Fireman Sam

Fireman Sam
Created by
  • Dave Gingell
  • Dave Jones
  • Rob Lee
Written byLaura Beaumont
Paul Larson
Voices of
Narrated byJohn Alderton
Music by
  • Ben Heneghan (1987–2005)
  • Ian Lawson (1987–2005)
  • David Pickvance (2008–2019)
  • Blain Morris (2020–2021)
  • Mike Shields (2021–2025)
  • Amanda Cawley (2021–2025)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languages
  • Welsh (Series 1-4)
  • English
No. of series16
No. of episodes317 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time10 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkS4C (Welsh version)
Children's BBC on BBC1
Release17 November 1987 (1987-11-17) –
17 November 1994 (1994-11-17)
NetworkCBeebies
Release4 April (2005-04-04) –
25 December 2005 (2005-12-25)
NetworkCartoonito
Release24 November 2008 (2008-11-24) –
30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)
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Fireman Sam (Welsh: Sam Tân) is an 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).