Rubbadubbers

Rubbadubbers is a British stop motion children's television series created by Peter Curtis, produced by HOT Animation and executive produced by Jocelyn Stevenson. It focuses on seven friendly anthropomorphic bath toys as they tell stories. Tubb, a pink frog, is the leader of the Rubbadubbers. The series was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC2 and CBeebies from 2 September 2002 to 14 February 2005 and the United States on Nickelodeon and PBS Kids Sprout since August 2004.

Rubbadubbers
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Peter Curtis
Written by	Marc Seal Jan Page Andrew Viner Tom Cocklin Andrew Brenner Sally Lever Hiawyn Oram Jocelyn Stevenson Hazel McBride Polly Churchill
Directed by	Brian Little Nick Herbert
Voices of	John Gordon Sinclair Sean Hughes Maria Darling
Theme music composer	KiCK Production
Opening theme	"Here Come the Rubbadubbers"
Ending theme	"Here Come the Rubbadubbers" (Instrumental)
Composer	KiCK Production
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer	Jocelyn Stevenson
Producer	Jackie Cockle
Editors	Zyggy Markiewicz Jane Hicks
Running time	10 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companies	HIT Entertainment HOT Animation
Original release
Network	BBC2 CBeebies
Release	2 September 2002 (2002-09-02) – 14 February 2005 (2005-02-14)
Related
Bob the Builder

Characters

• Tubb the Frog (voiced by John Gordon Sinclair) is a male Scottish rubber frog,

• Sploshy the Starfish (voiced by Maria Darling) is the Rubbadubbers' silly mischief-maker.

• Finbar the great Mighty Shark (voiced by Sean Hughes) is self-centred and arrogant.

• Terence the Bubble-Bath Crocodile (voiced by John Gordon Sinclair) is Amelia's closest friend who can blow bubbles through his nostrils and dislikes getting splashed.

• Winona the Whale (vocal effects performed by Maria Darling) is the only Rubbadubber who cannot speak as well as cannot at all make 'If Only-' wishes.

• Reg the Robot (voiced by John Gordon Sinclair) is the Sentry of the Rubbadubbers who speaks with a stammer where he cannot finish saying a word.

• Amelia the Submarine (voiced by Maria Darling) is very athletic and has a large, red pair of retractable wings.

Others

• Lawrence (voiced by John Gordon Sinclair) is Terence's imaginary friend in the 2nd episode of the series.

Episodes

Series 1 (2002)

1. "Tubb the Pirate" (2 September 2002)
2. "Sploshy's Tail" (9 September 2002)
3. "Tubb the Magician" (12 September 2002)
4. "Deep Sea Reg" (14 September 2002)
5. "Scary Finbar" (17 September 2002)
6. "Train Driver Tubb" (19 September 2002)
7. "Sploshy of the Arctic" (21 September 2002)
8. "Terence Of Arabia" (26 September 2002)
9. "Speedy Terence" (29 September 2002)
10. "Amelia the Babysitter" (2 October 2002)

Series 2 (2003)

1. "Princess Amelia" (17 February 2003)
2. "Rocket Sled Reg" (20 February 2003)
3. "Tubb the Frog Prince" (25 February 2003)
4. "Amelia and the Detectives" (27 February 2003)
5. "Footballer Tubb" (3 March 2003)
6. "Finbar the Star" (5 March 2003)
7. "Spaceman Reg" (8 March 2003)
8. "Doctor Terence" (10 March 2003)
9. "Super Amelia" (13 March 2003)
10. "Sploshy the Stoneseeker" (15 March 2003)
11. "Sheriff Terence" (18 March 2003)
12. "Tubb's Cake Mistake" (20 March 2003)

Series 3 (2004)

1. "Finbar's Rescuers" (3 May 2004)
2. "Finbar and the Green Hat Gang" (5 May 2004)
3. "Terence the Spy" (8 May 2004)
4. "Terence's Bubble Trouble" (10 May 2004)
5. "Finbar's Important Part" (13 May 2004)
6. "Copy Sploshy" (15 May 2004)
7. "Reg's Game Plan" (18 May 2004)
8. "Little Red Riding Tubb" (22 May 2004)
9. "Silly Sploshy" (25 May 2004)
10. "Terence's Ties" (27 May 2004)
11. "Reg in Squareworld" (30 May 2004)
12. "Amelia the Diver" (1 June 2004)

Series 4 (2005)

1. "Finbar's Gift" (15 January 2005)
2. "Finbar and the Ghosts" (18 January 2005)
3. "Sploshy's Wishes" (20 January 2005)
4. "Sporty Reg" (23 January 2005)
5. "The House That Tubb Built" (26 January 2005)
6. "Terence the Monster Hunter" (28 January 2005)
7. "Reg and the Library" (31 January 2005)
8. "Tufty Tubb" (2 February 2005)
9. "Lighthouse Keeper Reg" (4 February 2005)
10. "Tubb's Towers" (6 February 2005)
11. "Messenger Terence" (9 February 2005)
12. "Sky Painter Amelia" (11 February 2005)
13. "Finbar the Word Shark" (14 February 2005)

Shorts

These shorts were never seen on television in the United Kingdom, but six of them were released on DVDs.

1. "Row, Row, Row"
2. "Steamy Mirror"
3. "On A Roll"
4. "Swimming Races"
5. "Hide And Seek"
6. "Great Skate"
7. "Swimmin'!"
8. "Drip"
9. "Being Choosey"
10. "All Wrapped Up"
11. "Something Sticky"
12. "Having A Ball"
13. "Can You Remember?"
14. "Floaty Feather"
15. "Clean and Groovy"

VHS and DVD releases

United Kingdom

HIT Entertainment released three DVD and VHS releases of the series. "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" was released on May 12, 2003. "Splish! Splash! Splosh!" was released on September 1, 2003, and "Bathtime Scramble" was released on February 23, 2004. Each release contains four episodes, with the first two releases also containing some of the shorts. The three DVDs were reissued as part of a boxset on March 12, 2007, while an additional release - "Swimmin'", was released as a Carry Case DVD on April 9, 2007.

United States

HIT Entertainment released four DVD and VHS releases of the series, titled "Here Come the Rubbadubbers", "Tubb's Pirate Treasure", "High Noon in the Bathroom", and "Finbar, the Mighty Movie Star", released on January 27, March 16, July 13 and October 12 of 2004, respectively. Each release contained five episodes.

Other websites

• Rubbadubbers at BBC Programmes
• Rubbadubbers on IMDb