- “Pete! What's the hurry? Aren't you supposed to be at the movie?"
"I'm going for help! You get to safety before the... wait a minute... if you're here, where's the stampede?” - ―Wilson and Old Puffer Pete
Wilson's Broadcast Blues is the third episode of the sixth season.
Plot
Wilson is chosen to appear on Radio Chuggington and decides to exaggerate a news story when his friends want to see a movie instead of listen to the radio.
Characters
- Wilson
- Brewster
- Koko
- Old Puffer Pete
- Zephie
- Mtambo
- Hoot and Toot
- Vee
- Morgan
- Jackman (does not speak)
- Hanzo (does not speak)
- Skipper Stu (does not speak)
- Action Chugger (stock footage; movie only; does not speak)
- Hodge (cameo)
- Piper (cameo)
- Hamish (cameo)
- Zack (mentioned)
- Asher (mentioned)
- The Lone Locomotive (mentioned)
- Dr. Steam Engine (mentioned)
Rolling Stock
- The Radio Car (debut)
- Small Wagon Cranes
Locations
- The Depot
- The Working Wheels Yard
- The Docks
- Chug-a-Sonic Speed Track
- Rocky Ridge Mountain
- Old Town Junction (movie only)
- Safari Park (mentioned)
- The Forest (indirectly mentioned)
Cast
UK
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US
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Trivia
- The Action Chugger movie that the chuggers watch reuses footage from Out in the Cold.
- This episode marks the first of two things for Old Puffer Pete.
- The first episode where he is voiced by Mick Wingert in the US dub.
- The first episode where he wears a pair of head lamps permanently.
- A promotional image listed this episode as The Broadcast Blues. This was most likely a working title.
- The Lone Locomotive is a parody of "The Lone Ranger", a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto.
Goofs
- In the US and UK dubs, Michael G. Stern and Michael Byers are credited for voicing Jackman despite him not speaking in the episode.
- Toot has Hoot's voice when she gasps during Wilson's first story.
- Skipper Stu is not on the turntable's rails.
- Koko and Hanzo's coaches disappear in one shot during their race.
- Zephie is smiling when she starts panicking over the "twenty rhinos on the loose."
- Brewster is missing his Chuggineer gear in the scene of him arriving at the Repair Shed.
- He is also missing his Chuggineer gear in the scene where everyone starts to panic over the "rhino stampede".
- When Wilson is putting the warning sign upright, he is missing his Chug Patrol gear.
- Old Puffer Pete's leading wheels are missing when Zephie arrives at the Repair Shed.
Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
 Brazilian Portuguese
|
As Notícias De Wilson |
 Czech
|
Vilíkovo vysílání |
 Danish
|
Wilsons radio-blues |
 French
|
Radio Chuggington |
 German
|
Der rollende Radioreporter Wilson |
 Greek
|
Η εκπομπή των Blue's Wilson |
 Latin American Spanish
|
El Programa De Wilson |
 Polish
|
Radio Wilsona |
 Ukrainian
|
Радіо трансляція Вілсона |