NextFlix

TUGS(1989)

KidsFamilyDrama

TUGS poster

Trailer unavailable or blocked in your region for this title.

First Air Date: 1989-04-04

Average Runtime: 15m

Rating: 8.3

Votes: 3

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 13

Sunshine

Air Date: 1989-04-04

It is the 1920's: Rival tug fleets compete for work in Bigg City Port. Captain Star briefs his Star Tugs - he's tryin...

Pirate

Air Date: 1989-04-11

Ten Cents delivers his last cargo barge to the Old Quay after a very busy day. As night falls, it is towed away by a ...

Trapped

Air Date: 1989-04-18

The Z-Stacks must share the up-river jobs with the Star Tugs. When a tramper that Zorran and Zug are towing goes out ...

Regatta

Air Date: 1989-04-25

Lillie Lightship is sad. Moored out of the harbour to guide boats and keep them out of danger, she never gets to see ...

Munitions

Air Date: 1989-05-02

During the annual manoeuvers, both Bigg City tug fleets service the navy. It is a dangerous job, handling ammunition ...

Warrior

Air Date: 1989-05-09

Warrior had always had a reputation for being a bit clumsy, but on this day he sets out to prove to Captain Star that...

High Tide

Air Date: 1989-05-16

The Stars and the Z-Stacks are both competing for a big steel contract. the fleet which can transport the most steel ...

Quarantine

Air Date: 1989-05-23

It has been one of the hottest weeks of the summer. In such hot weather, there was a greater danger that ships might ...

Ghosts

Air Date: 1989-05-30

Old sea stories - especially about ghosts - are favourites amongst the tugs of Bigg City Harbour. No one will admit t...

Jinxed

Air Date: 1989-06-06

In the estuary late one evening Ten Cents and Sunshine came across a tug named Boomer, who was just drifting along ho...

High Winds

Air Date: 1989-06-13

An old dirty tramper from Australia suspected of smuggling lurks outside the limits of Bigg City bay. It is the notor...

Up River

Air Date: 1989-06-20

Towing huge piles of logs was always a very dangerous operation. When the snows began to melt and the rivers swelled ...

Bigg Freeze

Air Date: 1989-06-27

An Ocean liner called Vienna is to come into Bigg City Port but Lillie Lightships needs to refuel, if there isn't a l...

Recommendations