Roy (TV series)
ROY is an Irish animated children's television series which was broadcast by TRTÉ in Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia and aired from 1 July 2009 to 1 April 2015.[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 in a suburb of Dublin. It stars Scott Graham, Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton and Martha Byrne.
| ROY | |
|---|---|
 Title card used since first series | |
| Genre | Comedy Live-action-Animation |
| Starring | Sdean Harris Ariana Martha Byrne Mark Lambert Terry Klassen |
| Voices of | Scott Graham (Series 1–2) Robert Donnely (Series 3–4) Richard Albrecht |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Ballyfermot, County Dublin (Series 1-2) Sandyford, County Dublin (Series 3-4) |
| Running time | 22mins |
| Production company | Jam Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | TRTÉ (Ireland) CBBC (United Kingdom) |
| Original release | 1 July 2009 – 7 April 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Badly Drawn Roy (2006) |
| Followed by | The Roy Files (2015–16) Little Roy (2016) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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 a third and fourth series in January 2013. The third series began airing on 23 January 2014, and the fourth began airing 20 January 2015.[4]
Main cast
| Series | Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1-4 | Richard Albrecht | Narrator | |
| Series 1-2 | Scott Graham | Roy O'Brien | Lead role |
| Series 3-4 | Robert Donnely | Roy O'Brien | Lead role |
| Series 1-4 | Simon Delaney | Bill O'Brien | Main role, Roy's Dad |
| Series 1-4 | Cathy Belton | Maura O'Brien | Main role, Roy's Mum |
| Series 1-4 | Martha Byrne | Becky O'Brien | Main role, Roy's Sister |
| Series 1-4 | Mark Lambert | Mr Derek Hammond | Headteacher (Series 1 - 2), Vice Principal (Series 3 - 4) |
| Series 1-2 | David Green | Tommy Byrne | Nerd |
| Series 1-2 | Fionn O'Shea | Jack Koprowski | Cool Dude |
| Series 1-2 | Rebecca Barry | Sinéad | Roy's Crush |
| Series 1-2 | Chloe McCormack | Kathy Cunningham | Main Bully |
| Series 1 | Lewis Harris | Connor | Cool Dude |
| Series 1-2 | Ronan Leahy | Mr Hogan | P.E. Teacher |
| Series 1-2 | Pat McGrath | Dennis Gwint | Site Manager |
| Series 1-2 | Maud Fahy | Miss Dymphna Sherringham | Teacher |
| Series 2 | Panashe McGuckin | Alex O'Shea | Cool Dude |
| Series 3-4 | Cameron Hogan | Niall | Cool Dude |
| Series 3-4 | Lauren Kinsella | Tara | Roy's Crush, Nerd |
| Series 3-4 | Romey Farrelly | Abby | Cool Girl |
| Series 3-4 | Jowon Olatunji | Sean | Cool Dude |
| Series 3-4 | Kian Murphy | Declan | Main Bully |
| Series 3-4 | Brandon Maher | Hendley | Bully's mate |
| Series 3-4 | Harry Behan | Fagan | Bully's mate |
| Series 3-4 | Valerie O'Connor | Miss Jane Jervis | Headteacher |
| Series 3-4 | Sam O’Mahony | Mr Lucey | Science Teacher |
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 5 August 2009 | 28 October 2009 |
| 2 | 13 | 9 January 2012 | 27 March 2012 |
| 3 | 13 | 23 January 2014 | 17 April 2014 |
| 4 | 13 | 20 January 2015 | 7 April 2015 |
Series 1 (2009)
| Overall | In series | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | New Boy | 5 August 2009 |
| 2 | 2 | Growing Pains | 12 August 2009 |
| 3 | 3 | Sick | 19 August 2009 |
| 4 | 4 | Charity Case | 26 August 2009 |
| 5 | 5 | A Matter of Principal | 2 September 2009 |
| 6 | 6 | Roy Band | 9 September 2009 |
| 7 | 7 | On the Run | 16 September 2009 |
| 8 | 8 | Roy and Me | 23 September 2009 |
| 9 | 9 | Roy Goes to the Movies | 30 September 2009 |
| 10 | 10 | Roy Pulls a Face | 7 October 2009 |
| 11 | 11 | Testing, Testing | 14 October 2009 |
| 12 | 12 | Halo Goodbye | 21 October 2009 |
| 13 | 13 | School Inspection | 28 October 2009 |
Series 2 (2012)
| Overall | In series | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | Foot Fat Fit | 9 January 2012 |
| 15 | 2 | Roy the Rover | 16 January 2012 |
| 16 | 3 | Big Head | 23 January 2012 |
| 17 | 4 | Spot On | 30 January 2012 |
| 18 | 5 | Death in the Family | 6 February 2012 |
| 19 | 6 | Pint-Sized Roy | 13 February 2012 |
| 20 | 7 | A Crushing Blow | 20 February 2012 |
| 21 | 8 | Magical Roy | 27 February 2012 |
| 22 | 9 | Invisible Roy | 5 March 2012 |
| 23 | 10 | DIY Roy | 12 March 2012 |
| 24 | 11 | The Good, the Bad and the Roy | 19 March 2012 |
| 25 | 12 | Uncle Troy | 26 March 2012 |
| 26 | 13 | Roy's Review | 27 March 2012 |
Series 3 (2014)
| Overall | In series | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | Roy On Film | 23 January 2014 |
| 28 | 2 | 50 ft Roy | 30 January 2014 |
| 29 | 3 | Roy's Bad Hair Day | 6 February 2014 |
| 30 | 4 | Roy's Quest | 13 February 2014 |
| 31 | 5 | Snookered | 20 February 2014 |
| 32 | 6 | Supersize Roy | 27 February 2014 |
| 33 | 7 | The Roy Trap | 6 March 2014 |
| 34 | 8 | Mocking is Catching | 13 March 2014 |
| 35 | 9 | Be Careful What You Wish For | 20 March 2014 |
| 36 | 10 | Konnichi Roy | 27 March 2014 |
| 37 | 11 | I'm a Big Roy Now | 3 April 2014 |
| 38 | 12 | Roy's First Kiss | 10 April 2014 |
| 39 | 13 | Freaky Froyday | 17 April 2014 |
Series 4 (2015)
| Overall | In series | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | Roy 2.0 | 20 January 2015 |
| 28 | 2 | Bubble Trouble | 27 January 2015 |
| 29 | 3 | Stupid Cupid | 3 February 2015 |
| 30 | 4 | Roy's Terrible Twos | 10 February 2015 |
| 31 | 5 | Too Cool For School | 17 February 2015 |
| 32 | 6 | Karma Chameleon | 24 February 2015 |
| 33 | 7 | Going Ape | 3 March 2015 |
| 34 | 8 | Blush Hour | 10 March 2015 |
| 35 | 9 | And the Winner Is... | 17 March 2015 |
| 36 | 10 | Fright of a Lifetime | 24 March 2015 |
| 37 | 11 | Roy Junior | 31 March 2015 |
| 38 | 12 | Buddy | 7 April 2015 |
| 39 | 13 | Roy, Roy, CGI Boy |
Spin-off series
Two spin-off series were announced and commissioned by BBC. 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 , making it the first time that a ROY series will air on the CBeebies channel.[5]
The Roy Files, which is currently airing, gives 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.
- http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/jams-little-roy-set-for-cbeebies-cbbc/