Roy is an Irish-British animated-Live Action children's television series which was broadcast by TRTÉ in Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia and aired from 1 July 2009 to 1 April 2015. The show centers on the title character Roy O'Brien, the 11-year-old animated son of a live-action family, as he settles into his new school in a suburb of Dublin. It stars Scott Graham, Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton and Martha Byrne.
The series is filmed as a mockumentary and based on the short film called Badly Drawn Roy which was commissioned by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and the Arts Council of Ireland through their frameworks scheme for new animation. The series was commissioned by CBBC and produced with funding from RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Both the series and the short film was produced by Jam Media. The series' protagonist, Roy's character animation is hand drawn in Flash with the compositing and effects produced in Adobe's After Effects. A second series was broadcast in early 2012. A third and fourth series were confirmed with the creation of 60 jobs in October 2012. In November 2012, the second series of Roy won the 2012 Children's BAFTA Drama Award.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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| Roy | Scott Graham (seasons 1-2) | ||
| Robert Donelly (seasons 3-4) | |||
| Becky | Martha Byrne | ||
| Bill | Simon Delaney | ||
| Maura | Cathy Belton | ||
| Mr. Hammond | Mark Lambert | ||
| Dr. Rashid | Paul Tylak | ||
| Tommy | David Green | ||
| Jack | Fionn O'Shea | ||
| Sinéad | Rebecca Barry | ||
| Kathy | Chloe McCormack | ||
| Connor | Lewis Harris | ||
| Tara Loveworth | Charlene Gleeson | ||
| Jack's Dad | Patrick Murray | ||
| Karisma | Holly Walsh | ||
| Sound Man | Nigel Davey | ||
| Mr. Hogan | Ronan Leahy | ||
| Dennis Gwint | Pat McGrath | ||
| Mrs. Sherringham | Maud Fahy | ||
| Alex | Panashe McGuckin | ||
| Mrs. Hegarty | Norma Sheahan | ||
| Niall | Cameron Hogan | ||
| Tara Keating | Lauren Kinsella | ||
| Abby | Romey Farrelly | ||
| Sean | Jowon Olatunji | ||
| Declan | Kian Murphy | ||
| Hendley | Brandon Maher | ||
| Fagan | Harry Behan | ||
| Mrs. Jervis | Valerie O'Connor | ||
| Mr. Lucey | Sam O'Mahony | ||
| Mr. Tanakq | Hiro Ino | ||
Narrator
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Richard Albrecht |
International versions[]
On Jetpack Distribution's site, they note that they have commissioned Brazilian Portuguese and European Spanish dubs, however they have not premiered yet.
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Danish | Roy[1] | DR Ramasjang (formerly) DR Ultra (formerly) |
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Finnish | Sutaistu sankari Roy | Yle TV2 (formerly)[2] |
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Norwegian | Roy | NRK Super (formerly) |
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Swedish | Roy | SVT Barn (formerly) |
See also[]
- The Roy Files
- Little Roy
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