Big Barn Farm

Big Barn Farm is a British live-action and animated children's comedy television series following four young animals on a farm which uses a combination of live-action and animation. It was made by for the The Foundation BBC children's channel CBeebies. It was narrated by Ben Fairman in the first series and Dave Lamb in the second series.

Setting

The programme is set on a farm and features four young animals: Petal the Piglet, Gobo the Goat, Dash the Donkey, and Digger the Puppy who are called The Farmyard Bunch. In each adventure the Farmyard Bunch explore their friendships whilst discovering their roles on the farm with help from the other farm animals.

Before the show airs, the CBeebies presenter may encourage the young viewers to sing along with the theme song, which is sung very fast and provides some basic information about each of the main characters. The closing song is similar, but longer and details all of the animal characters, including the minor ones.

Characters

The Farmyard Bunch

Dash (voiced by Ben Fairman) is a young male donkey. Dash is thoughtful, cautious and kind but a bit stubborn. Dash is often wary of any new adventure and would prefer watching the others being brave rather than take part himself. But because of his kind nature, Dash will always end up joining in. As the tallest of the Farmyard Bunch, Dash can see over the top of things which can be very useful. His catchphrase is, "Calm down, calm down.'

Gobo (voiced by Elly Fairman) is a young goat or kid. Gobo is clever, very bouncy and eats a lot. Often too quickly which means Gobo burps a lot too! In fact, Gobo thinks about food most of the time and is happy to nibble on anything! Gobo can be noisy and barges into situations when really Gobo should stop and think first. But if there’s a hay bale that needs climbing or a picnic to be investigated, Gobo will be first in line to give it a go! His catchphrase is "Go, go, Gobo!'

Petal (voiced by Gemma Harvey) is a female piglet. is a cheeky and daring young piglet who likes to think of herself as leader of the four friends. Petal is adventurous and brave and the first to go and investigate something new. Sometimes this gets her into trouble and at other times Petal sounds braver than Petal really feels. Her catchphrase is "Piglet Power!"

Digger (voiced by Shelley Longworth) is a male Labrador Retriever puppy. He is the youngest of the four friends and always eager to prove himself. Digger is very cute, naive and willing to please. The puppy has energy and will always be the first to volunteer for any new adventure, however, he isn't very bright and so doesn't come up with as many ideas as the others and sometimes takes a while to catch on to what's happening, but he is always eager to please and is never happier when playing with his friends. His catchphrase is "I can do that! I can do that!".

Other Characters

The main animal characters on the farm include:

Mac (voiced by Mike Winsor) is a male horse who is tall and wise.

Madame Moo Moo (voiced by Kate O'Sullivan) is a french female cow.

Mrs Snuffles (voiced by Kate O'Sullivan) is a pig who is the mother of Petal.

The Chickens (voiced by Kate O'Sullivan) is the farm's chickens who gossips a lot.

Mrs Paws (voiced by Carla Mendoncathe) is a grey female cat.

The Duck Girls (voiced by Kate O'Sullivan) are female ducks who live at the farm pond.

Old Pop is a male shepherd dog whose job is to keep everyone on the farm safe. Voiced by Mike Winsor and Keith Wickham in the episode Old Pop's got to go only.

Ewenice (voiced by Kate O'Sullivan) is a female sheep.

Lester is a male rooster who crows at Dawn Voiced by Keith Wickham.

There are also several human characters who feature in the programme, but they do not speak, the farmer (played by Chris Noel), the farmer's wife (played by Laura Wyles), the farmer's son (played by Reef Matthews), and the farmer's daughter (played by Katie Parks).