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''Balamory'' is a Scottish live action television series on British television (BBC One, BBC Two and CBeebies) for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community called Balamory in Scotland. It was produced between 10 February 2002 and 14 April 2005 by BBC Scotland, with 254 episodes made (including a DVD-exclusive Christmas episode). The series was created by Brian Jameson. Balamory was filmed mostly in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, with the exception of scenes at Archie's castle filmed at Fenton Tower in North Berwick and other scenes like the park and nursery filmed in Glasgow A select series of episodes was shown for two brief seasons in the United States on the Discovery Kids channel. It was also shown on TLC. In Ireland, episodes were shown until recently on weekdays on RTÉ Two's ''The Den'' and continue to be shown on ''The Dens replacement, ''RTÉjr''. ==Characters== Other than Suzie Sweet and Penny Pocket, who share a building and run ''Pocket and Sweet'' (a shop set in Balamory), each main character has their own house in the town, and each house has a distinctive colour. The colour of each character's house is the same as the clothes they wear with the exception of Penny Pocket, who lives in the Red House but wears blue, and PC Plum, who lives in the white house but wears a police uniform. They also have their own songs which they often sing during their appearances in the programme. What's the Story in Balamory is the theme of the show and a sample in the background on the credits. Sell Me A Coat (which is by David Bowie) and the coloured house song to see which coloured house they're going to (e.g. Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, White, Blue or Green) after Miss Hoolie's vocals. Archie makes anything out of boxes, drink boxes, sausage boxes, milk bottles, pebbles, pizza boxes, tape cassette, chocolate boxes, yoghurt pots, cotton reels and more and he lives in the pink house, which is actually a castle. He went up the top of the castle tower using binoculars which was seen on Symbols and Signs. Josie Jump does gymnastics (e.g. swimming, bouncing, running, exercise and generally never stops). PC plum is a policeman who has a large interest in nature and never solves any crimes. Spencer is a painter who paints scenes from the village and also enjoys music as shown by his little trailer. Edie Mcredie is a character who drives the school bus (Yellow, with flowers) and also can fix anything, according to her song. She has been noted as going to the everywhere from the hot desert sand to the cold arctic snow, again sourced from her song. Miss Hoolie is the most mysterious of the characters as we only see briefly inside her house once to meet a violinist. She runs the nursery and thanks to her, we learn what the weather is like outside. The characters are Suzie Sweet, Penny Pocket, Archie, Spencer, Josie Jump, PC Plum, Edie McCredie and Miss Hoolie (and the nursery children). Each show also includes the following songs: *What's The Story in Balamory? *Which Coloured House Are We Going To? 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balamory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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