Balamory is a Cbeebies programme with human characters who interact with both the viewer and the others in the show. Balamory is very colourful, bright and cheery but with a strong sense of reality by using real events and real children.
Each day there is a new story that concludes within the 20 minute duration. There are often songs to entertain and sing along with. The programme deals with real life issues such as allergies, likes and dislikes but these are delivered in an entertaining way.
Balamory is filmed in a real island location which adds to the realism. The layout of the village and island is easy to follow and children are soon familiar with it and it's amazing colours.
Characters in Balamory :
- Miss Hoolie (Julie Wilson Nimmo) - school teacher who lives in the green house
- Archie (Miles Jupp) - inventor who lives in the pink castle
- Josie Jump (Kasia Haddad) - fitness instructor who lives in the three storey yellow house
- Edie McCredie (Juliet Cadzow) - bus drivers who lives in the blue garage/house
- PC Plum (Andrew Agnew) - Policeman who lives in the white police station
- Spencer (Rodd Christensen) - painter / musician who lives in the orange house
- Suzie Sweet (Mary Riggans) - Shop assistant who lives in the red house along with Penny Pocket (Kim Tserkezie)