Bob the Builder is a British animated children's television series created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment. The series premiered on 12 April 1999 in the United Kingdom (it airs CBBC between 1999 to 2001 and CBeebies between 2002 to 2011) and 13 January 2001 in the United States (it airs Nick Jr. between 2001 to 2003 and PBS Kids between 2005 to 2011).
The series finale aired on 31 December 2011
as a mini series titled The Big Dino Dig, which ended the original series after 18 series.