| Roy | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Comedy Drama |
| Starring | Scott Graham, Simon Delaney, Martha Byrne, Cathy Belton |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Distributor | RTE British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | RTÉ Two/The Den/CBBC |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Roy is an Irish TV Show, based in Dublin, which has been shown on TRTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia.[1]. The show centres around the title character Roy O'Brien, the animated son of a real family, as he settles in to his new school. It stars Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton and Martha Byrne.
The series is filmed as a mockumentry 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, layout and clean-up were all rendered through the European animation software, CelAction 2D.