Bob and Margaret
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First Air DateJun 22, 1998
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ProductionComedy Central, Channel 4 Television, Nelvana, Global Television Network, Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
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Rotten tomato66%
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Original titleBob and Margaret
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ReleaseJun 22, 1998
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Overview
Bob and Margaret is a Canadian/UK animated television series that was also shown in the United States and all over the world. The series was produced by Nelvana, a Toronto animation studio, and created by Canadian David Fine and Brit Alison Snowden. The series was based on the Academy Award winning short film Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994. The series is one of the few Canadian TV shows to ever have regular American exposure. In Canada, it was the highest rated Canadian made animation series ever when it aired in prime time on Global Television. The show revolved around a married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish, a middle class 40-ish working couple with no children and two dogs named William and Elizabeth. Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist. Bob and Margaret struggle with everyday issues and mid life crisis. Stories often revolve around the mundane, but in a way which is eminently relatable. From the trials of shopping to dealing with friends who annoy them, but owe them a dinner. In the first two seasons, Bob and Margaret lived in England, in the South London community of Balham. For the third and fourth seasons, however, they moved to Toronto, Canada, allowing the writers to explore the humour of culture clash. The move was actually inspired by the realities of funding, with certain Canadian tax benefits dependent on stories actually based in Canada. As such, to keep the series funded, the move was necessary. The creators of the series chose to take an executive role on these latter two seasons, reviewing scripts and consulting, but not involved in the detail they were for the first two seasons. Snowden continued to provide the voice of Margaret, but Bob's voice, originally played by Andy Hamilton, was replaced by Brian George.
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Casts
Season 1 ( 1998-06-22)
A Tale of Two Dentists
A Night In
Blood, Sweat and Tears
The Burglary
Shopping
The Holiday
For Pete's Sake
Friends for Dinner
Love's Labors Lost
The Dental Convention
The Discomfort of Strangers
Trick or Treat
Neighbors
Season 2 ( 1999-08-19)
Bob Gets Wired
No Trouble
The Trouble With Mummy
The Fly on the Wall
Problems
A Patient Dies in Bob's Chair
Cuckoo in the Nest
A New Life
Animal Behavior
Party Politics
Going Dutch
My Foot Hurts
A Bob or Two
Season 3 ( 2001-05-30)
Stranded in Toronto
Strangers in a Strange Land
Margaret Gets a Job
Til Death Do Us Part
The Wedding
Fish at the Bat
Over-Exposed
Age Before Beauty
Book Club
On Location
Cottage Country
Driving Bob
Undefended Border
Season 4 ( 2001-09-13)
New Lease on Life
Jury Duty
The Player
Getaway
Mummy's Boy
Gone to Seed
The Candidate
Life Saver
I, Bob
Mastermind
Outward Bound
Gary
A Very Fishy Christmas
