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Series 9
Director(s)	Gilly Fogg Andy Burns
Writer(s)	Diane Redmond Glenn Dakin James Henry Jimmy Hibbert Peter Reeves Marc Seal
Air Date(s)	UK: April 03 - December 20, 2004 AUS: August 18 - September 2, 2004 US: January 01 - March 26, 2005 Special (UK): November 8, 2004 Special (US): September 28, 2004
Starring	United Kingdom: Neil Morrissey Rob Rackstraw Kate Harbour Colin McFarlane Llewella Gideon John Motson Sue Barker Kerry Fox Ulrika Jonsson Emma Tate Rupert Degas United States William Dufris Alan Marriott Lorelei King Sonya Leite Lachele Carl Maria Darling Colin McFarlane Vincent Marzello Kerry Fox Ulrika Jonsson Emma Tate John Motson Sue Barker Rupert Degas Sweden Mangus Ehrner Eva Gröndahl Claire Wikholm Björn Gedda Tuvalisa Rangström Claes Månsson Anneli Martini Pierre Lindstedt Steve Kratz
Previous season	Series 8 (Original Series)
Next Season	Series 10 (Project: Build It)

The ninth series premiered in the UK between April 03 to December 20, 2004 on the BBC and was re-shown on CBeebies. In the US, the ninth series premiered between January 01 to March 26, 2005 on PBS and was re-shown on Sprout in 2006 and on Qubo between fall 2020 and early 2021 prior to its shutdown.

Episodes

(Note: **** means the episode was only released on a Hit Favorites DVD in the US)

Screenshot	Episode Number	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Written by	Original air date
	105 (1)	Scoop the Disco Digger	Diane Redmond	04/03/2004
	The team is having a Tropical Beach Party and Dizzy teaches Scoop how to dance.
	106 (2)	Bob the Farmer	Glenn Dakin	04/04/2004
	Bob volunteers to look after the farm while Farmer Pickles takes Humpty to a pig show but he soon has his hands full when all the animals escape.
	107 (4)	Lofty the Artist	James Henry	04/10/2004
	Wendy decorates the library, and Lofty is so impressed that he decides to paint a picture as well, but he soon finds that being an artist is harder than it looks.
	108 (5)	Spud's Statue	Jimmy Hibbert	04/11/2004
	Spud breaks Molly's statue, so he tries to make a new one out of Bob's building materials only to leave Bob without the wood to fix the pavilion.
	109 (6)	Pilchard and the Field Mice	Diane Redmond	04/17/2004
	Pilchard causes havoc on a job to mend a rotten beam in a cottage when she finds some mice living there.
	110 (7)	Trix's Pumpkin Pie	Diane Redmond	04/18/2004
	Trix tries to help Bob build a climbing frame while she also is looking after Farmer Pickles' giant pumpkin pie but Spud almost gets it.
	111 (8)	Where's Muck?	Peter Reeves	04/24/2004
	Bob and the team are repairing an eroded river bank in the countryside when Muck tries to bring a lost duck he/she named Quack back to his family.
	112 (9)	Travis' Busy Day	Peter Reeves	04/25/2004
	Lofty and Travis pull down a damaged tree, only to find that they have made a family of squirrels homeless! Travis is devastated, but suddenly he has an idea which Bob could use the old tree to build a new home for the squirrels.
	113 (10)	Muck's Surprise	Marc Seal	05/01/2004
	Bob's gang builds a summer house as an anniversary present for Mrs. Bentley, but Muck nearly ruins the surprise.
	114 (11)	Skip's Big Idea	Jimmy Hibbert	05/02/2004
	Skip wishes he could come up with good ideas, while Bob is renovating the old mill.
	115 (12)	Roley's Important Job	Diane Redmond	05/08/2004
	Bob and the gang convert a house into a delicatessen, but there's nothing for Roley to do. Fortunately, some birds give him an idea to make him feel useful again.
	116 (13)	Trix and the Bug	Glenn Dakin	05/09/2004
	Bob builds a cinema, and a fake giant bug is sent to promote a new film. However, Trix causes chaos in the town when she borrows the insect to help Spud scare the birds who thinks it is real.
	117 (3)	Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair****	Peter Reeves	12/20/2004
	Mr. Bentley is put in charge of the winter fair but everything gets into chaos when Humpty escapes his pen.

Characters

• Bob
• Wendy
• Scoop
• Muck
• Dizzy
• Roley
• Lofty
• Pilchard
• Bird
• Travis
• Spud
• Farmer Pickles
• Scruffty
• Mrs. Potts
• Mrs. Broadbent
• Pam Goody
• Mrs. Percival
• Mr. Bentley
• Mr. Dixon
• Mr. Beasley
• Mr. Ellis
• Mr. Fothergill
• Hamish
• Squawk
• Jenny
• Angelo Sabatini
• Mrs. Barbara Bentley
• J.J.
• Molly
• Skip
• Trix
• Bunty Ferguson (mentioned; voice heard)

Characters Introduced

• Quack/His Family
• Sophia Sabatini
• Mr. Costello

Trivia

• Despite premiering in 2004, this series was produced in 2003 according to the UK credits.
• The US dub was dubbed from late 2003 to early 2004, although the US DVD releases are copyrighted 2003, which is erroneous for the Yes We Can! DVD release as Roley's Important Job was produced in early 2004.
• Series 9 was aired and released out of order from its production order.
  • Production order:

1. Scoop the Disco Digger
2. Bob the Farmer
3. Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair
4. Lofty the Artist
5. Spud's Statue
6. Pilchard and the Field Mice
7. Trix's Pumpkin Pie
8. Where's Muck?
9. Travis' Busy Day
10. Muck's Surprise
11. Skip's Big Idea
12. Roley's Important Job
13. Trix and the Bug

• • UK airing order:

1. Scoop the Disco Digger
2. Bob the Farmer
3. Lofty the Artist
4. Spud's Statue
5. Pilchard and the Field Mice
6. Trix's Pumpkin Pie
7. Where's Muck?
8. Travis' Busy Day
9. Muck's Surprise
10. Skip's Big Idea
11. Roley's Important Job
12. Trix and the Bug
13. Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair

• • US PBS order:

1. Where's Muck?
2. Trix and the Bug
3. Scoop the Disco Digger
4. Muck's Surprise
5. Spud's Statues
6. Trix's Pumpkin Pie
7. Lofty the Artist
8. Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair
9. Bob the Farmer
10. Travis' Busy Day
11. Roley's Important Job
12. Pilchard and the Field Mice
13. Skip's Big Idea

• The episodes that were never released on DVD in the UK were:
  • Episode 5 - Pilchard and the Field Mice
  • Episode 7 - Where's Muck?
  • Episode 10 - Skip's Big Idea
  • Episode 11 - Roley's Important Job.
• This is the first, last and only series of several things:
  • The first appearances of Quack/His Family, Sophia Sabatini, Zoomer, Jana Von Strudel, Charlene, Mr. Costello and Benny.
  • First series to not be dubbed in Czech and Dutch, and the only one to not be dubbed into Dutch.
  • Last series of the Original Series.
  • Last series to feature Bobsville as the main setting even though it appeared as a major setting in Series 10 (Project: Build It).
  • Last series to feature Trix to date. Molly makes a cameo in Bob's Big Plan and Skip and J.J. reappeared in Where's Robert? and Wendy's Party Plan (Project: Build It), although only J.J. appears in the latter.
  • Last series where Jenny appears in the series to date.
  • Final series where Bob, Farmer Pickles, Mr. Sabatini, Mr. Beasley, Mr. Ellis and Skip are voiced by the late William Dufris in the US dub.
  • Last series where Lofty is voiced by Sonya Leite in the US dub.
  • Last series where Spud and Mr. Bernard Bentley are voiced by Alan Marriott in the US dub.
  • Last series to use the updated Series 4-9 intro.
  • Last series to have music composed by Paul K. Joyce.
  • Last series where the credits utilise footage from Muck Gets Stuck, Wendy's Busy Day, Pilchard in a Pickle, Scoop Saves the Day and the original Series 1-3 intro.
• The first eleven episodes were most likely filmed between mid to late 2003 while the last two were filmed in early 2004.

Sources

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06qt7xw
• https://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/archive/index.jsp?pgmid=13391&date=20050101