Finley the Fire Engine

Finley the Fire Engine
Genre	Animation Preschool Comedy Children's animation
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78
Production
Production companies	Balley Beg Animation Studios RHI Entertainment Kickstart Productions [1]
Original release
Network	BBC One BBC Two CBeebies
Release	23 July 2007 (2007-07-23) – 13 March 2008 (2008-03-13)

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.

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.

Characters

Main

• Finley (voiced by Chancellor Miller in the US) is a red male fire engine. He is good-willed and generous, lives in Fire Station No. 5, and loves nothing better than having fun with his highway pals. He sometimes sleeps with his teddy bear, Diesel.
• Dex (sometimes known as Dexter) (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz in the US) is a blue male dump truck who is the semi-anti hero of the show. Despite being a bit of a bully, Dex has a softer side and is grateful for Finley's kindness towards him.
• Captain Parker (voiced by Justin Fletcher in the UK and Dean Smith in the US) is a senior male fire engine and Finley's older brother, who always keeps the gang in check. He is based on 1951 Mack fire truck.
• DJ is a female orange front end loader who enjoys nothing better than digging. It reveals in "Lights Out" that she sometimes sucks her scooper when she goes to sleep.Cristina Pucelli voices her in the US.
• Jesse is a yellow-and-pink female tow truck with a siren shaped like a bow and a red nose. She is usually timid and shy, but is always ready and raring to come to the rescue. She is voiced by Cristina Pucelli in the US.
• Isabelle is a green-and-purple ice cream van girl who is very polite, bubbly, lovable and girly. She is voiced by Tara Strong in the US.
• Abigail (voiced by Janet James in the UK and Tara Strong in the US) is a white female ambulance who is kind, gentle, and sweet.
• Miguel is a silver male mail truck who is very professional and organized. In "Lights Out", it is revealed that he sleeps with his parking lights on. He is voiced by James Arnold Taylor in the US.
• Gorby is a green male recycling truck who is Finley's best friend. He can be a bit cheeky and goofy however, he is hardworking, reliable, and dutiful. Quinton Flynn voices him in the US.
• Scooty is a yellow male school bus and Miguel's best friend who can get a bit nervous. Voiced by Carlos Alazraqui
• Hubert is a blue-and-white male police car who solves mysteries. Quinton Flynn voices him.
• Scout is a male Dalmatian who is both Finley's best friend and also the latter and Captain Parker's pet Dalmatian with a few blue spots on his white fur.

Recurring

• Carl is a blue male lorry.
• Suds (voiced by Jay Simon in the UK and Michael Dobson in the US) is a purple-and-pink male talking car wash.
• Mr. Bell is a male yellow talking fire station bell who usually spends the day sleeping, although one time he couldn't do so, until he could finally get to sleep as Abigail squirts oil onto him.
• Lyle and Lois are talking fuel pumps. Lyle is male and blue, while Lois is female and orange.
• Polly is a silver female talking fireman's pole.

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.

External links

• Episode guide at BBC