Flower Pot Men - 2001 Series

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.