| Brum and the Mad Mower | |
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| Series 1, Episode 5, Overall 5 | |
| Director | Lou Coleman |
| Producer | Anne Wood |
| Writer | Anne Wood Lou Coleman |
| Air date | 24 October 1991 (UK) 18 October 1993 (Australia) |
| Previous | Brum at the Opera |
| Next | Brum at the Seaside |
Brum and the Mad Mower is the fifth episode of the first series of Brum.
Plot[]
As Brum starts feeling tired, he notices several people going to the park, including a boy with a football, whom he follows after his interest peaks. In the park, Brum sees a man laying under a tree for a nap, a group of people having a picnic, an old lady feeding ducks, and an office worker couple. He eventually catches up with the boy and joins in a game of football. It soon starts to get hot and a tired parkkeeper is too busy mowing the grass to stop for a drink. He goes to dump the mowed grass, accidentally spilling some on Brum, while the boy kicks his ball and mistakenly hits a lever on the parkkeeper's mower which sends it going on its own. Brum drives around the park alerting the parkgoers of the runaway mower as it nearly runs them over. The mower runs out of the park and through a construction site with Brum chasing it. He eventually catches up and turns it around. It returns towards the park, once again going through the construction site, and falls into a lake. The parkgoers laugh at this and thank Brum for stopping the mower, but at that moment, the water sprinkler turns on and makes everyone wet. Brum heads for home, on the way passing by the man under the tree, who was still sleeping and unaffected by the sprinkler. The museum owner finds pieces of the mowed grass in Brum's seat.
Cast[]
- Mike Cavanagh: Museum Owner
- Arthur Dudleston: Tramp
- Peggy Bates, Ronald Bates, Catherine Smith, Emily Smith, Jane Smith and Neil Smith: Picnickers
- Patty MacGregor: Little Old Lady
- Gavin Hart and Lucy Lowe: Office Workers
- Daniel Shilvock: Footballer
- John Horton: Park Keeper
- Francis Ward and Phil White: Streetworkers
Trivia[]
- This episode was recorded on 4 March 1991.
- This episode was uploaded to YouTube by WildBrain on 9 October 2016 and 21 May and 16 October 2017.
- When Brum appeared on Blue Peter shortly after the show premiered, a clip from this episode is featured of Brum alerting the parkgoers of the runaway mower, though they describe it as being from the fourth episode.