Q 01/05

Who created the popular children's television series Balamory?

A) Julia Donaldson

B) Brian Jameson

C) Caryl Hart

D) Michael Bond

Answer · why

B) Brian Jameson

It aired on CBeebies from 2002 and was soon billed as the BBC's most successful in-house pre-school programme since Teletubbies.

Q 02/05

The fictional town of Balamory is based on a real location on which Scottish island?

A) Isle of Skye

B) Isle of Arran

C) Isle of Mull

D) Isle of Islay

Answer · why

C) Isle of Mull

The producers wanted a title that rhymed with Tobermory as well as with 'story'; the nursery scenes were shot in Glasgow.

Q 03/05

Which Balamory character is known for driving the town's bus and lives in a blue garage?

A) Josie Jump

B) Miss Hoolie

C) Edie McCredie

D) Archie the Inventor

Answer · why

C) Edie McCredie

Juliet Cadzow's Edie, whose main colour is blue, is one of the original characters returning for the revival.

Q 04/05

Archie the inventor's pink castle is really Fenton Tower. Near which town does it stand?

A) Edinburgh

B) North Berwick

C) Inverness

D) Fort Augustus

Answer · why

B) North Berwick

Fenton Tower is a refurbished 16th-century tower house in the hamlet of Kingston, East Lothian, far from the Hebridean harbour town where the rest of ...

Q 05/05

What is Miss Hoolie's profession in Balamory?

A) Shop owner

B) Police officer

C) Nursery teacher

D) Fitness instructor

Answer · why

C) Nursery teacher

Played by Julie Wilson Nimmo, she opens the nursery, greets the children and talks about the weather at the start of every episode.