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Bob and Margaret

Season 1 1998
TV-PG

  • 1998-06-22T04:00:00Z on Global TV
  • 30m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Animation, Comedy
Bob and Margaret is a Canadian/UK animated television series that was also shown in the United States and all over the world. The series was produced by Nelvana, a Toronto animation studio, and created by Canadian David Fine and Brit Alison Snowden. 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. The series is one of the few Canadian TV shows to ever have regular American exposure. In Canada, it was the highest rated Canadian made animation series ever when it aired in prime time on Global Television. The show revolved around a married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish, a middle class 40-ish working couple with no children and two dogs named William and Elizabeth. Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist. Bob and Margaret struggle with everyday issues and mid life crisis. Stories often revolve around the mundane, but in a way which is eminently relatable. From the trials of shopping to dealing with friends who annoy them, but owe them a dinner. In the first two seasons, Bob and Margaret lived in England, in the South London community of Balham. For the third and fourth seasons, however, they moved to Toronto, Canada, allowing the writers to explore the humour of culture clash. The move was actually inspired by the realities of funding, with certain Canadian tax benefits dependent on stories actually based in Canada. As such, to keep the series funded, the move was necessary. The creators of the series chose to take an executive role on these latter two seasons, reviewing scripts and consulting, but not involved in the detail they were for the first two seasons. Snowden continued to provide the voice of Margaret, but Bob's voice, originally played by Andy Hamilton, was replaced by Brian George.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1998-06-22T04:00:00Z

1x01 A Tale of Two Dentists

Series Premiere

1x01 A Tale of Two Dentists

  • 1998-06-22T04:00:00Z30m

A flashy young dentist opens a practice right across the road from Bob's and steals all his customers - even Margaret. His receptionist also defects, which results in Bob hiring Penny. Things are not, however, as they seem.

1998-07-06T04:00:00Z

1x02 A Night In

1x02 A Night In

  • 1998-07-06T04:00:00Z30m

Bob and Margaret are concerned about missing the opportunity to have children so they stay in with a romantic movie and … end up going to visit a friend with an obnoxious baby who puts an end to any thoughts of parenthood.

1998-06-29T04:00:00Z

1x03 Blood, Sweat and Tears

1x03 Blood, Sweat and Tears

  • 1998-06-29T04:00:00Z30m

Bob and Margaret decide to get fit by playing badminton. Trouble is, they play with Ken and Cathy who take the game very seriously. Ken ends up in the hospital and Bob and Margaret reluctantly go along to be polite

1998-07-13T04:00:00Z

1x04 The Burglary

1x04 The Burglary

  • 1998-07-13T04:00:00Z30m

Bob and Margaret's house is robbed by a couple of charming, hugging burglars. Beany and Boney would make many appearances in the series as the comic rogue element.

1998-07-20T04:00:00Z

1x05 Shopping

1x05 Shopping

  • 1998-07-20T04:00:00Z30m

Bob and Margaret venture to a massive superstore and have many mishaps in the search for cheaper dog food

1998-10-05T04:00:00Z

1x06 The Holiday

1x06 The Holiday

  • 1998-10-05T04:00:00Z30m

The dogs are left at a strange kennels while Bob and Margaret go on holiday to a Greek island. But, Bob is terrified to fly and the dogs are terrified of Mr Buttons and his domineering mother.

1998-07-27T04:00:00Z

1x07 For Pete's Sake

1x07 For Pete's Sake

  • 1998-07-27T04:00:00Z30m

Bob's TV chef brother Peter, leaves the kids with Bob and Margaret when he and his wife travel to India for a live cooking program. When Peter falls ill, Bob and Margaret are concerned they will suddenly be parents.

1998-09-21T04:00:00Z

1x08 Friends for Dinner

1x08 Friends for Dinner

  • 1998-09-21T04:00:00Z30m

Bob and Margaret are having dinner at a friends who they don't particularly like, but feel that they are owed a dinner because of the number of times they have had them over. They expect a lavish spread, but no dinner is planned. Instead, they play a board game called ‘What Would You Do?'

1998-10-19T04:00:00Z

1x09 Love's Labors Lost

1x09 Love's Labors Lost

  • 1998-10-19T04:00:00Z30m

Penny demands a pay rise. Bob stands firm, so Penny quits to work in a florist. Margaret helps out Bob with disastrous consequences and so Bob has to woo Penny back.

1998-09-28T04:00:00Z

1x10 The Dental Convention

1x10 The Dental Convention

  • 1998-09-28T04:00:00Z30m

Bob is persuaded to give a speech at a big convention in Frankfurt, but he is terrified and doesn't know what to say.

1x11 The Discomfort of Strangers

  • 1998-10-12T04:00:00Z30m

Bob's cousins, Cookie and Melvin, arrive from Canada unannounced. They hate the food and the lack of TV channels and the high cost of everything and they follow Bob and Margaret on their romantic holiday to Cheddar.

1998-10-26T05:00:00Z

1x12 Trick or Treat

1x12 Trick or Treat

  • 1998-10-26T05:00:00Z30m

It's Halloween and also the anniversary of Bob's father's death. Bob's Mummy wants to take him to the grave, but it's now a parking lot for a supermarket. Meanwhile Bob has to attend the funeral of an old school friend who has died, but he doesn't remember who he is.

Season Finale

1998-11-02T05:00:00Z

1x13 Neighbors

Season Finale

1x13 Neighbors

  • 1998-11-02T05:00:00Z30m

Bob and Margaret try to befriend the new American neighbours. They also buy a burglar alarm from Graham, the worst salesman in the world.

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