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Roy
Title card
Genre	Animation Comedy Live-action Mockumentary Sitcom
Starring	Sean Harris Ariana Martha Byrne Mark Lambert
Voices of	Scott Graham (Series 1–2) Robert Donnely (Series 3–4) Richard Albrecht
Composer	Darren Hendley
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	52
Production
Production locations	Ballyfermot, County Dublin (Series 1-2) Sandyford, County Dublin (Series 3-4)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	JAM Media
Original release
Network	TRTÉ (Ireland) CBBC (United Kingdom) ABC3 (Australia)
Release	1 July 2009 (2009-07-01) – 7 April 2015 (2015-04-07)
Related
Badly Drawn Roy (2006) The Roy Files (2015–16) Little Roy (2016)

Roy is an Irish 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.

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's 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

Episodes

Series 1 (2009)

Series 2 (2012)

Series 3 (2014)

Series 4 (2015)

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.

References

1. "New kids' comedy begins on RTÉ Two". RTÉ Arts. 22 February 2010.
2. "'Roy' Returns For Second Series". IFTN. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
3. "Video: Roy the cartoon boy on CBBC wins Bafta for digital animation studio". Independent.ie.
4. "'Roy' Trades Artane For Ardmore & Ballyfermot For Dublin 4 - The Irish Film & Television Network". iftn.ie.
5. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (10 September 2015). "Jam's 'Little Roy' Set for CBeebies, CBBC". Animation Magazine.
6. Little Roy (Family), Susie Power, Robyn Dempsey, Niamh McCann, JAM Media, 10 October 2016, retrieved 26 December 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Roy at British Comedy Guide

• 2010s Irish television series
• Irish children's television shows
• BBC children's television shows
• Animated television shows based on films
• Surreal comedy television series
• Animated television series about children
• Television series about families
• Television series with live action and animation
• Television shows set in the Republic of Ireland
• Irish English-language television shows