The ninth series of Fireman Sam aired in April 2014 in the United Kingdom, and was released on November 2014 and on January 2015 in the United States.
Production[]
In March 2013, a ninth series was announced which was pre-sold to Cartoonito for a 2014 release. Series 9 features 24 10-minute episodes, alongside a 22-minute special and a new 60-minute special.[1]
The main location added for this series was the new Ocean Rescue Centre, run by new character Ben Hooper, who is a coastguard. Alongside housing Neptune, which was updated to feature a proper siren, two new water-based vehicles were introduced: a jet ski named Juno and a fire boat named Titan. Other locations added were Pontypandy Island, and the Garage, ran by Joe Sparkes, a mechanic & inventor who is as problematic and accident-prone as Mike Flood is. Joe's wife Lizzie Sparkes, a vet, and their daughter Hannah Sparkes, who is the first disabled character in the series, were introduced as well.
Voice actors joining the cast were Alex Lowe, who voices Ben and Joe, and Jo Wyatt, who voices Lizzie and Hannah.
Episodes[]
- All at Sea
- Battle of the Birthdays
- Wild Cheese Chase
- Magic Norman
- Escape from Pontypandy Island
- Troubled Waters
- The Best Sleepover Ever
- Whale Watch
- Up, Up and Away
- The Pontypandy Cup
- Treehouse Trouble
- Record Breakers
- Pontypandy Heatwave
- Norman's Big Fossil Adventure
- Turtle Hunt
- Rocky Rescue
- The Treasure Trap
- Stage Fright
- Pest in Show
- Hide and Seek
- One Way Street
- Garden Force
- On Thin Ice
- Lights, Camera, Avalanche!
- The Return of Norman-Man
Characters[]
- Fireman Sam
- Penny Morris
- Elvis Cridlington
- Station Officer Steele
- Chief Fire Officer Boyce
- Tom Thomas
- Sarah and James
- Bronwyn Jones
- Charlie Jones
- Gareth Griffiths
- Helen Flood
- Mike Flood
- Mandy Flood
- Dilys Price
- Derek Price
- Norman Price
- Mrs. Chen
- Lily Chen
- Trevor Evans
- Moose Roberts
- Lion
- Radar
- Nipper
- Woolly
- Lambykins
- Norris
Characters Introduced[]
Cast[]
UK[]
- Steven Kynman as Sam, Elvis, Norman, Derek and Charlie
- David Carling as Station Officer Steele, Chief Fire Officer Boyce, Trevor, Tom and Mike
- Su Douglas as Dilys, Mandy, Helen and Lily
- Tegwen Tucker as Penny, Sarah, Bronwyn and Mrs. Chen
- John Hasler as James
- Ifan Huw Dafydd as Gareth
- Nigel Whitmey as Moose
- Alex Lowe as Ben and Joe
- Jo Wyatt as Hannah and Lizzie
US[]
- Andrew Hodwitz as Sam and Elvis
- Jonah Ain as James
- Margaret Brock as Bronwyn, Hannah, Lizzie and Mrs. Chen
- David Carling as Tom
- Lily Cassano as Sarah, Mandy and Lily
- Jacob James as Charlie and Ben
- Scott Lancastle as Mike
- Ashley Magwood as Penny
- Joe Marth as Dept Fire Chief Boyce and Gareth
- Dave Pender Crichton as Fire Captain Steele
- Mike Pongracz as Trevor and Joe
- Becky Shrimpton as Helen
- Sarah Lynn Strange as Dilys
- Carter Treneer as Norman and Derek
- Nigel Whitmey as Moose
Trivia[]
- This series was the last of a few things:
- The last series to feature the original fire station. In Heroes of the Storm onwards, the original fire station was replaced with the new one.
- The last series to feature Cameron Stewart's vocals in the theme song.
- From this series onwards, the rescue team starts wearing orange suits with yellow life-jackets, instead of vice-versa, for ocean-based rescues.
- The firefighters occasionally wear new blue uniform tops that don't have the characteristic silver buttons on the sides. These are permanently shown from Heroes of the Storm onwards.
- The breathing apparatus sets now have a torch and pressure gauge attached to them.
- From this series onwards there is now a BA Board and vest which real life firefighters use to track firefighters in smoky buildings and to check how much air they have got left.
- From this series onwards, the mountain rescue harnesses have extra padding on them.
- On July 26th, 2016 Troubled Waters was pulled out of circulation due to a bit of controversy over a scene where Elvis trips over a piece of paper with religious script on it. The producers apologised for the error and stated that they would no longer be working with the animation studio that was responsible for this mistake.
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