Roary the Racing Car (lost pitch pilot of Channel 5 stop-motion animated 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. 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

A pilot was made in 2005 to pitch the series to TV Executives at the Cannes Film Festival that same year. The characters had different designs with the two most notable ones were Roary's original color was green instead of red and Maxie'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

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  Another promotional picture for the pilot.

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  A picture of an unknown vehicle character from Chris' office.

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  Maxi's model in the pilot.

See Also

Roary the Racing Car

• Roary the Racing Car (partially found American English dub of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2008-2012)

Keith Chapman's Other Work

• Bob the Builder (found original pilot of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 1997)

Milkshake! (Channel 5)

• 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 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)

• Astro Farm (partially found CiTV claymation series; 1990s)
• Billy (partially found UK children's animated series; 1998-1999)
• Dream Street (partially lost British children's TV series; 1999-2002)
• Pocoyo (partially lost pilots of Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series; 2003/2004)
• 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)
• StarStreet (partially lost British children's television series; 2001-2002)
• The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (lost ITV adaptation of children's detective book; 1991)
• The Fugitives (partially found British children's sci-fi TV series; 2005)
• The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995)
• The Twins (partially found animated series; 2000)

External Links

• Roary the Racing Car Wiki page on the pitch pilot.