
TUGS
Kids·Family·Drama·1989·1 Seasons
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.
Starring: Patrick Allen,Timothy Bateson,Shaun Prendergast,John Baddeley
Episodes
Season 1
S01 | E01
Sunshine
1989-04-04
S01 | E02
Pirate
1989-04-11

S01 | E03
Trapped
1989-04-18

S01 | E04
Regatta
1989-04-25

S01 | E05
Munitions
1989-05-02

S01 | E06
Warrior
1989-05-09

S01 | E07
High Tide
1989-05-16

S01 | E08
Quarantine
1989-05-23

S01 | E09
Ghosts
1989-05-30

S01 | E10
Jinxed
1989-06-06

S01 | E11
High Winds
1989-06-13

S01 | E12
Up River
1989-06-20

S01 | E13
Bigg Freeze
1989-06-27
Cast

Patrick Allen

Timothy Bateson

Shaun Prendergast
John Baddeley
Chris Tulloch

Lee Cornes
Simon Nash
Nigel Anthony

Sean Barrett