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Bob & Margaret was the Canadian animated television series that was also shown in the United States and United Kingdom. It was according to a Academy Award winning animated short Bob's Birthday, featuring the same main characters. A award-winning series is one of a couple of Western TV shows to ever keep around regular American exposure.

the indicate revolved about a married English couple named Bob & Margaret Fish, the middle class 40-ish working couple by having there are no children and ii dogs. Bob occurs as dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist (podiatrist for Our contries viewers, though a term was non dubbed & changed when you took U.s.a. broadcasts of the episodes).

In the number one 2 seasons, Bob & Margaret sleep in England. For a third & quaternary seasons, still, it moved to Canada, allowing for a writers to choose the humour of culture clash. This wwhen due to pressure applied per American production company funding a indicate (also as the food and drug administration) to keep close at hand new episodes become depending around Canada instead of England. A creators of the series (real-life old man-&-wife David Fine & Alisin Snowden, watch following) were against this vary & gave higher control on counsel & redaction, becoming "consultants" to a indicate (though Snowden continued to provide the voice of Margaret). A few of a Canada-depending episodes utilize the "culture clash" theme to parody this pressure & regulation.

A program was shown in the United Kingdom in ITV and Channel 4, in the United States on Comedy Central, & around Germany and France in ARTE. Comedy Central single showed them "London" seasons. A third & quaternary "Toronto" seasons were one of these days shown (most Two years fallowing Comedy Central showed a survive 2nd year episode) on the Showtime cable channel; they presently run completely tetrad seasons in their specialty "Showtime Women" channel.

A series was by Nelvana, a Toronto animation studio, & created by Canada-depending David Fine and United Kingdom-depending Alison Snowden. A series was according to a short film ''Bob's Birthday'', which won the Right Animated Short Film Oscar in 1994.

Cast (incomplete)

Andy Hamilton (1998-2000)/Brian George (2000-2001) ... when Bob Fish (voice) Alison Snowden ... when Margaret Fish (voice)

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Cast and crew, plus additional information about the series.






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