Little Robots

''Little Robots'' is a British stop-motion animated children's television series, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Create TV & Film and broadcast on CBeebies (the BBC's children's channel). The series was based on the eponymous book by Mike Brownlow in 1999, published by Ragged Bears Publishing.

Characters

* Tiny Robot (voiced by Hayley Carmichael and Jules de Jongh in the American dub) is the central character of the show. He is turquoise, has a pink antenna on top of his head, and a pink button on his belly which opens the lid of his head, uncovering a few tools which he uses for fixing robots and other machines. He is also responsible for pulling the Day-Night Lever at the right times. Tiny lives on the Nut and Bolt Tree, right next to the Day-Night Lever. He is also the smallest of a family of millirobots known as the Little Robots. He always has a positive view on things and tries to help his family to live in peace and harmony together. Tiny is very mature for his age. Although what everyone doesn't know in the series that Tiny was mayor of a robot habitat in a scrapyard, despite being one of the younger Little Robots. And as the series continued he has taken part of other jobs like fixing robots, putting his discy lift under inspection and even saving robots from the scrap.
* Messy Robot (vocal effects performed by Jimmy Hibbert) is Tiny's pet dog. He loves things dirty and messy. Scary teaches him tricks and makes shows with him, where he's known as "Messy the Wonderhound". It may be possible that some of Messy's vocal effects may have been recycled from the character Bumpy Dog (another dog character), from one of Cosgrove Hall's previous shows): Noddy's Toyland Adventures, which Hibbert also voiced characters in.
* Sporty Robot (voiced by Lenny Henry and Paul Mitchell-Jones in the American dub) is the strongest and fittest of the Little Robots. he's constantly running, playing games and sports, and never gets tired of making himself stronger and fitter. Sporty has his own, private gym with a trampoline and a conveyor belt.
* Stretchy Robot (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert and Adam Sims in the American dub) is a very organized and efficient dark blue Little Robot. He's in charge of sorting the junk that comes from the chute on the junkyard. He's tall and thin and has a long, flexible neck. Though his main worry is to keep the junkyard organized so his family can use, his workaholism and obsession for organisation sometimes causes problems. He lives in the junkyard, inside an abandoned radiator.
* Rusty Robot (voiced by Morwenna Banks and Maria Darling in the American dub) is a feminine and sensitive steam-powered Little Robot who gets nervous at times. She has a red dress which is made of painted rusty metal and wears a funnel-like wig on top of her head. She lives in an old, rusty bucket, and she constantly has new ideas on how to improve and decorate it. She is very impulsive and accidentally prone, though, and tense situations or anything that causes her to get overexcited can make her overheat and release puffs of steam from her wig. She also has a childish crush on Sporty.
* Stripy Robot (voiced by Martin Clunes and Tom Clarke-Hill in the American dub) is a big Little Robot made with coloured stripes of metal, he's practically the complete opposite of Sporty: moves and talks slowly, but he's a deep and introspective thinker, also a specialist in flowers and storytelling. His best friend is Teddy and his favorite activities are taking care of his garden, telling stories to his family and playing games that require little agility and much skill. He is the third oldest and largest of the Little Robots and he is gentle.
* Noisy Robot (voiced by Su Pollard and Maria Darling in the American dub) is a red Little Robot who speaks very loudly, has a trumpet for a nose, plays instruments, writes and sings songs, and loves whatever kind of noise she can produce. Her house is an old drum, with a xylophone-themed entryway. Her passion for loud music and noise can often be bothersome for her family, but she's also a great entertainer.
* Spotty Robot (voiced by Emma Chambers and Laurel Lefkow in the American dub) is a round, heavy, yellow, wheel-like Little Robot covered in colored spots who wears specs and can retract all her limbs and roll around like a ball for fast locomotion. She has a strong personality, likes rules and orders, and tends to give orders to her family (often causing conflicts with her family). In some episodes of the show she has a glassy front which means that there is a reflection of a studio member and camera throughout the series. She is the oldest Little Robot of the series.
* Scary Robot (voiced by Mike Hayley) is a purple Little Robot with a black cape. He is a great actor with a Donald Sinden-esque voice and likes to scare his family (though he's often not successful) and stage shows to entertain his family. He has his own stage, which is also his house.
* Flappy Robot (vocal effects performed by Jimmy Hibbert) is a character from the show who is Scary's pet bat.
* The Sparky Sparklette Robot Twins (voiced by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, Lizzie Waterworth and Joanna Ruiz in the American dub) are an arguably greenish blue Little Robot couple with different coloured belly buttons. The twins are almost identical, are full of energy, love dancing, and doing practical jokes on other robots. Sparky One has a pink spot on her belly and Sparky Two has a yellow spot on her belly. They are able to communicate over distances by exchanging electrical rays through the antennae on their heads, and their catch phrase is ''Gimme three, Sparky!''. They live in a pair of speakers by an old record turntable.
* Other characters include Teddy Robot, who is Stripy's metallic, silver pet bear, and the Robot Robo-Birds (vocal effects performed by Jimmy Hibbert), who are his twin pet birds that often play important roles on the show.

Crew

*Franc Vose, producer
*Bridget Appleby, Art Director
*Vanessa Chapman, Executive Producer
* Michael Carrington, Executive Producer
*Brain Cosgrove, Executive Producer
*Mark Hall, Executive Producer
*Theresa Plummer-Andrews, Executive Producer
* Bob Heatlie, composer
*Hilary Baverstock, Script Editor
*Mellie Buse, writer
*Jimmy Hibbert, writer
* Neil Arksey, writer

Development

The series was originally in development by the motion-picture division of Lego Media, a subsidiary of The Lego Group that produced video games and TV shows based on Lego products and properties. which rebranded to Create TV and Film in 2003.

On 7 October 2001, it was confirmed that the BBC
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