Finley the Fire Engine

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Finley the Fire Engine
Finley the Fire Engine logo.jpg
Genre Animation
Preschool
Comedy
Children's animation
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes78
Production
Production companiesBalley Beg Animation Studios
RHI Entertainment
Kickstart Productions [1]
Original release
Network BBC One
BBC Two
CBeebies
Release23 July 2007 (2007-07-23) 
30 November 2012 (2012-11-30)

Finley the Fire Engine is an American-British animated children's television series produced by Balley Beg Animation Studios [2] in Douglas, Isle of Man.

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Synopsis

The show is about talking vehicles in a fictional town called Friendlyville. 78 episodes have been aired, each running for 15 minutes. A British dub of the series was shown in the UK by the BBC's children's channel, CBeebies, from 23 July 2007 until 30 November 2012, with the voice recording studio and final mix being provided by Ten Pin Alley Limited. [3] [4] The show also aired on ABC in Australia from 18 March 2008 until 4 May 2014.

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References

  1. "Animation Services". Kickstart Entertainment. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. Balley Beg animation studios
  3. "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. "Finley the Fire Engine - Next on - BBC - CBeebies". BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2017.