''Bumble'' is a

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for children ages 2–7 featuring a magical bee. The title character is voiced by

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. The series is produced for

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by Gunn's wife, Janine Morrell-Gunnhttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8033/is_20090414/ai_n43575340/ It also features Bumble's

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friends: Peek, Boo, Anna and Fishy. Fishy is Maori, and known for his tagline "Kia Ora Bumble". The show officially started in 1999 and ended in 2002. On 15 February 2020,

announced that

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will make a new revival series for the new CGI animated & pre-school show Bumble.

Cast

as the voice of Bumble, a

bumblebee A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related gener ...

* Chris Harding as Peek, a

mouse A mouse ( : mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus' ...

(singing voice by Adrian Kirk, puppetered by Chris Lynch) * Lynda Milligan as Anna, a mouse * Janice Bateman as Boo, a mouse (singing voice by Bronwyn Williams) *

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as Fishy, a

brown trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...

References

External links

''Bumble''
on the

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