Bob the Builder season 2
| Bob the Builder season 2 | |
|---|---|
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC (U.K.) Nickelodeon (U.S.) |
| Original release | October 11 – December 28, 1999 |
| chronology | |
The second season of the British animated television series Bob the Builder was originally aired on CBBC in the United Kingdom and Nickelodeon in the United States from October 11 to December 28, 1999 and contains 13 episodes.
Episodes
[change | change source]| No. overall | No. in season | UK title (top) US title (bottom) [a] | Written by | BBC airdate (top) Nick Jr. airdate (bottom) | Nick Jr. episode order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Spud the Spanner Spud the Super-Wrench" | Ben Randall | 11 October 1999[1] 30 January 2001 | 111A |
| Spud is bored of being a scarecrow and he takes Bob's toolbox to try to reinvent himself as a superhero, unaware that he will come apart. | |||||
| 15 | 2 | "Wallpaper Wendy" | Jimmy Hibbert | 18 October 1999[2] 26 November 2001 | 124A |
| Bob decorates Mrs. Broadbent's new apartment, but as he has never decorated before, he ends up making a complete mess. | |||||
| 16 | 3 | "Runaway Roley" | Jimmy Hibbert | 25 October 1999[3] [VHS 1] 31 January 2001 | 113B |
| Roley loses the brakes in the morning and sleep-rolls out of the yard and causes destruction everywhere. He crashes into the lamps, signs, walls, etc. Bob, Wendy and Travis have to guide Roley back to the yard without waking him up. | |||||
| 17 | 4 | "Bob's Big Surprise" | Chris Trengove | 1 November 1999[4] [VHS 1] 19 January 2001 | 104B |
| While Wendy is visiting her sister, Bob and the team decide to surprise her by giving her garden a makeover. However, Mrs. Potts cannot look after the office as she is sick, so Bob leaves Pilchard alone in the office, but Pilchard ends up making a huge mess due to being constantly annoyed by the phone ringing and the answering machine messages. | |||||
| 18 | 5 | "Dizzy's Statues" | Diane Redmond | 8 November 1999[5] 18 January 2001 | 112A |
| Bob has to put up bollards around the town hall and put up Mrs. Potts' garden statues at the same time. Dizzy tries to help, but gets very mixed up. | |||||
| 19 | 6 | "Lofty to the Rescue" | Chris Trengove | 15 November 1999[6] 31 January 2001 | 113A |
| Lofty is afraid of going over the bridge because of his fear of heights. Spud picks on Lofty to the point of making him cry, but when Spud falls off the bridge and into a tree while taunting everybody passing by, Lofty has to overcome his fears and rescue him. | |||||
| 20 | 7 | "Wendy's Big Match Wendy's Big Game" | Simon Jowett | 22 November 1999[7] [VHS 2] 17 January 2001 | 117A |
| Bob is preparing for a "Brightest Building Yard" competition. But when Spud kicks a ball at Wendy, the line-making machine makes a mess, forcing him to clean it up. Bob ends up winning first prize in the "Brightest Building Yard" competition. | |||||
| 21 | 8 | "Tea Set Travis" | Ben Randall | 29 November 1999[8] 26 January 2001 | 108B |
| Bob and the gang are preparing for recycling. Farmer Pickles tells Travis to look after his old tea set, but when Spud and Travis are not around, they forget about the tea set and the gang almost recycles it. | |||||
| 22 | 9 | "Dizzy's Bird Watch" | Simon Jowett | 6 December 1999[9] 7 June 2001 | 120B |
| Dizzy watches a birds nest and sees the hatchlings emerge and learn to fly. | |||||
| 23 | 10 | "Clocktower Bob" | Chris Trengove | 13 December 1999[10] 12 November 2001 [VHS 3] | 122A |
| Bob ends up stranded on a broken clock tower when Lofty gets scared by a bat and knocks the ladder down. All the while, Muck tells a joke about an elephant in the fridge and starts grumbling when Scoop tells him (her in the US) to let Dizzy get on with her mixing, claiming that "it's not fair". That night, he (she in the US) bumps into Lofty just as Scoop and Wendy find both machines so they can rescue Bob. | |||||
| 24 | 11 | "Wendy's Tennis Court Wendy's Tennis Match" (The Big Game Only) | Diane Redmond | 20 December 1999[11] 17 January 2001 | 117B |
| When building a new tennis court, Travis and Spud try to put the net up, but Spud finds it too heavy and falls into the wet cement. | |||||
| 25 | 12 | "Bob's White Christmas" | Jimmy Hibbert | 27 December 1999[12] [VHS 2] 10 December 2001 (Christmas special) [VHS 4] | 201A |
| Bob will dress up as Father Christmas (Santa Claus in the US) for the local school carol concert, led by the schoolteacher Mrs. Percival, but he loses time when Farmer Pickles gets snowed in. Scoop uses his snowplow to clear the roads while Muck and Travis clear Farmer Pickles' driveway with their own snowplows. | |||||
| 26 | 13 | "Pilchard Goes Fishing" | Jimmy Hibbert | 28 December 1999[13] 24 January 2001 | 105B |
| Wendy is cleaning Bob's fish tank, but when Muck comes for more cement, he (she in the US) crashes into the lean-to garage. When Wendy gets distracted by another job, Pilchard intends to eat up Bob's goldfish, Finn. | |||||
Notelist
[change | change source]- ↑ Top: British English title
Bottom: American English title
- 1 2 This episode was first released in Naughty Spud and Other Stories VHS on September 27, 1999.
- 1 2 This episode was first released in Bob's White Christmas and Other Stories VHS on November 15, 1999.
- ↑ This episode was first released in To the Rescue VHS on May 22, 2001.
- ↑ This episode was first released in Bob's White Christmas VHS on October 16, 2001.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Spud the Spanner". 11 October 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Wallpaper Wendy". 18 October 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Runaway Roley". 25 October 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Bob's Big Suprise [sic]". November 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Dizzy's Statues". 8 November 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Lofty to the Rescue". 15 November 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Wendy's Big Match". 22 November 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Tea Set Travis". 29 November 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Dizzy's Birdwatch". 6 December 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Clocktower Bob". 13 December 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Wendy's Tennis Court". 20 December 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Bob's White Christmas". 27 December 1999.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Bob the Builder, Series 2, Pilchard Goes Fishing". 28 December 1999.