Roy (TV series)
| ROY | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Comedy Drama |
| Starring |
Scott Graham Simon Delaney Cathy Belton Martha Byrne Mark Lambert |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ireland |
| Running time | 22mins |
| Distributor |
RTÉ BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | TRTE / CBBC |
| Original release | 1 July 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
ROY is an Irish television show, based in Dublin, which has been shown on TRTÉ in Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia and aired from 1 July 2009 to 4 October 2013.[1] The show centres 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. 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.[2] 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[3]
Filming began on new episodes in January 2013, and the first of the new series begin airing in January 2014.[4]
Main cast
- Narrator: Richard Albrecht
- Roy: Scott Graham (Series 1-4)
- Bill: Simon Delaney (Series 1-4)
- Maura: Cathy Belton (Series 1-4)
- Becky: Martha Byrne (Series 1-4)
- Mr Hammond: Mark Lambert (Series 1-4)
- Tommy: David Green (series 1–2)
- Jack: Fionn O'Shea (series 1–2)
- Sinéad: Rebecca Barry (series 1–2)
- Kathy: Chloe McCormack (series 1–2)
- Conor: Lewis Harris (series 1)
- Alex: Panashe Mc Guckin (series 2)
- Miss Sherringham: Maud Fahy (series 1–2)
- Niall: Cameron Hogan (series 3-4)
- Tara: Lauren Kinsella (series 3-4)
- Abbey: Romey Farrelly (series 3-4)
- Sean: Juwon Olatunji (series 3-4)
- Deco: Kian Murphy (series 3-4)
- Hendley: Brandon Maher (series 3-4)
- Fagan: Harry Behan (series 3-4)
- Miss Jervis: Valerie O'Connor (series 3-4)
- Mr Lucey: Sam O'Mahony (series 3-4)
Spin-off series
Two spin-off series have been announced. Little Roy is about an animated 5-year-old boy on a journey of self discovery through imaginative play — plus laugh-out-loud comedy, physical hijinks and emotional learning and it will air on both CBBC and Cbeebies.[5]
The Roy Files will give fans an exclusive insight into the life of Roy O’Brien, Ireland’s only cartoon boy living in the real world. Roy turns his history homework into a scrapbook about himself that features exclusive new material and highlights from all four seasons of Roy.[5]
References
- ↑ "New kids' comedy begins on RTÉ Two". RTÉ Arts. 22 February 2010.
- ↑ "'Roy' Returns For Second Series". IFTN. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Video: Roy the cartoon boy on CBBC wins Bafta for digital animation studio". Independent.ie.
- ↑ "Roy Trades Artane For Ardmore & Ballyfermot For Dublin 4 - The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie. C1 control character in
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External links
- Roy at the British Comedy Guide