Roy (TV series)
An animated boy navigates school life in a live-action world.
Broadcasters for the Irish children's series Roy, which blends live-action and animation, included TRTÉ, CBBC, and ABC3.[1] The show's run on television started on 1 July 2009 and concluded on 1 April 2015.[1]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Animation
- Fantasy comedy
- Live-action
- Mockumentary
- Sitcom
- Voices
- Scott Graham (Series 1–2); Robert Donnelly (Series 3–4)
- Narrator
- Richard Albrecht
- Starring
- Simon Delaney
- Cathy Belton
- Mark Lambert
- Paul Tylak
- Martha Bryne
- Composer
- Darren Hendley
- Country
- Ireland
- Language
- English
- Location
- Ballyfermot, County Dublin (Series 1-2); Sandyford, County Dublin (Series 3-4)
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
The next two series were filmed back to back, with principal photography lasting 20 weeks and wrapping on May 17.[2] Child actors from the first two series were re-cast because they had grown too old for their parts.[2] The series was produced by Mark Cumberton, with John Rice as executive producer.[2] Post-production began as soon as episode one was filmed, with delivery scheduled for June 2013.[2]
Early 2012 saw the broadcast of the show's second season.[3] The BBC announced and commissioned two spin-off series from Roy, which together created the Roy franchise.[4]
What the cited sources add
The IFTN article "'Roy' Returns For Second Series" describes Roy as the world’s first cartoon boy, aged 11, who lives in the real world.[5] The first show of the second series, 'Food, Fat, Fit', focuses on body issues as Roy is told he is not fit enough for the football team.[5] Ardmore Studios also hosted the second series of 'Moone Boy' during this time.[2] The Children's BAFTA Drama Award for 2012 was won by the second season of Roy in November 2012.[3]
A spin-off titled Little Roy, featuring an animated five-year-old boy, was broadcast on CBBC and CBeebies from 2016 to 2017.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Roy (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "New kids' comedy begins on RTÉ Two". RTÉ Arts. 22 February 2010. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "'Roy' Trades Artane For Ardmore & Ballyfermot For Dublin 4 - The Irish Film & Television Network", iftn.ie. facts only, no text reused. iftn.ie
- Wikipedia, "Roy (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "'Roy' Returns For Second Series", IFTN; "Video: Roy the cartoon boy on CBBC wins Bafta for digital animation studio", Independent.ie (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Roy (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Milligan, "Jam's 'Little Roy' Set for CBeebies, CBBC", 10 September 2015; "Little Roy", JAM Media, 2016-10-10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "'Roy' Returns For Second Series", IFTN. facts only, no text reused. iftn.ie
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