Bob the Builder
Created by	Keith Chapman
Directed by	Liz Whitaker (Ep 1) Sarah Ball Brian Little [1]
Voices of	Neil Morrissey (Bob) Kate Harbour (Wendy, Dizzy, Mrs. Potts) Rob Rackstraw (Scoop, Muck, Roley, Spud, Travis) [2]
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kate Fawkes Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Producer(s)	Jackie Cockle
Location(s)	United Kingdom
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Original airing	January 14, 1997
External links
IMDb profile

Bob the Builder is a children's television character created by Keith Chapman. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Children's television series are Television programs designed for and marketed to Children normally broadcast during the Morning and Afternoon Keith V Chapman (born December 1958 in Brentwood, Essex) is a television writer and producer based in the United Kingdom who most notably created Bob Bob appears as a construction contractor in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of anthropomorphised work-vehicles and equipment (all made of clay). In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is an Animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects The show is broadcast in many countries, but originates from the United Kingdom where Bob is voiced by actor Neil Morrissey. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English Actor.

In each episode, Bob and his gang help with renovations, construction, and repairs and with other projects as needed. The show emphasizes conflict resolution, co-operation, socialization and various learning skills. The term "conflict resolution" refers to a range of processes aimed at alleviating or eliminating sources of conflict Bob's catchphrase is "Can we fix it?", to which the other characters respond with "Yes we can!" This phrase is also the title of the show's theme song, which was a Comic Relief hit in the UK. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance " Can We Fix It? " is the name of the Theme song from the Children's television programme Bob the Builder, produced by Hot Animation Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Humans 1.2 Minor characters 1.3 Machines 1.4 Animals 2 Project Build-It 3 International versions 3.1 Australia 3.2 Czech Republic 3.3 Finland 3.4 France 3.5 Germany 3.6 Hungary 3.7 Japan 3.8 Latin America 3.9 The Netherlands 3.10 North America 3.11 Norway 3.12 Quebec, Canada 3.13 Slovenia 3.14 Spain 3.15 Sweden 3.16 United Kingdom (non-English languages) 4 Bob the Builder enters the music industry 5 Trivia 6 Other Media 7 References 8 External links

Characters

All the characters are adult humans, machines or animals, except for Spud the scarecrow who serves as the stand-in for a naïve child. Stand-In ( 1937) is a Hollywood movie which shows the industry's own opinion on unions and the workers of Hollywood It is Spud who must learn to be patient, not to eat all of the food, etc. Spud has a habit of trying to do work and with his limited intelligence getting it wrong and spoiling materials. The machines also often exhibit the behaviors of children, being impatient, not fully understanding the consequences of their actions, and generally acting like children. In these circumstances, Bob acts like their parent, patiently teaching them lessons and helping them fix the messes they've gotten themselves into.

Some have complained about technical errors and lack of proper safety practices in the program, especially the absence of protective eye-wear. ^[3] However, in later episodes, Bob is seen wearing safety glasses. Glasses, also called eyeglasses or spectacles, are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the Eyes normally for vision correction,

Humans

Lofty

Muck

Roley and Trix

Scoop

Travis

• Bob the Builder – a construction worker and head of his own construction yard. He is the namesake of the show and also its main character. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Some of the problems in the show arise from Bob's habit of forgetting to turn his mobile phone on. He is the owner of Pilchard the Cat.
• Wendy – Bob's business partner who runs the office and keeps the business in order, and often organizes tools and equipment. Business partner is a term used to denote a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance An underlying romantic tension between Bob and Wendy is hinted at in several episodes.
• Farmer Pickles – a nearby farmer who sometimes helps out with Bob's projects.
• Spud – a mischievous scarecrow (male voice; catchphrase: "OK, Farmer Pickles" & "Spud's on the job!"). A scarecrow is a device traditionally a human figure dressed in old clothes or Mannequin, that is used to discourage Birds such as Crows from disturbing

Minor characters

Mr Bernard Bentley – the building inspector Mrs Barbara Bentley – his wife Mr Sabatini – runs the local pizza shop Mrs Sabatini Pam Mr Ellis – museum manager Mr Beasley Mrs Percival – school headmaster Mrs Potts Mavis – postwoman Mr Dixon – postman

Robert – Bob's Dad Dorothy – Bob's Mom Tom – Bob's fraternal twin brother Mr Costello – Drive-in movie manager JJ – Parts supplier Molly – JJ's daughter Jenny – Wendy's sister Dora – Bob's aunt Mr Williams – an airport manager Mr Stevens – an archaeologist

Machines

Main machines

• Dizzy – is an orange concrete mixer and one of the youngest in the yard. Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Headmaster redirects here For the type of Transformers please see Headmaster (Transformers. For the electronic mail software see GNU Mailman. "Postman" redirects here For the electronic mail software see GNU Mailman. "Postman" redirects here Twins are Offspring resulting from the same Pregnancy, either of the same or opposite Sex. A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor screen a projection booth a Concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos A concrete mixer (also commonly called a cement mixer) is a device that homogeneously combines Cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel and Water She is eager, curious, and easily excitable (female voice; catchphrase: "Brilliant!").
• Lofty – is a blue crane who isn't very confident; he is hesitant and timid, but with the encouragement of the team comes through in the end (male voice; catchphrase: "Uh . A crane is a lifting machine equipped with a Winder, Wire ropes or Chains and sheaves that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to . . yeah, I think so!", usually said in response to the question "Can we fix it?").
• Muck – is a red bulldozer with additional dumping bed who acts before he thinks and often gets in trouble for it, but finds his way back (male voice; female voice in US dub; catchphrase: "Muck to the rescue!"). ----A bulldozer is a crawler ( Caterpillar tracked Tractor) equipped with a substantial metal plate (known as a blade) used to push large quantities
• Roley – is a green steamroller, rounds out the "Can-Do Crew" (male voice; catchphrase: "Rock and roll!"). A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of Road roller &ndash a type of heavy construction machinery used for levelling surfaces such as roads or airfields
• Scoop – is a yellow backhoe loader and the unofficial leader of all the machines (male voice; catchphrase: "No prob, Bob!"). Backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, and commonly shortened to backhoe, is an Engineering vehicle, which consists of a Tractor, fitted

Other machines

• Benny – is a darkish blue excavator (female voice; catchphrase: "Unreal, banana peel!")
• Dodger – is a lightish blue milk machine, owned by Meg and carries milk. An excavator is an Engineering vehicle consisting of an articulated arm (boom stick bucket and Cab mounted on a Pivot (a rotating platform like a A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal Milk &mdashmostly from goats or cows, but also from buffalo, Sheep His horn makes honking sounds. (male voice; catchphrase: "Dodger Delivers").
• Jackaroo – is a blue pickup truck.
• Packer – is a red pickup truck, owned by Farmer Pickles. A pickup truck is a light Motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area which is almost always separated from the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling (male voice; catchphrase: "Pack me up and watch me go-go").
• RV – is a light blue crane machine belonging to Bob's Dad. (male voice; catchphrase: "Amazing RV, that's me!").
• Scoot – is a black & yellow snowmobile, owned by Tom (male voice)
• Scrambler – is darkish blue quadbike (ATV) (male voice; catchphrases: "Awesome!" and "Scram to the Valley")
• Skip – is a yellow skip-carrier (male voice)
• Sumsy – is a maroon & yellow striped forklift Tractor, owned by Farmer Pickles (female voice; catchphrase: "I can pack 'em, I can stack 'em!")
• Travis – is Farmer Pickles' cyan tractor. A snowmobile (known locally as snowmachine, snowsled or by the Brandname Ski-Doo) is a land vehicle that is commonly propelled by right|200px|thumb|A full skip A skip (occasionally rubbish skip and in American English classed as a type of dumpster) is a large open-topped container designed A tractor is a Vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high Tractive effort at slow speeds for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used Cyan (saɪæn from Greek κυανός / kyanos, meaning "blue" may be used as the name of any of a number of a range of colors in the blue/green part of A tractor is a Vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high Tractive effort at slow speeds for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used He helps out the crew when they need it and keeps an eye on Spud the scarecrow.
• Trix – is a purple forklift; belongs to J. J. (female voice; catchphrase: "Easy peasy!")
• Tumbler – is a green, yellow, and nice concrete mixer. A concrete mixer (also commonly called a cement mixer) is a device that homogeneously combines Cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel and Water (male voice; catchphrase: "I'm a Rumblin' and a Tumblin'")
• Zoomer – is a purple, Bobsville snowmobile (male voice; seen in 'Snowed Under')

Animals

• Bird – is a bird, Roley's best friend
• Hamish – Molly's parrot
• Humpty – is a prize pig, owned by Farmer Pickles. A snowmobile (known locally as snowmachine, snowsled or by the Brandname Ski-Doo) is a land vehicle that is commonly propelled by Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times
• Pilchard – Bob's pet cat and considered a part of the team. A pet is an Animal kept for companionship and enjoyment or a househeld animal as opposed to Livestock, Laboratory animals Working animals WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic However, she's often sleeping when she's needed.
• Scruffty – a dog, owned by Farmer Pickles. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order
• Squawk – Another bird, friend of Bird
• Tommy – Mrs. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Potts' turtle

Project Build-It

For a more comprehensive list, see List of Bob the Builder episodes

In the second season, a sort of spin-off series was created titled "Project: Build-It". Turtles are Reptiles of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the Crown group Chelonia) most of This is a list of Bob the Builder episodes. Episodes on DVD These episodes have been released on DVD;Volume 1: episodes 01 to 04 &mdash called Bob's Bob hears of a contest to build a new community in a remote area called Sunflower Valley, outside of Bobsville. He moves from Bobsville (supposedly temporarily) with Wendy and the team and builds a new yard there. Bob convinces his father, Robert, to come out of retirement and take over the Bobsville building business. It is not known whether Bob will return to Bobsville or not.

For the US version of the Project Build-It series, different actors were found to do the voices for many of the human characters, including casting Greg Proops as the new voice of Bob, and Neil Morrissey, who played the original Bob, to be the voices of Spud the Scarecrow and Mr. Gregory Everett Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American Actor and stand-up comedian, who works largely in Europe as Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English Actor. Bentley. Also, the show added recycling and being environmentally friendly to its lessons, emphasising the phrase "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle". Environmental friendly, eco-friendly, and nature friendly are synonyms used to refer to Goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm

International versions

Bob the Builder is shown in more than thirty countries, and versions are available in English, French, Spanish, Slovenian, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, and Croatian, among other languages. It is shown on CBeebies on BBC television in the UK. CBeebies is a British television channel produced by the BBC and aimed at children 4 years and under Voice actors who have contributed to the original British version include Neil Morrissey, Rob Rackstraw, Kate Harbour, Rupert Degas, Colin McFarlane, Maria Darling, Emma Tate, Richard Briers and June Whitfield. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English Actor. Robert "Rob" Rackstraw (born October 31, 1965 in Sunderland) is a British Voice actor. Kate Harbour is a voice actor who provides many voices for the Television series Bob the Builder. Rupert Degas (born August 17, 1970, London is an English actor and voice artist Colin McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is an English actor and voice artist Maria Darling is an English voice actress who regularly provides character voices for children's television programmes in the UK Emma Tate is an English voice actress who provides a range of voices for UK children's television shows Richard David Briers, CBE (born 14 January 1934 is an English Actor whose career has encompassed the theatre television film and radio June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE (born 11 November 1925 is an English actress, known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in Radio

Australia

Bob the Builder is shown with the ABC Kids programming in Australia. ABC Kids is the name given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's children's programming ^[4]

Czech Republic

"Bořek stavitel" is aired on Česká televize, the national public television. Česká televize ʧɛskaː tɛlɛvɪzɛ ( Czech television) is the public Television broadcaster in the Czech Republic. Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public

Finland

"Puuha-Pete" is aired in Finland on Nelonen on Wednesday at 7. Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network which name was changed 50 AM.

Poland

"Bob Budowniczy" is aired on TVP1 7. 00PM

France

Beginning October 22, 2005, "Bob le Bricoleur" has been airing on France 5 in France. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. France 5 is a public television network in France, part of the France Télévisions group This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This is the second season (called "Project: Build It" in English): "Mission Nature". ^[5]

Germany

Beginning February 2, 2001, "Bob der Baumeister" has been airing on Super RTL in Germany. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Super RTL is a Cologne -based German Television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Since then, 157 episodes have been aired.

Hungary

In 2007, beginning 20 November till the end of the year, “Bob, a mester” was aired every weekday (from 16:15) on channel m1 of Hungarian Television. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Magyar Televízió (or Hungarian Television) is a Hungarian national public service television company which operates two channels called M1 ^[6] The names of the characters are either translated in a more or less literal way (Farmer Pickles,^[7] Pilchard,^[8] Lofty, Roley^[9]), left untranslated (Bob, Wendy^[10]), or replaced to a phonetically similar word (Muck became Muki,^[8] this similar-sounding word is semantically unrelated); in some cases, entirely new names were given, unrelated to the original ones both semantically and phonetically (Dizzy has become Trixi,^[9] Scoop has become Márkus,^[10] and Spud has become Piff,^[11] neither of these new names has any meaning in Hungarian). Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Bird is given a new name as well,^[9][12] a word meaning “short” in a countryside dialect (infiltrated into youth slang as well);^[13] but the choice may be motivated also by its onomatopoetic sounding. Onomatopoeia (also spelled onomatopœia, from Greek: ονοματοποιΐα is a Word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing Not only the broadcast episodes have been translated, but also the Annual 2006. ^[14]

Japan

When being exported to Japan, it was reported that characters of Bob the Builder would be doctored to have five fingers instead of the original four. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. This was because of a practice among the Yakuza, the famed Japanese mafia, where members would "cut off their little fingers as a sign they can be trusted and have strength of character, and will stay through. History Origins Despite their notoriety in modern Japan the precise origin of the Yakuza is still somewhat the subject of debate The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century The little finger, often called the pinky in American English and pinkie in Scottish English (from the Dutch word pink "^[15].

Latin America

In the Spanish talking part of Latin America, the show is called "Bob, el Constructor" (literal translation of the title) and is aired by several public TV channels as well as by Discovery Kids. Discovery Kids is an American Digital cable Television channel, owned by Discovery Communications with programming for Education of It was dubbed in México and some of the voice actors are: 'Arturo Mercado' (Bob), 'María Fernanda Morales' (Wendy) and 'Jesús "Chucho" Barrero' (Spud).

The Netherlands

Soon after the BBC started airing, Fox Kids and later Jetix aired the episodes of "Bob de Bouwer" in the Netherlands. Fox Kids (officially Fox Family Worldwide Inc and prior to that Fox Children's Productions and Fox Kids Worldwide was the FOX network's children's programming division Jetix is a Children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Main voices are done by Bram Bart (Bob, Spud, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Ellis, Bennie), Caroline Mout (Wendy, Dizzie, Scrambler) and Fred Meyer (Scoop, Lofty, Mr. Beasley, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Fothergill, Pogo ), Laus Steenbeeke (Farmer Pickles, Jake, Mr. Adams, Mr. Sabatini, Mr. Stevens, Robert the Builder, Scip, Tom the Builder, Tony, Travis, Zoomer), Marjolein Algera (Aunt Doris, Charlene, Del, Dot the Builder, Jana von Strudel, Jenny, Marjorie Mayor, Molly, Mrs. Broadbent, Mrs. Percival, Mrs. Potts, Ms Barbara Bentley, Scoot, Trix) and Stan Limburg (Muck, Roley, JJ, Lenny Lazenby). Stan Limburg also is the Dutch voice-director.

North America

Treehouse TV and TVOntario air Bob the Builder in Canada, and it was shown on Nickelodeon in the United States until the 2005-06 season when it was moved to the PBS Kids network. Treehouse TV is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel with programming targeted towards Preschoolers that TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO, ( Call signs CICA, CICE, CICO) is a publicly-funded educational English language Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel The United States of America —commonly referred to as the PBS Kids (often styled all-caps as "PBS KIDS" is the umbrella brand for Children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United The show also aired in the US on CBS between 2001 and 2002. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network.

The North American version of the show uses the original British footage, but dubs the voices in local accents and slang -- for example, the word "soccer" is used instead of "football" to avoid confusion with American football or Canadian football (though sometimes this is done haphazardly; in one episode, a "soccer field" is referred to but later it talks about "football tricks"). In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a Motion picture. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with In accordance with the Manual of Style (see) Canadian English is used throughout this article (see Canadian_English#Spelling) The original North American voice of Bob (and Farmer Pickles/Mr. Beasley/Mr. Sabatini) was William Dufris, however, he was replaced with comedian Greg Proops. William Dufris (aka William Duffyand "Billy" to his friends was born on February 1, 1958 in Houlton Maine. Gregory Everett Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American Actor and stand-up comedian, who works largely in Europe as

Norway

In Norway the show is named "Byggmester Bob" and is being aired on TV2. TV 2 is Norway 's largest commercial television station Over 30% of the time Norwegians spend watching TV is spent watching TV 2

Quebec, Canada

In the province of Quebec, the series is entitled "Bob le Bricoleur" and airs on Télé-Québec. Télé-Québec is equivalent to Ontario 's TVOntario and TFO, British Columbia 's Knowledge and Saskatchewan 's SCN,

Slovenia

In Slovenia the show is named "Mojster Miha" and is being aired on RTV slovenija channel TV Slovenija 1. Radiotelevizija Slovenija or RTV Slovenija (Radio-Television Slovenia or more commonly en ''RTV Slovenia'' is the national Public broadcasting Organization Channel Television is a British television station which has served as an Independent Television (ITV contractor to the Channel Islands since 1962

Spain

"Bob y sus amigos" is aired in Castillian Spanish on Playhouse Disney. Playhouse Disney is the brand name for Disney Channel 's preschool programs often airing as its own channel outside of the United States Bob always asks "¿Podemos hacerlo?" and his friends answer "¡Sí, podemos!". The show is also aired in Catalan on TV3, the regional public television of Catalonia as "Bob el Manetes". Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official TV3 is the name of Catalonia 's first public television channel. Public broadcasting refers to radio television and other electronic media outlets that receive some or all of their funding from the public Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Bob always asks "Ens en sortirem?" and his friends answer "Si, i tant".

Sweden

In Sweden the show is named "Byggare Bob" and is being aired on SVTs child times. Sveriges Television AB ( SVT,) is a national Television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by an obligatory fee payable by all Television -owners

United Kingdom (non-English languages)

The Welsh language version is called "Bob Y Bildar" and began airing on S4C in October 2006, as part of the Planed Plant Bach lunchtime segment between 12. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru meaning Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales 30 and 1. 30pm. The show has been dubbed into the Welsh language by record label Sain, which had previously provided Welsh dialogue for children's series Thomas the Tank Engine. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Sain (Welsh for Sound) in full - Recordiau Sain Cyf ( Sound Records Ltd) is an influential Welsh Record label, which was instrumental Thomas the Tank Engine is a Fictional Anthropomorphic Tank locomotive created by the Rev ^[16]

Bob the Builder enters the music industry

The decision was made to do a deal which with Koch Records, leading to the release of an album based on the TV series, entitled Bob the Builder; The Album. The album featured members from the original cast, including Neil Morrissey and Kate Harbour.

At least two songs were released in the UK from this album, securing two number one hits. Can We Fix It? was a Christmas number one in the UK in 1996, followed by the number one cover of Mambo No. 5'

Trivia

Celebrities who have provided voices for the series (usually for one-off specials) include John Motson, Sue Barker, Kerry Fox, Ulrika Jonsson, Alison Steadman, Stephen Tompkinson, Elton John, Noddy Holder, and Chris Evans (Bobsville's resident rock star Lennie Lazenby). John Walker Motson OBE (born 10 July 1945, Salford, Greater Manchester) sometimes known as Motty, is an English football Susan Barker, MBE (born 19 April 1956 in Paignton, Devon, England is a Television presenter and former professional Tennis player Kerry Fox (born July 30, 1966) is a New Zealand Actress from Wellington New Zealand. Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967 is a Swedish -born British Television presenter. Alison Steadman OBE (born on August 26 1946) is anaward-winning English stage film TV and radio actress. Stephen Tompkinson is an English Actor, born 15 October 1965 in Stockton-on-Tees. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Noddy Holder MBE (born Neville John Holder, 15 June 1946, Walsall, West Midlands) is an English Musician Christopher Evans or Chris Evans may refer to Chris Evans (Australian politician, (born 1958 Chris Evans (presenter, British

Other Media

Bob the Builder was recently parodied in the Robot Chicken episode "More Blood, More Chocolate" with Bob voiced by Jamie Kaler and Spud, Roley, and Scoop voiced by Seth Green. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Jamie Kaler is an American stand up Comedian who has appeared on such talk shows as the Late Late Show and had a recurring role on Will and Grace Seth Benjamin Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American Actor, Comedian, Voice actor, and Television producer

Bob the Builder has also been parodied by Comedy Inc. as Bodgy Builder. Comedy Inc is an Australian Sketch comedy Television program produced by Crackerjack Productions.

References

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