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{{short description|British children's television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| runtime              = 
| creator              = 
| producer             = Elen Rhys
| executive_producer   = Mellie Buse<br>Martin Franks<br>[[Simon Grover]]<br>Elen Rhys
| company              = [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]]<br>[[Siriol Productions]] (animation)<br>Calon (animation)
| voices               = Martyn Ellis<br>Michelle McTernan<br>Dionne Morgan<br>Olwen Rees<br>Morgan Hopkins
| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| network              = [[CBeebies]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2003}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2006}}
| num_seasons          = 2
| num_episodes         = 98
}}

'''''Bobinogs''''' (original [[Welsh language|Welsh]] title: '''''Bobinogi''''') is a British children's [[television]] programme that aired on [[CBeebies]], and it was produced by Adastra Creative for BBC Cymru Wales. It debuted in the United Kingdom in 2003.

The episodes are 15 minutes long, consisting mostly of flash animation, but clips of real life scenarios are also used. These clips were filmed at various nursery schools across Wales.<ref name="a263">{{cite web | title=Enter the Bobinogs, the singing and dancing trio | website=ProQuest | date=16 January 2003 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/341324964 | access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref> The series has won awards from [[BAFTA Cymru]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Children's Programme | website=Bafta | date=8 October 2024 | url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/cymru/childrens-programme-cymru | access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref> and the [[Celtic Media Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Cardiff 2005 | website=Celtic Media Festival | url=https://www.celticmediafestival.co.uk/show-winners/cardiff-2005 | access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>

Animation production for the third season was taken over by Calon in 2005, following Siriol Productions move to their London headquarters.<ref>{{cite web | title=Siriol heads south, and Lyons moves on | website=ProQuest | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/225318937 | access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>

A spin off series of four books were published by [[Gomer Press]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Read all about the Bobinogs: [VALLEYS ECHO | website=ProQuest | date=11 September 2006 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/342274747 | access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref>

==Plot and Characters==
The three main characters live in a house shaped like a bobble hat in a school boy named Owen's bedroom. The main characters play in a band and help Owen solve everyday problems, then perform a song about it at the end. At one point in every episode, they would obtain a clue to the problem's solution by looking through their "bobinoculars", which show video footage from the real world.<ref name="a263"/>

* Ogi: [[Drum kit|Drums]] and [[scratching|DJ]], Voiced by Martyn Ellis
* Bobin: [[Synthesizer|Keyboards]], Voiced by Dionne Morgan
* Nib: [[Singing|Vocals]], Voiced by Michelle McTernan
* Bobinoculars: Voiced by Martyn Ellis

==Other characters==
* Mamgu Bobknot, Voiced by Olwen Rees
* Olly Mindybob, Voiced by Martyn Ellis
* Robina, Voiced by Dionne Morgan
* Molly Mindybob, Voiced by Olwen Rees
* Fireman Prout, Voiced by Martyn Ellis
* Nibbin, Voiced by Michelle McTernan
* Phil the Shelf, Voiced by Martyn Ellis
* Mal Mechanic, Voiced by Martyn Ellis (series 1), Morgan Hopkins (series 2 and 3)
* Cyril the Dragon, Voiced by Martyn Ellis
* Brenda the Bus, Voiced by Dionne Morgan
* Ffion the Farmer, Voiced by Michelle McTernan
* Nogdog, Vocals by Martyn Ellis and Morgan Hopkins

==References==
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==External links==
* {{BBC programme}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051112002541/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/characterpages/bobinogs/ CBeebies – ''Bobinogs''] at [[BBC]]

[[Category:2000s British animated television series]]
[[Category:2000s British children's television series]]
[[Category:2000s Welsh television series]]
[[Category:2003 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:2006 British television series endings]]
[[Category:Animated television series about children]]
[[Category:British children's animated musical television series]]
[[Category:British flash animated television series]]
[[Category:British preschool education television series]]
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]
[[Category:BBC children's television shows]]
[[Category:BBC television musicals]]
[[Category:CBeebies]]
[[Category:S4C original programming]]
[[Category:Animated preschool education television series]]
[[Category:2000s preschool education television series]]
[[Category:Television series by BBC Studios]]
[[Category:BBC animated television series]]

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