Tugs

Tugs (1989)


  • Genre: Kids, Family, Drama
  • Creator: Robert D. Cardona, David Mitton
  • First Air Date: 1989-04-04
  • Last Air Date: 1989-06-27
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 13
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 15 min.
  • Production Company: Clearwater Features
  • Network: ABC TV
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Summary

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, with footage from the original program being heavily dubbed and edited for use in American children's series Salty's Lighthouse. Mitton returned to working with Thomas & Friends in 1991, while Cardona would go on to direct Theodore Tugboat, a similarly natured animated series set in Canada. All thirteen episodes of the show were released on VHS between 1988 and 1993.

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Tugs Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1989-04-04
13 Episodes

Tugs Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Sunshine24 min
Season 1Episode 2Pirate24 min
Season 1Episode 3Trapped24 min
Season 1Episode 4Jinxed24 min
Season 1Episode 5Quarantine24 min
Season 1Episode 6High Winds24 min
Season 1Episode 7Ghosts24 min
Season 1Episode 8Up River24 min
Season 1Episode 9Warrior24 min
Season 1Episode 10High Tide24 min
Season 1Episode 11Munitions24 min
Season 1Episode 124th of July / Regatta24 min
Season 1Episode 13Bigg Freeze24 min
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