Balamory | |
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Created by | Brian Jameson |
Developed by | Balamory Ltd |
Starring |
Julie Wilson Nimmo Miles Jupp Kasia Haddad Buki Akib Juliet Cadzow Andrew Agnew Rodd Christensen Mary Riggans Kim Tserkezie |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 254, including Christmas special. |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Brian Jameson, Balamory Ltd |
Running time | 19–21 minutes. 28–30 minutes. Specials |
Production company(s) | Balamory Lrd. |
Distributor | BBC Scotland; BBC |
Release | |
Original network | CBeebies |
Picture format | 16:9 Widescreen |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 10 February 2002 – 14 April 2005 |
External links | |
Website |
Balamory is a Scottish live action television series on British television (BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies) for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community called Balamory in Scotland. It was produced between 10 February 2002 and 14 April 2005 by Balamory Ltd. for BBC Scotland, with 254 episodes made (including a DVD exclusive Christmas episode). The series was created by Brian Jameson.
Balamory was filmed mostly in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with the exception of scenes at Archie's castle filmed at Fenton Tower in North Berwick, and other scenes like Camden and the nursery filmed in Glasgow.
A select series of episodes was shown for two brief seasons in the United States on the Discovery Kids channel. It was also shown on TLC. In Ireland, episodes were shown until recently on weekdays on RTÉ Two's The Den and continue to be shown on The Den's replacement, RTÉjr.
There are eight central characters in Balamory. Each character wears a distinctive colour of clothing, and lives in a house of the same colour, with the exception of Penny Pocket (who shares the red house/shop with Suzie Sweet, and wears blue) and PC Plum (who lives in the white house but wears a police uniform). Each character also has one or more individual songs.
Nursery Song:Everybody everyone
Day off song:What do you want to do today (Series 1–2)
Strike up the band (Series 3–4)
I'm Archie the Inventor (Series 1-4)
Great Inventions, Groovy Solutions (Series 3–4)
Josie Jump is My Name (Jump a Little Higher) (Series 1-4)
Cheer You Up (Series 3–4)
When I Honk My Horn (Series 1-4)
Let Me Take You on a Journey (Series 3–4)
I'm PC Plum (Series 1–4)
Follow the Clue (Series 3–4)
Climbing Up My Musical Ladder (Series 1–4)
If You Need a Little Rhythm (Series 3–4)