Series 4 (Bob the Builder)

**United States**

* William Dufris
* Alan Marriott
* Lorelei King
* Sonya Leite
* Lachele Carl
* Maria Darling
* Neil Morrissey
* Noddy Holder
* Chris Evans
* Rupert Degas

**Sweden**

* Mangus Ehrner
* Eva Gröndahl
* Claire Wikholm
* Björn Gedda
* Tuvalisa Rangström
* Claes Månsson
* Anneli Martini
* Pierre Lindstedt
* Steve Kratz
* Ole Ornered
* Dick Eriksson
* Louise Raeder

The **fourth series** premiered in the UK on Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland) in February 2001. This series premiered on BBC between 19 September – 5 December 2001 with being re-shown on CBeebies in 2002. In the US, the fourth series premiered between 01 February 2001 – 14 March 2002 on Nick Jr. (US block) and was later re-shown on Noggin, Sprout and Qubo. In Australia, the fourth series first premiered between 3–19 September 2001 on the ABC Kids block.

A special was also released on home video on 22 October 2001 for the UK and on September 30, 2003 for North America.

## Episodes

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

## Characters

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

### Characters Introduced

* Lennie Lazenby
* Mr. Ellis
* Scruffty

## Trivia

* Despite airing in February 2001 for the UK, this series was produced in 2000 according to the UK credits.
* Some TV guide sites incorrectly state this series aired in late 2000.
* This series first aired on Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland) before airing on the BBC channel.
* This series marked the first and last of a few things:
	+ First series to show Mr. Beasley and Bunty Ferguson as before he was just mentioned.
	+ First appearances of Lennie Lazenby, Mr. Ellis, Scoot, Tom, Pogo, Banger, Unnamed Humans, John and Scruffty.
	+ First series to use the updated Series 4-9 intro in the UK.
	+ First series to premiere with the second US intro.
	+ First series to premiere in the 21st century for the UK and Australia.
	+ First series to have episodes air in production order on BBC.
	+ First series to premiere in the UK after the series was introduced to North America.
	+ Last series to fully premiere in 2001 for North America.
	+ Last series to air on BBC before the series moved to CBeebies in 2002 though series were still aired on the main BBC channel.
	+ Only series to premiere in 2001 on BBC for the UK.
* According to the BBC site and other sources, *Dizzy's Crazy Paving* (*Series 3*) aired alongside this series on the BBC channel despite officially being from Series 3.
* This series was likely filmed between early/mid to late 2000.

## Source

**UK Nick Jr Premiere Date**:

* https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/bob-the-builder-series-4/id319964915 - February 01 to 19, 2001

**Australian Premiere Dates**:

* https://web.archive.org/web/20011017162951/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/tvpub/dailyscheds.pl - September 03-19, 2001

**North American Premiere Dates**:

* https://nickstory.fandom.com/wiki/Bob\_the\_Builder - US Nick Jr. Premiere Dates
* https://nickstoryjr.fandom.com/wiki/Bob\_the\_Builder - US Noggin Premiere Dates