Uploaded September 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Air Date: 9/9/1998

Narrator - Alec Baldwin (US)

Season 5 - Episode 4

It's Sir Topham Hatt's wife's birthday and Sir Topham has brought himself a new suit, promising that he'll be on time. But on his way to the Party, his car gets a flat tyre—he tries catching a ride in Caroline, hut she goes too fast and her engine overheats. Then he tries riding on George, but gets splattered with oil. To add to that, George veers out of control and into a ditch. Sir Topham Hatt is thrown in the mud and is a complete mess. Thomas is close by, and so Sir Topham has no choice but to ride with him, as he's standing in for Thomas' ill fireman. He arrives at the station with time to spare, and turns up at Lady Hatt's Party, tired but triumphant, even though he is told that it wasn't fancy dress!