Series 3 (Bob the Builder)

Chris Trengove

Diane Redmond

Simon Jowett

Jimmy Hibbert

Teddy Kempner

Andy Secombe

The **third series** first premiered in the UK on Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland version) in mostly September 2000 with one episode premiering in February 2001. This series was also aired between 25 September 2000 to 12 September 2001 on the main BBC channel with being re-shown on CBeebies in 2002. In the US, the third series premiered between 19 January to 8 June 2001 on Nick Jr. (US block) and was later re-shown on Noggin, Sprout and Qubo. In Australia, the third series first premiered between 13 February to 1 March 2001 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*)

## Characters

* Bob
* Wendy
* Scoop
* Muck
* Dizzy
* Roley
* Lofty
* Pilchard
* Bird
* Travis
* Spud
* Farmer Pickles
* Mrs. Potts
* Mrs. Broadbent
* Mrs. Percival
* Finn
* Mr. Beasley (*mentioned*)

### Characters Introduced

* Mr. Bentley
* Tommy
* Mr. Dixon
* Mr. Fothergill (*not named*)
* Squawk (*not named*)

## Trivia

* Despite airing in late 2000, this series was most likely was produced between October 1999 and finished by March 2000 but the episodes were most likely written in Summer 1999 (as showed on the document).
* Some television guide sites incorrectly state this series premiered between December 1999 to April 2000.
* This series marks the first and last of a few things:
	+ This series will be the first time Bob wears the red screwdriver (Wendy wears the red screwdriver between 2-16).
	+ This series marks the first appearances of Mr. Bernard Bentley, Mr. Fothergill, Tommy, Mr. Dixon and Squawk.
	+ This was the first series to feature Wendy wearing her usual green shirt builder's outfit full-time.
	+ This was the first series to premier in the 2000's decade in the UK.
	+ This was the last series to use the Series 1-3 intro for the UK version.
	+ Last series to premiere in the 20th century for the UK.
	+ Last series to premiere in the UK before the series was introduced to North America.
	+ Last series to use the original UK intro from the first series.
* Unlike the BBC and Nick Jr. (US block), the episodes premiered in production order on ABC Kids (Australia), Sprout and Qubo.
* The documentary "Can we fix it? Archiving and analysing ‘Bob the Builder’: a resources paradigm and research method." by Steve Henderson was published over at the University of Loughborough website, and the document is basically about archiving, analysing and researching the whole show, including pictures of the early storyline concept for Series 3. The screenshots have revealed that the writing crew had some inconsistency and concept difficulties with the storylines during the writing production. In fact, 10% of the episodes had several storyline and writing inconsistencies that they actually got rejected for said reason. (Take Scaffold Bob for example, that episode was cancelled for having Bob acting really out of character and it was also because of the inconsistencies).

## Sources

**UK Premier Date**:

* https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/bob-the-builder-series-3/id296703416 - 1 September 2000 (Nickelodeon UK and Ireland)
* https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=bob%27s+boots - 25 September 2000 (Main BBC Channel)
* https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/bob-the-builder-series-4/id319964915 - Dizzy's Crazy Paving Premiere Date

**Australian Premier Dates**:

* https://web.archive.org/web/20010405001810/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/tvpub/dailyscheds.pl - 13 February-1 March 2001

**North American Premieres**:

* 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

**Other Sources**:

* https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/thesis/Can\_we\_fix\_it\_Archiving\_and\_analysing\_Bob\_the\_Builder\_a\_resources\_paradigm\_and\_research\_method/9332921 - Can we fix it? Archiving and analysing ‘Bob the Builder’: a resources paradigm and research method