The third series featured a brand new format, depicting Brum as a superhero car, where he stops thieves and even has his own song at the end of every episode ("Brum Gets Things Done"). There is no narrator in this series but instead, it has children commenting on what is happening. There were 40 episodes broadcast across 2001 and 2002 on CBBC One and CBeebies.

Big Bad (Paul Filipiak): Appeared in Brum and the Pantomime Cow/Brum and the Theatrical Thieves, Brum and the Snow Thieves, Brum and the Splash and Grab and Brum - Chasing Balloons. Brum: Airport and Other Stories (2002) (VHS) (Marks & Spencer Re-Release) (This includes "Brum and the Runaway Train" as a bonus episode. This version was only released on VHS) In the Big Town swimming gala, Big Bad and his girlfriend steal away the medals and trophies. But they always know that when there's stolen loot, Brum is right near them. Big Bad's Assistant (Eric Mallett): Appeared in Brum and the Pantomime Cow/Brum and the Theatrical Thieves with Big Bad, Bushes on the Run with his girlfriend. In the Big Town market, Granny Slippers is buying supplies, but Scruffy is trying to take the Grapefruit, and won't let go!A more atrocious Big Town thief; The Shadow, steals the king's crown from the Big Town museum. However, can Brum see through his sightful disguise? Big Bad and his girlfriend steal some money and end up on a wild icy chase with Brum right behind them. The show was written by a range of writers. Anne Wood primarily wrote all the first series, while the second was written by Tom Poole, Dirk Campbell, Andrew Davenport and Morgan Hall. The last two series were written by Nigel P. Harris (5 Episodes) and the existing Ragdoll team. Mr. and Mrs. La-Di-Dah (Brian Wilson and Lesley Stanier): A posh married couple who regularly featured in the second series.

Gorgeous Gordon (Enoch White): A self-centred, full-of-himself hairdresser who wears a wig as hair. Children's Choice (Rosie & Jim, Playbox and Brum) (1992) (compilation VHS which contains the episode, "Brum and the Pram") RAGDOLL LAUNCHES BRUM INTERNATIONALLY AT MIPCOM". www.ragdoll.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 20 October 2022. Visiting Man (Jos Houben): One of Big Town's tourests. He loves taking pictures (especially of Brum) and discovering areas of Big Town he hasn't discovered yet. He also holds the Big Town record for standing on one leg.Mr. Brillo (Rob Thirtle): A man who lives next door to Granny Slippers. He has a wide collection of garden gnomes and wishes to own over 100 of them. His favourite gnome is a 342-year-old one named Gnorman. His favourite picture is the Gnoma Lisa. BRUM, THE UK'S FAVOURITE SUPER-HERO IS ZOOMING ONTO DIGITAL!". www.ragdoll.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 20 October 2022. Scruffy swaps out a businessman's mobile phone for a bone, and Brum must find a way to get the little dog out of trouble. BRUM, THE LATEST SUPER-HERO TO BURST ONTO OUR SCREENS!". www.ragdoll.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 20 October 2022.

Most episodes of this series were later edited by the BBC in the late 90s cutting the length of the episodes down to 10 minutes to fit with the runtime of the first series. These were broadcast until 2001. The Big Town Robber ( Andrew Davenport): Always up to mischief, the robber's antics include stealing the trophy for the big race. Brum is usually the one that foils his plans as seen in "Brum and the Big Chase/Dancing in the Street", and "Brum and the Big Town Race/Brum and the Trophy".

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The car itself – a half-scale replica of a late-1920s Austin 7 Chummy convertible – was designed and built by Rex Garrod. It is now housed at the Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, which is also where the opening and closing sequences of the programme were filmed. Scruffy: A good friend of Brum's, a dog who loves bones, hot dogs and burying things. He once ate 150 hot dogs in one week. Another series, this time animated using Toon Boom Harmony Animation called "Brum & Friends" premiered on the channel in September 2017.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Mr. and Mrs. Doolally (Mark Barnsley; Zoey Foley O'Neill in Series 2, Ep. 4-5, 7, 10 and Theresa O'Malley in Series 2, Ep. 8): A friendly, if extremely absent-minded, couple who regularly featured in the first and second series. The stories are set in the city of Birmingham, England, since in addition to its onomatopoeic nature of a car engine revving, Brum (as a contraction of "Brummagem") is a common colloquial name for Birmingham. Although later series make no direct mention of Birmingham, calling it simply Big Town, many of the city's streets and landmarks can be seen in each episode. JBL Flip 2 II Portable Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Speaker - Works with any iphone or bluetooth device Every device we sell or rent on the musicMagpie Store goes through an extensive in-house refurbishment process to ensure you're getting a great quality device for a great price. Here's everything you need to know!Brum & Friends - WildBrain (4 March 2016). "★ Brum ★ Brum's Car Wash Adventure - FULL EPISODE 1 HD - KIDS SHOW FULL EPISODE" . Retrieved 6 May 2018– via YouTube. On January 17, 2002, Ragdoll announced that the series would be one of the launching programs on the then-upcoming CBeebies channel in the United Kingdom. [6] By MIPTV 2002 on April 15, Ragdoll pre-sold the series to KRO in the Netherlands to air on their Z@ppelin channel's Kindertijd strand. They also announced that after MIPCOM 2001, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden and Kids Central in Singapore had also acquired the rights to the series in their respective countries. On September 6, TV3 in New Zealand and RTE's Network 2 in Ireland acquired the broadcast rights, and premiered the series on September 7 and September 10, respectively. Sally: A woman in the Big Town who had her cake stolen by teenagers on her birthday in the episode "Brum and the Birthday Cake/Brum and the Cake Gang". February 2016 saw the release of a rebooted Brum, made by the current owners of the franchise DHX Media. The show is now takes place in a white-coloured setting instead of Big Town and features new friends for Brum. The first episode, "Brum's Car Wash Adventure", premiered on 4 March 2016 via the official Brum YouTube channel. [8] A total of 25 CGI episodes were produced, with a second series currently airing.