Series

TUGS

1989 · 1 season · Kids · Family · Drama

TUGS is a British children's television series first broadcast in 1988. It was created by the producers of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Robert D. Cardona and David Mitton. The series dealt with the adventures of two anthropomorphized tugboat fleets, the Star Fleet and the Z-Stacks, who compete against each other in the fictional Bigg City Port. The series was set in the Roaring Twenties, and was produced by TUGS Ltd., for TVS and Clearwater Features Ltd. Music was composed by Junior Campbell and Mike O'Donnell, who also wrote the music for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Due to the bankruptcy of production company TVS, the series did not continue production past 13 episodes. Following the initial airing of the series throughout 1988, television rights were sold to an unknown party, while all models and sets from the series sold to Britt Allcroft. Modified set props and tugboat models were used in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends from 1991 onwards.

Patrick Allen

Timothy Bateson

Shaun Prendergast

John Baddeley

Chris Tulloch

Lee Cornes

Simon Nash

Nigel Anthony

Sean Barrett

• Robert D. CardonaProducer

First aired

April 4, 1989

Last aired

June 27, 1989

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

13

Genres

Kids, Family, Drama

• Season 113 episodes · 1989