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Series 10
Director(s)	Sarah Ball Marc Seal
Writer(s)	Peter Reeves Rachel Murrell Lorelei King
Air Date(s)	UK: 2-20 May 2005 US: 3 September-22 October 2005
Starring	United Kingdom Neil Morrissey Rob Rackstraw Kate Harbour Colin McFarlane Richard Briers June Whitfield Rupert Degas Emma Tate Alison Steadman United States Greg Proops Alan Marriott Lorelei King Lachele Carl Maria Darling Emma Tate Vincent Marzello Rob Rackstraw Rupert Degas Colin McFarlane
Previous season	Series 9 (Original Series)
Next Season	Series 11 (Project: Build It)

The tenth series of Bob the Builder is the first series of Project: Build It and premiered in the UK between 2 to 20 May 2005 on BBC2 in the CBeebies block. In the US, it premiered between 3 September to 22 October 2005 on PBS and debuted on Sprout in early 2007. This was also the series where Bob and his gang moved to Sunflower Valley as well as the debut of Scrambler and Benny.

Pilot

Screenshot	Episode Number	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Written by	Original air date
	118	Bob's Big Plan	Sarah Ball	05/02/2005
	Bob enters a competition to design a town, and decides to make his design as environmentally friendly as possible, only to discover, when he wins the contest, that the prize is the job of building it.

Episodes

Screenshot	Episode Number	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Written by	Original air date
	119	Bob's Fresh Start	Marc Seal	05/03/2005
	Bob's crew are nervous as they start work on the Sunflower Valley project, but Muck claims not to be afraid. However, her confidence soon disappears when she and Spud get lost in the woods.
	120	Lofty's Shelter	Sarah Ball (Storyline by Lorelei King)	05/04/2005
	Lofty finds it hard to tell Bob that he wants a place in the new machine shelter.
	121	Dizzy and the Talkie Talkie	Marc Seal	05/05/2005
	Bob digs a well and Wendy brings the team radio headsets, which soon come in handy when Muck gets lost.
	122	Scoop's Recruit	Sarah Ball	05/06/2005
	Scoop looks for someone to take over Wendy's job at the yard and Bob's dad is the one to do it.
	123	Where's Robert?	Sarah Ball	05/09/2005
	Bob's dad slows him down, making Bob wonder how they are going to get everything done in time, but there is more to worry about when the older man disappears at the recycling plant.
	124	Wendy's Welcome	Sarah Ball	05/10/2005
	Bob searches for Robert, who is preparing a surprise for Wendy at her new home in Sunflower Valley.
	125	Roley's New Friend	Marc Seal	05/11/2005
	Roley makes friends with a bird and helps her find the right spot to build a nest.
	126	Two Scoops	Peter Reeves (Storyline by Marc Seal and Sarah Ball)	05/12/2005
	Scoop works very hard and makes himself so tired he falls asleep.
	127	Benny's Back!	Peter Reeves Sarah Ball	05/13/2005
	Bob faces a race against time to get everything finished on the workshop and storerooms, as well as doing a job for Farmer Pickles, so Benny and Scrambler help to get the work done.
	128	Spud's Straw Surprise	Rachel Murrell Sarah Ball (Storyline by Marc Seal)	05/16/2005
	Spud overhears Bob and Farmer Pickles planning to build something new out of straw, and thinks he is going to be replaced.
	129	Off-Road Scrambler	Marc Seal	05/17/2005
	Scrambler takes Scruffty for a walk to keep him out of Bob's hair — but finds the excitable dog has plenty of energy to burn.
	130	Meet Marjorie	Marc Seal	05/18/2005
	Dizzy tries to make amends when she gets into hot water with new factory manager Marjorie.
	131	Muck's Mud Hut	Sarah Ball	05/19/2005
	The team build a home for Marjorie, but Muck's decision to create a mud hut ends in disaster.
	132	Wendy's Party Plan	Marc Seal	05/20/2005
	Wendy organises a surprise party for Bob, but she is left worrying about the preparations when he puts her in charge of building a new dome at the same time.

Characters

• Bob
• Wendy
• Scoop
• Muck
• Dizzy
• Roley
• Lofty
• Benny
• Pilchard
• Bird
• Travis
• Spud
• Farmer Pickles
• Marjorie
• Mr. Bentley
• Squawk
• Scruffty
• Angelo Sabatini
• Mrs. Barbara Bentley
• J.J.
• Skip
• Robert
• Dorothy
• The Librarian
• Bunty Ferguson
• Florence Mountfitchet (cameo)
• Mr. Dixon (cameo)
• Mr. Beasley (cameo)
• Mrs. Potts (cameo)
• Mrs. Broadbent (cameo)
• Pam Goody (cameo)
• Mrs. Percival (cameo)
• Mr. Fothergill (cameo)
• Mr. Ellis (cameo)
• Molly (cameo)
• Jenny (cameo)

Characters Introduced

• Scrambler
• Mr. Adams

Trivia

• This is the first series of Project Build It and also the first, last and only series of several things:
  • The first series to feature Sunflower Valley.
  • The first series to be filmed in HD 1080p.
  • The first appearances of Robert, Dot, Tom and Benny in the main show.
  • The first series to feature Greg Proops voicing Bob for the US dub.
  • The first series to feature Emma Tate voicing Lofty for the US dub.
  • The first series to feature Rob Rackstraw voicing Spud and Mr. Bentley for the US dub.
  • The first series to feature Vincent Marzello voicing Farmer Pickles and Mr. Sabatini for the US dub.
  • The first series to feature Víctor Ugarte voicing Muck for the Latin American Spanish.
  • The first series to feature Liliana Barba voicing Dizzy for the Latin American Spanish dub.
  • The first series not to feature Trix since their debut in the sixth series.
  • The first series in where Bird does not appear since his debut, outside of the series pilot, Bob's Big Plan.
  • The first series to have 14 episodes, compared to Series 1 to 9's consistent 13 episode total.
  • The first series to have music composed by Keith Hopwood.
  • The first series since the second series to not have all episodes released onto home media in the US.
  • The first series produced by HiT Entertainment under ownership of Apax Partners.
  • The last series to feature Skip to date before his model was recycled into Packer.
  • The last series where Bobsville is a major location.
  • The only series to have Rupert Degas voice Skip in the US.
  • The only series to have Alison Steadman and Maggie Fox as part of the UK voice cast.
  • The only series of Project: Build It with all episodes released on UK home media.
• This series was produced in late 2004 but was aired in May 2005 for the UK and Fall 2005 for the US.
• Wendy's Party Plan was oddly excluded from a proper home media release in the US.
• This series premiered early in Latin America in April 2005 before its UK release.

Source

• http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/bob-the-builder-to-debut-on-pbs-kids/
• http://www.toonhound.com/buildit.htm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhlLhuVu2WE UK Promo