Balamory

Balamory is a Scottish live-action children's programme on CBeebies for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community off the west coast of Scotland, named Balamory. Four series were produced from 2002 to 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 253 episodes made (including a DVD-exclusive Christmas episode). The programme was created by Brian Jameson. To celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, 25 episodes from Series 4 were added to BBC iPlayer on 30 August 2022. Characters There are eight central characters in Balamory. Each character wears a distinctive colour of clothing and lives in a house of the same colour. Miss Hoolie (played by Julie Wilson Nimmo) is the Balamory Nursery teacher. She is the main character and acts as a narrator for each episode. Her main colour is green and she lives in a green cottage. Archie (played by Miles Jupp) is an inventor who builds zany creations from household objects which are intended to be useful, but sometimes backfire. His main colour is pink and he lives in a pink castle. Josie Jump (played by Buki Akib in Series 1 & 2 and Kasia Haddad in Series 3 & 4) is a fitness instructor at the primary school next door to Miss Hoolie's nursery school. She plays and coaches all types of gymnastics, sports and dance and is also talented at storytelling through expressive movement and dance. Her main colour is yellow and she lives in a yellow towered house. Edie McCredie (played by Juliet Cadzow) is the Balamory Bus Driver. She has travelled all over the world and has a variety of photographs and souvenirs to talk about. She is also an expert driver and motor mechanic and occasionally gets exasperated with other road users. She has a video camera which has been put to use should the occasion arise, notably in 'The Wedding' and 'Indian Wedding'. Her main colour is blue and she lives in a blue garage/house. PC Plum (played by Andrew Agnew) is a Policeman who aspires to be a master detective, but as Balamory is a crime-free village, he mostly spends his time watching wildlife. His main colour is white (despite his uniform being black) and he lives in a white police station. Spencer (played by Rodd Christensen) is a painter. He is responsible for making Balamory as colourful as it is and is also talented with music, especially as his painter's ladder is musical; each rung sounding a different note. He's also the only American living in Balamory.