Roy is an Irish live-action animated children's television series which was broadcast by TRTÉ in Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia. It aired from 1 July 2009 to 1 April 2015."New kids' comedy begins on RTÉ Two". RTÉ Arts. 22 February 2010.
The show centres on the titular character Roy O'Brien. He is portrayed as the 11-year-old animated son of a live-action family. Episodes mostly revolve around the adventures and challenges he faces as he settles into his new school in a suburb of Dublin.
The series is filmed as a mockumentary and based on the short film Badly Drawn Roy, which was commissioned by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and the Arts Council of Ireland through their frameworks scheme for new animation.
Production The series was commissioned by CBBC and produced with funding from RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. Both the series and the short film were produced by JAM Media. Roy's character animation is hand drawn in Flash with the compositing and effects produced in Adobe After Effects.
A second season was broadcast in early 2012. In November 2012, the second season of Roy won the 2012 Children's BAFTA Drama Award.
Filming began on a third and fourth season in January 2013. The third season began airing on 23 January 2014, and the fourth began airing 20 January 2015.
Main cast Series Actor Role Notes Series 1-4 Richard Albrecht Narrator Series 1-2 Scott Graham Roy O'Brien Lead role Series 3-4 Robert Donnelly Roy O'Brien Lead role Series 1-4 Simon Delaney Bill O'Brien Main role, Roy's biological father Series 1-4 Cathy Belton Maura O'Brien Main role, Roy's biological mother Series 1-4 Martha Byrne Becky O'Brien Main role, Roy's biological sister Series 1-4 Mark Lambert Mr Derek Hammond Headteacher (Series 1 - 2), Vice Principal (Series 3 - 4) Series 1-4 Paul Tylak Dr Rashid Doctor Series 1-2 David Green Tommy Byrne Nerd and Roy’s mate Series 1-2 Fionn O'Shea Jack Koprowski Cool Dude and Roy’s mate Series 1-2 Rebecca Barry Sinéad Roy's crush Series 1-2 Chloe McCormack Kathy Cunningham Main Bully Series 1 Lewis Harris Connor Cool Dude Series 1 Charlene Gleeson Tara Loveworth Series 1 Patrick Murray Jacks Dad Series 1 Holly Walsh Karisma Series 1 Nigel Davey Sound Man Series 1 Ticket Girl Series 1-2 Ronan Leahy Mr Hogan P.E. teacher Series 1-2 Pat McGrath Dennis Gwint Site manager Series 1-2 Maud Fahy Miss Dymphna Sherringham Teacher Series 2 Panashe McGuckin Alex O'Shea Cool Dude Series 2 Norma Sheahan Miss Hegarty Series 3-4 Cameron Hogan Niall Cool Dude Series 3-4 Lauren Kinsella Tara Keating Roy's crush Series 3-4 Romey Farrelly Abby Cool Girl and Roy’s mate Series 3-4 Jowon Olatunji Sean Cool Dude Series 3-4 Kian Murphy Declan Main Bully Series 3-4 Brandon Maher Hendley Bully's mate Series 3-4 Harry Behan Fagan Bully's mate Series 3-4 Valerie O'Connor Miss Jane Jervis Headteacher Series 3-4 Sam O’Mahony Mr Lucey Science teacher Series 3 Hiro Ino Mr Tanaka
Episodes Series Episodes Start date End date 1 13 5 August 2009 28 October 2009 2 13 9 January 2012 27 March 2012 3 13 23 January 2014 17 April 2014 4 13 20 January 2015 7 April 2015
Series 1 (2009) Overall In series Title Original airdate 1 1 New Boy 5 August 2009 2 2 Growing Pains 12 August 2009 3 3 Sick 19 August 2009 4 4 Charity Case 26 August 2009 5 5 A Matter of Principal 2 September 2009 6 6 Roy Band 9 September 2009 7 7 On the Run 16 September 2009 8 8 Roy and Me 23 September 2009 9 9 Roy Goes to the Movies 30 September 2009 10 10 Roy Pulls a Face 7 October 2009 11 11 Testing, Testing 14 October 2009 12 12 Halo Goodbye 21 October 2009 13 13 School Inspection 28 October 2009
Series 2 (2012) Overall In series Title Original airdate 14 1 Foot Fat Fit 9 January 2012 15 2 Roy the Rover 16 January 2012 16 3 Big Head 23 January 2012 17 4 Spot On 30 January 2012 18 5 Death in the Family 6 February 2012 19 6 Pint-Sized Roy 13 February 2012 20 7 A Crushing Blow 20 February 2012 21 8 Magical Roy 27 February 2012 22 9 Invisible Roy 5 March 2012 23 10 DIY Roy 12 March 2012 24 11 The Good, the Bad and the Roy 19 March 2012 25 12 Uncle Troy 26 March 2012 26 13 Roy's Review 27 March 2012
Series 3 (2014) Overall In series Title Original airdate 27 1 Roy On Film 23 January 2014 28 2 Attack of the 50 ft Roy 30 January 2014 29 3 Roy's Bad Hair Day 6 February 2014 30 4 Roy's Quest 13 February 2014 31 5 Snookered 20 February 2014 32 6 Supersize Roy 27 February 2014 33 7 The Roy Trap 6 March 2014 34 8 Mocking is Catching 13 March 2014 35 9 Be Careful What You Wish For 20 March 2014 36 10 Konnichi Roy 27 March 2014 37 11 I'm a Big Roy Now 3 April 2014 38 12 Roy's First Kiss 10 April 2014 39 13 Freaky Froyday 17 April 2014
Series 4 (2015) Overall In series Title Original airdate 40 1 Roy 2.0 20 January 2015 41 2 Bubble Trouble 27 January 2015 42 3 Stupid Cupid 3 February 2015 43 4 Roy's Terrible Twos 10 February 2015 44 5 Too Cool For School 17 February 2015 45 6 Karma Chameleon 24 February 2015 46 7 Going Ape 3 March 2015 47 8 Blush Hour 10 March 2015 48 9 And the Winner Is... 17 March 2015 49 10 Fright of a Lifetime 24 March 2015 50 11 Roy Junior 31 March 2015 51 12 Buddy 7 April 2015 52 13 Roy, Roy, CGI Boy
Franchise Two spin-off series of Roy were announced and commissioned by BBC, forming the Roy franchise. Little Roy is about an animated five year old boy on a journey of self-discovery through imaginative play. It aired from 2016 to 2017 on both CBBC and CBeebies.
The Roy Files is a spin-off that focuses on the life of Roy O'Brien, Ireland's only cartoon boy living in the real world. Roy turns his history homework into a scrapbook about himself that highlights all four seasons of Roy.
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