OTTER: Ah, another beautiful day on the Canal.

No better place for an Otter like me to relax.

Oh, hiya Duck.

Alright Swan.

How's it going Heron?

So peaceful.

So quiet.

So...

What?

What's that horrible sound?

You're ruining all the peace and quiet, whoever you are.

Looks like a new captain.

But I don't think that lad knows how to drive a barge at all.

I'm calling for help.

Awooooooo

THEME TUNE VOICEOVER: Across the many majestic wild spaces of the United Kingdom, from woods, wetlands to mountain and heath, whenever help is needed, one ranger and her animal friends always answer the call.

SINGERS: It's Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers.

RANGER RAE: I can talk to animals.

It's a ranger's dream.

SINGERS: It's Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers.

RANGER RAE: Say hello to my animal team.

SINGERS: With Deer and Fox and Wildcat.

Mole and Dragonfly and Beaver and Bat.

BEAVER: Sound the alarm and we'll come running to you.

DEER: With our animal powers, we'll know what to do.

SINGERS: It's Ranger Rae and the Wildlifers.

RANGER RAE: Come on gang, we're nearly there now.

ROXY: I'm so excited to go on a barge, Ranger Rae.

It'll be my first time.

RANGER RAE: I thought it would be a nice way to document some of the animals that live on our waterways.

Come on, Beaver, Wildcat.

You don't want to get left behind.

BEAVER: Ha!

As if I, Super Beaver, could get left behind by a barge.

I could swim faster than a barge in my sleep.

WILDCAT: Yes, so could I.

Do we have to get the barge, Ranger Rae?

Could we just walk along the Canal?

BEAVER: You're just afraid of getting wet, aren't you, Wildcat?

WILDCAT: Absolutely not.

I fear nothing, for I am Wildcat, the bravest of the Wildlifers.

Ah!

What was that?

ROXY: Relax, Wildcat.

I just threw a stone in the water.

BEAVER: Bravest of the Wildlifers, indeed.

RANGER RAE: Here's our barge, everybody.

ROXY: It's so big.

I love it, I love it, I love it.

RANGER RAE: Let's go unload our things underneath, shall we?

The captain should be along any minute now.

ROXY: What sort of animals might we see on the Canal, Ranger Rae?

RANGER RAE: Ah, that must be the captain now.

Lots of different animals live along the Canal, Roxy.

Otters, ducks and swans and coots.

ROXY: What's a coot?

RANGER RAE: They're a type of water bird.

Black body feathers with a white head and beak.

ROXY: Oh, I know those.

RANGER RAE: Kingfishers, herons, maybe even some crayfish.

ROXY: Crayfish?

RANGER RAE: They belong to the crustacean family.

They almost look like mini lobsters.

ROXY: Is the barge supposed to sound like that?

RANGER RAE: I don't think so.

I'll check with the captain.

Is everything OK up there?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Yeah, yeah, everything's fine.

Just fine.

ROXY: I recognise that voice.

RANGER RAE: Are you sure it's fine?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Yeah, fine.

Just fine.

Finally, I have it going now.

OTTER: Ah-woo!

ROXY: Did you hear that ah-woo?

Ranger Rae?

RANGER RAE: I did.

Someone needs our help and it sounds like they're very close by.

Come on.

ROXY: It's coming from that Otter in the Canal.

What's the matter Otter?

OTTER: There's a problem with your captain.

ALL: What?

OTTER: I said there's a problem with your captain.

RANGER RAE: I think they said there's a problem with our captain.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: No problem with me, that's for sure.

I'm your captain.

Expedition Eddie.

ROXY: Expedition Eddie!

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Ranger Rae!

Roxy!

What are you doing here?

ROXY: We're doing ranger business.

So that's what Otter was trying to warn us about.

RANGER RAE: No wonder the boat wouldn't start.

Since when are you a barge Captain Eddie?

We've had to rescue you so many times already.

Will we have to do it again?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: I've only been a captain since last week.

This is my first voyage.

I hope it goes well.

ROXY: So do we.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: I'm the best barge captain there is.

Watch this.

Full speed ahead.

RANGER RAE: Eddie, don't.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Woo!

Isn't this amazing?

We're going top speed.

ROXY: Top speed on a barge isn't all that speedy, is it?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: And if I want to slow down, all I have to do is slam on the brakes.

RANGER RAE: I don't think a barge has brakes, Eddie.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Uh-oh.

RANGER RAE: Uh-oh?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Well, if it doesn't have brakes...

How do I stop it?

RANGER RAE: I thought that's something a captain would know.

ROXY: So we're stuck going at this very slow top speed?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Yes.

ALL: Eddie!

ROXY: How will we stop the barge before we very slowly crash into something?

RANGER RAE: I'm not sure, but we'd better tell the other wildlifers the situation.

They might have some ideas.

The most important thing to remember is, there's no need to panic.

WILDCAT: We're doomed!

We're doomed!

RANGER RAE: Calm down, Wildcat.

We're not doomed.

We just need to help the captain find a way to stop the barge.

Captain?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Aye, I'm your captain, Expedition Eddie.

WILDCAT: Doomed, I tells ya!

BEAVER: Don't worry about Wildcat.

They just hate getting their fur wet.

Super Beaver The Wildlifer here, ready to help any way I can.

WILDCAT: And how exactly are you going to help stop a barge?

BEAVER: Simple.

I gnaw a hole in the bottom of the barge.

It sinks to the bottom of the Canal.

We all hold our breath underwater for 15 minutes until help arrives and...

Oh, you can't hold your breath for 15 minutes, can you?

RANGER RAE: No!

BEAVER: Foiled by my own superpowers once again.

RANGER RAE: How did you even get this job, Eddie?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: I may have told him I had Captained before, but it just seemed like such a great way to spend time in nature.

You know I love spending time in nature.

RANGER RAE: Yes, but you're not supposed to disturb nature while you're spending time in nature.

OTTER: Hello?

Anybody there?

ROXY: That sounds like the Otter who called for help.

Yes, we're here.

Are you the Otter who a-hooed?

OTTER: Yeah, that was my a-hoo.

I thought the captain looked like he might be in trouble, so I thought, who better to help than the wildlifers?

I didn't realise you were already on the boat.

BEAVER: Maybe we should a-hoo for help now.

WILDCAT: What's the point?

We'd only be ah-hoo-ing ourselves.

BEAVER: Maybe someone else will hear the ah-hoo.

WILDCAT: But nobody else even knows that ah-hoo means help, so we'd just be ah-hoo-ing to nobody.

RANGER RAE: Could everybody please stop saying ah-hoo for a few minutes?

I'm trying to think of a plan.

OTTER: That's my pal Ducky.

He might have an idea.

Hello, Ducky.

DUCK: Hello, Otter.

Could you get this barge to slow down?

It's hard to keep up.

OTTER: It can't slow down.

That's the problem.

WILDCAT: It doesn't look hard for you to keep up.

Looks like you're swimming along very relaxed.

DUCK: Oh, believe you me.

I might look calm on the surface, but underneath my legs are kicking like crazy.

OTTER: Any ideas on how to stop the barge?

DUCK: Have you tried the brakes?

OTTER: Doesn't have any.

What's that Swan honking all about now?

DUCK: Swan says, why not throw a rope in the Canal?

See if it catches on to anything solid.

ROXY: That might work, Ranger Rae.

RANGER RAE: Maybe.

Eddie, do you have any rope?

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Of course.

I'd hardly make a good captain if I didn't have rope.

BEAVER: Good captains are usually able to stop the barge too.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: I'm learning on the job.

Here's some rope, Ranger Rae.

RANGER RAE: Thanks.

All right, let's see if it catches anything.

One, two, three.

WILDCAT: It looks like it's caught something already.

RANGER RAE: Let's see if it's anything solid.

OTTER: Bah, just a shopping trolley.

I'm sick of the sight of those things in our lovely canals.

RANGER RAE: I'll throw the rope in again.

ROXY: Why do people throw trolleys in canals, Ranger Ray?

RANGER RAE: I think it's just mindless vandalism, Roxy.

The same as when people throw bikes in canals.

Oh, seem to have caught something again.

Let's see what it is this time.

ROXY: It's a bike this time.

OTTER: I wish someone would clean up all the bikes and trolleys on our waterways.

RANGER RAE: It's a big job.

In Amsterdam, they pull up to 15,000 bikes out of the Canal every year.

OTTER: 15,000 bicycles every year?

ROXY: What was that sound?

RANGER RAE: That's a kingfisher bird.

There are loads of kingfishers around our canals and waterways.

ROXY: Look at those beautiful bright blue and green feathers.

Such beautiful colours.

WILDCAT: Yes, such beautiful, delicious, tasty colours.

RANGER RAE: Not now, Wildcat.

And here comes a heron, a majestic bird who lives around waterways like these.

ROXY: It's so big.

WILDCAT: I don't think that looks quite as delicious as the nice little kingfisher.

I'll leave the kingfisher alone too.

RANGER RAE: Look over this side of the barge, a family of coots.

ROXY: Oh, they look like ducks with lovely white heads and beaks.

RANGER RAE: You find coots all over these waterways too.

ROXY: They're so cute.

OTTER: Ah, I love living on the waterways.

On the Canal.

So many amazing animals around the place.

So peaceful.

So relaxing.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: Bad news, everybody.

There appears to be smoke coming from the engine.

RANGER RAE: So, Expedition Eddie, what you're telling us is you can't stop the barge and now the engine's on fire.

OTTER: That's the long and the short of it, yeah.

ROXY: I have an idea, Ranger Rae.

Let's call Luca.

He might have a gadget that can help us.

RANGER RAE: Great idea, Roxy.

Hopefully he can get over here nice and quick.

LUCA: Hi everybody!

ROXY: Hi Luca!

LUCA: Sorry for barging in like this.

BEAVER: Opening with a great joke, that's a strong entrance, Luca.

LUCA: Thanks, Beaver.

So, what seems to be the problem?

ROXY: Our captain can't stop the barge, and now the engine is on fire!

LUCA: Right, those are some pretty big problems.

RANGER RAE: We thought you might have an invention or a gadget that could help save the day.

LUCA: Let me see what I have in my bag.

Here's a kettle that complains about being too hot when you boil it.

KETTLE: Oh, please turn me off, would you?

It's blooming roasting in here.

LUCA: And here's an electric fork.

Ooh, let me try.

ROXY: An electric fork?

How does that work?

LUCA: It doesn't really.

It just hurts.

Here's a megaphone that makes your voice quieter.

MEGAPHONE: This one works really well.

LUCA: Here's a calculator.

That always gets the sum wrong.

WILDCAT: Two plus two equals February.

I guess it works.

LUCA: That's all the gadgets I have today.

Oh, there is one more, but it's just a tree detector.

RANGER RAE: Thanks, Luca.

It was worth a try.

BEAVER: What was that last one?

LUCA: A tree detector.

It gives you a readout of all the trees in the area.

What type of tree, the size, the location, trees that need to be cut down.

BEAVER: Let me see that.

Can it tell if there are any trees that need to be cut down by the Canal?

LUCA: Yep.

In fact, it says there's one right up ahead.

BEAVER: Aha!

I know how to save the day.

There's a tree up ahead that's going to be chopped down soon, so I'm going to swim ahead and gnaw it down so it stops our barge.

ROXY: That's a brilliant idea, Beaver.

OTTER: But will that really work?

No Beaver could gnaw through a whole tree that fast.

BEAVER: No Beaver except me, Super Beaver.

According to the tree detector, it's right around this corner.

Super Beaver, away!

Ah, Super Beaver saves the day again.

All I have to do is find the right tree.

And there it is.

Right, time to get gnawing.

Oh, here comes the barge.

Better hurry.

Almost there.

Almost there.

And...

Timber!

RANGER RAE: Looks like Beaver's nearly done.

BEAVER: Timber!

ROXY: Beaver did it!

RANGER RAE: And all those twigs and branches should mean we get a nice soft landing.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: As your captain, I am pleased to announce the barge has been stopped.

RANGER RAE: Now, promise you won't captain a barge again.

Until you've had loads and loads of training.

EXPEDITION EDDIE: I promise.

BEAVER: I'm back!

ROXY: Great job, Beaver.

You saved us.

RANGER RAE: Yes, well done, Beaver.

That was some great wildlife reaction.

OTTER: I'm so honoured to see the real Super Beaver in action.

I can't wait to tell all the other otters.

RANGER RAE: Let's not forget how Luca helped too.

ALL: Oh, yeah!

Hooray!

RANGER RAE: We would have been in big trouble without your gadgets over the last few weeks, Luca.

That's why I'm making you our official Wildlifer-Tech whiz.

LUCA: Wow, really?

WILDCAT: Really, Luca.

ROXY: You've dug us out of a lot of holes with your amazing inventions.

LUCA: And there's plenty more where they came from.

WILDCAT: Another job well done by all.

And the most important thing is, I didn't get wet.

BEAVER: Wildcat, what's that behind you?

WILDCAT: Come on, Beaver, as if I'm falling for that one.

BEAVER: No, really, there's something crawling right at you.

What?

WILDCAT: Really?

Where?

Ooh, it's a lobster!

I'm under attack by a lobster!

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

BEAVER: I guess Wildcat got wet after all.

RANGER RAE: Are you OK, Wildcat?

WILDCAT: Where did that lobster come from?

I didn't know we had lobsters in our canals.

RANGER RAE: It's not a lobster, it's a crayfish.

They're like mini lobsters, remember?

WILDCAT: No!

Someone get me out of the water, quick!

ROXY: Sounds like you might need help.

What do we say when someone needs help?

RANGER RAE: All together now.

Awoo!

WILDCAT: Awoo!

RANGER RAE: Come on.

Let's get Wildcat out so we're ready for our next adventure.