Engie Benjy is a British stop motion pre-school children's television show,

broadcast on ITV's children's strand, CITV. Engie Benjy is a blue-haired mechanic

who fixes problems with the help of his friends and an assortment of living magic
and vehicles. He owns a dog named Jollop and drives a breakdown van named Dan the
Van. Other characters include Driver Dottie, Astronaut Al and Farmer Fred. The
vehicles included in the show are Dan The Breakdown Van, Bus, Bike, Plane,
Spaceship, Boat, Tractor and Big Rig The Truck.[2]

The main character voices were provided by television double act, Anthony McPartlin
and Declan Donnelly. In the first series, Dec voiced the title role of Engie Benjy
while Ant provided the vocal effects for his dog, Jollop. In the third series after
a pay dispute, another character was added for Ant to voice: Trucker Troy, Engie
Benjy's cousin.[3] Astronaut Al and Pilot Pete were voiced by Family Fortunes
presenter, Les Dennis, Driver Dottie by Teresa Gallagher (who also originally
voiced Engie prior to Dec providing the voice), and Fisherman Fin, Farmer Fred, and
Messenger Mo by David Holt.[3]

The theme tune was composed and sung by Clint Boon, the keyboard player with the
Inspiral Carpets, with character voices by Ant and Dec.[4]

The show was created by Bridget Appleby at Cosgrove Hall Films, and first shown on
CITV,[3] and it is also seen on Nick Jr.[2] Four series of 13 episodes were made,
with first broadcasts from 2002 to 2004.[3] It has been sold in over 80 territories
worldwide.[citation needed]

In Australia, the show was aired on ABC (Australia), Sveriges Television in Sweden,
France 5 in France, YLE in Finland, NRK in Norway, Discovery Kids (Latin American
TV channel) in Latin America, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal in Portugal, NPO
Zappelin in The Netherlands, Çufo and Top Channel in Albania, KIKA and ZDF in
Germany, Alter Channel in Greece, Hop! Channel in Israel, Educational Broadcasting
System in South Korea, Telewizja Polska in Poland, Radio Television of Serbia in
Serbia, Radio and Television of Slovakia in Slovakia, Discovery Kids (Latin
American TV channel) in Latin America, Radiotelevizija Slovenija in Slovenia, Stöð
2 in Iceland and Sunflower TV in Ukraine.[citation needed]

In 2009, Engie Benjy along with several other well known children's characters
appeared on The Official BBC Children in Need Medley by Peter Kay's Animated All
Star Band. The final episode aired on 29 November 2004. The show Reruns of the
series aired on ITVBe's children's block LittleBe Between September 2018 and July
2021.

Genre Animation
Children's
Created by Bridget Appleby
Developed by Granada PLC
Written by Sascha Paladino
Nathan Cockerill
Jonathan Davis
Christian Donlan
Robin Kingsland
Marc Seal
Gillian Corderoy
Anthony Hatfield
Colin Davies
Directed by Chris Taylor
Lyndon Evans
Starring Ant and Dec
Les Dennis
Teresa Gallagher
David Holt
Opening theme "Engie Benjy" by Clint Boon
Ending theme "Engie Benjy" by Clint Boon (Instrumental)
Composer Rowland Lee
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 52
Production
Executive producer Mark Hall
Producers Bridget Appleby
Debbie Peers
Running time 10 minutes
Production company Cosgrove Hall Films
Distributor Granada Media International[1]
Release
Original network ITV1 (CITV)
Audio format Mono (2002) Stereo (2004)
Original release 4 September 2002 –
29 November 2004

Series 1 (2002)
# Title Air Date
1 "Jollop to the Rescue" 4 September 2002
Pilot Pete brings Plane to be mended by Engie Benjy, as he has the hiccups. But
Jollop's cousin Jelly gives Plane the wrong hiccup mixture, sending her into a
spin.

Note: This is Jelly's only appearance.

2 "Sleepwalking" 11 September 2002
Bus arrives in the middle of the night without Dottie. She is 'sleepdriving', so
Engie Benjy and the team must steer her home without waking her up.
3 "Panic at Sea" 18 September 2002
After a big storm, Boat and Fisherman Fin are confronted with an emergency.
4 "Lift Off Day" 25 September 2002
Pilot Pete has to go to Plane in a hurry, but there's a problem with the lifts.
When one of his lifts goes down, the other goes up, so how will he ever get to
Plane?
5 "Painting Spaceship" 2 October 2002
Spaceship is having a new lick of paint and to commemorate the special event, Engie
Benjy has organised a big party.
6 "Plane Come Home" 9 October 2002
Pilot Pete wakes up one morning to find that Plane is missing. Engie Benjy suggests
they look for her inside Sofa Mountain, where they find that Plane has a new friend
to play with.
7 "The Spot" 16 October 2002
Bus has a big, blue spot on her front and is very embarrassed. Driver Dottie calls
on Engie Benjy for help.
8 "Dirty Windows" 23 October 2002
Astronaut Al tries to clean Spaceship's windows in mid-air, but he falls out and
lands inside Engie Benjy's garage. Now, Spaceship is whizzing around out of
control.
9 "Jollop Mixtures" 30 October 2002
Jollop accidentally breaks the Vehicle Distress Alarm and mixes up the pictures.
Now Engie Benjy doesn't know if it's Farmer Fred and Tractor or Pilot Pete and
Plane who are in trouble.
10 "A Message for Bike" 6 November 2002
Bike feels unloved and refuses to deliver messages, so Engie Benjy arranges for
Fisherman Fin, Pilot Pete and Astronaut Al to send Bike messages to tell him how
much they appreciate him.
11 "Job Swap" 13 November 2002
Dottie and Fred quarrel over who has the easiest job, so Engie Benjy suggests they
try each other's job for a day.
12 "Jollop Alone" 20 November 2002
Engie Benjy's friends plan a surprise birthday party for him in the garage, so
while he is out helping his friends, Engie leaves Jollop in charge of the garage.
13 "New Shoes for Spaceship" 27 November 2002
Something's wrong with Spaceship. His old shoes are worn out and, when Farmer Fred
grows him some new ones, Spaceship refuses to try them on.
Series 2 (2003)
# Title Air Date
1 "Buses Need Holidays Too" 9 September 2003
Bus and Driver Dottie take all their friends to the seaside for a well-earned
break. But Engie Benjy soon finds that Bus needs a holiday more than anyone else
does.
2 "Night Light" 11 September 2003
When Pilot Pete and Astronaut Al find Plane and Spaceship missing at night, they
call Engie Benjy for help.
3 "Bad Hand Day" 16 September 2003
Engie Benjy, Jollop and Dan the Van can always help...or can they? What will they
do when it's Dan who needs help?
4 "Check Up Day" 18 September 2003
Engie Benjy's friends bring their vehicles to the garage for a check-up. Everyone
comes except Boat, who really needs help more than any of the others.
5 "Pete's New Plane" 23 September 2003
Plane gets upset when Pete takes a shiny new plane out to play instead of him, so
Engie Benjy has to put things right.
6 "Blooming Balloons" 25 September 2003
While Engie Benjy is mending Tractor, Jollop accidentally grows a huge balloon and
gets carried away!
7 "Silly Bus Mood" 30 September 2003
Bus is behaving strangely, so Driver Dottie leaves her at the garage while she goes
shopping. Will the Team work out the Silly Bus Mood cure in time?
8 "Gobstoppers" 2 October 2003
Engie Benjy runs out of roly poly pogle balls at the worst possible time, as
Spaceship and Tractor need some new ones. Luckily, he finds a substitute for them -
gobstoppers.
9 "Who's Been Landing on My Mountain?" 7 October 2003
Pilot Pete suspects that someone has been landing on Plane's special parking place.
10 "Boat Takes a Trip" 9 October 2003
Boat feels left out because she can't go to Plane's birthday party, but Engie Benjy
finds a way for her to join in the fun.
11 "Astronaut Jollop" 14 October 2003
Jollop and Dan try to be helpful and manage without Engie when Spaceship has a
problem to solve.
12 "Ice Fishing" 16 October 2003
Boat gets frozen into the icy harbour, and Engie Benjy must warm her up. But how
can the team bring her back to land?
13 "Snow Fun" 21 October 2003
Spaceship is stranded when his springs fall out after too much bouncing on Sofa
Mountain.
Series 3 (2004)
# Title Air Date
1 "The Big Sleep" 22 March 2004
Everyone's planning a party for Trucker Troy and Big Rig's arrival, but when Big
Rig is too tired to get to the garage, the team must figure out how to help him
make it over the hill.
NOTES:
This episode introduced Trucker Troy and his truck "Big Rig".

From this episode onward, Engie Benjy speaks to the audience (with kids talking in
the background) and asks them for help.
2 "Flying High" 29 March 2004
When Plane has a crash and hurts herself, the team must help her feel better - and
help her get over a fear of flying again.
3 "A Horn for Spaceship" 5 April 2004
Big Rig has lost his horn.
4 "Traffic Trouble" 7 April 2004
Big Rig and Bus block each end of a narrow bridge, both determined to cross first
refusing to give way until Engie and the team help them learn how to take turns.
5 "Sky Ball" 14 April 2004
Bike becomes upset when he can't join in the game of Skyball. Spaceship and Plane
are playing around the lighthouse, so Engie and the team must figure out a way for
Bike to become part of the game - by attaching rockets and wings to him.
6 "Bus for a Day" 19 April 2004
Plane wants to be more like Bus, so she tries to act like her, until the team helps
her figure out that she is the only one who can solve a specific crisis, by using
her special skills.
7 "Spaceship Blues" 21 April 2004
Spaceship is sad today because Al is leaving for the afternoon, so the team must
help him come up with strategies for dealing with the separation - until Al returns
with a surprise.
8 "Harvest Helpers" 26 April 2004
Tractor is trying to harvest all the ice lollies before they melt, all by himself -
but it's too much work for one vehicle, so the team must help him figure out how to
use teamwork and share the load.
9 "Boat's Fishy Friend" 28 April 2004
Fisherman Fin calls the team because Boat won't budge from a small island in the
middle if the water. Boat is taking care of a fish that she's found in a small
pool. But when the tide starts to go out the team must find a way to get Boat and
the fish back into the water.
10 "The Donut Downpour" 5 May 2004
Engie Benjy can't work out why it's raining doughnuts, until he catches Plane
having great fun flying around dropping doughnuts on everyone. After the team helps
Plane realise how naughty her behaviour is, Plane must make amends to Farmer Fred
by helping him plant more doughnuts.
11 "Double Trouble" 10 May 2004
Big Rig has got stuck in a honey puddle. Nearby, Bike has ended up caught on a
purple rock. Big Rig and Bike simultaneously need Engie and the team's special
skills to help get them out of their jams. At first, they shuttle back and forth
trying to help Big Rig and Bike.
12 "Cupcake Catchers" 12 May 2004
Tractor has accidentally sneezed all of Farmer Fred's quick growing cupcake seeds
away on the wind, and they've started growing all over the place. Tractor is
worried about how he's going to find all the cupcakes before it gets dark, until
Engie and the team figure out how to turn it into a game - a treasure hunt!
13 "Boisterous Bike" 17 May 2004
After Bike gets overexcited playing a game, Engie has to calm him down so that he
can deliver his packages on time.
Series 4 (2004)
# Title Air Date
1 "Share and Share Alike" 6 September 2004
When Plane and Bike run out of engine juice, Engie takes them to an engine juice
fountain where the pair learns how to share the juice with one another.
2 "Hide and See Saw" 13 September 2004
Everyone's playing hide and seek today, but Big Rig is really upset. He's too big
to hide anywhere so he keeps getting found. It's up to Engie and the team to help
Big Rig find the perfect hiding place.
3 "The Sea Sneezes" 20 September 2004
Engie is called to Fin's, where Boat is having trouble playing because she has the
sea sneezes.
4 "The Great Race" 27 September 2004
Engie is called by Pete, because Pete wants him to give Plane a tune-up for her big
race with Spaceship. During the race, Spaceship zooms around overconfidently, while
Plane flies steadily with determination.
5 "Splish Splash Bus" 4 October 2004
It's raining outside, and the harbour is overflowing to the point where Mo's house
is about to get flooded. Fisherman Fin needs his Water Woosher to bail out the
water. Bus and Dottie are supposed to deliver it, but Bus is afraid to go outside
in the rain.
6 "Jollop in the Driving Seat" 11 October 2004
When Engie gets a new Smart Cart to help with repairs, Jollop can't wait to try it
out. But when Jollop takes off in the Smart Cart without waiting for Engie to teach
him how to use it, it's up to Dan and Engie to rescue him.
7 "Night of the Sherbert Stars" 18 October 2004
Everyone is going to the top of Sofa Mountain to see the Sherbert Stars, which only
come out once a year. Engie and the team are called out to help Bike with a simple
problem, but things get complicated when Dan and Jollop argue and won't work
together.
8 "Big Rig's Big Mess" 25 October 2004
Everyone wants to go to the Barnacle Barbecue at the harbour, but they can't get
there because a big mess is blocking the road. Big Rig has dumped his things out of
the trailer and doesn't want to tidy up.
9 "The Big Kite Flight" 1 November 2004
When Spaceship gets a new kite all the other vehicles want to use it. Spaceship
agrees to share but when the vehicles all want to go first the kite takes off, with
Bike tangled up in it!
10 "The Night Flight" 8 November 2004
Engie and the team are called to Pilot Pete and Plane's as Plane is about to take
his first night flight. The team discover that there's nothing wrong with Plane,
but Pete is afraid of the dark.
11 "Lost Horizon" 15 November 2004
Driver Dottie and Bus are lost in the cotton candy fog with Pete and Al as
passengers.
12 "Dan Day" 22 November 2004
Dan gets stuck in the ice on his birthday, so Engie comes up with a plan to get him
to his party on time.
13 "Snow Daze" 29 November 2004
It's a snowy day, and Engie and the team are called to the top of Sofa Mountain to
help Spaceship. The team solve the problem easily but Jollop sleds down the
mountain and gets stuck in a tree. Engie must help Dan overcome his fear of
sledding in order to rescue Jollop.
Home releases
Six VHS tapes and DVDs of all the episodes were issued between 2003 and 2005 by VCI
and Granada Ventures.