Fireman Sam (2005)

Fireman Sam is an animated comedy children's television  about a fireman called Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other townspeople in the fictional Welsh rural town of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and Tonypandy, which are situated approximately apart in the South Wales valleys). The original idea for the came from two ex-firemen from Kent, who took their idea to artist and writer Rob Lee who developed the concept, and the  was later commissioned byS4C. Fireman Sam first appeared in Welsh on S4C as Sam Tân in, and later that year in English on BBC1. The original finished in, and a new  that expanded the character cast commenced in. The was also shown in Gaelic in Scotland, where it was known as Sam Smalaidh. The was sold to over 40 countries and has been used across the  to promote fire safety.

Cast

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International versions

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