![]() Also, the US dub has only been made recently, as PBS Kids Sprout aired the series as late as 2014 with the UK dub. Beyond that, there's little evidence to suggest the dub even exists at all. Note that the US version is not very common, only appearing on the Fireman Sam US YouTube channel and the US Amazon Instant Videos. The "in-house" vibe of it makes it come off as a bit different from an out-right re-dub, and it would explain Tom and Moose. The biggest differences with the voices is the general lack of assorted "British" accents, and in a couple of cases, less "harsh" sounding characters, notably with Sarah, James, and Norman, though Gareth inverts the trend. In addition, Station Officer Steele is addressed as Fire Captain Steele and Chief Fire Officer Boyce is referred to as Fire Department Chief Boyce instead. There are, apparently, two English dubs of this show, one meant for the UK and one for the US (the US version is actually dubbed in Canada with a Toronto voice cast), with the strange exception of Tom, Bella, and Moose who have the same voice actor in both dubs, since they're supposed to be foreigners (Australian, Italian, and Canadian, respectively). Series 9 brings in the Sparkes family, Mechanic and inventor Joe and his wife Lizzie, along with their wheelchair-bound daughter Hannah, coastguard Ben Hooper who is the head of the newly opened Ocean Rescue Center, and in the second movie special "Ultimate Heroes", Arnold McKinsley and Ellie Phillips, 2 newly graduated firefighters that are brought to Pontypandy by Chief Fire Officer Boyce (himself introduced in Series 7 as an old friend and superior to Steele) to help round out the firefighters' newly built Fire Station. Series 8 introduces Gareth Griffith, Bronwyn's father and Sarah and James's grandfather who's a retired Newtown train driver who now operates the Pontypandy Express to and from the Pontypandy Mountains, mountaineer Moose Roberts, a Canadian expat who runs Pontypandy Mountain's Mountain Activity Center, and the kids' school teacher Mrs. Outside of the fire service, the townspeople include Sam's niece and nephew, Sarah and James (and recently their parents Charlie and Bronwyn), shopkeeper Dilys Price and her prankster son Norman, cafe owner Bella Lasagne, bus driver and part-time firefighter Trevor Evans, mountain rescue worker Tom Thomas, and the Flood family (nurse Helen, handyman Mike and their daughter Mandy). Pontypandy Fire Service consists of the title character, his friend and colleague Fireman Elvis Cridlington, their boss Station Officer Steele and the newest recruit, Firefighter Penny Morris. An ever newer CGI series debuted in 2008 and is currently broadcast on TV. ![]() ![]() HiT Entertainment acquired the rights and produced a new series made with Claymation, lasting from 2005 to 2006. The original series was first broadcast in the Welsh language, then in English as of 1988. The dog is Radar.įireman Sam ( Sam Tân in Welsh) is a 1987 toymation animation series, about the fire service in the fictional Welsh town of Pontypandy. ![]() Sam is The Hero next door! Left to right: Penny Moris, Station Officer Steele, Fireman Sam, and Elvis Cridlington. ![]()
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