Series 6 (Bob the Builder)

**United States**

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

The **sixth series** premiered in the UK between September 02 to 14, 2002 on CBeebies and was also re-shown on BBC between September 06, 2002 to February 02, 2003. In North America, the sixth series premiered between October 07, 2002 to September 18, 2003 on Nick Jr. (US block) and was re-shown on Noggin, PBS, Sprout and Qubo. In Australia, this series was first aired sometime in Fall 2002.

A special was also released on home video in the UK on October 07, 2002 during this series.

## Episodes

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

## Characters

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

### Characters Introduced

* Mrs. Barbara Bentley
* J.J.
* Molly
* Skip
* Trix

## Trivia

* Despite premiering in 2002, this series was produced in 2001 according to the UK credits.
* **Bob's Metal Detector** was never released onto home media in the UK.
* The following episodes were never released on DVD in the US during the 2000's but were later released digitally in 2013:
	+ **Lofty and the Rabbits**
	+ **Lofty and the Giant Carrot**
	+ **Trix's Tiles**
	+ **Mr. Sabatini Picks Up the Pieces**
	+ **Spud's Big Splash**
	+ **Spud the Musketeer**
	+ **Wendy's Magic Birthday**
* This series marks the first and last of a few things:
	+ First appearances of Mrs. Barbara Bentley, J.J., Molly, Skip and Trix. This series also marks the official debut of Angelo Sabatini who had previously made a brief cameo in A Christmas To Remember.
	+ First series of the second half of the Original Series.
	+ First series to have an episode not released onto home media in the UK.
	+ Last series to premier on Nick Jr. in the United States.
	+ Last series to use Scoop's original mouth plates.
	+ Last series of the Original Series to be shown on Sprout after 2010 as Series 7, 8 and 9 were removed late that year for unknown reasons but were still available for viewing in the US on Home Releases.
	+ Last series to feature Spud's original UK voice. From the seventh series to Ready, Steady, Build!, Spud's voice is less nasally.
* Skip and Molly only appeared in one episode during this series. They will appear more often in Series 7, 8 and 9.
	+ Only Nick Jr series in the US to feature an episode with Skip and Molly. The seventh series was released on home video between 2003-04, the eighth series was partially released on home video from 2003-04 before Series 7, 8 and 9 premiered on PBS in early 2005.
	+ However, Treehouse (Canada) and Discovery Kids (Latin America) aired Series 7, 8, and 9 in the format of the previous North American TV Blocks.
* This series was most likely filmed between mid to late 2001.
* Even though it wasn't put on home media in Sweden But it is possible that season 6 was dubbed in Swedish.

## Source

* https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06s72ht - UK Premier Dates
* http://www.toonhound.com/aug2002.htm - UK 2002 Premier
* 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
* https://www.newspapers.com/image/522856409/