Series 1 (Bob the Builder)

The **first series** premiered in the UK between 12 April – 2 August 1999 on the BBC in the UK. This series later premiered between 1–17 September 1999 on Nick Jr. in the UK and Ireland. It would later be re-shown on CBeebies in 2002. In the US, the first series premiered between 13 January - 05 June 2001 on Nick Jr. and was later re-shown on Noggin, PBS and Sprout. In Australia, the first series premiered between 20 September – 6 October 1999 on the ABC Kids block.

## The Pilot

 "The pilot starts with Bob early one morning exercising in the builders' yard with his vehicle friend named "Digger" (who later became Scoop). They notice the gutter is blocked by an old birds nest, so Bob climbs up the ladder to fix it - and falls off. Luckily for him, Digger manages to catch him- perish the thought if he hadn't."

## Episodes

***(Numbers in parenthesis are airing order)***

## Characters Introduced

* Bob
* Wendy
* Scoop
* Muck
* Dizzy
* Roley
* Lofty
* Pilchard
* Bird
* Travis
* Spud
* Farmer Pickles
* Mrs. Potts
* Trampus (*unnamed; heard*)
* Mavis (*mentioned*)
* Marjorie (*mentioned*)

## Trivia

* Some television guide sites incorrectly list this series airing between 28 November 1998 – 21 February 1999 for the UK.
* This series marks the first appearances of Bob, Wendy, Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley, Lofty, Pilchard, Bird, Travis, Spud, Farmer Pickles and Mrs. Potts.
	+ Despite not making her physical debut in this series, Marjorie is also mentioned in Buffalo Bob.
* This was the only series where Wendy worked as a full-time secretary.
* This was the first series to use the Series 1–3 intro for the UK version.
* Naughty Spud was the only episode of this series that wasn't released onto home media in North America.
* Filming for series started around July 1998 and finished by 26 February 1999.
* This series uses different animation props for the human puppets and background props than Series 2–16.
* This series has several different episode orders.

**Production Order**

1. Pilchard in a Pickle
2. Muck Gets Stuck
3. Scoop Saves the Day
4. Buffalo Bob
5. Wendy's Busy Day
6. Bob Saves the Hedgehogs
7. Bob's Bugle
8. Bob's Birthday
9. Travis Paints the Town
10. Travis and Scoop's Race Day
11. Naughty Spud
12. Scary Spud
13. Bob's Barnraising

**Credit Order**

1. Scoop Saves the Day
2. Bob Saves the Hedgehogs
3. Pilchard in a Pickle
4. Muck Gets Stuck
5. Wendy's Busy Day
6. Bob's Bugle
7. Buffalo Bob
8. Travis Paints the Town
9. Travis and Scoop's Race Day
10. Bob's Birthday
11. Naughty Spud
12. Scary Spud
13. Bob's Barnraising

**Airing Order**

1. Scoop Saves the Day
2. Travis Paints the Town
3. Bob Saves the Hedgehogs
4. Pilchard in a Pickle
5. Muck Gets Stuck
6. Wendy's Busy Day
7. Bob's Bugle
8. Buffalo Bob
9. Travis and Scoop's Race Day
10. Bob's Birthday
11. Naughty Spud
12. Scary Spud
13. Bob's Barnraising

* While most unofficial sources use the credit order (the only official source that uses it is the BBC), the production order is the official order according to Mattel's production codes, its Complete Season releases, and the UK When Bob Became a Builder DVD.
* In the Swedish dub of this Season the characters utter some English words.
* This is the Only Season where Spud and Farmer Pickles are Voiced by Carlo Schmidt in the Swedish Dub.