Little Robots is a British stop-motion animated children's TV series, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Create TV & Film and broadcast on CBeebies (the BBC's children's channel). The fiction series was based on the eponymous book by Mike Brownlow in 1999, published by Ragged Bears Publishing. It is distributed by BBC Worldwide to over 60 countries.
Background[]
Little Robots was part of Cartoon Network's short-lived "Tickle-U" programming block in 2005, 2 years after it originally aired in the United Kingdom. This version of the series was redubbed using voice actors using American accents. Unlike their short-lived American dub of Peppa Pig, Little Robots was released on DVD by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Cast[]
| Character | British version | American version |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny | Hayley Carmichael | Jules de Jongh |
| Messy | Jimmy Hibbert | |
| Sporty | Lenny Henry | Paul Mitchell-Jones |
| Stretchy | Jimmy Hibbert | Adam Sims |
| Rusty | Morwenna Banks | Maria Darling |
| Stripy | Martin Clunes | Tom Clarke-Hill |
| Noisy | Su Pollard | Maria Darling |
| Spotty | Emma Chambers | Laurel Lefkow |
| Scary | Mike Hayley | |
| Flappy | Jimmy Hibbert | |
| Sparky 1 | Sue Perkins | Lizzie Waterworth |
| Sparky 2 | Mel Giedroyc | Joanna Ruiz |
Notes[]
- After Tickle-U was discontinued the US dub continued to air on Qubo and Playhouse Disney in Asia.
- Scary's voice is dubbed in the intro, despite his original voice being kept in the dub.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 | Cartoon Network (Tickle-U) |
United States | 
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| 2011-2014 | Qubo | United States |
|
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th Century Fox | 2006-2007 | 
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8 Episodes* | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 2 Volumes | ||||||
* Episodes 1-2, 4, 7, 10-12
External Links[]
- Little Robots on the Internet Movie Database