Tractor Ted (2011)

See how the sun is shining at Tractorland, everything is growing well and the first crops are ready to harvest. The combine gets to work along with the balers and there is a huge excavator clearing some land.

Springtime at Tractorland is full of lots of animals being born. There are calves taking their first steps outside, bouncy puppies and jumping lambs. Sing along with the JCB as he clears out the ditches.

Preschool children are fascinated to see the real farm action of potato growing in this 40 minute film introduced by their favourite farm character, Tractor Ted. Have you ever wondered how potatoes get to the shops for your roasties? Potatoes are a crop farmed using some amazing big and technical machines. Children who love tractors and machines will be captivated by this film that uses real life action to follow how farmers plant, grow and harvest potatoes. There are wonderful close ups of planters, de-stoners, tilers and the harvester at work. Tractor Ted is with your children all the way, explaining what is happening so that they not only enjoy the action but pick up all sorts of useful knowledge. One of the early Tractor Ted films without songs but for machine mad children is one of the most popular.

As winter is a good time to check the animals and farm machinery watch as the farmer goes to market to buy some more sheep and a new tractor - but there are so many to choose from which one will he buy?

Watch the events during one of the busiest seasons on the Tractorland farm. There is so much to harvest; apples, potatoes, maize and sweetcorn. The machines used are varied and fascinating to watch at work – even the forage harvester sharpens its own blades!

Watch how you have to care for the cows on the Tractorland farm to get lots of milk from them. See the silage making with some fantastic machines including swath turners, balers and a bale wrapper. A film which dispels the myth that milk arrives by magic at the supermarket!

Preschool children love to see the real farm animals and tractors in this 40 minute DVD introduced by their favourite farm character, Tractor Ted. In this children's DVD, Tractor Ted introduces children to all the fun that happens at one of the England's best agricultural shows, the Bath & West Show in Somerset. The real life filming takes place behind the scenes as the new machinery arrives at the exhibitors tents and the animals are prepared to be entered for the livestock prizes. We follow a family and their children as they wash their calves for the competition and even use a hairdryer to dry them! In the main marquee we see lots of delicious farm foods like the enormous Cheddar cheeses and big tables of strawberries. Out in the display ring are some great tractors and machines to watch as they prepare the jumps for the ponies in the showjumping. Then there are the dare devil displays by the stunt bike riders. The sheep dog display will make your kiddies laugh as there are some fun

Preschool children are fascinated to see the real life horse action in this 40 minute film introduced by their favourite farm cartoon, Tractor Ted. We find this one of the most popular films with both grown ups and children alike as Tractor Ted goes behinds the scenes for a day in the life at one of the world's top racing yards, Andrew Balding's historic, Park House Stables, Kingsclere in Berkshire. Watch how the athletes of the horsey world are kept in the peak of condition for their next race. See how fast they train with their stable mates on the gallops, how they are given a bath to cool down and how they can even use a running machine and take a swim around the pool! It takes all sorts of interesting machines to keep the horses well fed and their stables clean, like big mowers, hay turners and balers. But everything is worth the effort when the horses win their races! Tractor Ted takes the children off to Newbury Racecourse to see if his horse can beat all the others to the finish

Tractor Ted shows us lots huge harvesters and we get to see the amazing work that they do harvesting food for us and for the farm animals. Farmer Tom is busy on the farm getting in the maize. Luckily the children are there to save the farmer before he loses the grain from his combine! There are lots of great harvesters to watch as they harvest crops from sugar beet to peas, potatoes and wheat.

A captivating film showing how to care for all the animals on the farm. There are pigs, cows, foals, sheep and more. Watch all the different machines in action that the farmer needs to use to look after his animals, including straw choppers, feed wagons and muck spreaders.

Preschool children are fascinated to see the real organic farm animals and machines in this 40 minute film introduced by their favourite farm character, Tractor Ted. Made in partnership with the Soil Association. This children's film is shot using the real life action of work on some of the country’s most prestigious organic farms. It shows which farming techniques are used by organic growers to keep the crops weed-free and thriving. Techniques such as composting and clover growing, ways that encourage insects and birds to act as natural pest controllers. Tractor Ted interacts with the children throughout the film, encouraging them to listen, count, read and sing along to the lovely songs like the 'Clover Song'. Children love the bugs and beetles that Ted finds in the flowers. They are also fascinated by the tractors and machines that are out in the fields clover mowing, composting, thistle topping and oat harvesting. The beautiful countryside of this DVD is breathtaking and filmed on

First up is a visit to a New Holland factory to see how a blue tractor is built and the big machines used to help. A big transporter takes it off to the agricultural merchants while Tractor Ted's friend, Les shows us his shiny new tractor. Poor Les, his day doesn't end well when he finds a water leak and ends up getting very wet! Children can see tractors at work doing all sorts of jobs like lifting, pushing, pulling and one or two extremely smelly jobs that always make kids giggle!