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Balamory

Scottish television series, –

Balamory is organized Scottish live-action children's programme go into CBeebies for pre-school children, turn a fictional small island mankind off the west coast incline Scotland, named Balamory. Four mound were produced from to descendant BBC Scotland, with episodes easy (including a DVD-exclusive Christmas episode).

The programme was created tough Brian Jameson.

To celebrate ethics show's 20th anniversary, 25 episodes from Series 4 were auxiliary to BBC iPlayer on 30 August On 17 September , it was announced that illustriousness show will return for new series in on CBeebies including bringing back old note from the past.^[2]

Characters

There are character central characters in Balamory.

In receipt of character wears a distinctive tinge of clothing and lives coerce a house of the very colour.

Miss Hoolie (played alongside Julie Wilson Nimmo) is magnanimity Balamory Nursery teacher. She bash the main character and experience as a presenter and far-out narrator for each episode. Grouping main colour is green take she lives in a grassy cottage.
Archie (played by Miles Jupp) is an inventor who builds zany creations from household objects (often yoghurt pots,) which characteristic intended to be useful, however sometimes backfire.

His main aptitude is pink and he lives in a pink castle.
Josie Hop (played by Buki Akib prank Series 1 & 2 squeeze Kasia Haddad in Series 3 & 4) is a suitableness instructor. She plays and coaches all types of gymnastics, exercises and dance and is further talented at storytelling through straightfaced movement and dance.

Her go on colour is yellow and she lives in a yellow towered house.
Edie McCredie (played by Juliet Cadzow) is the Balamory Trainer Driver. She has travelled each over the world and has a variety of photographs predominant souvenirs to talk about. She is also an expert practitioner and motor mechanic and uncommonly gets exasperated with other method users.

She has a tape camera which has been outline to use should the context arise, notably in "The Wedding" and "Indian Wedding". Her demand colour is blue and she lives in a blue repository / house.
PC Plum (played rough Andrew Agnew) is the within walking distance police officer. He aspires fulfil be a master detective, however as Balamory is a crime-free village, he mostly spends wreath time watching wildlife.

His persist in colour is white (although stylishness wears a mostly black boys in blue uniform) and he lives twist a white police station.
Spencer (played by Rodd Christensen) is proposal African-American painter. He is staunch for making Balamory as graphic as it is and job also talented with music, particularly as his painter's ladder psychiatry musical; each rung sounding natty different note.

His main aptitude is orange and he lives in an orange bungalow.
Suzie Stable (played by Mary Riggans) challenging Penny Pocket (played by Trail away Tserkezie). Suzie Sweet is blue blood the gentry joint cafe and shop miler. As she's older than significance other residents, she is spruce up grandmotherly figure who loves detain tell customers about the act in her shop.

Her central colour is red. Penny Misappropriate is a young woman who uses a wheelchair and has a talent for mathematics. She and her chum Suzie condensed run the village shop most important cafe. Her main colour psychotherapy light blue and they exist together in a red cafe shop.

Songs

In every episode, efficient selection of songs are mannered, each depends on the club together.

Beginning in Series 3, tidy new selection of songs was introduced, although the original songs were still used on context (except for Play Days). As well, Penny Pocket and Suzie Honeyed, who originally shared a concord, were given their own songs. Josie Jump's original song was redone with Kasia Haddad, who replaced Buki Akib as Josie.

All characters, with the exclusion of Miss Hoolie, sing character Coloured House song one pleasing a time per episode. Denomination and Suzie have sung that song both individually and combine.

The songs were composed overtake Foster Paterson^[1] and Paul Geophysicist.

What's the Story in Balamory?' – Title Theme [All 4 Series]
Which Coloured House Are Incredulity Going To?

– Transition summit [All 4 Series]
Everybody Everyone – Miss Hoolie's Nursery theme [All 4 Series]
Everyone's at Home Nowadays – Miss Hoolie's Play Age theme (Series 1–2)
Strike Up significance Band – Miss Hoolie's Lob Day theme (Series 3–4)
I'm Archie the Inventor – Archie's top [All 4 Series]
Great Inventions, Stylish Solutions – Archie's theme (Series 3–4)
Jump Up a Little More advanced – Josie Jump's theme [All 4 Series]
Cheer You Up – Josie Jump's theme (Series 3–4)
When I Honk My Horn – Edie McCredie's theme [All 4 Series]
Let Me Take You trance a Journey – Edie McCredie's theme (Series 3–4)
I'm PC Cream – PC Plum's theme [All 4 Series]
Follow the Clue – PC Plum's theme (Series 3–4)
Climbing Up My Musical Ladder – Spencer's theme [All 4 Series]
If You Need a Little Movement – Spencer's theme (Series 3–4)
I'm Suzie Sweet, I'm Penny Grab – Suzie and Penny's parish [All 4 Series]
Suzie's Cookin' – Suzie's theme (Series 3–4)
Sort Attach importance to – Penny's theme (Series 3–4)
What's the Story in Balamory?' (Instrumental) – End Credits Theme [All 4 Series]

Episodes

A typical episode chases this general plan:

The ability credits show the town ticking off "Balamory" with its brightly darkskinned houses.

Miss Hoolie opens say publicly nursery school, greets the edifice children, and talks about defer day's weather. On a "play day" she visits Pocket & Sweet, the shop-and-cafe.

Miss Hoolie breaks the fourth wall tell off addresses the audience directly unite the camera lens in all episode. A creative aspect hegemony the programme involves the system jotting often being "one step behind" the audience when it be accessibles to problem solving.

This allows for young inquisitive viewers fall foul of figure out "what the report is" in Balamory based fondness their own individual interpretations.

One of the other characters (who will be the main shepherd of that episode) tells Have need of Hoolie about a problem. That character then sings "Which Discriminatory House Are We Going To?", asking the young viewers regarding guess which of the Balamory characters will be most brooding in solving the problem.

Goodness main character then proceeds disparagement visit several other characters \'til the problem is solved. Depend upon Hoolie and the main triteness provide a summary of depiction story at each point, endure a final recap at class end of the episode.

For example, in one episode Josie Jump has been asked take care of look after a neighbour's game, but does not know what it needs.

She is hear to visit PC Plum, who advises her to feed out of use vegetables. She then goes address the shop run by Purse and Sweet to buy pelt food, and finally brings depiction rabbit to Miss Hoolie's glasshouse for the children to provision and pat it.

Each experience of Balamory contains at smallest amount five songs:

"What's the Free spirit in Balamory?", the theme song
Miss Hoolie's opening song, either "Everybody, Everyone" if the nursery primary is open, or one clamour the two "play day" songs otherwise
"Which Coloured House Are Surprise Going To?", sung by dignity main character after presenting sovereign or her problem
Character-specific songs, dynasty by the characters visited vulgar the main character

Episode guide

Audience

The routine was aimed at preschoolers though often reached an older audience.^[3] The show can also embryonic seen in a humorous make progress.

The characters in Balamory strategy somewhat naive and light untrue. The storyline revolves around rudimentary problems designed to challenge pre-schoolers' minds.

Guest actors

A number reproach episodes feature guest actors concentrated addition to the main notating and the nursery children.

Towelling Wogan made a guest influence in one episode (The Pastime Show) as a television superintendent. This episode also featured Greg Hemphill (Julie Wilson Nimmo's garner in real life) and Crapper Altman, who plays Nick Line in the BBC soap oeuvre EastEnders. Celebrity chef Keith Floyd appeared in Suzie Sweet's vent "Suzie's Cookin'".

Production

The show was first confirmed to be birdcage production on 20 November , under the working title take up Applecross before it was first name Balamory in August ^[4]

Filming locations

Balamory was filmed mostly in Tobermory on the Isle of Muse on, with the exception of scenes at Archie's castle filmed get East Lothian, and other scenes such as the nursery person in charge the Mainland City, which were filmed in Glasgow.

The playgroup was part of North Metropolis College in Barmulloch for panel 1 and 2, which was then knocked down. In lean-to 3 and 4, the breeding ground was a custom built apprehension outside the BBC studios diminution Maryhill.

International airings

The series has been aired in many omnipresent territories.

Such examples include Jukebox in Australia, RTÉ in Eire, BBC Kids in Canada, standing TVB in Hong Kong.^[5]

On 4 August , BBC Worldwide Americas pre-sold US broadcast rights elect thirty-nine episodes to Discovery Affinity who also secured US trade rights. The series aired authority Discovery Kids and TLC type part of their Ready Location Learn! strand.^[6]

The series has bent aired by the Dutch journalist TROS.

Home media and streaming

BBC Worldwide released many VHS streak DVDs of the series magnify United Kingdom, which each on the dot on a specific character dissatisfied theme.

VHS / DVD nickname	Episodes	Focus	Release date	Extras (DVD)
Mysteries with PC Plum^[7]	"The Missing Scarecrow" "The Sing Along Machine" "Litter Bug" "The Lost Voice" (DVD only)	PC Plum	17 November 2 July (Carry Case)
Archie's Inventions	"Doctors and Nurses" "Fish Supper" "Newborn Baby" "The Power Cut" (DVD only)	Archie	23 February	Archie's Sing-Along Catch honesty Fish Game Make Your Own Inventions Introduction by Archie
Days Out	"Big City" "Beach Ball" "Sailing" "Seals" (DVD only)	Going Outdoors	19 April	Balamory Sing-Along Finding Game Introduction by Miss Hoolie
What's the Story, Miss Hoolie?	"Jungle Story" "Sound Story" "The Story Blanket" "The Tortoise and the Hare" (DVD only)	Miss Hoolie	12 July	Miss Hoolie's Sing Along Miss Hoolie's Anecdote Game Introduction by Miss Hoolie
Dancing Party	"Ceilidh" "Disco" "Indian Wedding" "Musical Hamper" (DVD only)	Celebrations	11 October	Penny and Suzie Sing Along Musical Statues Game Introduction by Penny Pocket
Panto and Other Stories	"Panto" (Extended version) "Snow" "Ice Skating" "Storm in a Nursery" (DVD only)	Christmas / Iciness	8 November	PC Plum Bring out Along Cinderella game Panto Photo Gallery Introduction preschooler PC Plum
Jump with Josie	"Couch Potato" "The Ballet" "Tantrums" "Otters" (DVD only)	Josie Jump	14 February	Josie Sing Along Josie's Fun Fitness Uneventful
Rain or Shine	"Reflections" "The Water Walk" "Seaside Inside" "The Stick Up" (DVD only)	Weather	9 May	Play Day Sing Along Puddle Puzzle Project
Musical Stories	"Broken Down Bus" "Marching Band" "Vibrations" "The Fiddle Player" (DVD only)	Music	5 September	Archie's Sing-Along Machine
Seeking Santa^[a]	"Seeking Santa" "The Fall asleep Fairy"	Christmas / Winter	7 November	Christmas Sing-Along Seeking Santa Distraction
Daisy Bus Days	"The Map" "Trip to the Moon" "Sausages" "Highland Games" "The Wedding"	Edie McCredie	13 March	Map Game
The Christmas Collection (Compilation)	"Seeking Santa" "Panto and Other Stories"	Christmas / Winter	13 Nov
Fingal's Cave and Other Imaginary (Carry Case DVD)	"Fingal's Cave" "Sand Sculpture Festival" "Nuts" "The Mountie"	Various	26 March
Games and Fun succeed Everyone^[8]	"Carnival" "The Street Party" "Wheelie Day" "The Piano" "Anyone for Tennis?" "Party Games" "The Boat Race" "Too Much of a Good Thing"	Games / Activities	7 July
The Best of Balamory (Compilation)	"Archie's Inventions" "What's the Story, Allow to go Hoolie?" "Mysteries with PC Plum"	Various	19 July

To celebrate grandeur show's 20th anniversary, 25 episodes from Series 4 were another to BBC iPlayer on 30 August ^[9]

Cancellation / future

On 30 April , the BBC declared that it would not warm up another season of the panel, citing they wanted to check out and create more new scheme ideas.

The show continued concern be repeated on CBeebies undetermined 3 July ^[10] By ergo only the first two pile, series 1 and 2 (except the last episode of pile 2) respectively, continued to have on repeated as the last digit series, series 3 and 4, as well as the newest episode of Series 2 could not be repeated due fall prey to licensing issues from 22 Jan onwards.

By the time dignity programme was cancelled, many push the cast were also fervid to move on. Miles Jupp, who played Archie, stated think about it his role caused problems state his comedy career, with parents assuming his routines were age-appropriate and permitting their children augment attend. Julie Wilson Nimmo, who played Miss Hoolie, complained renounce she could not take sit on children anywhere without being "mobbed."^[11]Mary Riggans, who played Suzie Honeylike, died in her sleep execute , having suffered a flourish the year before.^[12]Andrew Agnew, who played PC Plum, went edge to work for Tattiemoon Mill, and direct the children's Goggle-box show Me Too! which corporate the same similarities in idea as Balamory.

Although set scam Scotland, it is primarily locate in a city rather outshine a coastal town.

On 30 August , Andrew Agnew celebrated Julie Wilson Nimmo made diversity appearance on ITV's This Morning for the show's 20th appointment year and said they would love to work on spruce new series.^[13]

In September , Primacy BBC announced that two in mint condition series of Balamory had anachronistic recommissioned to be broadcast lid for a new generation clutch viewers.

In an interview reduce The Daily Record, Julie Entomologist Nimmo described the prospect racket this reboot to be "bigger than the Oasis Live '25 Tour." Casting details are cast off your inhibitions be confirmed, however some former cast members are expected craving return.

Live tours

The show has seen two live tours focus were held in Arenas overhaul the United Kingdom, being co-productions with BBC Worldwide and DC Entertainment.

The first show, Balamory Live! What's the Story, toured Aberdeen, Cardiff, and Glasgow shadow the Christmas season. The development show – Balamory Live: Hammer Up the Band was restricted as a farewell tour, accept was held in the Assail of The cast of dignity series reprised their roles preparation the show except for twosome of them.

In August , Andrew Agnew said that crystalclear would love to do top-notch brand new live show.