Stan Can Season 1, Episode 8: Runaway Train

1

Museum

Stan gives the local children a tour of the museum, which inspires them all to make their own interactive exhibition about their town and all the characters that live there.

2

House

Mayor Myrtle urgently needs a spare bed for an important visitor. "Can Do" says Stanley, but the new bed won't fit inside Myrtle's house. So Stanley gets to work building a guest house for Myrtle - until she realises she needs to take a trip herself!

3

Bubbles

It's Hattie's giant raspberry pie day and the town's excited, but Myrtle wants to ensure everything is perfect. So Cynthia's filthy bus won't do at all. Stanley happily cleans it with his special cleaning equipment, but the bus just gets muddy again. When finally, the bubbles start taking over the whole town. Will the raspberry pie day be ruined?!

4

Carnival

It's Carnival Time! Everyone's excited to see Stan's float but he's so busy helping Myrtle he hasn't been able to make it yet. But then Sophie and Benjamin inspire him.

5

Pumpkin

Mayor Myrtle's grown a record breaking pumpkin but is worried Speedy the Snail is going to eat it. Stanley helps her protect it with a special container… but oh no, Speedy's got inside and they can't get the pumpkin out!

6

Treasure

Stanley is called to help Morris and Pearl retrieve one of their medals that's fallen into the canal. “Can do!” But suddenly a rogue football crashes into all their other medals and trophies and Stanley has to go on a special underwater adventure to get them back. With some help from some curious fish, he gets them all and a special treasure chest too.

7

Library Book

Stanley is called to help Hettie find a very important missing library book – The Big Book of New Things to Do. It’s a popular book but just as Stanley tracks it down, a surprise encounter leads to it getting stuck!

8

Runaway Train

Stan is driving Cynthia's train while she's on a training course. He has 3 deliveries to make but things go a bit wrong when the brake breaks and Stan has to find a way to stop the train.

9

Knitting

The town knitting club need someone to teach them to knit. Stan quickly learns from a book in the library, teaches them until the club gets so good they fill the community centre to the ceiling and can't get out.

10

Recital

Mayor Myrtle has a new dance routine and wants to perform it for the whole town. Stanley rallies them all together, but when they arrive the music player won't work. Little Woo and Stanley have an idea to create some special live music for Myrtle.

11

Flight

Cynthia wants to surprise Fifi on her birthday with a special flight - but needs Stanley to teach her to fly a plane first. "Can do!" but flying a plane isn't easy, so Stanley builds a special flight simulator to learn in.

12

Shop

Stanley is looking after the shop while Jose makes a delivery. His customers want some lovely popcorn but there's none available so Stanley decides to make some - by building a big popcorn maker! While the corn is popping Myrtle stops by to buy some cheese, distracting Stanley while the shop fills with more and more popcorn!

13

Farm

Stanley helps Amare with some planting and harvesting, but of course Stanley has some ideas to make it faster and more fun.

14

Dig

Fifi and Fred discover some old stones while digging. Stanley is called to help dig further, and they soon discover it’s the remains of an old mosaic. After putting all the puzzle pieces together they discover it's a beautiful ancient hamster image. With Hettie's help, Stanley carefully transports it to the museum.

15

Holiday

Seamus & Little Woo are going on holiday so Stanley offers to give them a ride… but oh no, they've got the day wrong. So disappointing, but Stanley can fix it by giving them a brilliant holiday in the local community!

16

Sofa

Stan is called to fix Myrtle's sofa while she watches her favourite dance show with Hettie and Hattie. However, Myrtle cannot keep still and makes the sofa worse, Hattie's drink spills and Hettie can't take her nap. Fortunately Stanley can fix it with a very special creation.

17

Stuck

Mayor Myrtle is stuck in her bedroom and needs Stanley to get her out so she can get to the school for Tree Planting Day. Stanley then gets locked out of the house - how will he help her? Ah, it's time to dig.

18

Circus

Ari has arranged a circus performance for the school children, but the circus has to cancel. Stan steps in to help Ari find some brilliant performers in the local community and make a very special show indeed.

19

Painting

Myrtle needs the town hall to be in perfect condition, but there's a tiny smudge on the front door. Stan can help and cleans it off, accidentally making the problem worse. It's no problem - he can repaint it, but why just paint the door.

20

Heavy

Morris has a surprise for Pearl… new weightlifting equipment. Stan helps Morris deliver it all to their houseboat, but it's so heavy the boat starts to sink. What will Stan do?

21

Kite

Stanley helps Little Woo fly his kite, while Hattie is roasting some corn on her wind powered roaster. The kite gets stuck in a tree and needs fixing. Everyone's happy when Stanley fixes it, but then it gets stuck again… in the roaster's wind turbine. Oh no, the corn isn't ready yet

22

Dinosaur

The school are creating a dinosaur to put on display at the museum. Sophie is the dinosaur expert so knows exactly what to do, but when the spectacular dinosaur is finished it's too big to move. Stanley has an idea!

23

Cake

Hattie needs help making a cake. "Can Do" - Stanley loves baking! But they're missing some important ingredients… join Stanley on his unconventional method to get them

24

Moon

Stanley helps Sophie and Benjamin take a very special trip to the moon for their show and tell presentation.

25

Delivery

Stanley helps Hattie, Fred and Fifi set up a food delivery service. When news spreads of how fantastic the food is, Stanley has to create a new efficient delivery method using a toy train set!

26

Noisy Night

There is a terrible noise and no one can sleep. Stanley and Myrtle go on a mystery tour of the town to work out who it is. When they discover it's Jose and his music Stanley builds him the soundproof singing booth of dreams!

27

Can-Bots

Everyone wants Stanley's help. Myrtle to make pancakes, Jose to unpack boxes, Peggy to tidy her tree house and Ari to do groovy moves for the dance class. Stanley invents three Can Bots to help.

28

Sophie Can Do

Myrtle calls Stanley up to make a bike lane. Can Do! However, when surveying the area, Stanley notices a despondent Sophie without her dino costume as she's waiting for it to dry.

29

Mermaid

Fifi asks Stanley to help them find a Mermaid so they can take its picture for school. With the help of Little Woo, the explore in Stanley's new submarine in search for the illusive Mermaid.

30

Leaves

Ari asks Stanley to clear lots of fallen leaves from the school playground. Stanley finds it harder than he thought so invents a super leaf blower which soon blows all of the leaves from the playground into his van.

31

Bus-Train

Cynthia is working on the bus so asks Stanley to take her passengers to the Community centre. Seamus, Little Woo, Fred and Fifi are going to play football and have a lot of equipment.

32

Bell

The Town Hall clock has lost its Ding Dong. Myrtle relies on it to remind her to make important mayoral phone calls, Hattie to take her scones out of the oven so they don't burn, and Cynthia to start the train.

33

Soccer

Stanley is called to help setup a football pitch so the children can play a match. It's Dino United vs Lunch City!

34

Buttons

Little Woo would like Stanley to help them find more noisy things in the museum. Firstly, they go through the other exhibits to see what can go in their new noisy exhibition.

35

Big Wheel

Stanley helps Seamus and Little Woo reconstruct the Big Wheel from Seamus' childhood. The instructions are missing however leading to some interesting outcomes as Stanley attempts to put it together.

36

Portrait

Peggy calls Stanley up to pose for the town's art club at the community centre. Can Do! Stanley dons a firefighter's costume and strikes a pose, only for him to get distracted by a wonky shelf.

37

Sleepover

Stanley helps Hettie with a sleepover at the museum for Fred, Sophie, and Fifi. Before bedtime, they get to do a treasure hunt and search the whole museum for all the items on their activity sheets.

38

Mayor Stan

Myrtle needs to go away and declares Stanley Mayor for the day. Benjamin and Sophie help and show him how to cut the ribbon when opening Pearl's dance class.

39

Art Park

Fifi and Fred help Stanley clear the park after a storm so it's ready for an Art Competition. They divide the rubbish into different bags, one for sticks, one for paper and one for leaves.

40

Snow

There is thick snow all over town, Myrtle and Jose's delivery van are snowed in so Myrtle asks Stanley to get some shopping for her.

41

Power

Stanley needs to do some jobs for the community, but all his vehicles are out of power for some reason. On closer inspection it's due to a cloud of butterflies obscuring.

42

Shipwreck

Benjamin and Hettie find an old treasure map that leads to Blue Whiskers' Pirate Shipwreck! They ask Stanley to help them find it using his submarine, and maybe bring it back as an exhibit for everyone to enjoy.

43

Den

Little Woo and Seamus call Stanley to help them build a den so they can watch the bugs in the forest without disturbing them.

44

Flower

Fifi asks Stanley to help her find a new place for her friend Isabelle the Sun-bell Daisy. This proves trickier than initially planned as Isabelle has some specific needs.

45

Seaside

Myrtle, Sophie and Benjamin call Stanley to teach them how to make a sandcastle. However, it get's ruined by some nearby crabs.

46

Recycling

Fred, Fifi and Ari call Stanley to help them with their recycling drive by coming up with a way of repurposing all the towns' old stuff.

47

Bug Hotel

Benjamin and Sophie have a new friend, Coco the bug. Ari asks Stanley to help build a bug feeder, but it soon runs out of food when a few more of Coco's bug friends turn up.

48

First Aid

Myrtle calls Stanley to see if she can practice her first aid skills on him, but he's all fit and healthy. Stanley and Myrtle get a call from Sophie and Little Woo at the school to install a basketball hoop.

49

Detective

Huge, knitted sculptures are appearing all around town. A giant cupcake on Hattie's cafe, oversized knitted fruit and vegetables on top of Jose's shop and a massive cardigan on the school.

50

Treat

Stanley's friends throw a surprise birthday party for him. No working for Stan today. Cynthia and Jose spring into action when Amare calls and rush to help.

51

Wonder Vole

Benjamin has lost his favourite toy, Wonder Vole who helps him go to sleep at night and feel brave. Stanley helps Benjamin and Sophie look all over the house then suggests they search everywhere Benjamin had been to that day.

52

Band

Stanley gets a call from Fifi, Fred and Little Woo asking him to help them film a song they've just made up.