characters - including recent female recruit Firefighter Morris - from Pontypandy, a small town up in the hills and valleys of Wales. A BBC Video Slide featuring 1: " The Hero Next Door", 2: " Lost Cat", 3: " Sam's Day Off" and 4: " Snow Business" along with 2 other " Fireman Sam" videos that are 5: " All in a Good Cause" and 6: " The Very Best of Fireman Sam" all to which are also available on BBC Video. With a gale blowing in Pontypandy, Sarah and James find that their kite is flying rather higher than they intended! Can Fireman Sam help?

Enjoy more delightful escapades with Fireman Sam, everyone's favourite fireman, as he stars in four new entertaining episodes featuring a host of delightful characters - including recent female recruit Firefighter Penny Morris - from Pontypandy, a small town somewhere in the hills and valleys of Wales.

Based on the television series produced by: Bumper Films Limited for S4C - Channel 4 Wales - and Prism Art and Design Limited BBC Video Slide: (Fireman Sam 1: The Hero Next Door, Fireman Sam 2: Lost Cat, Fireman Sam 3: Sam's Day Off, Fireman Sam 4: Snow Business, Fireman Sam 5: Norman's Pitfall and Fireman Sam 6: All in A Good Cause) This episode aired in the UK on the same day that the first two series were released on VHS in Australia.

Not far from an old disused mineshaft, Norman is fishing by the stream. Not far away, Bella Lasagne and Rosa are having a picnic with Sarah and James. Norman spots the picnic and likes the look of the chocolate cream eclairs, he swipes one with his fishing rod which also hits a wasp's nest in the tree above him. A swarm of angry wasps then swoop down on Norman and then suddenly take an interest in the chocolate eclair. Norman runs away but the wasps just chase after him, following the delicious scent of the chocolate eclair. Sarah and James spot Norman and shout at him to get rid of the cake. Then when Norman does so, he falls down a hole and into the old disused coal mine. There are 2 versions of this video and both versions contain a different BBC Video Ident at the start and end of the video.

Meanwhile a new female fire fighter comes over to Pontypandy Fire Station from Newtown to demonstrate some new equipment. A BBC Video slide advertising the other six Fireman Sam video releases, which are The Hero Next Door, Lost Cat, Sam's Day Off, Snow Business, Norman's Pitfall and All in A Good Cause - all of which are also available on BBC Video. Poor Bella! She's lost her beautiful ring and Trevor's flooded her cafe - trying to find it for her. Can Fireman Sam come to her rescue? Meanwhile, at the fire station, Elvis is cooking his usual unhealthy meals of sausages, bacon and eggs for Trevor's breakfast and stew and dumplings for lunch (which is caused on fire later this episode). Penny (who has come down from Newtown) suggests to Trevor to have a bowl of muesli for breakfast instead of all that greasy food. Steele then tells the fire team that Penny will be doing their fitness training. The creme eggs are made by Cudbury, a reference to real-life company Cadbury, which also makes creme eggs.

Steele: Morning, men! Today's drill. Is, uh, is fitness training. And I'm pleased to welcome welcome our good friend, Firefighter Penny Morris who has come to put us through our paces. A BBC Video slide advertising the other six Fireman Sam video releases, which are Lost Cat, Sam's Day Off, Snow Business, Norman's Pitfall, All in A Good Cause and The Very Best of Fireman Sam 1 - all of which are also available on BBC Video. Dilys tells Norman she's off to Bella's cafe for her elevenses and soon as she is gone, Norman sneaks out of bed, wipes the spots off his face and sneaks out of the house to go out and have some fun.

There are two versions of Fireman Sam 5: Norman's Pitfall and both versions contain a different BBC Video Ident. This is the first Fireman Sam video release to be released by BBC Video and is also the first of only two Fireman Sam video releases to contain the 1981-1988 BBC Video Ident from when it was originally released in 1988 until it was re-released with the 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident in 1993. The content of Dilys's Forgetful Day - used on The Very Best of Fireman Sam 1 - would also be used again on the 1992 BBC Video release of 4 Fun Favourites (BBCV 4883). BBC Video Slide: ( Fireman Sam 2: Lost Cat, Fireman Sam 3: Sam's Day Off, Fireman Sam 4: Snow Business, Fireman Sam 5: Norman's Pitfall, Fireman Sam 6: All in A Good Cause and The Very Best of Fireman Sam 1)

BBC Video Slide: ( Fireman Sam 1: The Hero Next Door, Fireman Sam 2: Lost Cat, Fireman Sam 3: Sam's Day Off and Fireman Sam 4: Snow Business with the music from the 1988-1991 BBC Video Ident) Sam, Sarah and James are all set for a camping adventure. The tent is up and the eggs are cooking nicely on the campfire. Then, Trevor arrives with his bus on fire. There are two versions of Fireman Sam 1: The Hero Next Door and both versions contain a different BBC Video Ident.

Version 2 is The 1993 Re-Release which contains The 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident along with a slide for Fireman Sam 1-4, Fireman Sam 6 and The Very Best of Fireman Sam and from that point onwards, all subsequent re-releases contained The 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident. It's all happening in Pontypandy today! Dilys has lost her memory after a fall and thanks to Norman, she thinks she's Bella Lasagne - the local cafe owner - and Fireman Sam has a new recruit - Firefighter Penny Morris. The content of Chemistry Set and Treasure Hunt are both taken from the original 1988 release and 1992 re-release of Fireman Sam 3: Sam's Day Off (BBCV 4197).