Bob the Builder is a British/American children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specializing in masonry 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). The show is broadcast in many countries, but originates from the United Kingdom where Bob is voiced by English actor Neil Morrissey. The show was later created using CGI animation starting with the spin-off series Ready, Steady, Build!.
In each episode, Bob and his group help with renovations, construction, and repairs and with other projects as needed. The show emphasizes conflict resolution, co-operation, socialization and various learning skills. 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 million-selling number one hit in the UK.
Impact[]
Bob the Builder was nominated in the BAFTA "Pre-school animation" category from 1999 to 2009 FR3,RTE and BBC/CBeebies, and 2016-pre TF1,SRG and Channel 5 "Children's Animation" category in 2003 for the special episode "A Christmas to Remember".[3] Of the show's success, Sarah Ball said:
Bob the Builder has been parodied by Robot Chicken in the episode "More Blood, More Chocolate", and by Comedy Inc. as Bodgy Builder.
Bob was also parodied on Cartoon Network's MAD in the episode "S'UP / Mouse M.D." In the episode when Mickey Mouse portrays Gregory House
he goes to perform surgery on Bob who smashed his thumb asking similar
to his famous catchphrase "Can we fix it?" Mickey then replies no and
orders for it to be amputated. He later appears in another episode when
Bob interacts with Manny from Handy Manny
after they get into a fender bender and get into an argument with Bob
saying "Stop copying my show!" He leaves then someone tells Manny he
just got built. In another episode, "Kung Fu Blander / Destroy Bob the
Builder Destroy", Mad parodies Bob the Builder and Destroy Build Destroy. In the episode, Andrew W.K. of Destroy Build Destroy,
is portrayed as being a jerk towards Bob. Andrew destroys everything
Bob builds. In the end, Bob transforms his construction vehicles into
Build-Tron (a parody of Voltron). A New Yorker cartoon shows a parent in a toy store asking for toys depicting Alex the Architect, supposedly a white-collar equivalent to Bob the Builder.
Some have complained about technical errors and lack of proper safety practices in the programme, especially the absence of protective eyewear.[5] However, in later episodes, Bob is seen using safety glasses.
Characters[]
Humans[]
- Bob the Builder (catchphrase: "Can we fix it?") is a General Contractor
and head of his own construction yard based in Bobsville and later in Sunflower Valley and now Fixham Harbour. Bob is from a family of builders - his father Robert is also a builder and so was his grandfather Billy. He is assisted by Wendy and a host of anthropomorphic vehicles in various projects in and around the town. He is the owner of Pilchard the Cat and he is not good with computers. Some of the problems in the show arise from Bob's habit of forgetting to turn his mobile phone on. Bob is voiced by Neil Morrissey in the UK and in the US, he is voiced by William Dufris, Greg Proops, and Marc Silk. Bob the Builder
- Wendy is Bob's business partner
who runs the office and keeps the business in order, and often organizes tools and equipment. She is also seen doing construction work in many episodes. Wendy is often worried about Bob's cat, Pilchard, as shown in the episode Pilchard in a Pickle and in the song Find That Cat. Wendy is voiced by Kate Harbour in the UK and by Lorelei King in the US.
- Spud (Voiced by Rob Rackstraw) is a mischievous scarecrow
on Farmer Pickles' farm who tries to help Bob and the crew. Often he causes more problems than he solves, but it usually all works out in the end. It is Spud who needs to learn to be patient, not to eat all of the food, not to take things from other characters, etc. Spud has a habit of trying to do work and with his limited intelligence getting it wrong and spoiling materials. (male voice; catchphrase: "OK, Farmer Pickles" and "Spud's on the job Bob!"
- Farmer Pickles is a nearby farmer, and a good friend of Bob
who often helps out in construction projects with Bob. He is the owner of Travis the tractor, Sumsy the forklift, Packer the truck, Scruffty the dog, and Spud the scarecrow. Farmer Pickles is voiced by Neil Morrissey.
Recurring human characters[]
- Dot – Bob's Mother and also Robert(Bob's Dad)'s Wife
- Mrs. Broadbent – A Bobsville resident and neighbour of Bob. She is voiced by Kate Harbour.
- Mr. Beasley – A Bobsville and later Sunflower Valley resident and a frequent customer
- Mr. Bernard Bentley – The Bobsville town building inspector and later Mayor of Sunflower Valley and then Fixham Harbour building inspector, and Barbara Bentley's husband. He is voiced by Rob Rackstraw.
- Mrs. Barbara Bentley – Bernard Bentley's wife.
- Mr. Dixon – Postman and brother to a famous football goalkeeper
- Mr. Jeremy Ellis – Bobsville Museum manager
- JJ – Parts supplier and Hamish's new owner. He is Jamaican. He is voiced by Colin McFarlane.
- Molly – JJ's daughter
- Mrs. Percival – School headteacher. She is voiced by Kate Harbour.
- Mrs. Potts – a Bobsville resident and owner of Tommy the Tortoise. She is voiced by Kate Harbour.
- Mr. Angelo Sabatini – Runs the local pizza shop and cater Sunflower valley Bakery
- Mr. David Mockney – Fixham Harbour Museum manager.
- Robert – Bob's Dad also a Builder Married to Dot
Minor human characters[]
- Mr. Costello – Drive-in movie manager
- David Dixon – Famous Football goalkeeper and brother to Mr. Dixon
- Dora – Bob's aunt. She is never seen.
- Doris – Mr. Ellis' aunt. In Bob's Aunt, Bob picks up the
letter which is wet and he thinks Aunt Dora is coming and then later on, they find out that it's not Aunt Dora, but Mr. Ellis's aunt Doris.
- Dorothy – Bob and Tom's mother. She is voiced by June Whitfield.
- Mr. Fothergill – A Bobsville resident, the computer repair
man and Hamish's first owner. He gave Hamish to JJ and Molly after he doscovered that he was allergic to him. He is voiced by Rob Rackstraw.
- Jenny – Wendy's sister
- Mavis the Postwoman – postwoman. She is mentioned only in Buffalo Bob and Scruffty the Detective but never seen.
- Marjorie – The new manager at Farmer Pickles's factory
- Pam Goody – Runs the Arts Centre
- Robert – Bob and Tom's father
- Tom – Bob's fraternal twin brother
- Mrs. Sophia Sabatini – Mr Sabatini's wife
- Mr. Stevens – An archaeologist
- Mr. Williams – An airport manager
- Sandy Beach – A cave expert and friend of Mr. Ellis. He speaks in an American accent and has long hair in a ponytail. He is voiced by Rupert Degas.
- Jana von Strudel – She yodelled with Roley. She is Austrian and speaks in a German accent. She's also the owner of Zoomer.
Project: Build It recurring human characters[]
- Annie Pickles – She is a seaweed farmer and Farmer Pickle's cousin.
- Meg McDonald – She is a dairy farmer and is Piper's aunt as well as the owner of Dodger.
- Baz – He is a sheep shearer and Farmer Pickles' cousin.
- Pablo – Mr Sabatini's brother.
- Sunny – The daughter of Marjorie and the twin brother of Saffron.
- Saffron – The son of Marjorie and the twin sister of Sunny.
- Cassie – The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sabatini and the twin sister of Carlos.
- Carlos – The son of Mr. and Mrs. Sabatini and the twin brother of Cassie.
- Piper McDonald – He is Meg's nephew and assists her with her dairy products.
Animals[]
- Pilchard (voiced by Kate Harbour) - Bob's pet cat. She likes to stay at the yard and occasionally rides in Dizzy's mixer.
- Scruffty - Farmer Pickles' pet dog.
- Bird - Roley's best friend, who goes "Toot, toot."
- Birdie - Roley's new friend in Sunflower Valley.
Main vehicle characters[]
Original series[]
Construction vehicles[]
- Scoop – a backhoe loader. Scoop is the leader of the machines.
- Color: Yellow
- Gender: Male, female in Swedish and Polish versions
- Catchphrase: "No prob, Bob!"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK), Alan Marriott and David Menkin (US)
- Muck – a dump truck who has an additional blade of a bulldozer. Muck often acts before thinking and subsequently gets in trouble for it.
- Color: Red and Orange
- Gender: Male in UK, female in US version
- Catchphrase: "Muck to the rescue!"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK), Lachele Carl, and Sophie Aldred (US)
- Lofty – a crane.
Lofty lacks the confidence shown by the others; he is hesitant and timid, but with the encouragement of the team comes through in the end.
- Color: Blue
- Gender: Male in every version.
- Catchphrase: "Err, yeah, I think so!," usually said in response to the question "Can we fix it?"
- Voiced by: Neil Morrissey (UK), Sonya Leite and Emma Tate (US)
- Dizzy – a little cement mixer. Dizzy is portrayed as the youngest in the yard until Scratch was introduced. She is eager, curious, and easily excitable.
- Color: Orange & Black
- Gender: Female. Male on Romanian version.
- Catchphrase: "Brilliant!"
- Voiced by: Kate Harbour (UK), Maria Darling and Emma Tate (US)
- Roley – a steamroller who loves to make up songs and frequently spins his eyes when he is excited.
- Color: Green
- Gender: Male, female in Swedish version
- Catchphrase: "Rock and roll!"
- Voiced by: Neil Morrissey (UK), Maria Darling and Lorelei King (US)
Other vehicles[]
- Travis – a tractor.
Travis is owned by Farmer Pickles, and is often seen pulling a wood sided trailer. He helps out the crew when they need it and keeps an eye on Spud the scarecrow.
- Color: Turquoise
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Travis Tractor's my name, moving loads is my game." and "OK, Farmer Pickles."
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK), Alan Marriott and David Menkin (US)
Project: Build It![]
- Scrambler – a quadbike (ATV). Scrambler was won by Bob for designing Sunflower Valley's new settlement.
- Color: Dark Blue
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Let's Scram!" "Awesome!" and "Cool as a Mule"
- Voiced by: Rupert Degas (UK/US)
- Benny – a small excavator. Benny looks up to Scoop. He speaks in a British accent. He is the second youngest of the team.[1]
- Color: Magenta
- Gender: Male (UK/US), Female in JP version
- Catchphrase: "Unreal banana peel" or "It's unreal, banana peel!" in reference to Scoop's yellow color
- Voiced by: Emma Tate (UK/US)
Ready, Steady, Build![]
- Scratch – A small digger who is currently the youngest of the team.
- Color: Light Blue
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "I'm part of the team!"
- Voiced by: Kate Harbour (UK) Jo Wyatt (US)
Recurring vehicle characters[]
Original series[]
- Skip – a deposit waste container truck. Skip belongs to JJ.
- Color: Lime-Yellow
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase:
- Voiced by: Colin McFarland (UK), William Dufris (US)
- Trix – a forklift. Just like Skip, Trix belongs to JJ.
- Color: Lilac
- Gender: Female
- Catchphrase: "Easy peasy!"
- Voiced by: Llewella Gideon (UK), Maria Darling (US)
- Scoot - a snowmobile. Scoot Belongs to Tom.
- Color: Yellow and Black
- Gender: Female (US/UK)
- Catchphrase: "Christmas, here we come!"
- Voiced by: Maria Darling (UK/US)
Project: Build It![]
- Zoomer - a snowmobile.
- Color: Purple and Black
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!!"
- Voiced by:Rupert Degas (UK/US)
- Sumsy – a forklift
who greatly resembles Trix (may be the same model), explaining her absence in Project Build-It. Sumsy is owned by Farmer Pickles and works at his factory.
- Color: Maroon and Yellow-striped
- Gender: Female
- Catchphrase: "I can pack 'em, I can stack 'em!"
- Voiced by: Kate Harbour (UK) Lorelei King (US)
- Packer – a semi-trailer truck. Packer is owned by Farmer Pickles and has two trailers, a flatbed and a covered trailer resembling the 1988 Freightliner FL50.
He delivers for all of Sunflower Valley. (male voice; catchphrases: "Pick up and Deliver!" and "Pack me up and watch me go-go")[2]
- Color: Red
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Pick up and Deliver!" and "Pack me up and watch me go-go"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK), Rupert Degas (US)
- Dodger – a pickup truck, who looks similar to the 1930s Ford
truck due to his shape. Dodger is owned by Meg and is used to carry milk. He has a crane with a grabber that lifts the milk. His horn makes strange honking sounds that the rest of the team find funny.[3]
- Color: Light-Blue and White
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Dodger Delivers"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK), Alan Marriott (US)
- Tumbler – a concrete transport truck. He is the loudest machine on Bob's team. He is big and can do big things that Dizzy can't.[4]
- Color: Green and Orange-Yellow
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "I'm a Rumblin' and a Tumblin'" and "Rollin' and a Tumblin'"
- Voiced by: Rupert Degas (UK) Vincent Marzello (US)
- Flex – a cherry picker. Flex tends to have an extensive knowledge of plants and loves Horticulture. He has a Northern Irish accent.[5]
- Color: Yellow
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Fantastic Flex!"
- Voiced by: Rupert Degas (UK) Vincent Marzello (US)
- Bristle – a street sweeper.
Bristle is very eager to help out the others by doing jobs often ahead of the team. Bristle seems to whistle very often. He also tends to be a neat freak.[6]
- Color: Grey and Blue
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Clean as a whistle" or "Clean as a whistle bristle, that's me!"
- Voiced by: Rupert Degas(UK) Marc Silk (US)
- Splasher – an amphibious car, who works at Bobland Bay.[7]
- Color: Yellow & Blue
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Never fear, Super Splasher is here!"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK/US)
- Gripper – a crane. Gripper speaks with a Scouse accent (southern drawl
in US dub). Gripper and Grabber refer to the other characters as "mate" ("partner" in the US dub) mainly due to stereotypical behaviours.[8]
- Color: Brown and Green
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Gripper and Grabber having fun together"
- Voiced by: Rupert Degas (UK/US)
- Grabber – a excavator. Grabber speaks with a Scouse accent (southern drawl
in US dub). Gripper and Grabber refer to the other characters as "mate" ("partner" in US dub) mainly due to stereotypical behaviours.[9]
- Color: Green and Brown
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Grabber and Gripper having fun together"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK/US)
- R Vee - a Van. He is seen in Scrambler to the Rescue.
- Color: Light Blue
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Amazing R Vee, That's Me!"
- Voiced by: Rob Rackstraw (UK) Marc Silk (US)
- Jackaroo - a Pickup Truck. He seen only in Built to Be Wild.
- Color: Blue
- Gender: Male
- Voiced by: Donny Osmond (UK/US)
Ready Steady Build[]
- Rubble - a Dump Truck. He helped with the team to build a dinosaur fun park in The Big Dino Dig
- Color: Yellow
- Gender: Male
- Catchphrase: "Okay Bob!"
- Voiced by: Rupert Degas (UK) Marc Silk (US)
Other characters[]
- Pirate Brickbeard (Voiced by Rupert Degas) is a pirate who founded Fixham Harbour and sails in a ship called The Bonny Beard. He is believed to have hidden a golden hammer in Fixham. (male voice; catchphrase: "No one will ever find my Golden Hammer! Har har!"). He is only seen in The Legend of the Golden Hammer. He also made cameos in several Ready, Steady, Build! episodes.
Original Series[]
The following series were originally shown on the BBC One in the CBBC portion of the schedules. Bob the Builder is now on CBeebies,[1] and other BBC channels. In later series, there was a two-part episode, "Bob and the Sliding Doors", where Bob, Wendy, and the crew tell caregivers (parents, teachers, nannies, etc.) how to keep children safe from sliding doors. The first part was shown at the beginning of the show and the second part was shown towards the end. All episodes were produced by HiT Entertainment and HoT Animation. Seasons 1 and early episodes of 2 were partially animated by Cosgrove Hall.
Season 1 (1998 + 1999)[]
The first series of Bob the Builder began production from July 1998 to 26 February 1999, before its original TV broadcasts on the BBC from 12 April to 2 August 1999. Although some TV guide sites mistakingly list the episodes of this series airing between 28 November 1998 and 21 February 1999 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Scoop Saves the Day" | Chris Trengove | April 12, 1999[1] |
A dangerous thunderstorm causes havoc - roads are blocked, trees and telegraph lines are down, pipes are broken, fences are destroyed... can Bob and his team of machines repair the damage that the storm left behind?
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| 2 (3) | 2 (3) | "Bob Saves The Hedgehogs/Bob Saves The Porcupines" | Chris Trengove | April 26, 1999[2] |
The friendly workman and his gang help the hedgehogs/porcupines to get across a busy road.
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| 3 (4) | 3 (4) | "Pilchard in a Pickle" | Diane Redmond | May 10, 1999[3] |
Bob's pet cat Pilchard goes missing.
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| 4 (5) | 4 (5) | "Muck Gets Stuck" | Chris Trengove | May 17, 1999[4] |
Muck gets stuck in the dark tunnel, so Bob and the others struggle to get him/her out.
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| 5 (6) | 5 (6) | "Wendy's Busy Day" | Diane Redmond | May 24, 1999[5] |
Wendy steps in and takes over when Bob catches a cold.
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| 6 (8) | 6 (8) | "Buffalo Bob" | Chris Trengove | June 14, 1999[6] |
Bob takes part of in a line-dancing competition.
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| 7 | 7 | "Bob's Bugle" | Jimmy Hibbert | June 7, 1999[7] |
Bob makes himself a bugle out of some left-over bits of piping. None of the machines has the heart to tell him how awful it sounds, so they try hiding it.
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| 8 (2) | 8 (2) | "Travis Paints The Town" | Diane Redmond | April 19, 1999[8] |
Bob is called away from a job, leaving Roley and Travis alone with a paint machine and giving Spud the opportunity to get up to mischief
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| 9 | 9 | "Travis and Scoop's Race Day" | Chris Trengove | July 5, 1999[9] |
Travis and Scoop have a race.
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| 10 | 10 | "Bob's Birthday" | Ross Hastings | July 12, 1999[10] |
The gang prepare a special surprise for Bob's birthday.
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| 11 | 11 | "Naughty Spud" | Jimmy Hibbert | July 19, 1999[11] |
Spud decides to borrow Bob's ladder to climb an apple tree which gets Bob stuck on the roof.
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| 12 | 12 | "Scary Spud" | Sarah Ball | July 26, 1999[12] |
Spud is worried that he may no longer be scary, and to make matters worse, he loses his nose.
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| 13 | 13 | "Bob's Barnraising" | Diane Redmond | August 2, 1999[13] |
The team needs to finish constructing Farmer Pickles' barn before the rainstorm hits.
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Season 2 (Mid 1999)[]
The second series of Bob the Builder was most likely to have been produced from March to Summer 1999, before its original TV broadcasts on the BBC from 11 September to 28 December 1999. Although some TV guide sites mistakingly list the episodes of this series airing between 4 June and 27 August 1999 for the UK.
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Se# |
Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 14 | 1 | "Spud the Spanner/Spud the Superwrench" | Ben Randall | October 11, 1999[14] |
Spud is bored of being a scarecrow and he takes Bob's toolbox to try to change himself, unaware that he will come apart.
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| 15 | 2 | "Wallpaper Wendy" | Jimmy Hibbert | October 18, 1999[15] |
Bob decorates Mr. Broadbent's new flat, but as he has never decorated before, he ends up making a complete mess.
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| 16 | 3 | "Runaway Roley" | Jimmy Hibbert | October 25, 1999[16] |
Roley loses the brakes in the morning and sleep-rolls out of the yard and causes destruction everywhere. He crashes into the lamps, signs, walls, etc. Bob, Wendy and the machines have to guide Roley back to the yard without waking him up.
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| 17 | 4 | "Bob's Big Surprise" | Chris Trengove | November 1, 1999[17] |
While Wendy is away, Bob and the gang give her garden a make-over.
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| 18 | 5 | "Dizzy's Statues" | Diane Redmond | November 8, 1999[18] |
Bob has to put up bollards around the town hall and put up Mrs. Pott's garden statues at the same time. Dizzy tries to help, but gets very mixed up.
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| 19 | 6 | "Lofty to the Rescue" | Chris Trengove | November 15, 1999[19] |
Lofty is afraid of going over the bridge because of his fear of heights, but when Spud (who Lofty is also afraid of) falls off the bridge and into a tree while he plays with Scoop and Muck, Lofty has to overcome his fears and rescue him.
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| 20 | 7 | "Wendy's Big Match" | Simon Jowett | November 22, 1999[20] |
Bob is preparing for a "Brightest Building Yard" competition. But when Spud kicks a ball at Wendy, the line-making machine makes a mess, forcing him to clean it up.
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| 21 | 8 | "Tea Set Travis" | Ben Randall | November 29, 1999[21] |
Bob and the gang are preparing for recycling. Farmer Pickles tells Travis to look after his old tea set, but when Spud and Travis are not around, they forget about the tea set and the gang almost recycles it.
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| 22 | 9 | "Dizzy's Birdwatch" | Simon Jowett | December 6, 1999[22] |
Dizzy watches a birds nest and sees the hatchlings emerge and learn to fly.
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| 23 | 10 | "Clocktower Bob" | Chris Trengove | December 13, 1999[23] |
While repairing a clock tower, Lofty tries to lift Bob's toolbox onto the scaffolding but accidentally knocks his ladder over on the ground. By nighttime, Bob tries to have Lofty lift his ladder back up, but Lofty gets frightened by a bat and speeds away from the clock tower in fear, leaving Bob stranded on the scaffolding for almost all night, with his phone not accessible as it is on the ground below.
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| 24 (26) | 11 (13) | "Pilchard Goes Fishing" | Jimmy Hibbert | December 28, 1999[24] |
Wendy is cleaning a fish tank, but when Muck comes for more cement, he crashes into the lean-to garage. When Wendy gets distracted by another job, Pilchard intends to eat Finn up.
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| 25 (24) | 12 (11) | "Wendy's Tennis Court" | Diane Redmond | December 20, 1999[25] |
While building a tennis court, Travis and Spud try to put the net up, but Spud finds it too heavy and falls into the wet tar.
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| 26 (25) | 13 (12) | "Bob's White Christmas" | Jimmy Hibbert | December 27, 1999[26] |
Bob will dress up as Father Christmas for the local school carol concert, but he loses time when Farmer Pickles gets snowed in.
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Season 3 (1999 + 2000)[]
The third series of Bob the Builder was most likely to have been produced from October 1999 to March 2000, before they got broadcasted on Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland) from 1st September 2000 to 1 February 2001 and on the BBC from 25 September 2000 to 12 September 2001. Although some TV guide sites mistakingly list the episodes of this series airing between 24 December 1999 to 1 April 2000 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 27 | 1 | "Bob's Boots" | Ben Randall | September 25, 2000 |
Bob gets some new boots. Spud, meanwhile, challenges Bird to a race and eats right out of Bob's lunchbox.
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| 28 | 2 | "Mucky Muck" | Sarah Ball | October 2, 2000 |
Bob tries to wash down Scoop and Muck who are both covered in mud, but Muck doesn't want to get washed because he/she loves being mucky. Travis also gets stuck in the mud and Bob, Muck and Dizzy have to rescue him.
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| 29 | 3 | "Bob's Day Off" | Ian Carney | October 9, 2000 |
Bob takes a day off so he can photograph the rare Blue-Crested Warbler. But when the computer breaks down, Wendy needs him back for some urgent jobs.
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| 30 | 4 | "Magnetic Lofty" | Chris Trengove | October 16, 2000 |
Wendy is turning an old railway line into a bicycle path and Bob is turning an old rubbish dump into a park. But while Lofty is removing the rails using a magnet, he has to retrieve Mr. Bentley's pen in the process.
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| 31 | 5 | "Roley's Tortoise" | Diane Redmond | October 23, 2000 |
While building a bus stop, Roley almost runs over a tortoise, he names Timmy. Dizzy reveals it belongs to Mrs. Potts, but while Bob takes some cabbages from Travis's trailer, Timmy sneaks on board.
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| 32 | 6 | "Special Delivery Spud" | Simon Jowett | October 30, 2000 |
Bob and Wendy have ordered new saws. However, Mr. Dixon's van breaks down so Spud tries to take over. But Spud can't read and gets all the parcels mixed up, sending them to the wrong houses.
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| 33 | 7 | "Pilchard's Breakfast" | Jimmy Hibbert | November 6, 2002 |
Bob's gang are building Mr. Beasley's new conservatory, but they forgot to feed Pilchard her breakfast, forcing her to fend for herself and find someone to feed her.
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| 34 | 8 | "Scoop's in Charge" | Jimmy Hibbert | November 13, 2000 |
Bob and Wendy are attending lunch at the town hall, so they leave Scoop in charge of building the Mayor's garage. But while Mr. Bentley inspects the work, Scoop accidentally crushes his gold watch. However, the mayor presents Bob his own gold watch. Bob consids the watch too delicate to take on building sites, so he gives it to Mr. Bentley as a replacement for his broken one. The next day Mr. Bentley brings another gold watch he got from the mayor and gives it to Bob.
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| 35 | 9 | "Scoop Has Some Fun" | Chris Trengove | November 20, 2000 |
Spud tries to persuade Scoop to help him play some tricks, but Spud frightens Lofty so much that he falls onto his side. Scoop thinks this was another one of Spud's tricks, but Bob decides to make sure.
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| 36 | 10 | "Dizzy's Crazy Paving" | Diane Redmond | September 12, 2001[27] |
| While the machines are building a new path for Mrs. Potts, she won't let Roley work on it because she thinks he will crush all the flowerbeds. Roley decides to supervise Wendy with the hand-roller. But then Muck drops the flagstones and they break, which prompts Dizzy a bright idea. Note: Although it was part of Series 3 in 2000, this episode actually got broadcasted on the BBC as part of Series 4 in 2001.
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| 37 | 11 | "Spud and Squawk" | Teddy Kempner and Andy Seacombe | December 4, 2000 |
Bob, Wendy and the machines are building a new carpark. Spud is trying to shake off a persistent crow that is following him everywhere. He tries using Travis to blow it off, but while swerving to avoid Muck, he spill his load. Spud cleans it up. Meanwhile, Bob and the team finish the carpark. When Mr. Bentley comes to inspect he is pleased but the crow makes footprints all over the lovely new carpark. Bob decides to call the carpark, Crows-foot carpark. So Mr. Bentley congratulates everyone and Crows-foot carpark it is.
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| 38 | 12 | "Muck's Sleep-over" | Ben Randall | December 11, 2000 |
Bob's gang is working on a tunnel overnight. Muck stays at the farm with Travis, but he/she gets scared of the dark and the scary noises Spud is making and goes missing. When investigating the sound of an owl, Pilchard also goes missing and the same thing happens with Spud. The machines need to find Muck, Pilchard and Spud before they get lost.
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| 39 | 13 | "Trailer Travis" | Ben Randall | September 5, 2001[28] |
| Travis is delivering a load of gravel, while Scoop helps. However, Spud unhooks the trailer to give Travis a rest and it rolls away. Note: Although it was part of Series 3 in 2000, this episode actually got broadcasted on the BBC as part of Series 4 in 2001.
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Season 4 (Late 2000)[]
The fourth series of Bob the Builder was most likely to have been produced from early/mid to late 2000, before they got broadcasted on Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland) from 2 to 20 February 2001 and on the BBC from 27th November 2000 to 5 December 2001. Although some TV guide sites mistakingly list the episodes of this series airing between 12 September 2000 to 5 December 2000 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 40 | 1 | "Roley and the Rock Star" | Simon Jowett | November 27, 2000 |
| Roley gets excited when Bob builds a pond in his favorite rock star's garden. Note: Despite it being the first episode of Series 4, this episode actually aired on the BBC as part of Series 3.
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| 41 | 2 | "Scoop's Stegosaurus" | Ian Carney | September 19, 2000 |
Bob and Scoop discover some old bones in a ditch at Farmer Pickles' field. While Bob is out at the museum, Spud persuades Scoop to see some bigger bones that he found. Mr. Ellis thinks that a stegosaurus skeleton was found, but some of its bones are missing.
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| 42 | 3 | "Sneezing Scoop" | Ruth Estevez | 26 September 2000 |
While some tires are being dropped off for Farmer Pickles, Scoop starts sneezing, which prompts Bob he has hay fever. He sends Scoop back to yard, but he still sneezes. Bob lets Spud figure out what is causing Scoop to sneeze.
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| 43 | 4 | "Roley's Animal Rescue" | Chris Trengove | October 3, 2001 |
Bob discovers a porcupine asleep in Farmer Pickles' cottage and Scoop takes it back to the yard, while Roley looks after it. But when Farmer Pickles arrives to see Wendy, Scruffty jumps out of Travis' trailer and he and Pilchard chase each other which makes Roley worried that it might wake the Porcupine.
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| 44 | 5 | "Scarecrow Dizzy" | James Henry | October 10, 2001 |
Bob and Wendy are working on painting Farmer Pickles' farmhouse with Dizzy guarding the wet cement. But when Spud tries to paint it, he makes a big mess.
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| 45 | 6 | "One Shot Wendy/Wendy Plays Golf" | Simon Jowett and Ben Randall |
October 17, 2001 |
Bob and the gang are building a crazy golf course. Wendy discovers that she has the instructions for the windmill, that Bob is preparing, yet when she phones him, he says he doesn't need them.
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| 46 | 7 | "Spud Lends a Hand" | Ian Carney | October 24, 2001 |
A rainwater tank is being put up next to Farmer Pickles' barn. While Bob is not around, Spud makes Lofty lift the tank into place. But instead of landing properly, it rolls down a hill and smashes a wooden boat for Wendy's nephew.
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| 47 | 8 | "Bob and the Bandstand" | Teddy Kempner and Andy Secombe | October 31, 2001 |
Bob's gang are preparing Farmer Pickles' bandstand. But then the sheet music falls out of Travis' trailer and Spud starts making paper airplanes with it.
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| 48 | 9 | "Farmer Pickles's Pigpen" | Jimmy Hibbert | November 7, 2001 |
Farmer Pickles is phoning Bob to build a doghouse for Scruffty, but he accidentally drops the phone. At the same time, Mrs. Percival phones Farmer Pickles to look after the guinea pigs over the school holiday. After Wendy answers the message, she sends the phone off with Scoop, but then he passes it onto Spud and Travis until Farmer Pickles thinks he will get many pigs delivered and he has no pigpen.
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| 49 | 10 | "Bob on the Run" | Chris Trengove | November 14, 2001[29] |
Mrs. Percival is raising money for a new clubhouse. Bob sponsors it with a Runathon and the machines sponsor it by demolishing the old pavilion.
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| 50 | 11 | "Forget-Me-Knot Bob" | Diane Redmond | November 21, 2001[30] |
Bob's personal organizer (which gives details of all of his jobs) breaks down. He tries to remind himself by tying knots in his handkerchief, but gets them mixed up.
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| 51 | 12 | "Scruffty the Detective" | Sarah Ball | November 28, 2001[31] |
A time capsule is being built for Mr. Ellis and will be buried outside the museum. However, Spud thinks it is a treasure chest and he empties the contents of it and almost buries it.
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| 52 | 13 | "Watercolour Wendy" | Ian Carney | December 5, 2000[32] |
Wendy is on her day off doing some watercolor painting, but Scruffty buries her phone.
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Season 5 (Early 2001)[]
The fifth series of Bob the Builder was most likely to have been produced from January to June 2001, before they got broadcasted on CBeebies from 1 to 13 April 2002 and on the BBC from 3rd April to 26 June 2002. Although some TV guide sites mistakingly list the episodes of this series airing between 6 January and 31 March 2001 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 53 | 1 | "Scruffty's Big Dig" | Diane Redmond | April 3, 2002[33] |
Bob, Wendy and the Machines are going to Mrs. Broadbent's House who had a big hole in the wall but, Scruffty gets stuck in the rabbit hole, that Lofty needs your help to get out of the rabbit hole.
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| 54 | 2 | "Inspector Spud" | Ross Hastings | April 10, 2002[34] |
While Mr. Bentley inspects a pipe, he gets soaked. Spud tries to take over, but he has no qualifications.
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| 55 | 3 | "Cock-a-Doodle Spud" | Diane Redmond | April 17, 2002[35] |
Farmer Pickles' hen has abandoned her eggs, so Bob is building a hen coop. Spud decides to look after the chicks.
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| 56 | 4 | "Wendy's Surprise Party" | Ruth Estevez | April 24, 2002[36] |
Wendy is inviting the whole town for a barbecue party for her sister, Jenny. But the machines have just laid a garden path and they are too tired to come.
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| 57 | 5 | "Skateboard Spud" | Ross Hastings | May 1, 2002 [37] |
Using an old ironing board, Spud makes a skateboard and rides it all over town. Spud Bob has just put up some traffic calming measures. When Spud comes across Bob, Dizzy, Roley and Scoop, he crashes into the dumpster. His skateboard was finally lost and broken.
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| 58 | 6 | "Muck's Monster" | Ben Randall | 10 February 2001[38] |
Muck and Dizzy are clearing a blocked drain. Muck gets spooked by gurgling noises and is convinced it is a monster.
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| 59 | 7 | "Spud the Dragon" | Jimmy Hibbert | May 15, 2002[39] |
Mrs. Percival is preparing costumes for the school play. Spud borrows the dragon costume and pretends to be a magic dragon when he sees Muck.
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| 60 | 8 | "Pilchard Steals the Show" | James Henry | May 22, 2002[40] |
Scoop notices that Farmer Pickles has entered Scruffty into the dog show, which determines him to also enter Pilchard, even though she is a cat.
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| 61 | 9 | "Bob's Hide" | Ben Randall | May 29, 2002[41] |
Bob's gang are making a bird hide at the nature reserve and also want to get a glimpse of the rare Grebe Warbler. But Spud appears instead dressed like a bird.
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| 62 | 10 | "Bob's Auntie" | Chris Trengove | June 5, 2002[42] |
Auntie Dora is coming to visit and she is a stickler for tidiness. Already the yard is in a complete mess and the machines try to clean it up, but they only make it worse.
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| 63 | 11 | "Bob and the Big Freeze" | Simon Jowett | June 12, 2002[43] |
Scoop and Wendy try to clear the roads, but they bumped into the porcupine crossing. Spud tries to skate on the frozen duck pond, but the ice is not thick enough. Dizzy sends Bob and Lofty out to rescue him.
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| 64 | 12 | "Clumsy Roley" | Ian Carney | June 19, 2002[44] |
Roley almost crushes Bob's toolbox. This causes anxiety from him to think he is always clumsy. This always makes him more accident-prone.
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| 65 | 13 | "Eskimo Bob/Bob of The North" | Chris Trengove | June 26, 2002[45] |
It is winter in the town. Bob wears a big parka to look like an Alaskan Eskimo. Wendy's sister, Jenny, visits after a ski trip.
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Season 6 (Late 2001)[]
The sixth series of Bob the Builder was most likely to have been produced from mid to late 2001, before they got broadcasted on CBeebies from 2 to 14 September 2002 and on the BBC from 6 September 2002 to 22 January 2003. Although some TV guide sites mistakingly list the episodes of this series airing between 6 October and 29 December 2001 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 66 | 1 | "Bob's Pizza" | Ian Carney | September 6, 2002[46] |
Bob starts doing a pizza delivery service.
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| 67 | 2 | "Bob's Metal Detector" | Ian Carney | September 13, 2002 |
Bob buys a metal detector to try to look for treasure.
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| 68 | 3 | "Mr. Beasley's DIY Disaster" | Chris Trengove | September 20, 2002 |
Mr. Beasley has a huge disaster.
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| 69 | 4 | "Wendy's Removal Service" | Simon Jowett | January 13, 2003 |
Wendy starts operating a removal service.
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| 70 | 5 | "Lofty and the Rabbits" | Ruth Estevez | January 14, 2003 |
Lofty discovers a small family of rabbits.
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| 71 | 6 | "Lofty and the Giant Carrot" | Jimmy Hibbert | January 15, 2003 |
Lofty gets frightened by a giant carrot, even though it won't get him.
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| 72 | 7 | "Bob's Egg and Spoon Race" | Diane Redmond | January 16, 2003 |
The town is practicing for an egg and spoon race. Spud has problems trying to keep the egg on the spoon, so he cheats by using some of Bob's putty.
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| 73 | 8 | "Trix's Tiles" | Peter Corey | October 25, 2002 |
Bob is placing red tiles on a roof, but then a mix-up at JJ's yard causes Wendy to put green tiles on the other side of the roof.
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| 74 | 9 | "Mr. Sabatini's Smashing Day" | Lee Pressman | November 1, 2002 |
Mr. Sabatini gets a new Soccer ball, but he accidentally kicks it through his shop window. J.J. and Bob go to replace it with a new pane.
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| 75 | 10 | "Roley to the Rescue" | James Henry | November 8, 2002 |
Bird is trapped and Roley has to rescue him.
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| 76 | 11 | "Spud's Big Splash" | Polly Churchill | January 22, 2003 |
Spud jumps into a puddle and the splash ruins Bob's paint job.
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| 77 | 12 | "Spud the Musketeer" | Julie Jones | November 22, 2002 |
After Spud sees a poster for the school play, he thinks he would like to be a musketeer. He decides to use a fence post as a sword, but when he does, all the sheep escape.
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| 78 | 13 | "Wendy's Magic Birthday" | Guy Halifax | November 29, 2002 |
It's Wendy's Birthday, but she does not want any fuss. Bob organizes a magic Birthday show for her instead.
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Season 7 (Early 2002)[]
The seventh series of Bob the Builder was most likely to have been produced from early to mid 2002, before they got broadcasted on the BBC from 3 to 20 February 2003. Although some TV guide sites mistakenly list the episodes of this series airing between 21 January and 15 April 2002.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 79 | 1 | "Mr. Beasley's New Friends" | Julie Jones | February 3, 2003 |
Mr. Beasley makes some new friends.
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| 80 | 2 | "Spud the Pilot" | Simon Jowett | February 4, 2003 |
JJ loses his remote control airplane. Spud finds it and becomes a pilot.
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| 81 | 3 | "Trix and the Otters" | Lee Price | February 5, 2003 |
Molly sees a family of otters. Trix decides to watch them also, but then they see a big shiny machine. Muck devises a good way to watch them.
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| 82 | 4 | "Speedy Skip" | Chris Trengove | February 6, 2003 |
Skip moves too fast and he causes trouble for the gang. He races and speeds around some parts of town.
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| 83 | 5 | "Mr. Ellis' Art Exhibition" | Diane Redmond | February 7, 2002 |
Mr. Ellis' new exhibition gets ruined. Everything has to be done before something gets worse.
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| 84 | 6 | "Bob and the Badgers" | Sarah Ball | February 10, 2003 |
Farmer Pickles needs a fence built to keep the rabbits off his cabbages. But this also blocks the badgers' path to the stream.
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| 85 | 7 | "Bob and the Goalie" | Glenn Dakin | February 11, 2003 |
Bob's gang is building an exercise park which Mr. Dixon's brother, David Dixon, will open. Bob and Spud think they are no good at soccer.
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| 86 | 8 | "Dizzy Goes Camping" | Phil Walker | February 12, 2003 |
Dizzy goes out camping.
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| 87 | 9 | "Pilchard's Pets" | Jimmy Hibbert | February 13, 2003 |
Pilchard meets some tiny creatures and decides to treat them like pets.
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| 88 | 10 | "Snowman Scoop" | James Henry | February 14, 2003 |
Scoop wants to enter the snowman competition, but he needs to fix a burst pipe outside Mr. Sabatini's house. The noses for the snowmen start disappearing.
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| 89 | 11 | "Lofty's Long Load" | Guy Halifax | February 17, 2003 |
Bob is building a through-lounge for Mr. and Mrs. Bentley. Lofty carries the long metal girder. Dizzy and Trix decide to have a race and in the process the girder damages the sides of the bridge.
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| 90 | 12 | "Hamish's New Home" | Simon Jowett | February 18, 2003 |
Hamish gets a new home.
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| 91 | 13 | "Dizzy the Sheepdog" | Diane Redmond | February 20, 2003 |
Dizzy helps Farmer Pickles by trying to act like a sheepdog.
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Season 8 (Late 2002)[]
The eighth series of Bob the Builder had most likely to have been produced from the second half of 2002 to early 2003, before they got broadcasted on the BBC from 1 September to 24 November 2003 and on CBeebies from 6 to 22 October 2003. Although some TV guide sites mistakenly list the episodes in this series between 17 September and 10 December 2002 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 92 | 1 | "Bob the Photographer" | Carter Crocker | September 1, 2003[47] |
Bob takes some pictures of the town.
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| 93 | 2 | "Mr. Bentley's Trains" | Sarah Ball | September 8, 2003[48] |
Mrs. Bentley loses the toy train which he thinks are special to him.
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| 94 | 3 | "Wendy's Night Out" | Mark Zaslove | September 15, 2003 |
Wendy goes out for a night on the town.
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| 95 | 4 | "Racing Muck" | James Henry | September 22, 2003 |
Muck suddenly goes in a racing mood.
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| 96 | 5 | "Mr. Beasley's Noisy Pipes" | Peter Corey | September 29, 2003 |
Mr. Beasley plays the bagpipes, but they distract other residents.
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| 97 | 6 | "Lofty's Jungle Fun" | Julie Jones | October 6, 2003 |
Lofty imagines what it would be like to be in the jungle.
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| 98 | 7 | "Ballroom Bob" | Phil Walker | October 13, 2003 |
Bob gets some secret dance lessons from Mrs. Percival, but he realises that he can't dance the salsa until an outdoor dancefloor is built.
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| 99 | 8 | "Molly's Fashion Show" | Lee Price | October 20, 2003 |
Molly hosts a fashion show, but it then goes wrong.
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| 100 | 9 | "Spud and the Doves" | Peter Corey | October 27, 2003 |
Spud gets some trouble with doves.
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| 101 | 10 | "First Aid Molly" | Morgan Kempner | November 3, 2003 |
Molly takes a first aid job at wanting to be a doctor.
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| 102 | 11 | "Mr. Bentley: Dog Sitter" | Jimmy Hibbert | November 10, 2003 |
Mr. Bentley is dog sitting, but the dog escapes.
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| 103 | 12 | "Travis Gets Lucky" | Diane Redmond | November 17, 2003 |
Travis starts having a lucky day.
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| 104 | 13 | "Scruffty on Guard" | Glenn Dakin | November 24, 2003 |
Scruffty is guarding duty, but he soon gets distracted.
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Season 9 (2003)[]
The ninth series of Bob the Builder was most likely to be produced during mid-late 2003 to early 2004, before they got broadcasted on CBeebies from 3 April to 24 December 2004 and on the BBC from 7 September to 24 December 2004. Although some TV guide sites mistakenly list the episodes airing between 4 February and 9 May 2003 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 105 | 1 | "Bob the Farmer" | Andrew Brenner | September 14, 2004 |
Bob takes care of Mr. Pickles' farm while he goes to a county fair.
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| 106 (117) | 2 (13) | "Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair" | Teddy Kempner and
Andy Secombe |
December 24, 2004 |
Mr. Bentley has a winter fair.
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| 107 | 3 | "Lofty the Artist" | James Henry | September 21, 2004 |
Wendy decorates the library, and Lofty is so impressed that he decides to paint a picture as well - but he soon finds that being an artist is harder than it looks.
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| 108 | 4 | "Spud's Statue" | Simon Jowett | September 28, 2004 |
Spud breaks Molly's statue, so he tries to make a new one out of Bob's building materials only to leave Bob without the wood to fix the pavilion.
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| 109 | 5 | "Pilchard and the Field Mice" | Ross Hastings | October 5, 2004 |
Pilchard causes havoc on a job to mend a rotten beam in a cottage when she finds some mice living there.
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| 110 | 6 | "Trix's Pumpkin Pie" | Marc Seal | October 12, 2004 |
Trix tries to help Bob build a climbing frame while she also is looking after Farmer Pickles' giant pumpkin pie.
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| 111 | 7 | "Where's Muck?" | Phil Walker | October 19, 2004 |
Bob and the gang are building the road connecting When Muck tries to find the Bird.
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| 112 | 8 | "Travis's Busy Day" | Glenn Dakin | October 26, 2004 |
Bob and the Gang are building the new workshop while Travis gets busy at Bobsville.
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| 113 | 9 | "Muck's Surprise" | Marc Seal | November 2, 2004 |
Bob's gang builds a summer house as an anniversary present for Mrs Bentley, but Muck nearly ruins the surprise.
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| 114 | 10 | "Skip's Big Idea" | Carter Crocker | 18 April 2003 |
| Skip wishes he could come up with good ideas, while Bob is renovating the old mill. | ||||
| 115 | 11 | "Roley's Important Job" | Karl Geurs
Lisa Melbye |
25 April 2003 |
Bob and the gang convert a house into a delicatessen, but there's nothing for Roley to do. Fortunately, some birds give him an idea to make him feel useful again.
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| 116 | 12 | "Trix and the Bug" | Mark Zaslove | 2 May 2003 |
Bob builds a cinema, and a fake giant bug is sent to promote a new film. However, Trix causes chaos in the town when she borrows the insect to help Spud scare the birds.
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| 117 (105) | 13 (1) | "Scoop the Disco Digger" | Diane Redmond | September 7, 2004 |
The team is having a Tropical Beach Party and Dizzy teaches Scoop how to dance.
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Project: Build It (2005-2010)[]
This show was centered around Bob and his crew's adventures in their new home of Sunflower Valley. Many new machines were introduced, and throughout the episodes Bob always tried to be eco-friendly. The show's intro begins with one of Bob's crew and one of other machines doing the job before Wendy and Bob wave good morning and begin their jobs. The show ends with Bob's crew going to sleep and Wendy and Bob waving good night before one of Bob's crew and one of other trucks does the job. All episodes were produced by HiT Entertainment and HoT Animation.
Season 10 (Mid 2005)[]
The tenth series of Bob the Builder was produced throughout 2004, before it was broadcasted on the BBC from 2 to 20 May 2005. Although some TV guide sites mistakenly list 12 of the episodes airing from 8 October 2004 to 7 January 2005 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 118 | 1 | "Bob's Big Plan" | Sarah Ball | May 2, 2005 |
| Bob enters a competition to design a town, and decides to make his design as environmentally friendly as possible, only to discover, when he wins the contest, that the prize is the job of building it. (22 min special) (Also, even though it's an episode of Project: Build It, the opening for the UK version is the same from the original series. Same for the credits.)
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| 119 (118) | 2 (1) | "Bob's Fresh Start" | Marc Seal | May 3, 2005 |
Bob's crew are nervous as they start work on the Sunflower Valley project, but Muck claims not to be afraid. However, his/her confidence soon disappears when he/she and Spud get lost in the woods
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| 120 (119) | 3 (2) | "Lofty's Shelter" |
Sarah Ball |
May 4, 2005 |
Lofty finds it hard to tell Bob that he wants a place in the new machine shelter.
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| 121 (120) | 4 (3) | "Dizzy and the Talkie Talkie" | Marc Seal | May 5, 2005 |
Bob digs a well and Wendy brings the team radio headsets, which soon come in handy when Muck gets lost.
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| 122 (121) | 5 (4) | "Scoop's Recruit" | Sarah Ball | May 6, 2005 |
Scoop looks for someone to take over Wendy's job at the yard and Bob's dad is the one to do it.
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| 123 (122) | 6 (5) | "Where's Robert?" | Sarah Ball | May 9, 2005 |
Bob's dad slows him down, making Bob wonder how they are going to get everything done in time, but there is more to worry about when the older man disappears at the recycling plant.
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| 124 | 7 (6) | "Wendy's Welcome" | Sarah Ball | May 10, 2005 |
Bob searches for Robert, who is preparing a surprise for Wendy at her new home in Sunflower Valley.
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| 125 (124) | 8 (7) | "Roley's New Friend" | Marc Seal | May 11, 2005 |
Roley makes friends with a bird (not the character, Bird) and helps her find the right spot to build a nest.
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| 126 (125) | 9 (8) | "Two Scoops" | Peter Reeves (Storyline by Marc Seal and Sarah Ball) |
May 12, 2005 |
Scoop works very hard and makes himself so tired he falls asleep.
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| 127 (126) | 10 (9) | "Benny's Back!" | Peter Reeves Sarah Ball |
May 13, 2005 |
Bob faces a race against time to get everything finished on the workshop and storerooms, as well as doing a job for Farmer Pickles, so Benny and Scrambler help to get the work done.
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| 128 | 11 (10) | "Spud's Straw Surprise" | Rachel Murrell and Sarah Ball (Storyline by Marc Seal) |
May 16, 2005 |
Spud overhears Bob and Farmer Pickles planning to build something new out of straw, and thinks he is going to be replaced.
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| 129 | 12 (11) | "Off-Road Scrambler" | Marc Seal | May 17, 2005 |
Scrambler takes Scruffty for a walk to keep him out of Bob's hair — but finds the excitable dog has plenty of energy to burn.
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| 130 | 13 (12) | "Meet Marjorie" | Marc Seal | May 18, 2005 |
Dizzy tries to make amends when she gets into hot water with new factory manager Marjorie.
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| 131 | 14 (13) | "Muck's Mud Hut" | Sarah Ball | May 19, 2005 |
The team build a home for Marjorie, but Muck's decision to create a mud hut ends in disaster.
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| 132 | 15 (14) | "Wendy's Party Plan" | Marc Seal | May 20, 2005 |
| Wendy organises a surprise party for Bob, but she is left worrying about the preparations when he puts her in charge of building a new dome at the
same time.
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Season 11 (Mid 2005)[]
The eleventh series of Bob the Builder was produced in early 2005, before it was broadcasted on the BBC from 1 to 16 August 2005. Although some source TV guides list the episodes airing between 1 and 24 June 2005 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 133 | 1 | "Scrambler in the Doghouse" | Marc Seal | August 1, 2005 |
Bob makes Scruffty a unique kennel using recycled scrap after Scrambler smashes all of the building materials.
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| 134 | 2 | "Benny's Important Job" | Rachel Murrell and Marc Seal | August 2, 2005 |
Bob builds the Bentleys' new home into the side of a hill, and Benny is determined to help, but keeping up with the big diggers is harder than expected.
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| 135 | 3 | "Put-It-Together Spud" | Simon Nicholson (Storyline by Marc Seal) |
August 3, 2005 |
Spud helps Bob put together the machinery for Farmer Pickles' sunflower oil factory.
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| 136 | 4 | "Roley's Round-Up" | Marc Seal | August 4, 2005 |
Roley finds a way to keep the Bird and her chicks cool in the storeroom.
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| 137 | 5 | "Dizzy the Detective" | Dave Ingham | August 5, 2005 |
A millstone goes missing, so Dizzy and Spud try to track it down by following a trail of clues.
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| 138 | 6 | "Two-Jobs Travis" | Simon Nicholson | August 8, 2005 |
Travis has a lot of work on his hands when he tries to do two jobs at once.
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| 139 | 7 | "Scrambler and the Colorful Cave" | Marc Seal | August 9, 2005 |
Scrambler stumbles across a strange cave while helping an expert on the Stone Age to decorate his house.
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| 140 | 8 | "Spud's Bumper Harvest" | Simon Nicholson | August 10, 2005 |
Spud causes chaos when he stores a bumper crop of sunflowers in Bob's mobile home.
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| 141 | 9 | "Muck's Convoy" | Dave Ingham | August 11, 2005 |
Muck is told to lead a convoy to the mill, but he cannot remember Bob's directions to get there.
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| 142 | 10 | "While Bob's Away, Robert Will Play" | Marc Seal | August 12, 2005 |
Robert turns Bob's old rubble chute into a children's playground, with a little help from some squirrels.
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| 143 | 11 | "Bob's Three Jobs" | Marc Seal | August 15, 2005 |
Bob plans to go bird-watching with his dad, but has three very important jobs to finish first; which take longer than expected.
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| 144 | 12 | "Scoop Knows It All" | Simon Nicholson | August 16, 2005 |
A new forklift truck joins the team, and Scoop shows her round the valley.
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Season 12 (Early 2006)[]
The twelfth series of Bob the Builder was produced in around late-2005 and early-2006, before they got broadcasted on CBeebies from 31 July to 17 August 2006. Although some TV guide sites mistakenly list the episodes airing between 12 January and 7 March 2006 for the UK.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 145 | 1 | "Dizzy's Sleepover" | Dave Ingham | 12 January 2006 |
Dizzy discovers there are bats in the watermill and she cannot wait to meet them.
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| 146 | 2 | "Lofty the Star" | Marc Seal | 19 January 2006 |
The machines build a bunkhouse for Farmer Pickles' sunflower pickers and Lofty gets the chance to show off his talents.
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| 147 | 3 | "Sumsy's Willow Tree" | Simon Nicholson | 26 January 2006 |
The machines chop down a willow tree that's started to topple over and soon discover how useful the woods can be.
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| 148 | 4 | "Slow Down Scrambler!" | Marc Seal | 2 February 2006 |
The machines are working on building a bridge, but Scrambler tries to slow things down by being too hasty.
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| 149 | 5 | "Travis and the Tropical Fruit" | Simon Nicholson | 3 February 2006 |
Bob and the gang build a pineapple pit to keep Mr. Beasley's fruit crop warm, and Travis has to fetch a load of manure.
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| 150 | 6 | "Scoop the Teacher" | Dave Ingham | 4 February 2006 |
Bob, Wendy and the team create an entire town using natural materials found locally.
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| 151 | 7 | "Sir Muck" | Marc Seal | 5 February 2006 |
Spud and Muck help build a windmill for Mr. Sabitini.
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| 152 | 8 | "Bashing Crashing Benny" | Marc Seal | 6 February 2006 |
| Benny becomes excited when he makes an unexpected discovery. | ||||
| 153 | 9 | "Spud's Cork Tree" | Dave Ingham | 10 February 2006 |
Spud learns about the many uses of cork.
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| 154 | 10 | "Bob's Top Team" | Simon Nicholson | 12 February 2006 |
Everyone is busy getting the new visitor centre ready for its grand opening.
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| 155 | 11 | "Sumsy and the Beast" | Sarah Ball | 14 February 2006 |
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Sumsy and Spud cause panic across the valley when they spot a strange creature in town.Note: This Title is pun called "Beauty and the beast".
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| 156 | 12 | "Listen with Scrambler" | Marc Seal | 27 February 2006 |
Scrambler plays with the children in Sunflower Valley on the last day before they return to school in Bobsville.
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| 157 | 13 | "Roley's Birds Eye View" | Sarah Ball | 4 March 2006 |
Roley would like to get a birds eye view of Bobsville and is upset that he is too big to reach the top of the observation tower.
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| 158 | 14 | "Wendy's Houseboat" | Dave Ingham | 7 March 2006 |
Wendy and Bob announce they are going to fix up a houseboat, and the rest of the team lends a helping hand.
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| 159 | 15 | "Mr. Bentley's Assistant" | Simon Nicholson | 10 March 2006 |
| Mr. Bentley prepares to welcome a group of newcomers to the valley. Spud attempts to help out, but inevitably ends up complicating matters. Note: Some sources list this episode as part of this series, even though it is actually from the next series.
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| 160 | 16 | "Roley's Moleys" | Marc Seal | 21 March 2006 |
| Roley's preparations for a cafe opening are made difficult by some troublesome moles. Note: Some sources list this episode as part of this series, even though it is actually from the next series.
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Season 13 (Mid 2006)[]
The thirteenth series of Bob the Builder was produced in around early to mid 2006, before it actually got broadcasted on CBeebies from 18 to 29 August 2006. Although some TV guide sites mistakenly list the episodes airing between 4 to 26 July 2006.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 161 | 1 | "Spud Rushes It" | Marc Seal | 6 July 2006 |
Bob and the machines make a watering system for Farmer Pickles' new orchard.
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| 162 | 2 | "Scrambler's Seaweed Delivery" | Simon Nicholson | 7 July 2006 |
When Bob builds a seaweed farm for Annie Pickles, Scrambler volunteers to help collect the seaweed from the beach and bring it to the garden.
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| 163 | 3 | "Massive Muck" | Marc Seal | 8 July 2006 |
The team starts work on Annie Pickles' new seafront house, but Muck does not concentrate on the task in hand.
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| 164 | 4 | "Roley's Apple Press" | Marc Seal | 9 July 2006 |
Roley wants to help with the apple harvest, but is not much use, so Bob finds something he can do much better.
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| 165 | 5 | "Travis's Giddy Day" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 10 July 2006 |
The machines build a goat run for Farmer Pickles' newest arrival.
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| 166 | 6 | "Muck's Drying Tunnel" | Simon Nicholson | 12 July 2006 |
Muck builds a drying tunnel for Annie's seaweed and a rotary washing line for Mr. Beasley.
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| 167 | 7 | "Benny's Jungle Trouble" | Louise Kramskoy | 21 July 2006 |
Benny gets the wrong idea about a conversation he overheard and heads off into marshland, looking for jungle animals.
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| 168 | 8 | "Dizzy the Walking Bus" | Dave Ingham | 24 July 2006 |
Dizzy tries to help the children get to school, but new road signs confuse them.
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| 169 | 9 | "Packer's First Day" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson |
25 July 2006 |
Packer arrives in Sunflower Valley, but he finds it very difficult to concentrate on the task at hand.
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| 170 | 10 | "The Bob House" | Simon Nicholson | 26 July 2006 |
Bob designs a house with the help of his father, while Mr. and Mrs. Bentley conduct a survey.
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Season 14 (2006)[]
The fourteenth series of Bob the Builder was produced in around mid to late 2006, before it was broadcasted on CBeebies from 3 to 18 September 2007 and on the BBC from 1 to 15 October 2007.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 171 | 1 | "Mr. Bentley's Big Parade" | Marc Seal | October 1, 2007[49] |
Mr Bentley is organising a special parade to announce Sunflower Valley's very first mayor.
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| 17 | 2 | "Scrambler the Goat Herder" | David Ingham | 4 March 2007 |
Scrambler is given the job of bringing Giddy the goat down from Snowcap mountain.
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| 173 | 3 | "Packer's Big Delivery" | Simon Nicholson | 7 March 2007 |
When Packer the delivery truck sets off to collect goat's milk from Meg MacDonald, he gets stuck on a narrow mountain ridge and it's up to Scrambler to rescue him.
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| 174 | 4 | "Spud the Woodsman" | Louise Kramskoy | 20 March 2007 |
Spud wants to become a woodsman like Chip Chipper, but when he causes chaos at the building site he decides to stick with being a scarecrow.
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| 175 | 5 | "Muck's Mootastic Dairy" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson |
26 March 2007 |
Bob is building a new dairy and Muck is entrusted with looking after the cows. When the cows cause chaos and knock down the half-built dairy, everyone helps to rebuild it so the cows can be milked before sunset arrives.
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| 176 | 6 | "Roley the Green Cat" | Marc Seal | 31 March 2007 |
Roley is mystified as to why Pilchard doesn't want to play with him any more, until he discovers her with a litter of kittens, and is proud to become Uncle Roley.
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| 177 | 7 | "Put-It-Together Bob" | Simon Nicholson | 5 April 2007 |
| When Bob tries to install machinery at Meg's milk bottling plant, he realises it is going to be harder than he first thought - especially when Buttercup the cow eats his plans! | ||||
| 178 | 8 | "Dodger the Milk Truck" | Dave Ingham | 23 April 2007 |
| Meg's new milk delivery truck thinks he is not wanted in Sunflower Valley. | ||||
| 179 | 9 | "The Three Musketrucks" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 3 May 2007 |
| Scrambler, Packer, and Dodger make a pact to deliver all their cargo and overcome great obstacles to make it happen. | ||||
| 180 | 10 | "Scoop Slips Up" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 17 May 2007 |
| Bob is building some salt pans by the beach and accidentally breaks the sluice gates. When Scoop slips on some seaweed, he thinks he actually broke the gates, and goes out of his way to stop Bob finding out. | ||||
| 181 | 11 | "Dodger's Dairy Disaster" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 23 May 2007 |
| Dodger is sent to collect ingredients for Meg MacDonald's new cheese, but causes trouble. | ||||
| 182 | 12 | "Bob's Beach Hut" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 31 May 2007 |
| Bob decides to build a beach hut as a surprise for his mother and father. | ||||
Season 15 (2006-2007)[]
The fifteenth series of Bob the Builder was produced in around late-2006 to early-2007, before they got broadcasted on CBeebies from 19 September to October 2007.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 183 | 1 | "The House That Lofty Built" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 7 October 2007 |
Bob moves his mobile home to Bobland Bay and Lofty turns the machine shelter into a makeshift house.
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| 184 | 2 | "Bob's Big Idea" | Marc Seal | 25 October 2007 |
Bob is having trouble designing his dream house in Sunflower Valley.
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| 185 | 3 | "Roley Brings the House Down" | Marc Seal | 26 November 2007 |
Roley and Muck play in the mud, but an accident leads to the old machine shelter being knocked down.
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| 186 | 4 | "Muck's Machine Wash" | Dave Ingham | 1 December 2007 |
Muck is unhappy when he finds that Bob has built a machine to clean all the vehicles, as he knows it will clean all the muck off him.
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| 187 | 5 | "Lofty's Comet" | Simon Nicholson | 26 December 2007 |
Bob, his dad and Lofty build an observatory so everyone can watch a comet pass over the valley.
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| 188 | 6 | "Lofty the Lifeguard" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 17 January 2008 |
Lofty rescues a famous film director, Oscar Flicks, who gets into trouble at sea.
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| 189 | 7 | "Go, Mr. Bentley, Go!" | Simon Nicholson | 24 January 2008 |
Mr. Bentley takes Scrambler on as his personal trainer when Bob and the team build an exercise park at Bobland Bay.
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| 190 | 8 | "Star Struck Spud" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 31 January 2008 |
Bob and the gang build a drive-in cinema, before Oscar Flicks' sea monster movie shot in Bobland Bay is finally shown.
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| 191 | 9 | "Tumbler and the Skate Park" | Marc Seal | 6 February 2008 |
Tumbler arrives in Sunflower valley to help build a skate park.
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| 192 | 10 | "Fantastic Flex" | Marc Seal | 11 February 2008 |
The lens needs replacing on the lighthouse, so Flex comes to help.
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| 193 | 11 | "Packer's Trailer Trouble" | Louise Kramskoy | 3 March 2008 |
Bob and the machines build an ice-cream parlor in Bobland Bay, but Packer gets his deliveries all muddled up.
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| 194 | 12 | "Scoop's Best Team Ever" | Simon Nicholson | 15 March 2008 |
Scoop worries that Benny will replace him as Bob's number one machine.
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| 195 | 13 | "Tumbler's Perfect Promenade" | Dave Ingham | 28 March 2008 |
Tumbler wants the promenade at the Bobland Bay Hotel to be unique to Bobland Bay. Spud tries to do every job in the hotel but he ends up causing chaos instead.
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| 196 | 14 | "Spud and the Hotel" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | 10 April 2008 |
The first guests arrive at the Bobland Bay Hotel and Spud decides to help out by trying his hand at every job.
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| 197 | 15 | "Clean as a Whistle Bristle" | Dave Ingham | 26 April 2008 |
Items go missing soon after Bristle the street cleaner arrives. Scoop also gets stuck in a snow bank.
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| 198 | 16 | "Zoomer's Snowy Adventure" | Dave Ingham | September 2, 2008[50] |
| Zoomer stays with Bob in Sunflower Valley, and when heavy snow blocks everyone in, it is down to Zoomer and Scoop to save the day. Note: some sources list this episode as part of this series, even though it is actually in the next series.
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Season 16 (2007)[]
The sixteenth series of Bob the Builder was produced in around early to mid 2007, before they got broadcasted on CBeebies from 5 to 26 August 2008 and on the BBC from 2 to 18 September 2008.
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 199 | 1 | "Radio Bob" | Simon Nicholson | September 3, 2008[51] |
Bob and the machines build a radio studio and they think of ideas for their own shows.
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| 200 | 2 | "Tumbler and the Ice Rink" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | September 4, 2008[52] |
Tumbler and Dizzy are on their way to collect some concrete when Dizzy gets trapped in a snow drift.
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| 201 | 3 | "Spud the DJ" | Marc Seal | September 5, 2008[53] |
| Spud causes chaos when he looks after the radio station and announces on air that a storm is on the way. | ||||
| 202 | 4 | "Silent Scoop" | Dave Ingham | September 8, 2008[54] |
Mike Turntable finishes his night shift at the radio station and tries to get some sleep, while Bob and the gang build a new swimming pool at the Bobland Bay hotel.
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| 203 | 5 | "Scrambler Gets Prepared" | Marc Seal | September 9, 2008[55] |
Scrambler takes the kids on an overnight badger patrol with Chip Chipper, and he sets out to prove he is prepared for anything.
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| 204 | 6 | "Sumsy's Special Building" | Simon Nicholson | September 10, 2008[56] |
The team builds an office for the Mayor using unusual recycled materials.
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| 205 | 7 | "Lofty's Banana Tree" | Simon Nicholson | September 11, 2008[57] |
The machines build a hot house in Bobland Bay so they can grow tropical plants.
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| 206 | 8 | "Roley's Flat Garden" | Simon Nicholson | September 12, 2008[58] |
Roley decides to lend a hand with Mr Bentley's design for a new botanical garden, which he thinks should be flat.
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| 207 | 9 | "Super Splasher" | Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson | September 15, 2008[59] |
Splasher arrives in town and sets about rescuing everyone.
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| 208 | 10 | "Breezy Bristle" | Dave Ingham | September 16, 2008[60] |
Bob and the crew plan to surprise Gripper and Grabber with a new shelter when the duo arrive in Sunflower Valley on a hot day.
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| 209 | 11 | "Splasher's Two Stops" | Marc Seal | September 17, 2008[61] |
The team builds two shelter stops for Splasher's new ferry route as everybody gets ready for the big summer party in Bobland Bay.
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| 210 | 12 | "An Inspector Calls" | Marc Seal | September 18, 2008[62] |
Mr Carruthers, the chief building inspector, comes to inspect Bob's team's work.
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Bob's Mini Projects (shorts)[]
In recent years, a number of 2-minute shorts, called Bob's Mini Projects, has been aired on Cbebbies as a short series and aired on PBS and Treehouse whenever an episode was paired but was later replaced with Bob's Jobs in Ready, Steady, Build!:
- Scoop and the Worms
- Rowdy Roley
- Lofty and the Otters
- Dizzy's Tree
- Wendy Weaves a Basket
- Muck's Water Butt
- Hedges and Holes
- Spud the Tree
- Recycling Pilchard
- Bob and the Hedgehogs
- Bob's Hammock
- Bob and the Dry Stone Wall
- Sun Time
- Sa
- Spud's Lunchbreak
- Bob's Birdfeeder
- Scoop's Reflections
- Spud's Toasted Marshmallows
- Benny's Animal Talk
- Roley the Worm Charmer
- Stepping Stones
- Scrambler's Off-Road Team
- Watch the Birdie
- Dizzy's Ducklings
- Scrambler the Shepherd
- Benny's Keepasake
- Bob's Poe
- Beach Music
- Shut that Gate
- Hide and Tweet
- Tumbler Gets Clean
- Finder Flex
- Bristle the Sheepdog
- It's Oh So Early
Ready Steady Build![]
The third spin-off is Bob The Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!. The gang has now apparently moved to a place called Fixham Harbour and the show is now animated in full CGI animation instead of the traditional stop-motion animation.
The characters from the previous spin-offs (like Gripper, Grabber, Splasher, Scrambler, Packer and Ella) are still present. Zoomer appears to have his last appearance in Project: Build It currently. There's a segment called Bob's Jobs where a live action child appears on Bob's computer screen and needs help but Gripper and Grabber come in with stuff like rocks, crates, etc. and Bob finds out a safer way to use them. The Series aired every day on CBeebies between April 12 to May 7, 2010 and later from October 25, 2011 to June 2, 2012.
Season 17 (2010-2011)[]
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 211 | 1 | "Scratch's Hidden Treasures" | Lisa Akhurst | 8/5/2010 |
| When Scratch finds buried treasure outside Fixham Museum, Scoop and Muck decide he is the best one to dig them up. | ||||
| 212 | 2 | "Scrambler's Best Idea" | Lisa Akhurst | 8/19/2010 |
| Scrambler is disappointed when Roley beats him in the Playtime Build Competition, and decides to create his own treehouse anyway. | ||||
| 213 | 3 | "Scoop the Artist" | Lisa Akhurst | 9/3/2010 |
| Scoop meets a famous artist and tries to become one himself. | ||||
| 214 | 4 | "High Tide For Lofty" | Anna Starkey | 9/27/2010 |
|
Bob and the team are rebuilding the old pier, but Lofty is afraid to get too close to the water because the tide will come in. Note: Gripper and Grabber start re-appearing in some episodes | ||||
| 215 | 5 | "Roley's Rovers" | Sharon Miller | 10/18/2010 |
| Wendy tells the machines they need a mascot to become a real team after they find a football to play with. | ||||
| 216 | 6 | "Start from Scratch" | Ross Hastings | 10/25/2010 |
| Scratch tries to impress Bob with a football trick. | ||||
| 217 | 7 | "Night Time Scratch" | Ross Hastings | 11/6/2010 |
| Scratch is so excited about installing floodlights at the football pitch that he is unable to sleep, but when the time comes to turn them on, he struggles to stay awake. | ||||
| 218 | 8 | "Lofty and the Monster" | Louise Kramskoy | 11/13/2010 |
| Scoop, Dizzy and Scrambler play a game of monster chase, but Lofty does not realise they are only playing. | ||||
| 219 | 9 | "Dizzy In Charge" | Ross Hastings | 11/27/2010 |
| Bob and the team restore the town of Fixham to its former glory with Dizzy in charge of things. | ||||
| 220 | 10 | "Lofty's Helpful Day" | Lisa Akhurst | 12/12/2010 |
| Lofty really wants to be as helpful as he can, but ends up taking on so many jobs that he gets confused. | ||||
| 221 | 11 | "Scoop's Sea Rescue" | Lisa Akhurst | 1/2/2011 |
| The town of Fixham continues to be restored to its former glory and Scoop has to make a rescue at sea. | ||||
| 222 | 12 | "Scratch's Star Turn" | Louise Kramskoy | 1/17/2011 |
| The famous actor, Dickie Olivier, arrives in Fixham to celebrate History Day, and after Bob turns an old ship into a stage, Scratch is given the chance to tread the boards in a play. | ||||
| 223 | 13 | "Pineapple Scratch" | Ross Hastings | 1/31/2011 |
| Brad's conch shell and pineapple go missing, just as he is celebrating the opening of his beach café. | ||||
| 224 | 14 | "Scrambler's Stage Surprise" | Lisa Akhurst | 2/16/2011 |
| When a storm damages the Fixham theatre, Bob and the team have to work fast to repair it in time for the opening of a play. | ||||
| 225 | 15 | "Wendy's Birthday Surprise" | Lisa Akhurst | 3/10/2011 |
| Getting ready for Wendy's surprise birthday party proves to be a challenge, especially when Scoop tries to do everything himself. When Wendy's birthday present falls into the well the team are working on, Scoop realises he needs help from his friends to complete the job and get the party ready on time. | ||||
| 226 | 16 | "Scratch Goes Solo" | Simon Nicholson | 3/29/2011 |
| Scratch has a solo job digging for Farmer Pickles, but soon becomes lonely without the others | ||||
| 227 | 17 | "Dizzy and the Wheelies" | Louise Kramskoy | 4/4/2011 |
| Dizzy's stunts impress are a real hit, until one of her friends upstages her, and she becomes desperate to prove she is still the best. | ||||
| 228 | 18 | "Muck's Beach Tower" | Ross Hastings | 4/11/2011 |
| Muck tries to build a sandcastle and forgets about the job that took him to the beach in the first place. | ||||
| 229 | 19 | "Here Comes Muck" | Simon Nicholson | 4/18/2011 |
| Bob and the gang rebuild the yard and create new garages for themselves. | ||||
| 230 | 20 | "Scrambler Gets Clean" | Ross Hastings | 4/25/2011 |
| Bob and the gang finish the machine wash, but Scramber is afraid to use it. | ||||
Season 18 (2010-2012)[]
| Ep# | Se# | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 231 | 1 | "Scrambler and the Clue" | Unknown | 10/25/2010 |
| Bob and the team are summoned to Fixham Museum by its curator | ||||
| 232 | 2 | "Lofty and the Teddy Bear Rescue" | Unknown | 10/25/2010 |
| Lofty sees a box of teddy bears and decides to move them out of the way | ||||
| 233 | 3 | "Muck and the Old School Wall" | Unknown | 10/25/2010 |
| Following on from the last clue that they discovered - a picture of a dragon | ||||
| 234 | 4 | "Scoop's Big Job" | Unknown | 10/25/2010 |
| Spud and Scrambler are still searching for the Golden Hammer and are trying to figure out what the latest clue means | ||||
| 235 | 5 | "Dizzy Finds a Pirate" | Unknown | 10/25/2010 |
| When Dizzy tells the team that she has seen Brickbeard backstage | ||||
| 236 | 6 | "Roley and the Seagull" | Unknown | 10/25/2010 |
| Roley befriends a seagull that gets very angry when the team begins to lift the old ship out of the water | ||||
| 237 | 7 | "Lofty and the Diggers Three" | Unknown | 11/19/2011 |
| Lofty is jealous of the camaraderie between the three diggers. | ||||
| 238 | 8 | "Scoop and the Roller Coaster" | Unknown | 11/20/2011 |
| Today's job is to build a roller coaster at the theme park, and Scratch is desperate to find his own dinosaur. Scoop tells him that he has a plan to do just that | ||||
| 239 | 9 | "Rubble and the Seagull Surprise" | Louise Kramskoy | 11/21/2011 |
| Bob and the team are building a flying ride at the park. | ||||
| 240 | 10 | "Roley and the Impossible Bump" | Ross Hastings | 11/22/2011 |
| Roley is flattered when Scratch tells him he thinks he's the best flattener in the world! So flattered | ||||
| 241 | 11 | "Muck's Track to Trouble" | Simon Nicholson | 11/23/2011 |
| Muck is train is a coming | ||||
| 242 | 12 | "A Dinosaur for Scratch" | Ross Hastings | 11/24/2011 |
| Scratch is a dinosaur | ||||
| 243 | 13 | "Whizzy Dizzy" | Lisa Akhurst | 11/25/2011 |
| Dizzy sets out to prove how quickly she can get things done when the team builds a new workshop for Bob. | ||||
| 244 | 14 | "Travis' New Garage" | Louise Kramskoy | 12/17/2011 |
| Roley decides to become the team's official lost-property officer, but his enthusiasm for finding things interferes with work on a new garage for Travis. | ||||
| 245 | 15 | "Scratch and the Dream Home" | Ross Hastings | 1/21/2012 |
| Scratch persuades the other machines to let Spud design and build his own home. | ||||
| 246 | 16 | "Stage Struck Dizzy" | Anna Starkey | 2/24/2012 |
| The team works at a theatre, building a shed to store props and scenery. | ||||
| 247 | 17 | "Roley and the Fox" | Lisa Akhurst | 3/8/2012 |
| The team builds a jungle-themed mini-golf course, and Roley befriends a fox. | ||||
| 248 | 18 | "Super Scrambler" | Lisa Akhurst | 3/15/2012 |
| Scrambler dreams of emulating his favourite superhero, and comments from Scoop and Muck make him even more determined to achieve his goal. | ||||
| 249 | 19 | "Roley's Weather Rap" | Simon Nicholson | 3/26/2012 |
| Roley writes a rap about the weather so he can help Brad Rad make announcements to his surfing students. | ||||
| 250 | 20 | "Bob's Big Bounce" | Louise Kramskoy | 6/2/2012 |
| The team builds a trampoline by the children's playground, but problems arise when Scratch tries to fix a problem without asking for help. | ||||
Bob's Jobs[]
- Planter
- Bird Feeder
- Rock Garden
- Wind-Proof Planter
- Composting Bin
- Wind Chimes
- Kitty House
- Bunny Run
- Rain Catcher
- Squirrel Fun Course
Movie Specials[]
Original Series[]
| Episode # | Title | Written By | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special | "A Christmas to Remember" | Jimmy Hibbert | December 23, 2002 |
| Bob and his friends have their work cut out to prepare for the town's annual Christmas concert. | |||
| Special | "The Knights of Can-A-Lot (The Knights of Fix-A-Lot - U.S. title)" | Jimmy Hibbert | March 11, 2003 |
| Bob's
father Robert makes a surprise welcome to Bob, Wendy and the gang to help Dr. Mountfinchett repair a castle when Robert pretends to be Bob the Builder and take all the glory. Will the castle be finish and will Bob and his Dad get along? | |||
| Special | "Snowed Under" | Sarah Ball | November 25, 2004 |
| Bob
the Builder and his gang travel to a winter resort and have to help build the venues for the Bobblesberg Winter Games, since the original crew assigned the tasked gets snowed under. | |||
Project: Build It[]
- Bob's Big Plan (2004)
- When Bob Became a Builder (2005)
- Built to Be Wild (2006)
- Scrambler to the Rescue (2007)
- Race to the Finish (2008)
Ready, Steady, Build![]
- Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden Hammer (2010) - Runtime: 60:06
- Big Dino Dig (2011) - Runtime: 60:45
- The Diggineers (2013) - Runtime: 60:37
Merchandise[]
Various companies manufacture licensed Bob the Builder Merchandise (e.g.: Brio, Lego Duplo, Hasbro, Learning Curve, etc.) since about 1999 to present. Sometimes some fans make fan-made merchandise for the television show, such as racing games that are not related to the show.[citation needed]
Lego Duplo/Explorer[]
Lego began manufacturing licensed Duplo Bob the Builder sets in 2001. Lego Explorer also made the sets using the same bricks that Duplo used (e.g. Naughty Spud, Wallpaper Wendy, etc.). The sets were aimed at younger children, two and up. Duplo manufactured the sets (e.g. Scoop at Bobland Bay, Muck Can Do It, etc.) until 2009 when Lego's contract expired.[citation needed]
Hasbro[]
Hasbro created licensed Bob the Builder characters. They included talking characters and others to go with the Bob the Builder line. The Hasbro line was discontinued in 2005 when Learning Curve took the chance to take over.[citation needed]
Learning Curve[]
Learning Curve among countless others held a license to make the toys, but discontinued them. They first merchandised their Bob the Builder products in 2005 after the Hasbro range was discontinued. Learning Curve also created the Thomas & Friends characters, while the company still makes the sets (e.g. Scoop, Muck, Lofty, Dizzy, andys trailer etc.) and then sold them to stores. They discontinued them in 2010 and it is unknown if they could ever return to making them. The toys are currently available in the United Kingdom by Character Options.[citation needed]
Character World[]
In 2012 Character World announced that they had signed a license to manufacture official Bob the Builder bedding and bedroom textiles. A duvet cover is said to be available in the UK in late 2012.
Video games[]
Various companies released the Bob the Builder games.
- Fix it Fun! (Game Boy Color, NTSC/PAL) - 2000
- Can We Fix It? (PC, PS1, NTSC/PAL) - 2001
- Bob Builds a Park (PC, NTSC/PAL) - 2002
- Bob's Castle Adventure (PC, NTSC/PAL) - 2003
- Project: Build It (PS2, PAL only) - 2005
- Bob the Builder: Can-Do-Zoo (PC, NTSC/PAL) - 2008
- Festival of Fun! (PS2, Wii, Nintendo DS, PAL only) - 2009
Project Build It[]
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Bob the Builder episodes.
In the second series, a sort of spin-off series was created titled Bob the Builder: Project Build It. 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 machines and builds a new Yard there. Bob convinces his father, Robert, to come out of retirement and take over the Bobsville building business. 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 Rob Rackstraw to be the voices of Spud the Scarecrow and Mr. Bentley. The show also added recycling and being environmentally friendly to its lessons, emphasising the phrase "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."
Ready, Steady, Build![]
The third spin-off was titled Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build! It was created by Keith Chapman and Mallory Lewis. The group, now joined by newcomer Scratch are now residing in the town of Fixham Harbour (which is very similar to Bobsville, and is even implied to be Bobsville in several episodes), deal with construction and other building tasks around the area. Unlike previous series, Ready, Steady, Build! is animated in full CGI animation, which allows for larger and more elaborate construction projects that would be too large or expensive for the model sets of the stop-motion series, though it still retains the theme song.[6]
Voice actors[]
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, June Whitfield and Wayne Forester.
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).
International broadcasts[]
Bob the Builder is shown in more than thirty countries, and versions are available in English, French, Spanish, Slovenian, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Hindi and Croatian, among other languages. It is shown on CBeebies on BBC television in the UK.
The North American version of the show uses the original British footage and script, but dubs the voices in American accents and slang; for example, the word "soccer" is used instead of "football" to avoid confusion with the gridiron forms of the game. 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. Bob's newest US voice has been provided by Marc Silk, an English voice actor from Birmingham.[7][8]
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. 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."[9] In fact, Bob the Builder aired in Japan without such edits,[10] as did other series including Postman Pat and The Simpsons.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [11] |
IRE [12] |
NZ [13] |
UK [14] | ||||||
|
Bob the Builder: The Album |
|
1 | 59 | 32 | 4 |
| |||
| Never Mind the Breeze Blocks |
|
— | — | — | 87 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles[]
Year
Single
Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
AUS
[17]
IRE
[12]
UK
[14]
2000 "Can We Fix It?" 1 3 1
- AUS: 2× Platinum[18]
- UK: Gold[16]
Bob the Builder: The Album
2001 "Mambo No. 5" 2 4 1
- AUS: Platinum[18]
- UK: Gold[16]
2008 "Big Fish Little Fish" — — 81
Never Mind the Breeze Blocks
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Repeats[]
Bob the Builder has been shown on BBC1, BBC2 and BBC Choice since 1999. CBBC on Choice have broadcasted Bob the Builder quatrice premiering on Saturday 4th December 1999 at 11.25am, 1.25pm, 3.15pm and 5.25pm. Bob the Builder was also screened on Nick Jr on January 15, 2001 at 4.30pm until 2005, where it later aired on PBS and its sister channel, Sprout until 2019 and 2015 respectively. CBeebies have also screened the series until 2015, when the reboot came out. Then Later In 2017 Due To Gender Imbalance It Was With Fireman Sam When They Replaced By Bitz And Bob
Reference Links[]
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- ↑ BBC debut date: 5.7.1999 at 3:45pm
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- ↑ BBC debut date: 2.8.1999 @ 3:50pm
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