Bob and Margaret
Bob and Margaret is an adult animated television series created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and co-produced by Nelvana and Channel 4 as a collaboration, both financial and artistic, between the United Kingdom and Canada. The last two seasons were produced without Channel 4 (i.e. Nelvana and Philippine Animators Group Inc.) but with continuing British involvement in the animation, cast, and screenwriting. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994. In Canada, it was the highest-rated Canadian-made animated series ever when it aired in primetime on Global.
Bob and Margaret | |
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Created by | |
Based on | Bob's Birthday by David Fine Alison Snowden |
Starring |
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Composer | Patrick Godfrey |
Country of origin | United Kingdom (seasons 1-2) Canada Philippines (seasons 3–4) |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Tom McGillis (S3-4) |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Nelvana Snowden Fine Animation SilverLight Productions (season 2) Philippines Animation Studios (season 3-4) National Film Board of Canada |
Original release | |
Network | Global Television Network (Canada) Channel 4 (United Kingdom) |
Release | 3 December 1998 – 29 November 2001 |
Related | |
Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy O Canada |
The show revolves around a married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish. They are a middle-class professional working couple of forty-ish with no children and two dogs named William and Elizabeth, who often serve as surrogates for children and are considered to be characters with personalities in their own right. Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist.