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Tugs

★ 8.5 323 votes 1989–1990 1 seasons · 13 episodes Ended ABC TV
Starring
Patrick AllenSimon NashShaun PrendergastSean BarrettJohn BaddeleyTimothy Bateson
Written by
Robert D. CardonaDavid Mitton
Starring
Patrick AllenSimon NashShaun PrendergastSean BarrettJohn BaddeleyTimothy Bateson
Written by
Robert D. CardonaDavid Mitton
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
010203040
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About

TUGS is a British children's television series first broadcast in 1988. It was created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton. The series dealt with the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who compete against each other in the fictional Bigg City Port. The series was set in the Roaring Twenties, and was produced by TUGS Ltd., for TVS and Clearwater Features Ltd. Music was composed by Junior Campbell and Mike O'Donnell, who also wrote the music for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Due to the bankruptcy of production company TVS, the series did not continue production past 13 episodes. Following the initial airing of the series throughout 1988, television rights were sold to an unknown party, while all models and sets from the series sold to Britt Allcroft. Modified set props and tugboat models were used in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from 1991 onwards.

All Seasons

Season 11989
8.7383132h 25m
EpTitleRatingVotesRuntime
1Sunshine8.23820 min
2Pirate9.13420 min
3Trapped8.52815 min
4Regatta8.82915 min
5Munitions9.63615 min
6Warrior7.32715 min
7High Tide9.428
8Quarantine7.62515 min
9Ghosts8.93115 min
10Jinxed8.82915 min
11High Winds8.925
12Up River8.627
13Bigg Freeze8.926

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Patrick Allen Captain Star, Narrator
Simon Nash Ten Cents
Shaun Prendergast Sunshine, Zak, Philbert
Sean Barrett Big Mac, Hercules, Izzy Gomez
John Baddeley Top Hat, Zip, The Shrimpers
Timothy Bateson O.J., Lord Stinker, Little Ditcher
Mike O'Malley Warrior, Mighty Moe, Scuttlebutt Pete
Chris Tulloch Zorran
Lee Cornes Grampus, Billy Shoepack, Boomer
Nigel Anthony Zug, Coast Guard, Davy Jones

Crew

Robert D. Cardona
David Mitton

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