Bob the Builder

Madeline Fretz - Bob the Builder was a British stop-motion show airing on PBS about a man and his machines building things. The show had two sequels - Ready, Steady, Build and Project: Build It. The show aired on Sprout from September 26, 2005 to September 26, 2015, as HiT Entertainment was one of the channel's founders.

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Sprout described the series as:

Can We Build It? Yes We Can! Bob the Builder and his machine team are ready to tackle any project. Bob and the Can-Do Crew demonstrate the power of positive- thinking, problem-solving, teamwork and follow-through. Most importantly, they always show that The Fun Is In Getting It Done!

The show had a Sprout Diner recipe; Bob's Build Me Up Berry Shake.

The Christmas special; Bob the Builder: Snowed Under aired on Sprout during Elmo's Movie Merry-then in 2010 and 2011.

The show left Sprout during the rebrand, but returned to Universal Kids in 2019.