Series 9 (Bob the Builder)

**United States**

* William Dufris
* Alan Marriott
* Lorelei King
* Sonya Leite
* Lachele Carl
* Maria Darling
* Colin McFarlane
* Vincent Marzello
* Kerry Fox
* Ulrika Jonsson
* Emma Tate
* John Motson
* Sue Barker
* Rupert Degas

**Sweden**

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

The **ninth series** premiered in the UK between April 03 to December 20, 2004 on BBC and was re-shown on CBeebies. In the US, the ninth series premiered between January 01 to March 26, 2005 on PBS and was re-shown on Sprout in 2006 and on Qubo between Fall 2020 and early 2021.

## Episodes

(*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
* Pam Goody
* Mrs. Percival
* Mr. Bernard Bentley
* Mr. Dixon
* Mr. Beasley
* Mr. Ellis
* Mr. Fothergill
* Hamish
* Squawk
* Jenny
* Angelo Sabatini
* Mrs. Barbara Bentley
* J.J.
* Molly
* Skip
* Trix
* Bunty Ferguson (*mentioned; voice heard*)

### Characters Introduced

* Quack/His Family
* Sophia Sabatini
* Mr. Costello

## Trivia

* Despite premiering in 2004, this series was produced in 2003 according to the UK credits.
* The US dub was dubbed from late 2003 to early 2004, although the US DVD releases are copyrighted 2003, which is erroneous for the Yes We Can! DVD release as Roley's Important Job was produced in early 2004.
* **Series 9** was aired and released out of order from its production order.
	+ Production order:

1. **Scoop the Disco Digger**
2. **Bob the Farmer**
3. **Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair**
4. **Lofty the Artist**
5. **Spud's Statue**
6. **Pilchard and the Field Mice**
7. **Trix's Pumpkin Pie**
8. **Where's Muck?**
9. **Travis' Busy Day**
10. **Muck's Surprise**
11. **Skip's Big Idea**
12. **Roley's Important Job**
13. **Trix and the Bug**

* + UK airing order:

1. **Scoop the Disco Digger**
2. **Bob the Farmer**
3. **Lofty the Artist**
4. **Spud's Statue**
5. **Pilchard and the Field Mice**
6. **Trix's Pumpkin Pie**
7. **Where's Muck?**
8. **Travis' Busy Day**
9. **Muck's Surprise**
10. **Skip's Big Idea**
11. **Roley's Important Job**
12. **Trix and the Bug**
13. **Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair**

* + US PBS order:

1. **Where's Muck?**
2. **Trix and the Bug**
3. **Scoop the Disco Digger**
4. **Muck's Surprise**
5. **Spud's Statues**
6. **Trix's Pumpkin Pie**
7. **Lofty the Artist**
8. **Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair**
9. **Bob the Farmer**
10. **Travis' Busy Day**
11. **Roley's Important Job**
12. **Pilchard and the Field Mice**
13. **Skip's Big Idea**

* The episodes that were never released on DVD in the UK were:
	+ Episode 5 - **Pilchard and the Field Mice**
	+ Episode 7 - **Where's Muck?**
	+ Episode 10 - **Skip's Big Idea**
	+ Episode 11 - **Roley's Important Job**.
* This is the first, last and only series of several things:
	+ The first appearances of Quack/His Family, Sophia Sabatini, Zoomer, Jana Von Strudel, Charlene, Mr. Costello and Benny.
	+ First series to not be dubbed in Czech and Dutch, and the only one to not be dubbed into Dutch.
	+ Last series of the Original Series.
	+ Last series to feature Bobsville as the main setting even though it appeared as a major setting in Series 10 (Project: Build It).
	+ Last series to feature Trix to date. Molly makes a cameo in Bob's Big Plan and Skip and J.J. reappeared in Where's Robert? and Wendy's Party Plan (Project: Build It), although only J.J. appears in the latter.
	+ Last series where Jenny appears in the series to date.
	+ Last series where Bob, Farmer Pickles, Mr. Sabatini, Mr. Beasley, Mr. Ellis and Skip are voiced by William Dufris in the US dub.
	+ Last series where Lofty is voiced by Sonya Leite in the US dub.
	+ Last series where Spud and Mr. Bernard Bentley are voiced by Alan Marriott in the US dub.
	+ Last series to use the updated Series 4-9 intro.
	+ Last series to have music composed by Paul K. Joyce.
* The first eleven episodes were most likely filmed between mid to late 2003 while the last two were filmed in early 2004.

## Sources

* https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06qt7xw
* https://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/archive/index.jsp?pgmid=13391&date=20050101