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''Bob The Builder'' was an animated stop motion children's series that premiered on November 28th, 1998 on BBC in the United Kingdom and in 2001 on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States and would go onto produce 250 episodes from it's November 1998 premiere to it's December 2011. An American reboot of the show would premiere on September 1st, 2015 and air until December 30th, 2018 on PBS Kids. '''In order to pitch the show to HiT Entertainment, a pilot was filmed in 1997'''. The pilot was screened to HiT Entertainment executives on on May 15, 1997.
''Bob The Builder'' was an animated stop motion children's series that premiered on November 28th, 1998 on BBC in the United Kingdom and in 2001 on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States and would go onto produce 250 episodes from its November 1998 premiere to it's October 2011. A 2015 series premiered on September 1st, 2015 and air until December 30th, 2018 on Channel 5. Another Bob the Builder series is yet to be announced. '''In order to pitch the show to HiT Entertainment, a pilot was filmed in 1997'''. The pilot was screened to HiT Entertainment executives on May 15, 1997.


==Information on the Pilot==
==Information on the Pilot==
The pilot starts with Bob waking up Digger, the Bob (who was voiced by Neil Morrissey, who also voices him in the series) turns on the radio, then trips, Digger (who was voiced by Stuart Greenall) drops a shovel, Bob gets a ladder to get a bird's nest out of a nearby rain drain, Digger hand's him a shovel, Digger knocks the ladder Bob was on, Bob falls into Diggers scope and the bird's nest falls on Bob's head.
The pilot starts with Bob waking up Digger, the Bob (who was voiced by Neil Morrissey, who also voices him in the series) turns on the radio, then trips, Digger (who was voiced by Stuart Greenall) drops a shovel, Bob gets a ladder to get a bird's nest out of a nearby rain drain, Digger hand's him a shovel, Digger knocks the ladder Bob was on, Bob falls into Diggers scope and the bird's nest falls on Bob's head.


A person talked to the former designer of ''Bob the Builder'', Curtis Jobling, about this pilot and said these things: Bob had very red lips in the pilot, Curtis didn't design it, the pilot was produced in 1997 (1 year before the actual first episode, "Pilchard in a Pickle", was produced), the pilot wasn't very good and nearly got the show cancelled, and Jobling claims he has it, too.
Curtis Jobling, the former designer of ''Bob the Builder'' was asked about the pilot and said: <blockquote>"Bob had very red lips in the pilot, Curtis didn't design it, the pilot was produced in 1997 (1 year before the actual first episode, "Pilchard in a Pickle", was produced), the pilot wasn't very good and nearly got the show cancelled."</blockquote>


==Availability==
==Availability==
It never aired on television or was released on DVD and for over twenty years was never seen by the public.
It never aired on television or was released on DVD and for over twenty years was never seen by the public.


Before December 2020, the only glimpses of the pilot was a behind the scenes photo, a photo of Digger's model and concept art of Digger and was originally thought to be 90 seconds long.<ref>[https://twitter.com/cidrokthedragon/status/832985591532879873?lang=en A tweet announcing the pilot's rediscovery.] Retrieved 02 Mar '21</ref>
Before December 2020, the only glimpses of the pilot were a behind-the-scenes photo, a photo of Digger's model and concept art of Digger and was originally thought to be 90 seconds long.<ref>[https://twitter.com/cidrokthedragon/status/832985591532879873?lang=en A tweet with a behind-the-scenes photo from the pilot.] Retrieved 02 Mar '21</ref> Jobling said he has a copy of the pilot while being asked about it.


On December 22nd, 2020, after being sent a copy by the producer, Richard Randolph, the full pilot was found by Lost Media Wiki user Digital Haunt and was uploaded to archive.org. It is revealed that Bob and Digger were the only characters in the pilot, though Digger was redesigned as Scoop, Rob Rackstraw was cast as the character in the series UK dub, while Alan Marriott took the mantle for the show's US release in 2001.
On December 22nd, 2020, after being sent a copy by one of the producers, the full pilot was found by user kingmrharvey and was uploaded to archive.org by Mike Shmit. It is revealed that Bob and Digger were the only characters in the pilot, though Digger was redesigned as Scoop, Rob Rackstraw was cast as the character in the series UK dub, while Alan Marriott took the mantle for the show's US release in 2001.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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===Images===
===Images===
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
Bobbuilderset.jpg|A behind the scenes photo of the pilot.
Bobbuilderset.jpg|A behind-the-scenes photo of the pilot.
IdddMG 1938.png|Digger's model.
IdddMG 1938.png|Digger's model.
211690EE-19C8-4082-9F61-B36DC0209CEE.png|Scoop/Digger's concept art.
211690EE-19C8-4082-9F61-B36DC0209CEE.png|Scoop/Digger's concept art.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See Also==
*[[Bob the Builder "Naughty Spud," "Spud the Super Wrench" and "Tea Set Travis" (found American dub of British children's TV series episodes; 2000s)]]
*[[Roary the Racing Car (lost pitch pilot of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2005)]]
==External Link==
==External Link==
*[https://btb.fandom.com/wiki/Pilot_Episode ''Bob the Builder'' Wiki page on the pilot.] Retrieved 06 Mar '21
*[https://btb.fandom.com/wiki/Pilot_Episode ''Bob the Builder'' Wiki page on the pilot.]


==Reference==
==References==
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Revision as of 19:28, 12 September 2021

Bob the builder pilot.jpeg

The series' prototype logo.

Status: Found

Date found: 22 Dec 2020

Found by: kingmrharvey

Bob The Builder was an animated stop motion children's series that premiered on November 28th, 1998 on BBC in the United Kingdom and in 2001 on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States and would go onto produce 250 episodes from its November 1998 premiere to it's October 2011. A 2015 series premiered on September 1st, 2015 and air until December 30th, 2018 on Channel 5. Another Bob the Builder series is yet to be announced. In order to pitch the show to HiT Entertainment, a pilot was filmed in 1997. The pilot was screened to HiT Entertainment executives on May 15, 1997.

Information on the Pilot

The pilot starts with Bob waking up Digger, the Bob (who was voiced by Neil Morrissey, who also voices him in the series) turns on the radio, then trips, Digger (who was voiced by Stuart Greenall) drops a shovel, Bob gets a ladder to get a bird's nest out of a nearby rain drain, Digger hand's him a shovel, Digger knocks the ladder Bob was on, Bob falls into Diggers scope and the bird's nest falls on Bob's head.

Curtis Jobling, the former designer of Bob the Builder was asked about the pilot and said:

"Bob had very red lips in the pilot, Curtis didn't design it, the pilot was produced in 1997 (1 year before the actual first episode, "Pilchard in a Pickle", was produced), the pilot wasn't very good and nearly got the show cancelled."

Availability

It never aired on television or was released on DVD and for over twenty years was never seen by the public.

Before December 2020, the only glimpses of the pilot were a behind-the-scenes photo, a photo of Digger's model and concept art of Digger and was originally thought to be 90 seconds long.[1] Jobling said he has a copy of the pilot while being asked about it.

On December 22nd, 2020, after being sent a copy by one of the producers, the full pilot was found by user kingmrharvey and was uploaded to archive.org by Mike Shmit. It is revealed that Bob and Digger were the only characters in the pilot, though Digger was redesigned as Scoop, Rob Rackstraw was cast as the character in the series UK dub, while Alan Marriott took the mantle for the show's US release in 2001.

Gallery

Video

The full pilot.

Images

See Also

External Link

References