Roary the Racing Car

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Roary the Racing Car
Series 1 characters (from left to right): F.B, Zippee, Tin Top, Dinkie, and Mr. Carburettor (behind Tin Top), Hellie, Maxi, Big Chris, Rusty (behind Big Chris), Roary, Marsha, Flash, Cici, Drifter, Plugger, and Farmer Green.
Genre	Comedy Children's television show
Created by	David Jenkins
Directed by	Tim Harper
Voices of	Maria Darling Tim Whitnall Marc Silk Dominic Frisby Peter Kay (UK) Kerry Shale (US) Katie Leigh (US) Danny Katiana (US) Phil Lollar (US)
Narrated by	Sir Stirling Moss (UK) Sam Hornish Jr. (US)
Theme music composer	Alan Coates and Kim Goody
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	108
Production
Executive producer	Greg Lynn
Producer	Keith Chapman
Running time	10 minutes (approx.)
Production companies	Chapman Entertainment Cosgrove Hall Films
Distributor	Target Entertainment[1] HIT Entertainment (US)
Release
Original network	Five Nick Jr.
Picture format	576i (16:9)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	7 May 2007 (2007-05-07) – 29 September 2010 (2010-09-29)
Chronology
Related shows	Fifi and the Flowertots
External links
Website

Roary the Racing Car is a 2007 British stop-motion children's television series created by David Jenkins and produced by Chapman Entertainment and Cosgrove Hall Films. It follows the adventures of Roary and his racing car friends at Silver Hatch race track.

Overview[]

Plot[]

The series follows the lives and adventures of five racing vehicles, Roary, Maxi, Cici, Drifter, Tin Top, and the people which they still work for, Big Chris the mechanic, Marsha the race marshall and the owner of the race track, Mr Carburettor. Also there's PC Pete, Farmer Green, Molecom the Mole, Flash the Rabbit and many more. The plot sometimes revolves around other vehicle characters, such as Rusty, FB, Nick, Plugger, Zippee the Scooter, Hellie the Helicopter, Breeze the Beach Buggy, Conrod, James, and Loada the Lorry.

Setting[]

Roary the Racing Car is set around a fictional motor racing circuit called Silver Hatch (a portmanteau of the names of the two British Grand Prix racing circuits, Silverstone and Brands Hatch). The majority of the action takes place at the track's pits and workshop, although we often follow the cars on their laps around the track. Occasionally, the characters venture to external locations such as the nearby beach.

Narration[]

Every story begins and ends with some brief narration normally from racing car driver Sir Stirling Moss. He is also used as a voice-over. The US version is narrated by American stock car driver Sam Hornish Jr.

Characters and voice cast[]

Main characters[]

• Big Chris; the mechanic of the race track. He is voiced by Peter Kay.
• Roary; a red Formula Ford. He is voiced by Maria Darling.
• FB; a green second generation Ford F-Series. He is voiced by Dominic Frisby.
• Cici; a pink and purple French rally car. She is voiced by Maria Darling.
• Maxi; a yellow Italian Formula One car. He is voiced by Marc Silk.
• Tin Top; a blue and white American stock car. He is voiced by Peter Kay.
• Drifter; an orange Japanese Toyota Supra. He is voiced by Marc Silk.
• Rusty; a caravan. He is voiced by Dominic Frisby.
• Plugger; a light blue Jamaican Mitsubishi L200 tow truck. He is voiced by Tim Whitnall.
• Breeze; a turquoise Australian Meyers Manx buggy. She is voiced by Maria Darling.
• Marsha; the marshall of the race track. She is voiced by Maria Darling.
• Mr. Carburettor; the owner of the track. He is voiced by Tim Whitnall.

Side characters[]

• Conrod; a red and silver Australian Team Vodafone V8 Supercar. He is voiced by Craig Lowndes.
• Nick; a blue and orange Lamborghini Gallardo police car. He is voiced by Marc Silk.
• James; a silver Aston Martin DB5. He is voiced by Dominic Frisby.
• Hellie; a red, purple and yellow helicopter. He is voiced by Marc Silk.
• Loada; an orange race car transporter lorry. He is voiced by Dominic Frisby.
• Zippee; an orange Vespa motor scooter.
• PC Pete; a policeman and Marsha's brother. He is voiced by Dominic Frisby.
• Farmer Green; a farmer. He is voiced by Tim Whitnall.
• Big Christine; Big Chris' mother. She is voiced by Peter Kay.
• Mamma Mia; Mr. Carburettor's mother. She is voiced by Maria Darling.
• Copter Keith; a helicopter engineer. He is voiced by Marc Silk.
• Flash; an anthropomorphic rabbit. He is voiced by Marc Silk.
• Molecom; an anthropomorphic mole. He is voiced by Dominic Frisby.
• Dinky; a donkey. His vocal effects are by Marc Silk.

Production[]

The series uses a combination of computer-generated imagery and stop-motion animation; the stop frame animation was initially provided by Cosgrove Hall Films, the producer of Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Little Robots, the 2003 Postman Pat series, and many other shows produced by said company, and latterly by Chapman Entertainment's own in-house studio. The series was originated by David Jenkins, who spent four years working in senior management at Brands Hatch Race Circuit. The idea was conceived while watching the Grand Prix on television with his then-18-month-old son, Tom. It was designed and developed by Keith Chapman, creative director of Chapman Entertainment and the creator of Bob the Builder (both 1998 and the later 2015 series), Fifi and the Flowertots, and later, PAW Patrol, and the series executive producer is Greg Lynn. When the show came to the US, HIT Entertainment took the distribution rights, along with Fifi and the Flowertots. The music was done by Kim Goody, who also did the music for Tiny Planets as well (as well as doing the voice for Bong and Halley and singing the theme song).

Episodes[]

Series 1 (2007–2009)[]

Series 2 (2009-2010)[]

References[]

External links[]

• Roary the Racing Car official site with many games, activities and more
• Roary the Racing Car at IMDb