| Bob and Margaret | |
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| Genre | Adult animation Romance Sitcom |
| Created by | |
| Based on | Bob's Birthday by David Fine Alison Snowden |
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| Composer | Patrick Godfrey |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (seasons 1-2) Canada Philippines (seasons 3–4) |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Tom McGillis (S3-4) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Nelvana Snowden Fine Animation SilverLight Productions (season 2) Philippines Animation Studios (season 3-4) National Film Board of Canada |
| Original release | |
| Network | Global Television Network (Canada) Channel 4 (United Kingdom) |
| Release | 3 December 1998 – 29 November 2001 |
| Related | |
| Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy O Canada | |
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Bob and Margaret is an adult animated sitcom created by David Fine and Alison Snowden and co-produced by Nelvana and Channel 4 as a collaboration, both financial and artistic, between the United Kingdom and Canada.[1] The last two seasons were produced without Channel 4 (i.e. Nelvana and Philippine Animators Group Inc.) but with continuing British involvement in the animation, cast, and screenwriting. The series was based on the Academy Award-winning short film Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters, which won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994.[2] In Canada, it was the highest-rated Canadian-made animated series ever when it aired in primetime on Global.
The show revolves around a married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish. They are a middle-class professional working couple of forty-ish with no children and two dogs named William and Elizabeth, who often serve as surrogates for children and are considered to be characters with personalities in their own right.[3] Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Gates, Anita (21 June 1998). "TELEVISION; Unassertive, Unexciting And Loverly". New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 149. ISBN 978-1476665993.