Roary the Racing Car (lost pitch pilot of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2005)
A promotional picture for the pilot.
Status: Lost
Roary the Racing Car is a children's stop-motion animated TV series created by David Jenkins that ran from 2007-2010 on Channel 5 in the UK.[1] The show characters were animated by Keith Chapman who is known for creating Bob the Builder.
The show consists of the five racing characters Roary, Maxi, Cici, Drifter, and Tin Top and the three human characters Big Chris (the mechanic), Marsha (the motorsport marshal), and the owner of the track all taking place at the Silver Hatch race track.
Pilot[edit | edit source]
A pilot was made in 2005 to pitch the series to TV Executives at the Cannes Film Festival that same year.[2] The characters had different designs with the two most notable ones were Roary's original color was green instead of red and Maxi's was red instead of yellow. Any additional information on the pilot, such as its plot, is currently unknown as only a few promotional screenshots have resurfaced as of 2021.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Another promotional picture for the pilot.
Maxi's model in the pilot.
A picture from Chris' office of a green car that resembles Maxi.
Big Chris' model.
Turnaround photos of Roary's pilot model.
Turnaround photos of Maxi's pilot model.
Turnaround photos of Big Chris' pilot model.
See Also[edit | edit source]
Roary the Racing Car[edit | edit source]
Keith Chapman's Other Work[edit | edit source]
Milkshake! (Channel 5)[edit | edit source]
- Audrey and Friends (partially found Milkshake! animated series; 2002)
- Jelly Jamm (partially found pitch pilot of British Spanish children's animated TV series; 2009)
- Peppa Pig (partially found American dub of British children's animated TV series; 2005)
- Peppa Pig (found pitch pilot of British children's animated TV series; 2002)
- Pip Ahoy! (partially found unaired pilot of animated series; 2013)
CITV (ITV)[edit | edit source]
- Astro Farm (partially found CiTV claymation series; 1990s)
- Billy (partially found CITV animated series; 1998-1999)
- The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (partially found ITV adaptation of children's detective book; 1991)
- Dream Street (found British children's TV series; 1999-2002)
- The Fugitives (partially found British children's sci-fi TV series; 2005)
- Pocoyo (partially lost pilots of Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series; 2002-2004)
- Ripley and Scuff (partially found British children's television series; 2002-2003)
- Sooty's Amazing Adventures (partially lost animated spin-off of Sooty; 1996-1997)
- The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995)
- StarStreet (partially lost British children's television series; 2001-2002)
- The Twins (partially found animated series; 2000)
External Links[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Animation Magazine's article announcing the show. Retrieved 12 Sep '21
- ↑ Manchester Evening News article announcing the show. Retrieved 12 Sep '21