Roary the Racing Car (Lost 2005 Pilot)

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Roary the Racing Car (Lost 2005 Pilot)
Roary, the title character in his original green color scheme, & Big Chris.
Current Status	Lost

Prototype designs and logo

Roary the Racing Car is a British-American-Australian stop-motion/CGI children's television series created by David Jenkins and produced by Chapman Entertainment, DreamWorks, ABC, HIT Entertainment, Mattel, CBeebies, BBC and Cosgrove Hall Films that ran from 2007 to present. It followed the adventures of Roary and his racing car friends at Silver Hatch race track.

In 2005, a pilot made to pitch the series was shown to TV bosses at an international broadcasting festival in Cannes. In it, there were differences in character designs, most notably, the colour of the main protagonist himself, Roary, who was green in this pilot instead of red.

The pilot has yet to be released, and only a few images can currently be found.

Gallery

Alternate version of the picture seen on the right.

Picture that was later edited to make Roary red for a promotional image.

Maxi’s model with his original paint job for the pilot

A picture that appears in Chris' office.

Big Chris’ model.

Front view of Roary’s model.

Side view of Maxi’s model.

Sources

• https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/comic-kays-in-pole-position-1088340
• https://twitter.com/LJProductions21/status/1336073006972612608
• https://mobile.twitter.com/FairportFreddo/status/1336787863925628928
• https://blog.lineup-br.com/2007/12/roary-chega-ao-discovery-kids-em.html
• https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/chapmans-roary-revs-engine/