Timmy Time

Timmy Time
Genre	Children's animation
Created by	Jackie Cockle
Voices of	Kate Harbour Justin Fletcher Louis Jones
Opening theme	It's Timmy
Composer(s)	Mike Stobbie
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	82 (Episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Miles Bullough David Sproxton Peter Lord Nick Park
Producer(s)	Jackie Cockle
Location(s)	Filmed in Bristol
Running time	10 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC Aardman Animations
Distributor	HiT Entertainment
Release
Original network	CBeebies
Picture format	PAL (1080i)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	6 April 2009 – 13 July 2012
Chronology
Related shows	A Close Shave Shaun the Sheep
External links
Website

Timmy Time is a British stop-motion animated children's comedy series made for the BBC by Aardman Animations. It started broadcasting in the UK on CBeebies on 6 April 2009.^[1] The show is a spin-off from the Shaun the Sheep animation,^[1] which itself is a spin-off from the Aardman series Wallace & Gromit, which introduced the character of Shaun. The first two series ran for 26 episodes. In the United Kingdom, the show's most recent run began in September 2011 on CBeebies. In Australia, season one commenced in May 2009 on ABC1 and season three started in May 2011 on ABC 4 Kids.^[2][3] The show also broadcast re-runs on Disney Junior the Channel from its launch in 2012, but was pulled off the air in May 2014.

Premise and format

In this series, Timmy and his friends^[4] have to learn to share, make friends and accept their mistakes.^[5] They are supervised by two teachers, Harriet the Heron and Osbourne the Owl. The show is aimed at pre-school aged children which the company described as "a natural step for Aardman".^[1]

The show is made up of ten-minute episodes, which do not feature any dialogue, much like Shaun the Sheep.^[1]

A filming of one episode was featured on the Discovery Channel's How It's Made.^[6]

Characters

Hand-made caricatures of the characters (on top of chocolate truffles)

• Timmy the Lamb is the titular character who enjoys being in the spotlight. He is three years old in sheep years and later turns four years old in the episode Timmy's Birthday. In many of the episodes he gets into trouble; however, he learns from his mistakes, and often tries to help the other characters out when he can. Timmy's noise is baaa. He also appears in Shaun the Sheep.
• Harriet the Heron who speaks through caws and clicks. She is one of the two teachers. Harriet's noise is squawk.
• Osbourne the Owl is the other teacher of the class. He is father to Otus. Osbourne's noise is hoot-hoot.
• Yabba the Duckling. She is very similar to Timmy in personality and very friendly with him. Yabba's noise is quack.
• Paxton the Piglet. He is characterised by his appetite for food and his weight. He wears a blue sweater and is never seen without it. Paxton's noise is oink.
• Mittens the Kitten. Like other kittens, she hates getting her fur dirty (or wet) and is rather sensitive. Mittens' noise is mee-ew-ew. In some episodes, she seems to have feelings for Timmy. She always love playing with picnics.
• Ruffy the Puppy. He is energetic but he can be mentally rather slow. Ruffy's noise is rowf.
• Apricot the Hedgehog pup. She is very quiet and skittish. When startled or frightened by someone or something she rolls up into a ball. Apricot's noise is hicoooo, though she rarely speaks.
• Stripey the Badger cub. He is a bit sleepy and slow as badgers are nocturnal. Stripey's noise is eh-eh.
• Kid the Goat. He has a large appetite like Paxton, and he chews anything in sight. If the thing he is chewing is taken from him he does not mind, he just moves on to something else. Kid's noise is miih.
• Otus the Owlet. Otus enjoys helping and looks up to Osbourne. He can be typically found reading and is very sensitive, sometimes copying his father Osbourne. Otus is commonly confused to be female due to his feminine voice tone and pink and purple feathers. Otus's noise is too-hoo.
• Finlay the Fox pup. He is excitable and full of energy. Finlay's noise is yip-yap.
• Bumpy the green caterpillar, who is not part of the class but has many background appearances in the show. Bumpy makes a soft purring noise.
• Timmy's Mum the Sheep, who is also not part of the class, but does appear in Timmy's Christmas Surprise and the credits. She is the only parent of the show (excluding Osbourne) and also appears in Shaun The Sheep.

Episodes

Video games

The website has 4 games "Noisy Name Game", "Make Music", "Mix & Match" and "Messy Painting Game".^[7]

There are two apps "Timmy Time HD",^[8] which contains two stories read by actress and comedian Josie Lawrence. Touch individual words to hear them read out loud, and touch Bumpy the caterpillar to reveal secret video clips from the TV show! have bags of fun with the Timmy Tunes keyboard, play tunes on the keyboard with a special Timmy twist – each musical note is a baa! The app also features links to free downloadable sheet music that helps children learn some much-loved tunes: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Row Row Row Your Boat, Baa Baa Black Sheep and, of course, Timmy is a Little Lamb and there’s Bumpy’s Colouring Time. brush to add vibrant colours to big, bold pictures of Timmy and his friends.^[8]

"Learning Time With Timmy is an educational games app to help your children learn words in English about including colours, numbers, animals and more! It is ideal for children aged 6 and younger for learners of who are learning English as a second language, and for children aged 3 and under if your their first language is English.

There is a Timmy Time Nintendo DS game with 14 exciting games and activities, 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Hard to suit all ages, Medal reward system to keep young children motivated, Encourages the development of memory, logic and problem solving skills.^[9]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Timmy Time.

• Official website
• Timmy Time at BBC Programmes
  
• Timmy Time at BBC Online
• Timmy Time at the Internet Movie Database
• Timmy Time on Disney Junior