Roy
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First Air DateAug 05, 2009
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ProductionRTÉ
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Rotten tomato65%
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Original titleRoy
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ReleaseAug 05, 2009
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Overview
Roy is an Irish television show, based in Dublin, which has been shown on TRTÉ in Ireland, CBBC in the United Kingdom and ABC3 in Australia and aired from 1 July 2009 to 1 April 2015. The show centres around the title character Roy O'Brien, the animated son of a real family, as he settles into his new school. It stars Scott Graham, Simon Delaney, Cathy Belton and Martha Byrne. The series is filmed as a mockumentry and based on the short film called 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. 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 was produced by Jam Media. The series' protagonist, Roy's character animation, layout and clean-up were all rendered through the European animation software, CelAction 2D. A second series was broadcast in early 2012. A third and fourth series were confirmed with the creation of 60 jobs in October 2012.In November 2012, the second series of Roy won the 2012 Children's BAFTA Drama Award Filming began on a third and fourth series in January 2013. The third series began airing on 23 January 2014, and the fourth began airing 20 January 2015. Two spin-off series have been produced: The Roy Files in 2015/2015 and Little Roy in 2016/2017.
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Casts
Season 1 ( 2009-08-05)
New Boy
Growing Pains
Sick
Charity Case
A Matter Of Principal
Roy Band
On The Run
Roy And Me
Roy Goes To The Movies
Roy Pulls A Face
Testing Testing
Halo Goodbye
School Inspection
Season 2 ( 2012-01-09)
Foot Fat Fit
Roy The Rover
Big Head
Spot On
Death In The Family
Pint Sized Roy
A Crushing Blow
Magical Roy
Invisible Roy
DIY Roy
The Good, The Bad And The Roy
Uncle Troy