Tommy Zoom is a children's animated superhero television series that was shown regularly on

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in the UK. It was first aired on 19 March 2007.Description of Tommy Zoom
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Synopsis

Each episode begins and ends with a

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sequence, narrated by Daniel (Tommy's dog), in which Tommy is faced with a dilemma. Daniel will pose the question "What should Tommy do? What would Tommy Zoom do?" The show then switches to animation to show Tommy Zoom foiling a plot by Polluto which has some link to whatever problem the real Tommy currently faces. After saving the world "in a zoom", the live-action element is re-introduced, and Tommy is seen to make the right choices and solve whatever problem he has.

Series 1 (2007–2008)

# Water Water # Graffiti # Supergranulator # Shower # Caged # Bring Me Sunshine # Stop the Rot # Food Fight # Steel Thunder # No Sleep # Monsta Mega Mucky Trucky # Paper # Mark of Polluto # Imagination # Doggytron # Boyz Noise # Winning and Losing # Clean Up # Electricity # Capngrab # Framed # Washing Hands # Finders Keepers # Gridlock # Helping Others # Losing Things # Space Junk # Confidence # Cover Up # Aromathon #

Cast

* Elliot Belshaw as Tommy Zoom *

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as Daniel/Narrator *

Keith Wickham Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', and Polluto in ''Tommy Zoom''. Career Wickham voiced Change ...

as Polluto *

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as Smogg * Charlotte Murphy as Girl on Bike * Joanne Criss as Mum * Richard Moody as Dad * Nathaniel Gleed as Real Life Tommy * Molson as Real Life Daniel * Noah Liddell and Sam Liddell as Baby Sam

Characters

* Tommy Zoom (voiced by Elliot Belshaw) is a young superhero, complete with a cape and a large Z imprinted on his chest. * Daniel Zoom (voiced by

) is Tommy's dog and sidekick, who often discovers the problem. * Polluto (voiced by

) is a light blue imp or alien with rotten teeth. He is a villain who aims to ruin the world by removing all greenery and polluting watercourses with chemicals. He wears a smart purple suit. * Smogg (voiced by

) is a lazy black cat who is Polluto's sidekick. Smogg's whiskers are bent and he has a huge, cheeky smile.

Other characters

These all appear in the live-action segments. * Real Life Tommy (played by Nathaniel Gleed) causes problems around the house before he transforms into Tommy Zoom, and never speaks. * Real Life Daniel (played by Molson) is the narrator of the story. * Mum (played by Joanne Criss) is sometimes seen walking around the house, and never speaks. * Dad (played by Richard Moody) is sometimes seen walking around the house, and never speaks. * Baby Sam (played by Noah Liddell and Sam Liddell) is sometimes seen eating at the table. He sometimes laughs, but he never speaks. * Girl on Bike (played by Charlotte Murphy) – In one episode she was riding her bike beside Tommy, but she never speaks.

References

External links

Tommy Zoom page on the CBeebies website
(archived)
BBC Press Office Tommy Zoom Press Release
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