Timmy Time

Timmy Time
Genre Children's animation
Created by Jackie Cockle
Voices of Kate Harbour
Justin Fletcher
Louis Jones
Opening theme It's Timmy
Composer(s) Mike Stobbie
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 82 (Episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Miles Bullough
David Sproxton
Peter Lord
Nick Park
Producer(s) Jackie Cockle
Location(s) Filmed in Bristol
Running time 10 minutes
Production company(s) BBC
Aardman Animations
Distributor HiT Entertainment
Release
Original network CBeebies
Picture format PAL (1080i)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 6 April 2009 – 13 July 2012
Chronology
Related shows A Close Shave
Shaun the Sheep
External links
Website

Timmy Time is a British stop-motion animated children's comedy series made for the BBC by Aardman Animations. It started broadcasting in the UK on CBeebies on 6 April 2009.[1] The show is a spin-off from the Shaun the Sheep animation,[1] which itself is a spin-off from the Aardman series Wallace & Gromit, which introduced the character of Shaun. The first two series ran for 26 episodes. In the United Kingdom, the show's most recent run began in September 2011 on CBeebies. In Australia, season one commenced in May 2009 on ABC1 and season three started in May 2011 on ABC 4 Kids.[2][3] The show also broadcast re-runs on Disney Junior the Channel from its launch in 2012, but was pulled off the air in May 2014.

Premise and format

In this series, Timmy and his friends[4] have to learn to share, make friends and accept their mistakes.[5] They are supervised by two teachers, Harriet the Heron and Osbourne the Owl. The show is aimed at pre-school aged children which the company described as "a natural step for Aardman".[1]

The show is made up of ten-minute episodes, which do not feature any dialogue, much like Shaun the Sheep.[1]

A filming of one episode was featured on the Discovery Channel's How It's Made.[6]

Characters

Hand-made caricatures of the characters (on top of chocolate truffles)

Episodes

Series Episodes Airdate
First aired Last aired
1 26 6 April 2009 (2009-04-06) 30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
2 26 17 May 2010 (2010-05-17) 21 June 2010 (2010-06-21)
3 30 14 March 2011 (2011-03-14) 13 July 2012 (2012-07-13)

Video games

The website has 4 games "Noisy Name Game", "Make Music", "Mix & Match" and "Messy Painting Game".[7]

There are two apps "Timmy Time HD",[8] which contains two stories read by actress and comedian Josie Lawrence. Touch individual words to hear them read out loud, and touch Bumpy the caterpillar to reveal secret video clips from the TV show! have bags of fun with the Timmy Tunes keyboard, play tunes on the keyboard with a special Timmy twist – each musical note is a baa! The app also features links to free downloadable sheet music that helps children learn some much-loved tunes: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Row Row Row Your Boat, Baa Baa Black Sheep and, of course, Timmy is a Little Lamb and there’s Bumpy’s Colouring Time. brush to add vibrant colours to big, bold pictures of Timmy and his friends.[8]

"Learning Time With Timmy is an educational games app to help your children learn words in English about including colours, numbers, animals and more! It is ideal for children aged 6 and younger for learners of who are learning English as a second language, and for children aged 3 and under if your their first language is English.

There is a Timmy Time Nintendo DS game with 14 exciting games and activities, 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard to suit all ages, Medal reward system to keep young children motivated, Encourages the development of memory, logic and problem solving skills.[9]

References

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