Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends (1984) s17e15 Episode Script
Bill or Ben?
1 (TOOTING) They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight Shunting trucks and hauling freight Red and green and brown and blue They're the Really Useful Crew All with different roles to play Round Tidmouth Sheds or far away Down the hills and round the bends Thomas and his friends (NARRATOR READING) NARRATOR: Bill and Ben are tank engine twins.
They look very alike.
Very alike indeed! - (CHUCKLING) Morning, Ben.
- (CHUCKLING) Morning, Bill.
That's why they have nameplates on their sides to show which one is Bill and which one is Ben.
Bill and Ben like looking alike because that means they can play tricks on the other engines.
One day, Bill and Ben were making their way along the main line - when - (TOOTING) a very fast engine came across the junction in front of them and gave them a big surprise.
- Who was that, Bill? - I don't know, Ben! Thomas! Did you see that very fast engine that just went past? You mean Connor.
He's one of the new streamlined engines bringing passengers from the mainland.
He must be very full of himself, racing about like that and surprising other engines! Connor's not full of himself.
He's a very friendly engine.
(TOOTING) But Bill and Ben didn't listen to Thomas.
Bill and Ben were passing through Henry's Tunnel, when - (TOOTING) - Hello there! Connor passed them again coming back the other way.
- Was that him again, Bill? - I think it was, Ben.
Ooh, maybe we should teach that speedy-wheels a lesson, Ben.
Maybe we should, Bill.
(CHUCKLING) So Bill and Ben made a plan to play a trick on Connor.
The next time Connor came across the bridge from the mainland, Bill was there waiting for him.
- Hello, speedy-wheels! - Hello there.
I'm Connor.
And I'm Bill.
How about a race, Connor? You and me, up to Ulfstead Castle? I can't race you, Bill! That wouldn't be fair.
I'm way too fast! Maybe if I only used one piston.
One piston? Nonsense.
You go as fast as you like! You'll be surprised how fast I am.
Very surprised! Okay, Bill.
If you say so.
- Go! - (TOOTING) The two engines hurried off but Bill was quickly left far behind.
What a silly tank engine, thinking he could beat a fast, modern, streamlined engine like me! Connor arrived at Ulfstead Castle.
He was surprised! What took you so long? I thought you'd be fast! (CHUCKLING) Connor thought it was the same engine he had seen near the bridge.
But it wasn't Bill, it was Ben! How What How did you do that? - I didn't see you pass me! - (CHUCKLING) I was probably going so fast you would have just seen a blur.
Don't worry about it.
We can race again.
- Back to the bridge, perhaps? - You're on.
So the two engines got ready to race again.
- (STATIONMASTER WHISTLING) - Go! (TOOTING) Hee-hee-hee-hee! This time, Connor wasn't taking any chances.
He was so determined to beat the little tank engine that he didn't see the signal turn red until it was too late.
Then there was trouble! - Henry! Watch out! - Huh! (HORN BLARING) Connor, you need to watch where you're going! You almost hit me! Connor's relief was short-lived, because just then, the Fat Controller arrived.
I don't know how they do things on the mainland, Connor, but safety comes first on my railway.
No engine is allowed to pass through a red signal! I'm very sorry, sir.
I won't do it again but - (BILL TOOTING) - Then Bill came along.
Oh, dear! What's happened here, sir? - (BEN TOOTING) - And so did Ben! Oh, no! Has Connor broken down, sir? Ah! There are two of you! You played a trick on me.
You aren't really faster than I am.
Bill and Ben! I might have known you two would be behind this! It's high time I put a stop to your tricks once and for all! Ooh The Fat Controller sent Bill to the Steamworks to be repainted a different colour so that everyone would be able to tell Bill and Ben apart.
Hello, Bill.
I've been expecting you.
I believe you're here to be repainted.
I'm not Bill.
I'm Ben! You must want my twin, Bill.
- I'll go and get him.
- Oh no, you don't! You're trying to trick me just like the Fat Controller said you would.
Ohh! So Bill was painted a different colour.
(CHUCKLING) Look at you! Bill wasn't happy.
Now he and Ben looked different.
It was no fun at all! Then Ben had an idea.
The next day, Ben came to the Steamworks when Victor wasn't there.
Hello, Kevin.
I'm Bill.
I'm here to be repainted.
- The Fat Controller sent me.
- Bill? But you were repainted yesterday! Really? I don't remember that.
Surely I should be a different colour if I'd been repainted.
Uh Maybe you should wait, Bill.
Until Victor gets back.
Or perhaps if you won't let me be repainted, I should tell the Fat Controller.
No! Don't do that.
Oh, you'd better be repainted, Ben.
- You mean Bill.
- I mean Bill.
(TOOTING) I like the new colour, Ben.
It really suits you.
- Suits you too, Bill! - (BOTH LAUGHING) What is going on here? Kevin? By the time Victor came back, it was too late! Bill and Ben were already the same colour.
- Ha ha ha! Tricked you! - Bye-bye! (BOTH TOOTING) - Oh - Sorry, boss.
Bill and Ben were on their way again when they saw Connor up ahead.
Ooh, look, Bill, there's Connor! Maybe he wants to race with a freshly painted engine? Well, Ben, I believe I was the one sent to be repainted.
I'll see if he'd like to race back to the Steamworks.
Hello, Connor.
Recognise me? Care to race again? Hmm.
Now that I know there's only one of you that colour, - sure.
- Back to the Steamworks, then? (TOOTING) I'll see you when you finally get there! Maybe sooner than you think.
(CHUCKLING)
They look very alike.
Very alike indeed! - (CHUCKLING) Morning, Ben.
- (CHUCKLING) Morning, Bill.
That's why they have nameplates on their sides to show which one is Bill and which one is Ben.
Bill and Ben like looking alike because that means they can play tricks on the other engines.
One day, Bill and Ben were making their way along the main line - when - (TOOTING) a very fast engine came across the junction in front of them and gave them a big surprise.
- Who was that, Bill? - I don't know, Ben! Thomas! Did you see that very fast engine that just went past? You mean Connor.
He's one of the new streamlined engines bringing passengers from the mainland.
He must be very full of himself, racing about like that and surprising other engines! Connor's not full of himself.
He's a very friendly engine.
(TOOTING) But Bill and Ben didn't listen to Thomas.
Bill and Ben were passing through Henry's Tunnel, when - (TOOTING) - Hello there! Connor passed them again coming back the other way.
- Was that him again, Bill? - I think it was, Ben.
Ooh, maybe we should teach that speedy-wheels a lesson, Ben.
Maybe we should, Bill.
(CHUCKLING) So Bill and Ben made a plan to play a trick on Connor.
The next time Connor came across the bridge from the mainland, Bill was there waiting for him.
- Hello, speedy-wheels! - Hello there.
I'm Connor.
And I'm Bill.
How about a race, Connor? You and me, up to Ulfstead Castle? I can't race you, Bill! That wouldn't be fair.
I'm way too fast! Maybe if I only used one piston.
One piston? Nonsense.
You go as fast as you like! You'll be surprised how fast I am.
Very surprised! Okay, Bill.
If you say so.
- Go! - (TOOTING) The two engines hurried off but Bill was quickly left far behind.
What a silly tank engine, thinking he could beat a fast, modern, streamlined engine like me! Connor arrived at Ulfstead Castle.
He was surprised! What took you so long? I thought you'd be fast! (CHUCKLING) Connor thought it was the same engine he had seen near the bridge.
But it wasn't Bill, it was Ben! How What How did you do that? - I didn't see you pass me! - (CHUCKLING) I was probably going so fast you would have just seen a blur.
Don't worry about it.
We can race again.
- Back to the bridge, perhaps? - You're on.
So the two engines got ready to race again.
- (STATIONMASTER WHISTLING) - Go! (TOOTING) Hee-hee-hee-hee! This time, Connor wasn't taking any chances.
He was so determined to beat the little tank engine that he didn't see the signal turn red until it was too late.
Then there was trouble! - Henry! Watch out! - Huh! (HORN BLARING) Connor, you need to watch where you're going! You almost hit me! Connor's relief was short-lived, because just then, the Fat Controller arrived.
I don't know how they do things on the mainland, Connor, but safety comes first on my railway.
No engine is allowed to pass through a red signal! I'm very sorry, sir.
I won't do it again but - (BILL TOOTING) - Then Bill came along.
Oh, dear! What's happened here, sir? - (BEN TOOTING) - And so did Ben! Oh, no! Has Connor broken down, sir? Ah! There are two of you! You played a trick on me.
You aren't really faster than I am.
Bill and Ben! I might have known you two would be behind this! It's high time I put a stop to your tricks once and for all! Ooh The Fat Controller sent Bill to the Steamworks to be repainted a different colour so that everyone would be able to tell Bill and Ben apart.
Hello, Bill.
I've been expecting you.
I believe you're here to be repainted.
I'm not Bill.
I'm Ben! You must want my twin, Bill.
- I'll go and get him.
- Oh no, you don't! You're trying to trick me just like the Fat Controller said you would.
Ohh! So Bill was painted a different colour.
(CHUCKLING) Look at you! Bill wasn't happy.
Now he and Ben looked different.
It was no fun at all! Then Ben had an idea.
The next day, Ben came to the Steamworks when Victor wasn't there.
Hello, Kevin.
I'm Bill.
I'm here to be repainted.
- The Fat Controller sent me.
- Bill? But you were repainted yesterday! Really? I don't remember that.
Surely I should be a different colour if I'd been repainted.
Uh Maybe you should wait, Bill.
Until Victor gets back.
Or perhaps if you won't let me be repainted, I should tell the Fat Controller.
No! Don't do that.
Oh, you'd better be repainted, Ben.
- You mean Bill.
- I mean Bill.
(TOOTING) I like the new colour, Ben.
It really suits you.
- Suits you too, Bill! - (BOTH LAUGHING) What is going on here? Kevin? By the time Victor came back, it was too late! Bill and Ben were already the same colour.
- Ha ha ha! Tricked you! - Bye-bye! (BOTH TOOTING) - Oh - Sorry, boss.
Bill and Ben were on their way again when they saw Connor up ahead.
Ooh, look, Bill, there's Connor! Maybe he wants to race with a freshly painted engine? Well, Ben, I believe I was the one sent to be repainted.
I'll see if he'd like to race back to the Steamworks.
Hello, Connor.
Recognise me? Care to race again? Hmm.
Now that I know there's only one of you that colour, - sure.
- Back to the Steamworks, then? (TOOTING) I'll see you when you finally get there! Maybe sooner than you think.
(CHUCKLING)