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Engie Benjy is a British stop motion pre-school children's television show, broadcast on ITV's children's strand, CITV. Engie Benjy is a blue-haired mechanic who fixes problems with the help of his friends and an assortment of living magic and vehicles. He owns a dog named Jollop and drives a breakdown van named Dan the Van. Other characters include Driver Dottie, Astronaut Al and Farmer Fred. The vehicles included in the show are Dan The Breakdown Van, Bus, Bike, Plane, Spaceship, Boat, Tractor and Big Rig The Truck.

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  • Engie Benjy is a British stop motion pre-school children's television show, broadcast on ITV's children's strand, CITV. Engie Benjy is a blue-haired mechanic who fixes problems with the help of his friends and an assortment of living magic and vehicles. He owns a dog named Jollop and drives a breakdown van named Dan the Van. Other characters include Driver Dottie, Astronaut Al and Farmer Fred. The vehicles included in the show are Dan The Breakdown Van, Bus, Bike, Plane, Spaceship, Boat, Tractor and Big Rig The Truck. The main character voices were provided by television double act, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. In the first series, Dec voiced the title role of Engie Benjy while Ant provided the vocal effects for his dog, Jollop. In the third series after a pay dispute, another character was added for Ant to voice: Trucker Troy, Engie Benjy's cousin. Astronaut Al and Pilot Pete were voiced by Family Fortunes presenter, Les Dennis, Driver Dottie by Teresa Gallagher (who also originally voiced Engie prior to Dec providing the voice), and Fisherman Fin, Farmer Fred, and Messenger Mo by David Holt. The theme tune was composed and sung by Clint Boon, the keyboard player with the Inspiral Carpets, with character voices by Ant and Dec. The show was created by Bridget Appleby at Cosgrove Hall Films, and first shown on CITV, and it is also seen on Nick Jr. Four series of 13 episodes were made, with first broadcasts from 2002 to 2004. It has been sold in over 80 territories worldwide. In Australia, the show was aired on ABC (Australia), Sveriges Television in Sweden, France 5 in France, YLE in Finland, NRK in Norway, Discovery Kids (Latin American TV channel) in Latin America, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal in Portugal, NPO Zappelin in The Netherlands, Çufo and Top Channel in Albania, KIKA and ZDF in Germany, Alter Channel in Greece, Hop! Channel in Israel, Educational Broadcasting System in South Korea, Telewizja Polska in Poland, Radio Television of Serbia in Serbia, Radio and Television of Slovakia in Slovakia, Discovery Kids (Latin American TV channel) in Latin America, Radiotelevizija Slovenija in Slovenia, Stöð 2 in Iceland and in Ukraine. In 2009, Engie Benjy along with several other well known children's characters appeared on The Official BBC Children in Need Medley by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band. The final episode aired on 29 November 2004. The show Retruns of the series aired on ITVBe's children's block LittleBe Between September 2018 and July 2021. (en)
  • Engie Bengie es un programa de televisión infantil. Es creado en 1999, por Bridget Appleby. La serie es trasladada a Canadá por el canal, , y Nick Jr. de Estados Unidos, pero se acaba, incluso en la parte cancelada de Latinoamérica en Discovery Kids, desaparece en 2004 y 2006. (es)
  • Engie Benjy est une série télévisée britannique d'animation en stop-motion en 52 épisodes de 10 minutes créée par Bridget Appleby, produite par Cosgrove Hall Films et diffusée du 4 septembre 2002 au 29 novembre 2004 sur CITV. En France, la série a été diffusée sur France 5 dans Debout les Zouzous puis sur Piwi, et au Québec à partir du 9 janvier 2005 à Télé-Québec. (fr)
  • Engie Benjy is een van oorsprong Britse animatieserie voor drie- tot zesjarigen die wordt uitgezonden door de Vlaamse VRT en in Nederland door de KRO. De Nederlandse bewerking is in opdracht van de KRO gedaan door Wim Pel Producties. Hierin neemt acteur Pepijn Koolen de stem van Engie Benjy voor zijn rekening. De serie is geproduceerd door Bridget Appleby voor het bedrijf Cosgrove Hall Films en werd voor het eerst vertoond op de zender Granada Kids, later werd de serie ook uitgezonden door het Britse Nick jr. Inmiddels is de serie in ruim 80 landen te zien (geweest). (nl)
  • Bruno brum-brum (ang. Engie Benjy, 2002-2005) – brytyjski serial animowany dawniej emitowany na kanale TVP1. W Polsce wyemitowano jedynie pierwszą serię. (pl)
  • Meckar-Micke (Engie Benjy) är ett brittiskt animerat barnprogram från 2002. Programmet har sålts till 80 länder, i Sverige har programmet sänts i kanalen SVTB. (sv)
  • Engie Benjy é um programa de televisão estadunidense-britânica para crianças em idade pré-escolar. A série se estrenó de aires a as 12:00 p.m. EST/PST tempo em 27 de abril de 2004 em Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. quadra nos Estados Unidos. Tem como personagens: * Engie: um menino mecânico * Joloop: o cão de engie * Dam: um carro. Outros personagens são o piloto Peet e o Avião, o astronata All e a Espaçonave, a carteira Moo e a Bike, o Caminhão e o caminhoneiro Troin, a motorista Toot e o Ônibus, o fazendeiro Fred e o Trator, o pescador Fiin e o Barco. (pt)
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  • Spaceship is having a new lick of paint and to commemorate the special event, Engie Benjy has organised a big party. (en)
  • Big Rig has got stuck in a honey puddle. Nearby, Bike has ended up caught on a purple rock. Big Rig and Bike simultaneously need Engie and the team's special skills to help get them out of their jams. At first, they shuttle back and forth trying to help Big Rig and Bike. (en)
  • When Plane and Bike run out of engine juice, Engie takes them to an engine juice fountain where the pair learns how to share the juice with one another. (en)
  • Tractor has accidentally sneezed all of Farmer Fred's quick growing cupcake seeds away on the wind, and they've started growing all over the place. Tractor is worried about how he's going to find all the cupcakes before it gets dark, until Engie and the team figure out how to turn it into a game - a treasure hunt! (en)
  • Bus and Driver Dottie take all their friends to the seaside for a well-earned break. But Engie Benjy soon finds that Bus needs a holiday more than anyone else does. (en)
  • NOTES: This episode introduced Trucker Troy and his truck "Big Rig". From this episode onward, Engie Benjy speaks to the audience (with kids talking in the background) and asks them for help. (en)
  • Jollop accidentally breaks the Vehicle Distress Alarm and mixes up the pictures. Now Engie Benjy doesn't know if it's Farmer Fred and Tractor or Pilot Pete and Plane who are in trouble. (en)
  • Engie Benjy can't work out why it's raining doughnuts, until he catches Plane having great fun flying around dropping doughnuts on everyone. After the team helps Plane realise how naughty her behaviour is, Plane must make amends to Farmer Fred by helping him plant more doughnuts. (en)
  • Fisherman Fin calls the team because Boat won't budge from a small island in the middle if the water. Boat is taking care of a fish that she's found in a small pool. But when the tide starts to go out the team must find a way to get Boat and the fish back into the water. (en)
  • Big Rig has lost his horn. (en)
  • Boat gets frozen into the icy harbour, and Engie Benjy must warm her up. But how can the team bring her back to land? (en)
  • When Spaceship gets a new kite all the other vehicles want to use it. Spaceship agrees to share but when the vehicles all want to go first the kite takes off, with Bike tangled up in it! (en)
  • Engie is called by Pete, because Pete wants him to give Plane a tune-up for her big race with Spaceship. During the race, Spaceship zooms around overconfidently, while Plane flies steadily with determination. (en)
  • When Engie gets a new Smart Cart to help with repairs, Jollop can't wait to try it out. But when Jollop takes off in the Smart Cart without waiting for Engie to teach him how to use it, it's up to Dan and Engie to rescue him. (en)
  • Bus has a big, blue spot on her front and is very embarrassed. Driver Dottie calls on Engie Benjy for help. (en)
  • Bus is behaving strangely, so Driver Dottie leaves her at the garage while she goes shopping. Will the Team work out the Silly Bus Mood cure in time? (en)
  • Everyone's planning a party for Trucker Troy and Big Rig's arrival, but when Big Rig is too tired to get to the garage, the team must figure out how to help him make it over the hill. (en)
  • Engie Benjy, Jollop and Dan the Van can always help...or can they? What will they do when it's Dan who needs help? (en)
  • When Pilot Pete and Astronaut Al find Plane and Spaceship missing at night, they call Engie Benjy for help. (en)
  • Driver Dottie and Bus are lost in the cotton candy fog with Pete and Al as passengers. (en)
  • Everyone is going to the top of Sofa Mountain to see the Sherbert Stars, which only come out once a year. Engie and the team are called out to help Bike with a simple problem, but things get complicated when Dan and Jollop argue and won't work together. (en)
  • Tractor is trying to harvest all the ice lollies before they melt, all by himself - but it's too much work for one vehicle, so the team must help him figure out how to use teamwork and share the load. (en)
  • Dan gets stuck in the ice on his birthday, so Engie comes up with a plan to get him to his party on time. (en)
  • Pilot Pete wakes up one morning to find that Plane is missing. Engie Benjy suggests they look for her inside Sofa Mountain, where they find that Plane has a new friend to play with. (en)
  • It's a snowy day, and Engie and the team are called to the top of Sofa Mountain to help Spaceship. The team solve the problem easily but Jollop sleds down the mountain and gets stuck in a tree. Engie must help Dan overcome his fear of sledding in order to rescue Jollop. (en)
  • Bike becomes upset when he can't join in the game of Skyball. Spaceship and Plane are playing around the lighthouse, so Engie and the team must figure out a way for Bike to become part of the game - by attaching rockets and wings to him. (en)
  • Engie Benjy's friends bring their vehicles to the garage for a check-up. Everyone comes except Boat, who really needs help more than any of the others. (en)
  • Bus arrives in the middle of the night without Dottie. She is 'sleepdriving', so Engie Benjy and the team must steer her home without waking her up. (en)
  • Astronaut Al tries to clean Spaceship's windows in mid-air, but he falls out and lands inside Engie Benjy's garage. Now, Spaceship is whizzing around out of control. (en)
  • Pilot Pete has to go to Plane in a hurry, but there's a problem with the lifts. When one of his lifts goes down, the other goes up, so how will he ever get to Plane? (en)
  • Plane wants to be more like Bus, so she tries to act like her, until the team helps her figure out that she is the only one who can solve a specific crisis, by using her special skills. (en)
  • It's raining outside, and the harbour is overflowing to the point where Mo's house is about to get flooded. Fisherman Fin needs his Water Woosher to bail out the water. Bus and Dottie are supposed to deliver it, but Bus is afraid to go outside in the rain. (en)
  • Pilot Pete suspects that someone has been landing on Plane's special parking place. (en)
  • Jollop and Dan try to be helpful and manage without Engie when Spaceship has a problem to solve. (en)
  • Something's wrong with Spaceship. His old shoes are worn out and, when Farmer Fred grows him some new ones, Spaceship refuses to try them on. (en)
  • When Plane has a crash and hurts herself, the team must help her feel better - and help her get over a fear of flying again. (en)
  • Boat feels left out because she can't go to Plane's birthday party, but Engie Benjy finds a way for her to join in the fun. (en)
  • Everyone's playing hide and seek today, but Big Rig is really upset. He's too big to hide anywhere so he keeps getting found. It's up to Engie and the team to help Big Rig find the perfect hiding place. (en)
  • Engie is called to Fin's, where Boat is having trouble playing because she has the sea sneezes. (en)
  • While Engie Benjy is mending Tractor, Jollop accidentally grows a huge balloon and gets carried away! (en)
  • After Bike gets overexcited playing a game, Engie has to calm him down so that he can deliver his packages on time. (en)
  • Engie and the team are called to Pilot Pete and Plane's as Plane is about to take his first night flight. The team discover that there's nothing wrong with Plane, but Pete is afraid of the dark. (en)
  • Pilot Pete brings Plane to be mended by Engie Benjy, as he has the hiccups. But Jollop's cousin Jelly gives Plane the wrong hiccup mixture, sending her into a spin. Note: This is Jelly's only appearance. (en)
  • Bike feels unloved and refuses to deliver messages, so Engie Benjy arranges for Fisherman Fin, Pilot Pete and Astronaut Al to send Bike messages to tell him how much they appreciate him. (en)
  • Everyone wants to go to the Barnacle Barbecue at the harbour, but they can't get there because a big mess is blocking the road. Big Rig has dumped his things out of the trailer and doesn't want to tidy up. (en)
  • Spaceship is sad today because Al is leaving for the afternoon, so the team must help him come up with strategies for dealing with the separation - until Al returns with a surprise. (en)
  • Dottie and Fred quarrel over who has the easiest job, so Engie Benjy suggests they try each other's job for a day. (en)
  • Engie Benjy runs out of roly poly pogle balls at the worst possible time, as Spaceship and Tractor need some new ones. Luckily, he finds a substitute for them - gobstoppers. (en)
  • After a big storm, Boat and Fisherman Fin are confronted with an emergency. (en)
  • Big Rig and Bus block each end of a narrow bridge, both determined to cross first refusing to give way until Engie and the team help them learn how to take turns. (en)
  • Engie Benjy's friends plan a surprise birthday party for him in the garage, so while he is out helping his friends, Engie leaves Jollop in charge of the garage. (en)
  • Spaceship is stranded when his springs fall out after too much bouncing on Sofa Mountain. (en)
  • Plane gets upset when Pete takes a shiny new plane out to play instead of him, so Engie Benjy has to put things right. (en)
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  • Who's Been Landing on My Mountain? (en)
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  • Engie Bengie es un programa de televisión infantil. Es creado en 1999, por Bridget Appleby. La serie es trasladada a Canadá por el canal, , y Nick Jr. de Estados Unidos, pero se acaba, incluso en la parte cancelada de Latinoamérica en Discovery Kids, desaparece en 2004 y 2006. (es)
  • Engie Benjy est une série télévisée britannique d'animation en stop-motion en 52 épisodes de 10 minutes créée par Bridget Appleby, produite par Cosgrove Hall Films et diffusée du 4 septembre 2002 au 29 novembre 2004 sur CITV. En France, la série a été diffusée sur France 5 dans Debout les Zouzous puis sur Piwi, et au Québec à partir du 9 janvier 2005 à Télé-Québec. (fr)
  • Engie Benjy is een van oorsprong Britse animatieserie voor drie- tot zesjarigen die wordt uitgezonden door de Vlaamse VRT en in Nederland door de KRO. De Nederlandse bewerking is in opdracht van de KRO gedaan door Wim Pel Producties. Hierin neemt acteur Pepijn Koolen de stem van Engie Benjy voor zijn rekening. De serie is geproduceerd door Bridget Appleby voor het bedrijf Cosgrove Hall Films en werd voor het eerst vertoond op de zender Granada Kids, later werd de serie ook uitgezonden door het Britse Nick jr. Inmiddels is de serie in ruim 80 landen te zien (geweest). (nl)
  • Bruno brum-brum (ang. Engie Benjy, 2002-2005) – brytyjski serial animowany dawniej emitowany na kanale TVP1. W Polsce wyemitowano jedynie pierwszą serię. (pl)
  • Meckar-Micke (Engie Benjy) är ett brittiskt animerat barnprogram från 2002. Programmet har sålts till 80 länder, i Sverige har programmet sänts i kanalen SVTB. (sv)
  • Engie Benjy é um programa de televisão estadunidense-britânica para crianças em idade pré-escolar. A série se estrenó de aires a as 12:00 p.m. EST/PST tempo em 27 de abril de 2004 em Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. quadra nos Estados Unidos. Tem como personagens: * Engie: um menino mecânico * Joloop: o cão de engie * Dam: um carro. Outros personagens são o piloto Peet e o Avião, o astronata All e a Espaçonave, a carteira Moo e a Bike, o Caminhão e o caminhoneiro Troin, a motorista Toot e o Ônibus, o fazendeiro Fred e o Trator, o pescador Fiin e o Barco. (pt)
  • Engie Benjy is a British stop motion pre-school children's television show, broadcast on ITV's children's strand, CITV. Engie Benjy is a blue-haired mechanic who fixes problems with the help of his friends and an assortment of living magic and vehicles. He owns a dog named Jollop and drives a breakdown van named Dan the Van. Other characters include Driver Dottie, Astronaut Al and Farmer Fred. The vehicles included in the show are Dan The Breakdown Van, Bus, Bike, Plane, Spaceship, Boat, Tractor and Big Rig The Truck. (en)
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  • Engie Bengie (es)
  • Engie Benjy (fr)
  • Engie Benjy (nl)
  • Bruno brum-brum (pl)
  • Engie Benjy (pt)
  • Meckar-Micke (sv)
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