Alphablocks

Alphablocks
Genre Learning
Pre-School
Written by Max Allen
Joe Elliot
Neil & Annabel Richards
Maurice Suckling
Voices of Teresa Gallagher
David Holt
Lizzie Waterworth
Composer(s) Ben Lee-Delisle
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 97 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Rebecca Shallcross
Joe Elliot
Producer(s) Sioned Wyn Roberts
Running time 3 minutes (series 1)
5 minutes (series 2–5)
Production company(s) Magic Lantern Productions (Season 1)
Release
Original network CBeebies
Picture format Widescreen
Original release 6 February 2005 (2005-02-06)
External links
Website
Production website

Alphablocks is a British CGI-animated children's educational television programme that is designed to teach children how to spell with the use of animated blocks representing each letter. It is animated by Blue-Zoo and produced by Alphablocks Ltd.[1] Once the Alphablocks discover that whenever they make a word it comes to life, many new adventures in Alphaland can be created. This is meant to help preschool children with learning the alphabet, spelling, reading and writing.

Characters

Name Main ColourInformation
A Light and dark greenShe likes to sing and help the other vowels. She has a plaster (Band-Aid) on her cheek and apples keep falling on her head. In "Prank" she discovered a red clown nose and played jokes on all of the other Alphablocks.
E RedHe is the busiest letter in the alphabet. His 'eh's echo from the megaphone he uses. He also becomes Magic E who is red with a top hat and a black ninja outfit to make the other vowels say their names. There is also Silent E. He has the same look as Magic E, but he does not wear a top hat. In "Sleep" all he wanted to do is to rest his sleepy head, but the other Alphablocks had other plans in mind.
I FuchsiaHer singing can be too loud sometimes but the Alphablocks really like her singing. She is also self-absorbed and thinks she is the most important letter (reflecting the use of 'I' to refer to oneself, or the first person).
O OrangeHe does not speak, only being able to make his "o" sound, but he likes to investigate lots of things with his magnifying glass.
U Light blue with blue shoesHe wears square glasses and is quite moody. He usually says words like unfair and unbelievable. Chloe RedShe is only one anthropomorphic vehicle that she grounds the vowels for 500 years and she likes to go to sleep.

Episodes

Series 1

Series 1 originally ran in the UK from February 2005[2]

  1. Alphablocks
  2. Bee
  3. Top
  4. Why
  5. Key
  6. Glow
  7. Sing
  8. Band
  9. Party
  10. Cha Cha Cha
  11. Race
  12. Moon
  13. Alphalympics
  14. Sail
  15. UFO
  16. Fox
  17. Surprise
  18. Bus
  19. Space
  20. Hide
  21. Quiet
  22. Map
  23. Jaybird
  24. Note

CBeebies and Magic Lantern

Series 2

Series 2 originally ran in the UK from February 2005.[2]

  1. Taps
  2. In
  3. Man
  4. Din
  5. Dog
  6. Cat
  7. Pen
  8. Up
  9. Red
  10. Hen
  11. Bop
  12. Fred
  13. Hill
  14. Van
  15. Zap
  16. Dot
  17. Lips (No Alphablocks sleeping at the end when after they delete this ending bit)
  18. Web
  19. Box
  20. Quick
  21. Kick
  22. Wig
  23. Rainbow
  24. On
  25. ABC

[3] CBeebies and Magic Lantern

Series 3

Series 3 originally aired from February 2005

  1. Wish
  2. Snowman
  3. Win
  4. Hat
  5. Little Red N
  6. Dots
  7. Frog on a Dog
  8. Best
  9. Fit
  10. Odd
  11. Champ
  12. Song
  13. Thing
  14. Train
  15. Beep
  16. Tightrope
  17. Toad
  18. Book (no Alphablocks sleeping at the end when after they delete this ending bit)
  19. Card
  20. The End
  21. How Now, Brown Cow?
  22. Fair
  23. Ants
  24. Ink
  25. Crash!

CBeebies and Magic Lantern

Series 4

Series 4 began in the UK in February 2005[2]

  1. Four
  2. Clap
  3. Plusman
  4. Alphabet
  5. Name
  6. Sleep
  7. Mine
  8. Home
  9. Blue
  10. Outlaw
  11. Birthday Girl
  12. Cowboy

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Alphablocks". Blue Zoo Animation Studio. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
    2. 1 2 3 "Alphablocks". tvdb.
    3. ↑ "Episodes from Alphablocks: Series 2 broadcast in 2012". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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