Roy (TV series)

ROY

Title card used since first series
Genre Comedy
Drama
Starring Scott Graham
Simon Delaney
Cathy Belton
Martha Byrne
Mark Lambert
Country of origin Ireland
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 52
Production
Location(s) Ballyfermot, County Dublin (Series 1-2)
Sandyford, County Dublin
(Series 3-4)
Running time 22mins
Distributor RTÉ
BBC
ABC
Release
Original network TRTE / CBBC / ABC3
Original release 1 July 2009 – 7 April 2015
Chronology
Followed by The Roy Files (2016)
Little Roy (2016)
External links
Website

ROY is an Irish television show, based in Dublin, which has been broadcast by TRTÉ in Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia and aired from 1 July 2009 to 7 April 2015.[1] The show centres on the title character Roy O'Brien, the 11-year-old animated son of a live-action family, as he settles into his new school. It stars Scott Graham, Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton and Martha Byrne.

The series is filmed as a mockumentary and based on the short film called Badly Drawn Roy which was commissioned by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and the Arts Council of Ireland through their frameworks scheme for new animation. The series was commissioned by CBBC and produced with funding from RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Both the series and the short film was produced by Jam Media. The series' protagonist, Roy's character animation is hand drawn in Flash with the compositing and effects produced in Adobe's After Effects. A second series was broadcast in early 2012.[2] A third and fourth series were confirmed with the creation of 60 jobs in October 2012.In November 2012, the second series of Roy won the 2012 Children's BAFTA Drama Award[3]

Filming began on a third and fourth series in January 2013. The third series began airing on 23 January 2014, and the fourth began airing 20 January 2015.[4]

Main cast

Series Actor Role Notes
Series 1-4 Richard Albrecht Narrator
Series 1-4 Scott Graham Roy O'Brien Lead role
Series 1-4 Simon Delaney Bill O'Brien Main role
Series 1-4 Cathy Belton Maura O'Brien Main role
Series 1-4 Martha Byrne Becky O'Brien Main role
Series 1-4 Mark Lambert Mr Derek Hammond
Series 1-2 David Green Tommy
Series 1-2 Fionn O'Shea Jack
Series 1-2 Rebecca Barry Sinéad
Series 1-2 Chloe McCormack Kathy Cunningham
Series 1 Lewis Harris Connor
Series 1-2 Maud Fahy Miss Dymphna Sherringham
Series 2 Panashe McGuckin Alex
Series 3-4 Cameron Hogan Niall
Series 3-4 Lauren Kinsella Tara
Series 3-4 Romey Farrelly Abby
Series 3-4 Jowon Olatunji Sean
Series 3-4 Kian Murphy Declan
Series 3-4 Brandon Maher Hendley
Series 3-4 Harry Behan Fagan
Series 3-4 Valerie O'Connor Miss Jane Jervis
Series 3-4 Sam O’Mahony Mr Lucey

Spin-off series

Two spin-off series were announced and commissioned by BBC. Little Roy is about an animated 5-year-old boy on a journey of self discovery through imaginative play — plus laugh-out-loud comedy, physical hijinks and emotional learning and it will air on both CBBC and Cbeebies.[5]

The Roy Files, which is currently airing, gives fans an exclusive insight into the life of Roy O’Brien, Ireland’s only cartoon boy living in the real world. Roy turns his history homework into a scrapbook about himself that features exclusive new material and highlights from all four seasons of Roy.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "New kids' comedy begins on RTÉ Two". RTÉ Arts. 22 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "'Roy' Returns For Second Series". IFTN. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Video: Roy the cartoon boy on CBBC wins Bafta for digital animation studio". Independent.ie.
  4. ↑ "‘Roy’ Trades Artane For Ardmore & Ballyfermot For Dublin 4 - The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie. C1 control character in |title= at position 1 (help)
  5. 1 2 http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/jams-little-roy-set-for-cbeebies-cbbc/

External links

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