However, the characters of Tom Thomas, Moose Roberts and Bella Lasagna have their regular, respective Australian, Canadian and Italian voices (instead of being dubbed with a US voice actor), due to their characters' accents. In 2014, Amazon Prime redubbed Fireman Sam using American voices instead of British voices for children in the United States. The single was put together by Peter Kay.įireman Sam was adapted into a live musical theatre show, which began touring the UK in June 2011. In 2009, Fireman Sam appeared with other animated children's TV characters in a Children in Need single. It was interspersed with scenes of children learning about fire safety with Gary Lewis, the actor playing Fireman Sam in the stage show. In 1996, there was a stage show that was later released on video, titled Fireman Sam in Action. Main article: List of Fireman Sam characters Spin-offs The later series used several actors' voices.

In the original series, all the character voices were performed by John Alderton. Fireman Sam has to this day been translated into over 25 different languages including Mandarin.

It could take up to four days to produce one minute of this form of puppet animation. The characters and the storylines were created by Rob Lee, an illustrator from Cardiff, and the programme was made using stop motion. The idea was then brought to S4C's Director of Animation, Chris Grace, who had previously commissioned SuperTed, saw potential in the idea and commissioned the series. They approached Mike Young, creator of SuperTed, in Barry, Wales, and asked him to further develop their concept. The original idea came about from two ex-firemen from London, England – Dave Gingell and David Jones after purchasing a stop motion animation book by artist Anthony Miller. The theme song was performed by Mal Pope in a classic rock style from 1987 to 1994, then by a different singer, Cameron Stewart, in a 2000s alternative rock style since the 2003 new episode broadcasts. The series was sold to over 40 countries and has been used across the United Kingdom to promote fire safety. The series was also shown as Sam Smalaidh in Scottish Gaelic in Scotland. The original series finished in 1994, and a new series that expanded the character cast commenced in 2003. History įireman Sam first appeared on S4C on 1 November 1987, and a few weeks later on BBC1 on 17 November.

It was broadcast for the first time in November 1987 on Welsh TV channel S4C and is shown in more than 155 countries across the world. Fireman Sam ( Welsh: Sam Tân) is an animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and Tonypandy).

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