Fireman Sam

Welsh animated children's television series

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Welsh: Sam Tân
Created by: Dave Gingell Dave Jones Rob Lee
Written by: Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson
Voices of: John Alderton John Sparkes Joanna Ruiz Sarah Hadland Steven Kynman David Carling Su Douglas Tegwen Tucker Ifan Huw Dafydd Nigel Whitmey John Hasler Alex Lowe Jo Wyatt Colin McFarlane Ayesha Antoine
Narrated by: John Alderton
Music by: Ben Heneghan (1987–2005) Ian Lawson (1987–2005) David Pickvance (2008–2019) Blain Morris (2020–2021) Mike Shields (2021–present) Amanda Cawley (2021–present)
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original languages: English Welsh (series 1–4)
Number span no of episodes: 317 ( list of episodes )
Running time: 10 minutes
Production companies: Bumper Films (1987–1994) HIT Entertainment (2003–2016) Mattel Television (2017–present)
Network: S4C (Welsh version), Children's BBC on BBC1
Release: 17 November 1987 ( 1987-11-17 ) –, 17 November 1994 ( 1994-11-17 )

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Duration: 10
Image: Agusta-Bell 47 D-HWAL met Brandweerman Sam.jpg

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title: Sam Tân
Commons category: Fireman Sam
number of seasons: 15
number of episodes: 304
start time: 1987-11-17

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Fireman Sam (Welsh: Sam Tân) is a British animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam Jones, his fellow firefighters, and other residents of the fictional Welsh village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd and Tonypandy). It was broadcast for the first time in November 1987 on Welsh TV channel S4C and is shown in more than 155 countries across the world. Originally animated using stop motion (series 1-5), the series has been computer animated since 2008 (series 6-16).

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