List of Bob the Builder episodes
Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment. The series first aired on in the UK on CBBC before moving to CBeebies for all subsequent series from the fifth series onwards. In the US, the series was picked up by Nick Jr. in April 2000 and it first aired there on before being picked up by PBS Kids in 2004, with all subsequent series airing therefrom the seventh series onwards.
The series finale aired on as a mini series titled The Big Dino Dig, which was released on 14 June 2011 and ended the original series after 18 series.
Series overview
Original series (1999–2004)
Series 8 (2003)
''Project: Build It'' (2005–2008)
The series was centred 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. For North American airings, the show's intro is followed by two shorts of one of 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 machines does the job.''Ready, Steady, Build!'' (2010–2011)
The second spin-off is Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!. In June 2008, over a year after production of Project: Build It wrapped up, it was announced that the series would be revamped for environmental CGI. The gang has now apparently moved to a place called Fixham Harbour and the show is now animated in CGI animation instead of the traditional stop-motion animation.Shorts & Interstitials
Mini Adventures (2001)
The Mini Adventures were produced in 2000 in-between production of the fourth and fifth series and were paired in half-hour blocks for North American airings of the first six series.Interstitials (2003)
A set of Interstitials were produced in 2003 in-between production of the eighth and ninth series. They were aired primarily as interstitials during commercial breaks.They were first released on DVD in the United Kingdom from 2005-2006 before airing on BBC from 2009-2010; they were also paired in half-hour blocks of the first and second series on PBS in 2006.
Bob's Mini Projects (2005-2008)
Series 1 (2005)
The initial series of Bob's Mini Projects were produced in 2004 in-between production of the ninth and tenth series. In Noth America, they would be paired alongside the tenth series for half-hour airings, with the shorts repeated for future series.Twelve of the shorts would be released onto DVD in the United Kingdom, and would later be aired as interstitials on CBeebies in 2007; "Bob and the Dry Stone Wall" and "Stepping Stones" were only aired in other countries.
Series 2 (2005)
A second set of shorts would be produced in 2005 to be aired alongside the eleventh series in North America, being produced prior to said series. The shorts would be aired as interstitials in Australia, with eleven of the shorts being released on DVD.Series 3 (2008)
The third and final series of Mini Projects were produced in 2007 in-between production of the fifteenth and sixteenth series. They were also paired alongside select segments from the previous two series, redubbed to match the new voice for Bob in Noth America.Three of the shorts would be released onto DVD in the United Kingdom; while the rest were dubbed, they were only aired in other countries.