Series 9

The ninth season premiered in the UK between February 4 to May 9, 2003 on BBC. In the US, the ninth season premiered between February 12 to March 26, 2005 on PBS and was also later re-shown on PBS Kids Sprout.

Episodes

Screenshot	Episode Number	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Written by	Original air date
	105	"Bob the Farmer"	Andrew Brenner	February 4, 2003
	Bob volunteers to look after the farm while Farmer Pickles takes Humpty to a pig show but he soon has his hands full when all the animals escape.
	106	"Mr. Bentley's Winter Fair"	Peter Reeves	February 9, 2003
	Mr. Bentley is put in charge of the winter fair but everything gets into chaos when Humpty escapes his pen.
	107	"Lofty the Artist"	James Henry	February 16, 2003
	Wendy decorates the library, and Lofty is so impressed that he decides to paint a picture as well, but he soon finds that being an artist is harder than it looks.
	108	"Spud's Statue" "Spud and the Statue"	Jimmy Hibbert	February 23, 2003
	Spud breaks Molly's statue, so he tries to make a new one out of Bob's building materials only to leave Bob without the wood to fix the pavilion.
	109	"Pilchard and the Field Mice"	Diane Redmond	March 7, 2003
	Pilchard causes havoc on a job to mend a rotten beam in a cottage when she finds some mice living there.
	110	"Trix's Pumpkin Pie"	Diane Redmond	March 14, 2003
	Trix tries to help Bob build a climbing frame while she also is looking after Farmer Pickles' giant pumpkin pie but Spud almost gets it.
	111	"Where's Muck?"	Peter Reeves	March 21, 2003
	Bob and the team are repairing an eroded river bank in the countryside when Muck tries to bring a lost duck he/she named Quack back to his family.
	112	"Travis' Busy Day"	Glenn Dakin	April 4, 2003
	Lofty and Travis pull down a damaged tree, only to find that they have made a family of squirrels homeless! Travis is devastated, but suddenly he has an idea which Bob could use the old tree to build a new home for the squirrels.
	113	"Muck's Surprise"	Marc Seal	April 11, 2003
	Bob's gang builds a summer house as an anniversary present for Mrs Bentley, but Muck nearly ruins the surprise.
	114	"Skip's Big Idea"	Carter Crocker	April 18, 2003
	Skip wishes he could come up with good ideas, while Bob is renovating the old mill.
	115	"Roley's Important Job"	Karl Geurs Lisa Melbye	April 25, 2003
	Bob and the gang convert a house into a delicatessen, but there's nothing for Roley to do. Fortunately, some birds give him an idea to make him feel useful again.
	116	"Trix and the Bug"	Mark Zaslove	May 2, 2003
	Bob builds a cinema, and a fake giant bug is sent to promote a new film. However, Trix causes chaos in the town when she borrows the insect to help Spud scare the birds who thinks it is real.
	117	"Scoop the Disco Digger"	Diane Redmond	May 9, 2003
	The team is having a Tropical Beach Party and Dizzy teaches Scoop how to dance.

Specials

Screenshot	Special Number	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Written by	Original air date
	#3 #4	The Knights of Can-A-Lot, (also known as The Knights of Fix-A-Lot for American audiences) Snowed Under Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games	Jimmy Hibbert Sarah Ball	March 11, 2003 September 28, 2004
	Bob's father Robert makes a surprise to welcome Bob, Wendy and the gang to help Dr. Mountfinchett repair a castle when Robert pretends to be Bob the Builder and take all the glory. Will the castle be finish and will Bob and his Dad get along? Bob the Builder and his gang travel to a winter resort and have to help build the venues for the Bobblesberg Winter Games, since the original crew assigned the tasked gets snowed under.

Featured Characters

Returning Characters

• Bob
• Wendy
• Scoop
• Muck
• Dizzy
• Roley
• Lofty
• Pilchard
• Bird
• Travis
• Spud
• Farmer Pickles
• Scruffty
• Mrs. Potts
• Mrs. Broadbent
• Pam Goody
• Mrs. Percival
• Mr. Bernard Bentley
• Mr. Dixon
• Mr. Beasley
• Mr. Ellis
• Mr. Fothergill
• Hamish
• Squawk
• Jenny
• Angelo Sabatini
• Mrs. Barbara Bentley
• J.J.
• Molly
• Skip
• Trix
• Bunty Ferguson (mentioned)

Characters Introduced

• Quack/His Family (Where's Muck)
• Sophia Sabatini (Roley's Important Job)
• Mr. Costello (Trix and the Bug)
• Benny (Snowed Under)

Trivia

• The episodes that were never released on DVD in the UK were: Pilchard and the Field Mice, Trix's Pumpkin Pie, Where's Muck?, Skip's Big Idea and Roley's Important Job. They are consisted to be rare episodes in the United Kingdom as they were shown time by time back in the 2000's but can now be viewed on streaming sites.
• This season marks the first appearances of Quack/His Family, Sophia Sabitini, Mr. Costello and Benny.
• This is the last season of several things:
  • Last season of the Original Series.
  • Last season to feature Bobsville as the main setting even though it appeared quite frequently in some episodes of Project: Build It.
  • Last season to feature J.J., Molly, Skip and Trix even though Skip and J.J. do appear in one episode of Project: Build It.
  • Last season where Jenny appears in the series to date.
  • Last season where Bob, Percy Pickles, Angelo Sabatini, Mr. Beasley, Scruffty and Skip are voiced by William Dufris in the US dub.
  • Last season where Lofty is voiced by Sonya Leite in the US dub.
  • Last season where Spud and Mr. Bernard Bentley are voiced by Alan Marriott in the US dub.

Sources

• http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/bob-the-builder-to-debut-on-pbs-kids/
• http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/8208/bob-the-builder/episodes#S09