Time for Trouble and Other Stories

Time for Trouble and Other Stories  is a UK/AUS/NZ VHS release featuring the first eight episodes of the third series narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and Australia and narrated by George Carlin in New Zealand.

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Thomas, everyone's favourite little blue engine, returns with a full head of steam for these brand new adventures!

Episodes

 * 1) A Scarf for Percy - Percy dreams of wearing a nice, warm scarf around his funnel to keep out the winter winds. What a surprise he gets when his wish comes true!
 * 2) Percy's Promise - Percy makes a promise to Thomas and despite a terrible storm, he manages to bring Annie & Clarabel home safely.
 * 3) Time for Trouble - James is asked to pull the Express and becomes proud and boastful. His impatience lands him in an undignified situation.
 * 4) Gordon and the Famous Visitor - An important engine visits the yard. Everyone is excited, except Gordon - who doesn't trust domeless engines.
 * 5) Donald's Duck - Duck is given his own branch line to work on and following a practical joke with Donald, he makes a new friend.
 * 6) Thomas Gets Bumped - Bertie helps out while Thomas waits for new rails to be laid on his branch line. Thomas is needlessly jealous.
 * 7) Thomas, Percy and the Dragon - Percy has a terrible fright when he confronts a huge Dragon, but nobody believes him. Luckily, Thomas explains everything.
 * 8) Diesel Does it Again - Percy and Duck are outraged when Diesel arrives at the harbour. Disaster follows.

Trivia

 * This is the first VHS in the UK to release episodes before they aired on television.
 * An early UK release of this video included Michael Angelis' original recording that was later re-recorded for releases following this. It also included the credits shown with the final shot of each episode that was later replaced with a still shot of Thomas.
 * The early UK release was promoted in television adverts by Woolworths as a potential Christmas present.
 * The Australian release was the first one originally released by Roadshow Entertainment, preceding volumes were originally released by Festival Records.
 * On the UK and New Zealand releases, the Britt Allcroft endboard does not appear until after Diesel Does it Again.

Goofs

 * On the New Zealand release, a section with the line, "The buffers weren't secure" is omitted from Diesel Does it Again. As a result, only two trucks are shown being pushed into the sea before cutting to the next shot which shows all five trucks sunken. This also happens on Bumper Video Collection Volume 4 as the masters are reused
 * Additionally several episodes have their intros slightly cut off. this happens on the aforementioned Bumper Video Collection Volume 4 as well.
 * On the 2000 UK VHS, the Britt Alcroft ident is cut off at the start.