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Bob the Builder-Project: Build It-Chip Off the Old Block (2005)

Bob the Builder-Project: Build It-Chip Off the Old Block (2005)

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Released 7-Nov-2005
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Main Menu Audio Notes-Book - Pilchard Steals The Show Gallery-Photo Web Links
Rating
Year Of Production	2005
Running Time	59:08 (Case: 70)
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Ads Then Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Sarah Ball
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Sarah Ball Jimmy Hibbert Brenda Blethyn Richard Briers Kate Harbour Neil Morrissey
Case	Handle	Starring
RPI	$19.95	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.75:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.75:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No	Miscellaneous
Subtitles	English for the Hearing Impaired	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

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Plot Synopsis

Title of Show : Bob The Builder : Project: Build It

Title of Disc : Chip Off The Old Block

Year of Production : 2005

Country of origin : UK

What's included? : 5 normal length episodes and 4 short episodes. These episodes follow straight on from those included on Project: Build It - Bob's Big Plan.

Episode Length : 10 minutes each for the longer ones, 2 minutes each for the short ones.

Details of episodes :

Scoop's Recruit - The team need someone to take over Bob's builder's yard back in Bobsville. Scoop tries to help find a replacement. Bob's Dad ends up taking the job.
Scoop & The Worms (Short)- Scoop has trouble with some worms.
Where's Robert? - Wendy is planning to move to Sunflower Valley and the team are preparing a caravan for her. Bob's Dad Robert and mother Dot are taking over but causing delays.
Rowdy Roley (Short)- Roley is being too loud and scaring the wildlife.
Wendy's Welcome - Wendy actually moves to Sunflower Valley and the team finish her caravan. Bob's Dad goes missing.
Lofty & The Otters (Short)- Lofty tries to help some otters.
Roley's New Friend - The team are building the first new road in Sunflower Valley but Roley gets worried about his new friend, a bird.
Dizzy's Tree (Short)- Bob & Dizzy discuss the importance of trees.
Two Scoops - Scoop is getting very busy rushing between Sunflower Valley and Bobsville. The team are building a workshop. This episode introduces Benny.

Style of Production : Puppet animation

Premise of show : Bob The Builder has been going for quite a few seasons and the producers decided to spruce it up and change the concept by relocating the main characters to a new location, Sunflower Valley. Bob has won a competition to design and build a new town in Sunflower Valley by proposing a low impact approach known as Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Some new characters are introduced such as Scrambler (a quad bike) and Skip (a truck).

Age Group : 3-10

Related to any other children's shows? : The original Bob The Builder.

Adult's view : I think this is an excellent move to update Bob The Builder and revive interest in the show. The new location makes for some interesting and different story lines rather than sticking to the locations which have been done to death in the old series. They don't go too overboard with the lefty-pinko-tree-hugging-hippy message which is good but it's a worthwhile message so it's certainly worth having in the show. This disc contains 9 episodes of varying lengths and it strikes me as quite good value.

Child's view : Certainly there was no issue with my test audience not liking the move to the new location as the characters are maintained. Scrambler has quickly become a favourite of my three year old.

Other Releases of this show available? : There is the second release of the new series and there are lots of the original Bob The Builder available.

Overall : Highly recommended.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The video quality is very good.

The feature is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio 16x9 enhanced which is probably the original aspect ratio.

The picture was very clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise.

The colour was wonderful, rich and solid throughout.

The only noticeable artefact was some mild aliasing here and there.

There are subtitles in English for the hearing impaired which were somewhat summarised from the spoken word.

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Audio

The audio quality is very good.

This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 224 Kb/s.

Dialogue was clear and easy to understand and there was no problem with audio sync.

The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Extras

Book : Pilchard Steals the Show

A story told by pages of text and pictures which you read for yourself.

Photo Gallery

A fairly pointless extra for kids, this includes a selection of stills taken from the episodes.

Weblink

R4 vs R1

NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.

The Region 2 release is the same and it has not been released in Region 1. The local product is the go.

Summary

A second disc of the new Bob The Builder spin-off, Project: Build It.