Fireman Sam (1987)

Animation · Family

Follow the adventures of fireman Sam and his colleagues as they protect the citizens of the Welsh town of Pontypandy. Whenever the alarm sounds, brave Sam and his co-workers can be counted on to jump into a fire engine, hop onto a helicopter, or even launch an inflatable lifeboat to battle blazes, mount rescue missions, or provide medical attention to those in need.

IMDb rating: 6.0 (2,669 votes)
Seasons: 16
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Pure Flix · Hopster Amazon Channel · Pluto TV
Language: CY
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 16 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

8.29 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 8.6 10 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Kite	7.8	40
2	Barn Fire	8.3	36
3	Trevor's Training	8.4	32
4	Flat Tyre	8.7	39
5	Camping	8.5	30
6	Norman's Tricky Day	8.0	29
7	Lost Cat	8.0	26
8	Telly Trouble	8.6	25

Season 2 (1988)

8.32 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 8.6 11 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Treasure Hunt	8.3	24
2	Sam's Day Off	8.3	23
3	Thief in Pontypandy	8.4	22
4	Chemistry Set	8.4	24
5	Safe with Sam	8.1	22
6	Wishing Well	8.3	24
7	Sam: The Great Inventor	8.2	23
8	Snow Business	8.6	32

Season 3 (1990)

8.38 avg 9 episodes 8.7 → 8.7 10 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dily's Forgetful Day	8.7	21
2	A Spot of Bother	8.5	22
3	Halloween	8.1	26
4	Norman's Pitfall	8.9	22
5	Lost Ring	8.2	19
6	All in a Good Cause	8.2	17
7	Brass Band	8.3	21
8	Lost in the Fog	7.8	20
9	Bentley the Robot	8.7	22

Season 4 (1994)

8.95 avg 8 episodes 8.4 → 9.2 10 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Home from Rome	8.4	22
2	Rich and Famous	8.7	21
3	Quarry Rescue	8.7	22
4	Deep Trouble	9.3	49
5	Trevor's Boot Sale	8.9	23
6	What Goes Up	9.2	30
7	Steele Under Par	9.2	74
8	Disaster for Dinner	9.2	28

Season 5 (2003)

8.04 avg 26 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 10 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Danger: Falling Sheep	8.2	26
2	Twist of Fate	8.2	16
3	A Real Live Wire	8.1	16
4	Bug Eyed Boy From Venus	8.2	16
5	Bathtime for Dusty	8.4	15
6	Neighbourhood Watchout	7.5	17
7	Twitchers in Trouble	8.3	17
8	Carnival of Junk	8.5	15
9	Mummy's Little Pumpkin	7.4	20
10	Joker Soaker	8.7	19
11	Fit for Nothing	8.0	15
12	Deep Water	8.0	14
13	Beast of Pontypandy	8.1	16
14	Pizza Palaver	7.9	14
15	Fun Run	8.1	16
16	Trouble and Squeak	7.9	15
17	King of the Jungle	7.9	14
18	Norman's Invisible Friend	7.8	14
19	High Jinx	7.9	18
20	The Case of the Liquorice Shoelaces	8.1	16
21	Fiery Finale	8.2	17
22	Birthday Surprise	8.1	17
23	Firefighter of Tomorrow	7.7	16
24	Fields of Fire	8.0	12
25	Let It Snow	8.1	15
26	The Big Freeze	7.7	16

Season 6 (2007)

4.32 avg 26 episodes 4.7 → 3.6 10 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Paper Plane Down	4.7	18
2	Pontypandy Extreme	3.2	30
3	Elvis Sings the Blues	6.3	18
4	Fireworks for Mandy	4.3	27
5	Heap of Trouble	5.3	14
6	Stuck in the Muck	5.2	12
7	Sausages vs. Shrimps	2.7	33
8	Flood's Flood	2.7	31
9	Off Duty Sam	3.5	32
10	Stranded	5.0	15
11	Sheepdog Trials	5.3	14
12	Norman's Ghost	3.1	33
13	Poorly Penny	6.1	14
14	Pirates of Pontypandy	5.4	12
15	Pontypandy Pioneers	2.7	30
16	Twitching the Night Away	5.1	10
17	Double Trouble	5.2	12
18	Sailor Steele	5.1	12
19	Fireman James	5.9	14
20	Dilys' Big Surprise	2.7	30
21	Day at the Seaside	5.1	11
22	Model Plane	5.6	10
23	Three Legged Race	2.8	31
24	Norman's Ark	3.0	30
25	Open Day	2.7	33
26	Mike's Rocket	3.6	32

Season 7 (2007)

5.50 avg 26 episodes 3.7 → 6.3 10 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blow Me Down	3.7	33
2	Hot and Cold Running Sniffer Dog	5.8	16
3	Hearts on Fire	6.2	10
4	Perilous Path	6.1	12
5	The New Hero Next Door	6.7	14
6	Santa Overboard	6.3	13
7	Best Foot Forward	3.1	30
8	Baa Baa Baby	6.0	10
9	Mother's Helper	6.0	13
10	Cat Magic	6.1	13
11	Seeing Red	6.3	11
12	Going Out with a Bang	3.0	20
13	The Wrong Smell	6.6	11
14	No Nurse Like You	6.1	12
15	The One That Got Away	6.2	9
16	Dinosaur Hunt	6.0	9
17	Floating Cart	5.9	11
18	Sticky Situation	3.8	29
19	Cry Wolf	4.1	12
20	Sheep on the Road	7.0	10
21	Mam's Day	2.7	30
22	Alarm on the Beach	5.8	9
23	Hot Air	6.1	11
24	Towering Inferno	5.8	9
25	Danger by the Double	5.2	10
26	When Fools Rush In	6.3	10

Season 8 (2012)

5.30 avg 26 episodes 6.0 → 4.8 10 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bronwyn's Millionth Customer	6.0	19
2	Runaway Train	5.4	12
3	Mandy's Mountain	2.9	34
4	Water Tower Inferno	6.8	10
5	Jupiter on the Loose	2.8	34
6	The Big Chill	3.6	16
7	Boyce Will Be Boyce	2.5	36
8	Elvis in Concert	5.0	10
9	Mandy at Sea	6.9	12
10	The Great Guinea Pig Rescue	6.6	11
11	The Pontypandyness Monster	2.9	32
12	Disastrous Dilys	6.3	10
13	Charlie's Big Catch	5.6	10
14	Bessie to the Rescue	6.7	10
15	King of the Mountain	6.0	10
16	Lighthouse Lock Out	6.1	13
17	Girls' Night In	5.7	12
18	To Outfox a Fox	5.7	15
19	Lily Lost and Found	6.7	11
20	Sky Lanterns	4.9	13
21	The Pontypandy Polar Bear	6.5	10
22	Ice Cold in Pontypandy	4.2	14
23	Snowball of Doom	4.2	13
24	Floodlights	6.3	15
25	Norman's Halloween Heist	6.6	15
26	Wheel of Fire	4.8	12

Season 9 (2013)

5.43 avg 25 episodes 5.6 → 6.0 10 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All at Sea	5.6	12
2	Battle of the Birthdays	3.2	35
3	Wild Cheese Chase	6.4	11
4	On Thin Ice	7.0	10
5	Magic Norman	5.4	11
6	Escape from Pontypandy Island	3.1	30
7	Troubled Waters	2.9	30
8	The Best Sleepover Ever	2.6	31
9	Whale Watch	7.4	10
10	Up, Up and Away	5.8	14
11	Lights, Camera, Avalanche!	5.4	11
12	The Pontypandy Cup	3.3	18
13	Treehouse Trouble	6.7	10
14	Record Breakers	6.7	8
15	Pontypandy Heatwave	5.6	11
16	Norman's Big Fossil Adventure	5.7	12
17	Turtle Hunt	8.2	9
18	The Treasure Trap	7.8	7
19	Rocky Rescue	6.8	8
20	Pest in Show	7.1	10
21	Hide and Seek	2.4	57
22	One Way Street	4.9	9
23	Stage Fright	5.3	10
24	Garden Force	4.4	11
25	The Return of Norman-Man	6.0	10

Season 10 (2016)

4.40 avg 25 episodes 5.4 → 6.2 10 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Runaway Horse	5.4	15
2	Sam's Birthday	3.3	34
3	Castles and Kings	2.8	30
4	Pizza Pandemonium	3.0	34
5	Dog Day Disaster	7.0	9
6	Bus Trouble	3.2	29
7	Spy Games	2.6	32
8	Fox on the Run	6.3	10
9	The Great Party Panic	2.4	30
10	The Break-Up	5.1	13
11	Fiery Football	6.2	10
12	Lost in the Caves	4.1	12
13	Shape Up and Shine	5.5	10
14	Space Train	5.3	9
15	Wicker Bear	4.7	9
16	Castles in the Air	2.3	31
17	Ice Hockey Meltdown	4.4	9
18	Float Your Boat	5.4	11
19	Froggy Fantasy	2.8	38
20	Dashing Through the Snow	2.7	31
21	The Treasure of Pontypandy Pete	5.5	8
22	Big Top Norman	2.5	30
23	Paddle On	6.0	9
24	Day of the Penguin	5.2	9
25	Pontypandy in the Park	6.2	13

Season 11 (2017)

6.11 avg 13 episodes 5.2 → 4.7 10 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Prince in Pontypandy	5.2	9
2	Norman-Man vs Firedog	3.9	20
3	Cadet Catastrophe	8.5	7
4	Monster Mania	3.9	14
5	Wally Wizzo	8.5	8
6	The Why Files	8.2	7
7	Pontypandy Slickers	8.4	7
8	Who let the Cat out?	4.5	11
9	Wrong Turn Dilys	4.9	10
10	Night of the Norman	4.6	16
11	Alien Bug Hunt	5.7	14
12	Blast From the Past	8.4	7
13	James and the Giant Pumpkin	4.7	13

Season 12 (2020)

4.58 avg 13 episodes 4.9 → 2.2 9 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Norman Price, Ace Reporter	4.9	20
2	The Zip Line of Doom	3.9	18
3	Red Hot Chilli Nibbles	5.1	12
4	Brother's Weekend	4.8	11
5	Great Billboard of Fire	5.2	8
6	Pioneer Peril	5.1	9
7	Space Sandwich	5.2	8
8	Operation Sea Turtle	5.2	9
9	Escape from Dinosaur Island	5.2	9
10	Caribbean Cookout	5.3	8
11	Blazing a Trail	2.6	30
12	Deputy James	4.9	12
13	Ukulele Crazy	2.2	28

Season 13 (2021)

4.22 avg 10 episodes 2.3 → 2.8 10 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Norman Burns Up the Dancefloor	2.3	28
2	First Aid Fiasco	3.6	14
3	Car Wash Chaos	8.2	8
4	Pizza in the Park	7.3	7
8	Sparkes in the Sky	6.0	7
11	Firework Party	2.5	8
14	Norman and the Sea	2.0	30
24	Calendar Challenge	3.5	7
25	Seagull Shenanigans	4.0	6
26	Radio Mandy	2.8	6

Season 14 (2002)

4.27 avg 18 episodes 2.4 → 7.5

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Pontypandy Bee Project	2.4	17
2	The Moon Men Are Coming	5.5	7
3	The Fastest Food	3.7	12
4	Snap and Spot	6.2	6
5	Sergeant Sarah	4.2	8
7	Run Norman Run	4.3	9
8	The Ancient Pontypandy Way	8.2	6
10	Pontypandy Wonderland-Part 2	4.6	6
11	Cave Calamity	7.2	7
14	Go Team Wildman	3.0	8
17	Dinosaur Danger	3.6	7
18	The Pontypandy Hat Parade	2.1	28
19	I'm the Captain	2.8	8
21	Norman Takes Off	2.1	28
23	Keep Calm and Upward Octopus	2.0	32
24	Go Kart Challenge	3.3	9
25	The Mystery of the Pontypandy Werefox	4.1	10
26	Steele's Big Day	7.5	7

Season 15 (2023)

6.69 avg 15 episodes 6.6 → 4.5

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hot Potato	6.6	10
2	Boar Breakout	8.0	8
3	Seal Watch	8.6	8
4	Floating Away	8.3	7
5	Mystery at Pumpkin Hollow: Part 1	8.5	7
6	Mystery at Pumpkin Hollow: Part 2	8.2	6
7	Wholefish Theater	8.3	7
8	Find the Fossil	5.4	10
10	Country Market Chaos	8.5	7
12	Perfect Pioneer Tea	5.7	9
13	Beaver Blackout	5.9	9
15	Dogs Versus Cats	2.9	29
16	The World's Most Dangerous Picnic	6.4	6
18	Call of the Mud Men	4.6	8
24	Something Fishy	4.5	10

Season 16 (2024)

3.52 avg 23 episodes 3.8 → 6.6

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Come to Pontypandy	3.8	19
2	The Way of the Wild Walkers	3.6	14
3	Star Spotter of the Year	4.5	13
4	The Bravest Bird	4.3	14
5	Woolly in the Wind	3.9	13
6	The King of Pontypandy	3.8	15
7	Mountain Cat	2.1	12
8	Over the Ledge	3.7	14
9	Back to the Stone Age	2.1	12
10	The Big Surprise	4.0	13
11	Guinea Pig Peril	2.2	13
12	Herding Hazard	3.0	13
13	It Came from the Sea	2.2	12
14	Kite Catastrophe	2.1	11
15	Pink Pollock	2.9	14
16	Sketching the Wildfire	2.6	13
17	Grandpa Day	2.3	13
18	Sailing Lesson	2.9	14
19	Moose Versus the Mole	3.2	14
20	Hannah's Recipe for Disaster	4.2	19
21	The Big Scoop	5.5	11
25	Magic Mandini and the Great Normanski	5.5	6
26	The Big Show	6.6	9

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