Fireman Sam - The Hero Next Door is a VHS UK release featuring 4 episodes narrated by John Alderton. It was released on 15 February 1988 by BBC Enterprises.
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Front (1992 Re-Release)
4 fun filled episodes
Back (Original 1988 Release and 1992 Re-Release)
Narrated By: John Alderton
Follow the antics of Fireman Sam, everyone's favourite fireman, as he stars in four entertaining episodes featuring a host of delightful characters from Pontypandy, a small town in the hills and valleys of Wales.
Catalogue Number: BBCV 4101[]
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- There are two versions of Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door and both versions contain a different BBC Video Ident.
- Version 1 is the original 1988 release, which contains the 1981-1988 BBC Video Ident. This Fireman Sam video release would contain it on the original 1988 release and all subsequent re-releases until it was re-released with the 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident in 1993, although it was re-released with a repackaged cover in 1992. However, the 1992 re-release remains completely unchanged from the original 1988 release, because it keeps the original 1988 video tape master and the 1981-1988 BBC Video Ident.
- Version 2 is the 1993 re-release, which contains the 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident. From 1993 onwards, all subsequent re-releases of this Fireman Sam video release would contain the 1991-1997 BBC Video Ident, a BBC Video slide advertising the six other Fireman Sam video releases, a title card for Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door and new content with yellow title card logos appearing at the start of all four episodes. But the updated 1993 video tape master keeps the original 1988 copyright stamp, because of it being a re-release.
- The content of Flat Tyre and Norman's Tricky Day, used on the original 1988 release and 1992 re-release of Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door (BBCV 4101), would also be used again on the 1992 BBC Video release of The Very Best of Fireman Sam (BBCV 4870), but with green title card logos now appearing at the start of both episodes.
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- The content of The Kite and Norman's Tricky Day, used on the 1993 re-release of Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door (BBCV 4101), would also be used again on the 2001 BBC Video release of Fireman Sam's Biggest Video Ever! (BBCV 7135).
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Fireman Sam - The Hero Next Door -VHS- (1988)