Series synopsis
Bob the Builder is a British animation kids television series that premiered on BBC One on April 12, 1999. It ended on October 5, 2011. It was created by Keith Chapman. It stars Neil Morrissey, Rob Rackstraw, Kate Harbour and William Dufris.
Bob the Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. Bob and the Can-Do Crew demonstrate the power of positive thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and follow-through. The team always shows that “The Fun Is In Getting It Done!”
Premise
Bob the Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. Bob and the Can-Do Crew demonstrate the power of positive thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and follow-through. The team always shows that “The Fun Is In Getting It Done!”
Premise: CAN HE FIX IT? YES, HE CAN!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Neil Morrissey as Bob / Roley / Lofty (voice)
- Rob Rackstraw as Scoop / Muck / Travis / Spud (voice)
- Kate Harbour as Wendy / Dizzy / Pilchard / Bird (voice)
- William Dufris as Bob (voice)
- Lachele Carl as Muck (voice)
- Lorelei King as Wendy (voice)
- Alan Marriott as Scoop / Travis / Spud (voice)
- Maria Darling as Dizzy / Roley (voice)
Supporting cast
- Sonya Leite as Lofty (voice)
- Greg Proops as Bob (voice)
- Rupert Degas as Scrambler (voice)
- Emma Tate as Lofty / Benny (voice)
- Marc Silk as Bob (voice)
- David Menkin as Scoop / Travis (voice)
- Sophie Aldred as Muck (voice)
- Lizzie Waterworth as Lofty (voice)
- Jo Wyatt as Scratch (voice)
- Llewella Gideon as Molly (voice)
Guest cast
- Llewella Gideon as Molly (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 19 seasons with 271 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 16 | December 23, 2002 | November 9, 2012 |
| Season 1 | 13 | April 12, 1999 | August 2, 1999 |
| Season 2 | 13 | October 11, 1999 | December 28, 1999 |
| Season 3 | 13 | September 25, 2000 | April 12, 2001 |
| Season 4 | 14 | November 27, 2000 | April 26, 2001 |
| Season 5 | 13 | April 1, 2002 | April 13, 2002 |
| Season 6 | 13 | September 2, 2002 | September 14, 2002 |
| Season 7 | 13 | February 3, 2003 | February 20, 2003 |
| Season 8 | 14 | September 1, 2003 | March 5, 2005 |
| Season 9 | 13 | April 3, 2004 | December 20, 2004 |
| Season 10 | 17 | May 2, 2005 | November 14, 2005 |
| Season 11 | 12 | August 1, 2005 | August 16, 2005 |
| Season 12 | 14 | July 31, 2006 | August 21, 2006 |
| Season 13 | 13 | August 18, 2006 | April 27, 2007 |
| Season 14 | 12 | September 3, 2007 | September 18, 2007 |
| Season 15 | 15 | September 19, 2007 | October 9, 2007 |
| Season 16 | 13 | August 5, 2008 | August 26, 2008 |
| Season 17 | 20 | April 12, 2010 | May 28, 2010 |
| Season 18 | 20 | September 19, 2011 | October 5, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Christmas To Remember Bob and his friends have their work cut out to prepare for the town's annual Christmas concert. |
December 23, 2002 |
| 2 |
The Knights of Can-A-Lot 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? |
March 11, 2003 |
| 3 |
Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games 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. |
November 25, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Scoop Saves the Day Bob and the machines are in great demand after a heavy storm causes destruction. Meanwhile, at the farm Muck and Lofty find it hard to cope when a fallen tree by the pond traps Pilchard and a family of ducks. |
April 12, 1999 |
| 2 |
Travis Paints the Town Bob and the machines are painting line-markings on the road. Bob is called away to repair Mrs Potts' garden fence. Spud then sees a way to make mischief! He attaches the line-marking machine to Travis. Travis then speeds off and doesn't know he is leaving a mess. Who will stop him before he paints the whole town white? |
April 19, 1999 |
| 3 |
Bob Saves the Hedgehogs Roley nearly flattens a family of hedgehogs who are crossing the road Bob and the machines are working on. They need to find a permanent solution. How will hedgehogs get across a busy road? |
April 26, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spud the Spanner Spud decides he is bored of being a scarecrow. He finds Bob's toolbox and decides to do some of his own fixing. When Muck sees him with Bob's toolbox, Bob and the machines have to stop him before he hurts himself. |
October 11, 1999 |
| 2 |
Wallpaper Wendy Bob volunteers to decorate Mrs Broadbent's new apartment when the decorators let her down. He has never done a decorating job before and ends up making a complete mess! |
October 18, 1999 |
| 3 |
Runaway Roley Bob and the machines have worked hard digging a trench. The next morning Roley sleeprolls out of the yard and causes a trail of destruction all over town! Bob, Wendy and the machines have to guide Roley back to the yard without waking him up. |
October 25, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bob's Boots Bob recieves a new pair of boots. They squeak at first, attracting the attention of some mice. Meanwhile, Spud challenges Bird to a race and helps himself to the contents of Bob's lunchbox. |
September 25, 2000 |
| 2 |
Mucky Muck Bob brings Scoop and Muck to the yard, both machines covered in mud. Bob decides to give them a wash down. But Muck doesn't want to be washed down - he loves being mucky! Just as well when Travis gets stuck in the mud and Bob, Muck and Dizzy have to go and rescue him. Later on Muck, Dizzy and Spud have a mud fight. |
October 2, 2000 |
| 3 |
Bob's Day Off Bob attempts to take his day off to photograph the rare Blue-Crested Warbler. However, the computer breaks down and Wendy has to call him to take care of some urgent jobs. Will Bob get his chance to photograph the Blue-Crested Warbler? |
October 9, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Trailer Travis Travis has to deliver a load of gravel. Scoop offers to help him and Spud gets a ride aboard. However, Spud unhooks the trailer to give Travis a rest and rolls away! Meanwhile, Wendy and the machines are putting up a signpost at the crossroads. |
November 27, 2000 |
| 2 |
Dizzy's Crazy Paving Wendy and the machines are building a new path for Mrs Potts. Mrs Potts won't let Roley work on the path because she is worried he will crush the flower beds. Roley feels hurt but feels better when supervising Wendy with the hand-roller. However, Muck accidentally drops the flagstones and they break. But Dizzy comes up with a bright idea. |
December 18, 2000 |
| 3 |
Scoop's Stegosaurus While digging a ditch at Farmer Pickles' field, Bob and Scoop come across some old bones. Bob goes to show a bone to Mr. Ellis at the museum. Scoop is left on guard at the ditch. Spud persuades him to leave and see the bigger bones he's found. Then Spud decides to put on his own dinosaur display. Mr Ellis thinks they have found a stegosaurus skeleton but is very disappointed that some of the bones are missing. Bob goes back to the field and Scoop remembers what Spud told him. |
February 1, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Scruffty's Big Dig Whilst chasing rabbits in a field, Scruffty falls down a hole. Muck is spooked by the noises he makes and thinks it's a ghost. He calls Bob to have a look and then Lofty hauls Scruffty out of the hole. |
April 1, 2002 |
| 2 |
Inspector Spud When Mr Bentley gets soaked whilst inspecting a pipe, Spud decides to take over his job, even though he has no qualifications! |
April 2, 2002 |
| 3 |
Cock-a-Doodle Spud Bob is building a hen coop for Farmer Pickles as his hen has abandoned her eggs. Spud decides to look after the chicks. |
April 3, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bob's Pizza Bob starts a pizza delivery service while Wendy and the machines build a bike path. |
September 2, 2002 |
| 2 |
Bob's Metal Detector Bob buys a metal detector to look for treasure while Wendy and the machines build a car wash. |
September 3, 2002 |
| 3 |
Mr Beasley's DIY Disaster Mr Beasley has a huge disaster. |
September 4, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mr Beasley's New Friends Mr Beasley makes some new friends. |
February 3, 2003 |
| 2 |
Spud the Pilot JJ loses his new remote control plane - only for it to be found by Spud. |
February 4, 2003 |
| 3 |
Trix and the Otters Molly sees a family of otters by a stream. Trix wants to watch them too, but they are scared when they see a big shiny machine. Muck devises a good way to watch them. |
February 5, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bob the Photographer Bob takes a picture of the town. |
September 1, 2003 |
| 2 |
Mr Bentley's Trains Mr Bentley has some toy trains that are special to him. |
September 8, 2003 |
| 3 |
Wendy's Big Night Out Wendy goes out for a night on the town. |
September 15, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Scoop the Disco Digger Scoop is busy helping Bob and doesn't have time to learn to dance for a special dance display. |
April 3, 2004 |
| 2 |
Bob the Farmer Bob volunteers to look after the farm while Farmer Pickles takes Humpty to a pig show but he soon has his hands full when all the animals escape. |
April 4, 2004 |
| 3 |
Mr Bentley's Winter Fair Mr Bentley is put in charge of the winter fair but everything gets into chaos when Humpty escapes his pen. |
December 20, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bob’s Big Plan Bob embarks on a new project: building an entire town from scratch. The season opener examines the project's blueprints and traces how Bob and his crew won the competition to get the job. |
May 2, 2005 |
| 2 | Bob's Fresh Start | May 3, 2005 |
| 3 | Lofty's Shelter | May 4, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scrambler In The Doghouse | August 1, 2005 |
| 2 | Benny’s Important Job | August 2, 2005 |
| 3 | Put-it-together Spud | August 3, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dizzy’s Sleepover Dizzy discovers there are bats in the watermill and she cannot wait to meet them. |
July 31, 2006 |
| 2 | Lofty The Star | August 1, 2006 |
| 3 | Sumsy’s Willow Tree | August 2, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr. Bentley’s Assistant | August 18, 2006 |
| 2 | Roley’s Moley | August 21, 2006 |
| 3 | Spud Rushes It | August 22, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Bentley’s Big Parade | September 3, 2007 |
| 2 | Scrambler The Goat Herder | September 4, 2007 |
| 3 | Packer’s Big Delivery | September 5, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The House That Lofty Built | September 19, 2007 |
| 2 | Bob’s Big Idea | September 20, 2007 |
| 3 | Roley Brings The House Down | September 21, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoomer’s Snowy Adventure | August 5, 2008 |
| 2 | Radio Bob | August 6, 2008 |
| 3 | Tumbler And The Ice Rink | August 7, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scratch’s Hidden Treasures | April 12, 2010 |
| 2 | Scrambler’s Best Idea | April 13, 2010 |
| 3 | Scoop The Artist | April 14, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lofty And The Diggers Three | September 19, 2011 |
| 2 | Scoop And The Roller Coaster | September 19, 2011 |
| 3 | Rubble And The Seagull Surprise | September 19, 2011 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 12, 1999 |
| Last aired | October 5, 2011 |
| Runtime | 10 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |