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- “You'll never find me! I'm the best hider ever!"
"Well, I'm the best finder!” - ―Ben and Bill
Hide and Peep is the eighteenth episode of the eleventh series.
Plot[]
It is a busy bustling day at Brendam docks. All the engines are working hard. A ship is taking a while to reach Brendam, so Bill and Ben decide to play "Hide and Peep" to pass the time. Cranky asks if he can play, but Bill says that he is too tall to hide, making Cranky feel left out. Ben goes to hide.
Bill searches everywhere to find him, but Ben is good at hiding. He looks in a shed thinking that Ben is there, but he cannot see him, and so he pretends to have found him. Ben comes out of his hiding place but sees that Bill did not really find him. He peeps crossly that Bill tricked him and goes to hide again. Bill looks for him again, this time pretending that the Fat Controller needs him. He arrives at the Coaling Plant shouting that the Fat Controller is here. Suddenly, Ben comes out from the coal tipper asking Bill where the Fat Controller is, only to see that Bill tricked him again. Bill feels bad and promises Ben that he will not trick him again, so Percy goes to hide again.
Bill instead finds the Dock manager, who informs Bill that the ship has finally docked. Bill cannot find Percy, and when he calls out to Ben that the ship has docked, Ben thinks it is another trick and refuses to come out. Bill arrives next to Cranky, admitting that he is not a very good finder, and asks Cranky for help, as Cranky had seen the faraway ship. Cranky spies Rocky lowering Ben behind a wall. Bill finds the little yellow saddle tank. Ben is surprised that Bill has found him, but Bill admits the truth, including that it really is time for their deliveries. They collect their deliveries, and Bill states that Cranky is the best finder and that Ben is the best hider.
Characters[]
- Bill and Ben
- Cranky
- The Dockyard Manager
- Rocky (does not speak)
- Edward (cameo)
- BoCo (cameo)
- Salty (cameo)
- Big Mickey (faceless; cameo)
- Thomas (stock footage cameo)
- Duck (stock footage cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned)
Locations[]
- Brendam Docks
- Knapford Yards
- The Coaling Plant
Trivia[]
- Going by production order, this is the first episode of the eleventh series.
- Stock footage from the fifth series episode, Cranky Bugs is used.
- Numerous differences were made in the individual airings and DVDs compared to the PBS Kids and Nick Jr. airing, Fun and Games as the scenes were either alternate angled or refilmed:
- The beginning is different as there is a blue car and some workmen next to Cranky in the original version and were removed in the re-filmed version, the piles of wood and oil barrel between the tracks are removed, one of workmen have different skin colour in the re-filmed version and the timing of Edward and BoCo approaching each other is different.
- All the scenes of Bill and Ben at the docks ready to play Hide and Peep are alternate angled.
- In the scene of Bill looking for Ben, the workmen at the warehouse are moved and the clouds are in a different position.
- In the third scene of Bill looking for Ben is an alternate angle, the caterpillar crane and the flatbed are moved.
- The fourth scene of Bill looking for Ben is an alternate angle with the soft-sided Lorries moved and beside the small building, there is a blue car in original version while in the re-filmed version, their are two red cars.
- An alternate angle of Bill deciding to pretend the Fat Controller was here is used and the clouds are in a different position.
- An alternate angle of Ben leaving the coaling plant is used and the clouds are in a different position.
- An alternate angle of Bill arriving at the docks is used with colour and number of cars next to the warehouse are different and there are two soft sided lorries next to the crane in the original version while there is only one in the re-filmed version.
- The close-up of Bill is an alternate angle.
- An alternate angle of Bill trying to tell Ben that the ship docked is used with more steam comes out in the re-filmed version when in the original version there is less steam coming out and the crates next to the coal bunker are a different colour.
- An alternate angle of Bill going to Rocky is used with Bill having different face masks, there are different rolling stocks and the materials on the ground are moved.
- The title is a pun on the game Hide and Seek.
- S.S. Vienna and Big Mickey's models from TUGS can be seen.
- This marks the last of two speaking roles for two characters:
- Cranky's last speaking role in an episode until the thirteenth series episode, ???.
- The Dockyard Manager's last speaking role.
- Elements of this episode seem to be based on The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Goofs[]
- BoCo have Daisy's horn sound.
Merchandise[]
- Books - Train Hide and Seek
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