The Roly Mo Show | |
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Genre | Preschool |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 100 |
Production | |
Production location | Bray Studios |
Running time | 15 minutes |
Production companies | Novel Entertainment Novel Finders Limited |
Original release | |
Network | CBeebies |
Release | 8 November 2004 – 25 March 2005 |
Related | |
Fimbles |
The Roly Mo Show is a British children's television series produced by Novel Entertainment and aired on CBeebies. The series is set in the home of Roly Mo, where his niece and his friends come over each day to visit him. It is an educational series, with a primary focus on literature. It is a spin-off of Fimbles . [1]
The Roly Mo Show was broadcast on CBeebies between 8 November 2004 and 25 March 2005, [1] with reruns continuing until 2009. The series consists of 100 episodes, each 15 minutes in length. [2]
The Roly Mo Show is set underneath the fictional "Fimble Valley". Roly Mo is a mole who lives under Fimble Valley, and he is often visited by Little Bo, his niece; Yugo and Migo, two energetic 'snoots'; and Rockit, an inquisitive tree frog. [3] [1]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 100 | 8 November 2004 | 25 March 2005 |
A short spin-off series, named Storytime with Roly Mo, was also created by Novel Entertainment. It consists of 30 episodes, each 2 minutes in length. Each episode is about a story that Roly Mo reads to Little Bo. [2]
The characters of The Roly Mo Show have been referenced many times in the TV series Horrid Henry , [5] with both shows being created by Novel Entertainment. [2] [6]
On 28 December 2007[ citation needed ], a special puppet edition of The Weakest Link aired on BBC One, featuring Roly Mo as one of the contestants. Prior to the fourth round, he led the other puppets in a rendition of the "When You Take a Look Inside a Book" song at the request of Anne Robinson and the audience. He was voted off after the fifth round. [7]
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