Baby Jake

Baby Jake is a children's television programme originally broadcasting in the UK. It first aired on 4 July 2011.[1]

Baby Jake
Sibsey Trader Mill in Lincolnshire was the location used in the filming of Baby Jake
Opening theme"Baby Jake"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of episodes52
Production
Producer(s)Maddy Darrall
Running time11 minutes
Production company(s)Darrall Macqueen Ltd
CBeebies
Jam Media
Release
Original networkCBeebies
Original release4 July 2011 (2011-07-04) –
15 October 2012 (2012-10-15)

The programme features Jake, a nine-month-old baby. Jake is the youngest of ten children all living in a windmill with their parents. Each episode features Jake embarking on an adventure with a host of magical characters that may include Pengy Quinn the Penguin, Toot Toot the Tractor, Captain Spacey and the Hamsternauts, Nibbles the Rabbit and Sydney the Monkey.[2] These characters are always doing something related to the adventure that Baby Jake is on.

The show features a child narrator and all ten children are depicted in real life, although Baby Jake is given a multi-angle photographic face on an animated body. Jake's babbling is translated by his 5-year-old brother Isaac. Isaac is voiced by a real-life 5-year-old boy, in a move described by the Guardian as "a risk"[1] since the majority of successful children's television is narrated by adults. The roles of Jake and Isaac are portrayed by real-life brothers Adamo and Franco Bertacchi-Morroni respectively, with Kaizer Akhtar providing the voice of Isaac.[3]

Production

The programme cost £1.85m to produce, and was funded by the Irish Film Board[4] and CBeebies.[1]

Darrall Macqueen Ltd originated the series and produced the animated elements of the programme through JAM Media.[4] JAM Media are an Irish animation studio who also made Tilly and Friends.[5] Maddy Darrall was quoted by the Metro as gaining inspiration for the show from watching her 7-year-old nephew understanding her 1-year-old son.[6]

The series is animated by Jam Media in Dublin and the lead writer is Dave Ingham (Charlie and Lola, Koala Brothers).

Location

The windmill featured in the series is Sibsey Trader Mill just outside the village of Sibsey near Boston in Lincolnshire. In the programme it is shown as a large family home with additional floors, rooms and windows rather than a working mill, although it shows full working sails. Wheat harvesting in fields in and around the mill at the time had to be delayed to allow filming to take place back in the late summer of 2010 so that they had the correct ripened wheat colours.[7]

Series

Series one of Baby Jake ran in the UK each weekday from July to August 2011 and consisted of 26 episodes in total.[3]

Series two began on 10 September 2012 also consisting of 26 episodes.[3]

Series two was the last series commissioned. There has been no request for a further series since. The series has also been shown on Al-Jazeera.[8]

Reception

The show was relatively popular at launch compared to other BBC Children's TV programs, occupying all top five positions on the BBC Ceebies iplayer for a week.[9] In 2013 the show received a UK Broadcast Award.[10]

In 2016 the show was listed as one of the top-ten most irritating children's TV shows in the Australian Daily Telegraph due to its "mind-bending lyrics" and repetitiveness.[11]

Episodes
SeriesEpisodesStart dateEnd date
1264 July 20118 August 2011
210 September 201215 October 2012

The naming convention for each episode always begins with 'Baby Jake loves..'

Series 1 (2011)
NoTitle[12]Original airdate
1Playing Chase4 July 2011
2Peek-a-boo5 July 2011
3Tummy Sliding6 July 2011
4To Wriggle7 July 2011
5Tickle Toes8 July 2011
6to Say Hello11 July 2011
7Cartwheeling12 July 2011
8Spinning in Space13 July 2011
9To Bumpety Bump14 July 2011
10Flappy Clapping15 July 2011
11Being Upside Down18 July 2011
12Playing Ball19 July 2011
13Making Noise20 July 2011
14Bouncing Apples21 July 2011
15To Copy You22 July 2011
16Jumping25 July 2011
17To Hum Along26 July 2011
18Surprising You27 July 2011
19Sticky Fun28 July 2011
20To Stompety Stomp29 July 2011
21To Roll and Ride1 August 2011
22Swinging2 August 2011
23Footprints3 August 2011
24The Boogie Beat4 August 2011
25Party Time5 August 2011
26Being Funny8 August 2011

Series 2 (2012)
NoTitle[12]Original airdate
1Popping Peas10 September 2012
2Stretching11 September 2012
3His Spinning Hat12 September 2012
4Chasing an Egg13 September 2012
5Wobbling14 September 2012
6Spinning a Web17 September 2012
7Musical Statues18 September 2012
8A Picnic Feast19 September 2012
9Bath Time20 September 2012
10Waving21 September 2012
11Space Painting24 September 2012
12Building25 September 2012
13Jiggle and Shake26 September 2012
14Balloons27 September 2012
15Pretend28 September 2012
16Ballet Dancing1 October 2012
17Cuddles2 October 2012
18Making Honey3 October 2012
19Knock Knock4 October 2012
20His Watering Can5 October 2012
21Cardboard Boxes8 October 2012
22Pushing Buttons9 October 2012
23Playing House10 October 2012
24Gallopy Gallop11 October 2012
25Pretty Lights12 October 2012
26Christmas15 October 2012

References
  1. Maggie Brown (25 June 2011). "Baby Jake, the real 10-month-old set to be a star of children's TV. | Television & radio | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. "Baby Jake". CBeebies. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012.
  3. "Baby Jake". iMDb.
  4. http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/irish_film_industry/news/Irish_Animation_Firm_JAM_Media_Announces_22_New_High_Spec_Animation_Jobs/1674%5B%5D
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/childrens2012/cbeebies/tilly.html
  6. "Baby Jake set to be the star of new CBeebies show". Metro.co.uk. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  7. "A windmill in Lincolnshire stars in new CBeebies series". BBC News. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  8. Wolfe, Jennifer (21 November 2012). "Al Jazeera Picks Up 'Baby Jake'". AWN. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. "Shingle dabbles in 'Baby' babble". Variety. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. Courtney, Kevin (5 March 2013). "Drawing inspiration from the Celtic Tigger". Irish Times. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  11. Parnell, Kerry (10 January 2016). "The 10 kids' TV shows more painful than childbirth". Daily Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  12. at Internet Movie Database.
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