Snow Go is the twenty-sixth episode of Underground Ernie. It originally aired on CBeebies on December 25 2006 and is currently the final episode overall.
Plot
A cold snap has reached International Underground and the trains aren't happy about it. Hammersmith and City, however, note that the weather is perfect for the upcoming ice skating competition. Jubilee is excited when he hears that Moscow will be coming to visit with the world famous ice skaters Sasha and Natasha.
Moscow arrives, and it looks like he's bought the Russian weather with him. Ernie learns the Russian word for hello. (zdravstvuyte) While Jubilee takes Sasha and Natasha to the hotel, Millie notes that heavy snow is forecast for the next day. While Jubilee is excited, Moscow warns Ernie that thick snow will cover the whole railway.
At the nature reserve, it begins to snow. Pippa worries that the animals will get cold. Circle promises to deliver some fresh straw in the morning. Over at Mystery Mansion, Bakerloo complains to Alice about the snow, noting that it causes nothing but trouble. Snow continues to fall heavily, by the time Jubilee drives home from the airport, it's getting worse.
Sure enough, Moscow's fears are confirmed. Thick snow covers the whole railway. At the sheds, Victoria attempts to move forward but her wheels keep skidding on the icy rails. They radio Millie, telling them of their situation, who sends Ernie and Mr Rails to help out.
While Ernie is on his way to the sheds, Moscow notes the absence of the trains. When Ernie tells him that they're snowed in at the sheds, Moscow volunteers to do the trains' jobs for them while they're stuck.
Mr Rails arrives at the sheds in spectacular fashion, and after having to sadly turn down Jubilee's idea of building, he and Ernie set to work at digging the trains out. Moscow sets to work, picking up Sasha and Natasha from the hotel. Alice and Farmer Sprout join Mr Rails and Ernie in freeing the trains. Moscow arrives at Sports Stadium station, but is beginning to feel the pressure of doing everyone's work.
The snow is soon cleared and the trains set to work. While Hammersmith and City rush off to catch the ice skating competition, Circle keeps her promise to Pippa and delivers straw to the nature reserve while Mr Rails builds Jubilee a snowman after all.
Sasha and Natasha win the ice skating competition, and Moscow has cleared every track of snow. Ernie and Millie bid farewell to their Russian friends, and Ernie learns another Russian word, goodbye. (do svidaniya)
As the trains recount the day's events at the sheds that evening, Ernie, Millie and Mr Rails show up and start a snowball fight, much to the annoyance of Bakerloo!
Characters
- Ernie
- Millie
- Mr Rails
- Victoria
- Bakerloo
- Jubilee
- Circle
- Hammersmith and City
- Moscow
- Farmer Sprout
- Alice
- Dr Hart
- Pippa
- Sasha and Natasha
Trivia
- This episode was released on DVD a month ahead of its broadcast on television.
- Only appearances of Moscow, Sasha and Natasha.
- This episode marks the last appearance of the main cast.
- Mr Rails sings an excerpt of Good King Wenceslas when he leaves the sheds.
- This was the last episode of Underground Ernie transmitted on the BBC, airing for the final time on December 22, 2009.
Goofs
- At the sheds, Hammersmith and City switch places several times.
- When Ernie talks to Moscow at International Underground Station, Moscow's monobrow disappears and reappears several times.
- When Miss Relic exits Moscow's carriage, something brown floats through the air behind her.
- Alice's feet don't touch the ground when she climbs aboard Bakerloo.
- Ernie's mouth doesn't move when he says "I've never met such a hard working train"
- Moscow's chin clips through the platform.
- Moscow has a whistle, despite not being steam powered. Furthermore, when he leaves at the end, his whistle is replaced with a horn.
- The Radio Times description of this episode says "Moscow the train is snowed in" but this isn't the case.
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