Dream Street is a British children's television series that ran from 6 May 1999 to 2002 on CITV. The show is narrated by British comedian Russ Abbot, and was aimed at children aged from 2 to 7. The show features talking toy vehicles, which were radio controlled in real time. The series aired back on CITV around 2008.
The show was set in a story book resting on the bedside table, and in later series with a child holding it, of a playroom during the night, whilst the child was asleep. The room also includes an element of Dream Street within it - the teddy bear clock. In later series, the title sequence revealed more of the things within the room, such as model Saturn bedposts.
For Series 2, the theme tune contained the lyric "Get Streetwise", as part of the road safety campaign, which was repeated at the end of the show accompanying a short promo.
CITV, the original broadcaster, repeated the series in 2008-09, but it ended shortly after. There have been VHS and DVD releases of the series by Carlton Video.
Video Dream Street (UK TV series)
Characters
- Buddy - a young pickup truck with various removable accessories, and the main character of the show. He also serves as Daisy's boyfriend. He loves to help out his friends with magic. He has a yellow livery with the red B on both doors and he has a red circle with a red B for his nose. He is voiced by Charlotte Bellamy.
- Daisy Do-right - a small 'panda car' police car. She works with the police and hates it when her Sleeping Policemen fall asleep on patrol (they have narcolepsy). She is responsible for giving do-right duties to characters who do silly things. She also loves to visit the field full of daisies. She is Buddy's girlfriend and loves helping her out. She has a white livery with pink and orange checkers on the sides and she has a daisy for her nose. She kissed Buddy in "Surprise, Surprise". Like her significant other Buddy, she is voiced by Charlotte Bellamy too.
- Half-Pint - a small, young, and shy milk float. He now likes sleeping in the dark and can be afraid of other things. In the episode "King of the Road", Half-Pint gets bullied by Hot Rodney about being slow, whilst in the episode "Midnight Monstering", he could not sleep last night due to his broken night light. He is voiced by Emma Tate.
- Hot Rodney - a brash, naughty, and reckless hot rod car. In the episode "Building Block Blunder", he shows a helpful side by shunting the building blocks to allow Buddy and Hot-Air to get free after the blocks had collapsed. He has teal livery with flames. He is voiced by Chris Jarvis.
- Hot Air - a strange 3-wheeled vehicle "bug", resembling a balloon on wheels. He travels around Dream Steet by driving in reverse and communicates by making the noises of a whoopee cushion. He is sometimes very naughty. In the episode "Check Up", he was tricked by Jack and Rodney that he has the case of the "Spotty Botty Bug". Also, in "Beep Beep!!" he takes Rodney's air horn and soon enough Buddy gets him one too.
- Jack Hammer - a mischievous pneumatic drill. can be mischievous like Hot Air and Rodney. In "Building Block Blunder", he ties Hot Air to a lamp post to trick Buddy into thinking he had broken down, which ends up causing an accident that leaves both Buddy and Hot Air trapped in a mess of collapsed building blocks. He wears a blue cap on backwards. In the 2017-present series, he is now in CGI. He is voiced by Dave Benson Phillips.
- The Wild Bunch - a group of traffic cones which like to cause nothing but trouble. They also love having F U N. ("and what does that spell? Fun." - The Narrator, King of the Road)
- Ice Cool - a laid-back and relaxed ice cream van that has a large ice cream cone quiff, who likes to help out serve ice creams to his friends. He is voiced by Dave Benson Phillips.
- The Sleeping Policemen - pedestrian crossings literally consisting of slumbering police constables covered with striped blankets. Their respective names are PC Snooze, PC Snore, and PC Nodoff. They work with Daisy very well and are always very lazy. They sometimes don't pay attention to what they are doing. PC Snooze has pale green skin, PC Snore has pale orange skin, and PC Nodoff has pale purple skin. They are all voiced by Russ Abbott.
- The Gossips - a pair of traffic lights respectively named Scarlet & Amber who like to make the road safe and sometimes cause serious accidents. They are smart and responsible too. They are both voiced by Chris Jarvis.
- Tech - a grey mechanical robot whose magical powers enable Buddy to take on different roles. He is voiced by Russ Abbott.
- Other characters include two unnamed small three wheeled cars. One has a red and yellow livery and the other has a red and blue livery.
Maps Dream Street (UK TV series)
Episodes
Series 1 (1999-2000)
Series 2 (2000-2002)
External links
- Official website
- Dream Street on IMDb
Source of article : Wikipedia
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