Timmy Time

Premise and format

The series follows Timmy and his friends as they learn to share, make friends, and accept their mistakes, supervised by teachers Harriet the Heron and Osbourne the Owl. Aimed at pre-school-aged children, episodes are ten minutes long and feature minimal dialogue, similar to Shaun the Sheep and Wallace & Gromit. Shaun, Bitzer, and the Farmer do not appear. During development, the series was called Timmy. CBeebies acquired UK-broadcast rights in October 2007. In 2018, Aardman collaborated with the British Council to create Learning Time with Timmy for English language learning. In October 2019, Aardman announced a new version of the existing 78 episodes titled It's Timmy Time, featuring narration by pre-school children and running five minutes each.

Characters

Timmy, voiced by Justin Fletcher, is a lamb who enjoys being in the spotlight and turns 4 in the episode Timmy's Birthday. He is best friends with Yabba and close to Finlay. Yabba, also voiced by Justin Fletcher, is a duckling in blue goggles who is Timmy's best friend and can be rambunctious. Paxton, voiced by Justin Fletcher, is a piglet with an appetite for apples and a blue sweater.

Mittens, voiced by Kate Harbour, is an orange kitten who dislikes getting wet or dirty and is sensitive. Ruffy, voiced by Louis Jones, is a brown puppy who is energetic but sometimes mentally slow. Apricot, voiced by Kate Harbour, is a hedgehog hoglet who is quiet and rolls into a ball when frightened. Stripey, voiced by Louis Jones, is a badger cub who is sleepy and slow due to being nocturnal.

Kid, voiced by Justin Fletcher, is a blue goat kid with a large appetite who chews anything in sight. Otus, voiced by Kate Harbour, is a purple owlet and Osbourne's son who enjoys reading and is sensitive. Finlay, voiced by Justin Fletcher, is a red fox kit who is excitable and full of energy. Harriet, voiced by Kate Harbour, is a pink heron who communicates through caws and clicks and is one of the two nursery managers. Osbourne, voiced by Louis Jones, is a purple owl who is the other manager and Otus' father.