Balamory
| Balamory | |
|---|---|
 Opening title card from Series 5 | |
| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Brian Jameson |
| Developed by | BBC Broadcast Yvonne Jennings |
| Starring | Julie Wilson Nimmo Miles Jupp Buki Akib Kasia Haddad Juliet Cadzow Andrew Agnew Rodd Christensen Mary Riggans Kim Tserkezie Danielle Jam Carl Spencer |
| Opening theme | "What's the Story in Balamory?" |
| Ending theme | "What's the Story in Balamory?" (Reprise) (Series 1–4) "What's the Story in Balamory?" (Instrumental) (Series 5–present) |
| Composers | Jane McLaughlin Paul Wilson Gregor Philp Foss Paterson Colin Winston Fletcher Jim Muotune David Scott Matt Katz |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom (Scotland) |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 264 (including Christmas Special) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Brian Jameson |
| Running time | 19–22 minutes 28–30 minutes (specials) 14 minutes (revival) |
| Production companies | BBC Scotland (original series) Tattiemoon (Seeking Santa special) Lion Television Scotland (revival series) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBeebies |
| Release | 2 September 2002 – 29 June 2005 |
| Network | CBeebies, BBC iPlayer |
| Release | 20 April 2026 – present |
| Related | |
| Me Too! | |
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Balamory is a Scottish live-action children's programme created by Brian Jameson for BBC Scotland. The show, promoted by the BBC as being the "world's first soap for pre-school children", centres on a fictional small island community off the west coast of Scotland and deals with the residents of the community and their issues.
Originally lasting for four series and 254 episodes (including a DVD-exclusive Christmas special), Balamory aired on CBeebies from 2002 until 2005. Upon its initial premiere, the series was a big ratings success for the then-newly launched channel, and by the beginning of 2004, was promoted as being the most successful in-house pre-school program produced by the BBC since Teletubbies. Following its initial cancellation in 2005, the BBC commissioned two new series in September 2024 for a 2026 broadcast window to be produced by Lion Television Scotland.