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Bob the Builder

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Bob the Builder is a British children animated television franchise created by Keith Chapman and produced by HIT Entertainment, first broadcast on BBC One and later CBeebies from 1999 to 2011. The series follows a building contractor named Bob and his team of anthropomorphic construction vehicles as they complete building projects for the people of their town. Its stop motion and later computer animated format and its cast of talking machinery made it a long running staple of British children television and the basis of a wider merchandising and media franchise.

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1999 1
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United Kingdom 1
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1. Wikipedia - Bob the Builder
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    ran from 12 April 1999
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    Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment which ran from 12 April 1999 (1999-04-12) to 31 December 2011 (2011-12-31) in the United Kingdom on the BBC, first on BBC One and later CBeebies.
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    Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment which ran from 12 April 1999 (1999-04-12) to 31 December 2011 (2011-12-31) in the United Kingdom on the BBC, first on BBC One and later CBeebies.
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