Finley the Fire Engine

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Finley the Fire Engine is a CGI children's cartoon series produced by Balley Beg animation studios in Douglas, Isle of Man. It is about the talking vehicles in a fictional town called Friendlyville. Each episode has a theme: for example, episode 4A's theme is "wearing spectacles is no reason to be embarrassed".

78 episodes are planned, each running for 15 minutes. It is, as of October 2007, being shown in Britain by the BBC. It is aimed at 2 to 6 year olds.

[edit] Characters

Movable

• Finley, fire engine
• Dexter (or) Dex, dump truck
• Captain Parker, older senior fire engine
• DJ, front loader excavator (described on site as bulldozer)
• Jesse, tow truck
• Isabelle, ice cream van
• Abigail, ambulance
• Miguel, mail truck voiced by Justin Fletcher
• Gorby, garbage truck
• Scooty, school bus

Not movable

• Suds, car wash
• Mr. Bell, fire station bell
• Lyle, and Lois, fuel pumps
• Polly the pole (= vertical cylindrical object)

[edit] External links

• Finley the Fire Engine official site (graphics intensive, best not with Firefox: needs Adobe Flash Player 9)
• http://www.gov.im/lib/news/education/winnersofthefilm.xml
• http://www.gov.im/dti/iomfilm/events.xml Isle of Man film events