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Roy. Image shows from L to R: Becky (Martha Byrne), Maura (Cathy Belton), Bill (Simon Delaney). Copyright: JAM Media
Roy

Roy

  • TV sitcom
  • CBBC
  • 2009 - 2015
  • 52 episodes (4 series)

Animated comedy series for the CBBC channel. Roy thinks he's just like any normal 11 year old... the trouble is he's animated. Stars Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton, Martha Byrne, David Green, Rebecca Barry and more.

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Roy in a school corridor. Copyright: JAM Media

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2009 - 2015
Channel
CBBC
Episodes
52 (4 series)
Creator
Alan Shannon
Stars
Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton, Martha Byrne, David Green, Rebecca Barry, Fionn O'Shea, Lewis Harris, Chloe McCormack and more
Writers
Mark Hodkinson and Declan De Barra
Directors
Alan Shannon, Ian Bevitt, Alan Macmillan, Simon Gibney and Robert Quinn
Producers
Mark Cumberton, Sue Nott and John Rice
Company

Roy features a living cartoon trapped in the real world.

This comedy, filmed as a fly-on-the-wall documentary series, combines hand-drawn animation with real-world drama as it follows how one boy struggles to fit in.

Roy thinks he's just like any normal 11 year old. Born into a real world, he is an every-day kid living in an every-day house in an every-day street in a suburb of Dublin and inside he feels just like an ordinary kid. He shares the same hopes, aspirations, friendships and fallings out. The trouble is he's animated!

How do you blend in with the crowd when you can squash and stretch, involuntarily turn blue when you're sad, green when you're jealous, and produce a flock of twittering birds when you get a bump on the head?

Additional details

Also known as
  • Badly Drawn Roy (Working title)
  • ROY
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 5th August 2009 at 4:30pm on CBBC
Most recent repeats

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