Bob and Margaret (1998)

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Genre: Animation Comedy
Release year: 1998-06-22
Number of Season: 4

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.

#	Title	Air Date
1	A Tale of Two Dentists	22/06/1998	Download
3	Blood, Sweat and Tears	29/06/1998	Download
2	A Night In	06/07/1998	Download
4	The Burglary	13/07/1998	Download
5	Shopping	20/07/1998	Download
7	For Pete's Sake	27/07/1998	Download
8	Friends for Dinner	21/09/1998	Download
10	The Dental Convention	28/09/1998	Download
6	The Holiday	05/10/1998	Download
11	The Discomfort of Strangers	12/10/1998	Download
9	Love's Labors Lost	19/10/1998	Download
12	Trick or Treat	26/10/1998	Download
13	Neighbors	02/11/1998	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	Bob Gets Wired	19/08/1999	Download
2	No Trouble	26/08/1999	Download
3	The Trouble With Mummy	02/09/1999	Download
4	The Fly on the Wall	09/09/1999	Download
5	Problems	16/09/1999	Download
6	A Patient Dies in Bob's Chair	23/09/1999	Download
7	Cuckoo in the Nest	20/11/1999	Download
9	Animal Behavior	27/11/1999	Download
8	A New Life	04/12/1999	Download
10	Party Politics	08/01/2000	Download
11	Going Dutch	15/01/2000	Download
12	My Foot Hurts	01/02/2000	Download
13	A Bob or Two	08/02/2000	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	Stranded in Toronto	30/05/2001	Download
2	Strangers in a Strange Land	06/06/2001	Download
3	Margaret Gets a Job	13/06/2001	Download
4	Til Death Do Us Part	20/06/2001	Download
5	The Wedding	27/06/2001	Download
6	Fish at the Bat	04/07/2001	Download
7	Over-Exposed	11/07/2001	Download
8	Age Before Beauty	18/07/2001	Download
9	Book Club	25/07/2001	Download
10	On Location	01/08/2001	Download
11	Cottage Country	08/08/2001	Download
12	Driving Bob	15/08/2001	Download
13	Undefended Border	22/08/2001	Download

#	Title	Air Date
1	New Lease on Life	13/09/2001	Download
2	Jury Duty	20/09/2001	Download
3	The Player	27/09/2001	Download
4	Getaway	04/10/2001	Download
5	Mummy's Boy	11/10/2001	Download
6	Gone to Seed	18/10/2001	Download
7	The Candidate	25/10/2001	Download
8	Life Saver	01/11/2001	Download
9	I, Bob	09/11/2001	Download
10	Mastermind	15/11/2001	Download
11	Outward Bound	22/11/2001	Download
12	Gary	29/11/2001	Download
13	A Very Fishy Christmas	25/12/2001	Download