Series 5 (Bob the Builder)

**United States**

* William Dufris
* Alan Marriott
* Lorelei King
* Sonya Leite
* Lachele Carl
* Maria Darling

**Sweden**

* Mangus Ehrner
* Eva Gröndahl
* Claire Wikholm
* Björn Gedda
* Tuvalisa Rangström
* Claes Månsson
* Anneli Martini
* Pierre Lindstedt
* Steve Kratz

The **fifth series** premiered in the UK on CBeebies in April 2002 with being re-shown on the main BBC channel between April 03 to June 26, 2002. This series was also shown on Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland version) sometime in late 2001 or 2002. In the US, the fifth series premiered between December 10, 2001 to October 17, 2002 on Nick Jr. (US block) with later being re-shown on Noggin, Sprout and Qubo. In Australia, the fifth series first premiered sometime in Spring 2002 on the ABC Kids block.

## Episodes

(*Note: \*\* means the episode was only released digitally in the US and never on DVD*)

(*Note: \*\*\* means the episode was released both digitally and on DVD in the US*)

(*Note: \*\*\*\* means the episode was only released on a Hit Favorites DVD in the US*)

## Characters

* Bob
* Wendy
* Scoop
* Muck
* Dizzy
* Roley
* Lofty
* Pilchard
* Bird
* Travis
* Spud
* Farmer Pickles
* Scruffty
* Mrs. Potts
* Mrs. Broadbent
* Mrs. Percival
* Mr. Bernard Bentley
* Mr. Dixon
* Mr. Fothergill
* Mr. Ellis
* Mr. Beasley
* Jenny
* Fin
* Squawk
* Lennie Lazenby (*mentioned*)

### Characters Introduced

* Doris Ellis
* Hamish

## Trivia

* Two episodes from this series (Bob and the Big Freeze and Bob of the North) aired in North America in December 2001 before the rest of the series premiered in Spring/October 2002.
* Six episodes for the UK were released in late 2001 on home video before premiering on TV in 2002.
* Some TV Guide sites incorrectly state this series aired between January to March 2001.
* This series marks the first and last of a few things:
	+ First series to premiere in 2002 on BBC/CBeebies for the UK.
	+ First series to feature Jenny in physical appearance as before they were only mentioned.
	+ First series to reveal Mr. Fothergill's surname as before he was just known as the computer repair man when he originally appeared in "Bob's Day Off" (*Series 3*).
	+ This series marks the first appearances of Hamish, Doris Ellis, Jenny.
	+ First series to air on BBC after CBeebies (block and channel) were launched in the UK.
	+ Last series to premiere in 2001 for Australia.
* This series is considered the middle series of the Original Series.
* The episodes from this series to never make it to UK DVDS (although they appeared on UK VHS) were "Inspector Spud" "Pilchard Steals the Show" "Bob's Hide" "Bob's Auntie" and "Clumsy Roley".
* This is the only series from the Original Series to be exclusively released on CBS All Access in its entirety without being released prior. Series 1-4 were released on complete DVD sets and Series 6-9 were released on the BBC iplayer in complete sets.
	+ However, this series was later released completed in the BBC iplayer in September 2020.
* This series was most likely produced between January to July 2001.

## Source

**UK BBC Premier Date**:

* https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=scruffty%27s+big+dig&page=1 - April 01, 2002

**US Dates**:

* https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/December\_10,\_2001 - Bob and the Big Freeze/Bob of the North
* https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/April\_12,\_2002 - Bob's Auntie/Wendy's Surprise Party
* https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/March\_25,\_2002 - Pilchard Steals the Show/Scruffty's Big Dig
* https://digiguide.tv/programme/Animation/Bob-the-Builder/10896/season-all/ - North American episode order for Series 5 & 6
* https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/October\_18,\_2002 - Series 6 & remaining Series 5 titles premiering in October 2002