Busy Buses | |
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Created by | Terry Ward |
Voices of |
Brian Conley (series One) Gary Martin David Holt Maria Darling Alistair McGowan (series Two) |
Narrated by | Brian Conley |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Running time | 5-25 mins |
Production company(s) | tv4c |
Release | |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 2002 – 2005 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Thomas & Friends |
Busy Buses is an animated children's program about the lives of a group of friendly talking buses. It was originally shown on Tiny Living. It also aired on ABC in Australia and ran for two series between 2002 and 2005.
Busy Buses is a 3D CGI animated TV series made for 'children' aged 3–6. Set in a fictional town of Chumley, it features a bus garage and eight colourful bus characters. Brian Conley narrates the stories for the first series and he has also created the voices for all the Busy Buses along with its theme tune. The series was created by tv4c (a joint venture between TV4, HTV and Gnome Productions) and directed and produced by Terry Ward.
Colin - a green country bus who loves getting dirty and hates taking baths.
Sammy - a yellow school bus is the youngest bus who is mischievous and sometimes he can get into trouble. He is friends with Tommy and is often see with the other buses. He also likes riding on Colin's roof.
Susan - a pink shopping bus who is shy and cunning.
Roger - a white and blue airport bus. Roger is the second oldest and has a combat pilot voice.
Harry - a red holiday bus who is very kind and he has a fear the dark. He is a good friend of Sammy's.
Stephanie - a white and yellow station bus. She can be very bossy at times and a bit stupid, like driving onto railway lines and the queen.
Penny - a blue and yellow bus. In "Sammy Wins the Day", there is a bus modeled after her, but is male and yellow. She refers her friends as "pet".
Arnold - a red double-decker bus. He is the oldest of the buses. Arnold can never remember and he can go the wrong way and crash into things.
Rick - an orange racing bus. He goes really fast and makes the children feel sick.
Frank - a silver American tour bus. He has a cowboy accent and takes people sightseeing.
Prudence - a white and purple private bus. She is bossier than Stephanie.