2001 Series
On 2 January 2001, a second series named Bill and Ben began on CBBC on BBC Two, this time involving stop-motion animation, 35mm film style and full color, and made by Cosgrove Hall Films with a team of ten animators. Bill and Ben was narrated by John Thomson. The series currently airs in Ireland on RTEjr.
Many additions were implemented:
- A mean rosebush with buds in the neighbour's garden named Thistle.
- A magpie named Pry, obsessed by shiny treasures, often just bottle caps.
- A hedgehog named Boo.
- A worm named Whoops.
- A talking tomato named Ketchup.
- Weed is no longer a weed, but an enormous sunflower. Rather than whining, "Weed!", she spoke proper English. She played an "earth mother" role to Bill and Ben. She often assisted them.
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