Alphablocks
{{Short description|Television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Alphablocks title card.png
| alt_name =
| genre = {{Plainlist|
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| creator = Joe Elliot
| developer =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Max Allen
- Joe Elliot
- Neil & Annabel Richards
- Maurice Suckling
}}
| director =
| creative_director =
| voices = {{Plainlist|
}}
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer = Ben Lee-Delisle
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 5
| num_episodes = 106
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Rebecca Shallcross
- Joe Elliot
}}
| producer = Sioned Wyn Roberts
| editor =
| runtime = {{Plainlist|
- 3 minutes (series 1)
- 5 minutes (series 2-4)
- 10 minutes (specials-present)
- 20 minutes (specials)
}}
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Magic Lantern (series 1)
- Alphablocks Ltd (series 2-specials)
- Blue Zoo Animation Studio (uncredited, credited in specials)
}}
| network = CBeebies
| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|01|25|df=y}}
| last_aired = present
| related = {{Plainlist|
}}
}}
Alphablocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 25 January 2010. The programme was created by Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd (Magic Lantern in series 1) with Blue Zoo.{{cite web|url=http://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/gallery/alphablocks_tv_series/|title=Alphablocks|publisher=Blue Zoo Animation Studio|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414103814/http://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/gallery/alphablocks_tv_series/|archivedate=14 April 2012}} It was commissioned by the BBC. The show follows the Alphablocks, characters made of blocks who represent each letter of the alphabet. They live in a fictional planet called Alphaland and embark on adventures relating to word concepts.
List of episodes
{{Series overview
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| link1 = #Series 1 (2010)
| episodes1 = 26
| start1 = {{Start date|2010|1|25|df=yes}}
| end1 = {{End date|2010|2|19|df=yes}}
| color2 = #6495ED
| link2 = #Series 2 (2011-12)
| episodes2 = 26
| start2 = {{Start date|2011|3|08|df=yes}}
| end2 = {{End date|2012|3|30|df=yes}}
| color3 = #1434A4
| link3 = #Series 3 (2012–13)
| episodes3 = 26
| start3 = {{Start date|2012|10|01|df=yes}}
| end3 = {{End date|2013|1|23|df=yes}}
| color4 = #8D3FD3
| link4 = #Series 4 (2013)
| episodes4 = 13
| start4 = {{Start date|2013|6|17|df=yes}}
| end4 = {{End date|2013|7|2|df=yes}}
| color5 = magenta
| link5 = #Series 5 (2025)
| episodes5 = 30
| start5 = {{Start date|2025|2|10|df=yes}}
| end5 = {{Start date|2025|2|28|df=yes}}
| color6 = #E536DF
| link6 = #Specials (2021-22)
| linkT6 = Specials
| episodes6 = 8
| start6 = {{Start date|2021|10|16|df=yes}}
| end6 = {{End date|2022|2|14|df=yes}}
| color7 = #FF008E
| link7 = #Alphablocks: Word Magic
| linkT7 = Word Magic
| episodes7 = 26
| released7 = {{Start date|2020|3|23|df=yes}}
}}
= Series 1 (2010) =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Alphablocks
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot & Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|25}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Bee
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot; Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|25}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Top
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil Richards, Maurice Suckling
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|26}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Why
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|26}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Key
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|27}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Glow
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|27}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Sing
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|28}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Band
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|28}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Party
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|01|29}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Cha Cha Cha
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|01}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Race
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|01}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Moon
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|02}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Alphalympics
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|03}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Sail
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|04}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = UFO
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|05}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Fox
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|05}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Surprise
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|08}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Bus
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|09}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Space
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil Richards, Maurice Suckling
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|10}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Hide
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|11}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Quiet
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|12}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Map
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen (Lead Writer)
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|15}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Jaybird
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|16}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 24
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Note
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|17}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 25
|EpisodeNumber2 = 25
|Title = Zzzzz
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|19}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 26
|EpisodeNumber2 = 26
|Title = Magic
|DirectedBy = Blue Zoo (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|02|19}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
}}
= Series 2 (2011–12) =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 27
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Taps
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil and Annabel Richards
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|27}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 28
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = In
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|28}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 29
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Man
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|29}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 30
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Din
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|1}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 31
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Dog
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|2}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 32
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Cat
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|2}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 33
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Pen
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|8}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 34
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Up
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|6}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 35
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Red
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil and Annabel Richards
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|7}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 36
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Hen
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|08}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 37
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Bop
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil and Annabel Richards
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|09}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 38
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Fred
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|12}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 39
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Hill
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil and Annabel Richards
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|13}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 40
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Van
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|14}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 41
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Zap
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|15}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 42
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Dot
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|16}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 43
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Surprise
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil and Annabel Richards
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|19}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 44
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Web
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|20}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 45
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Box
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|21}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 46
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Quick
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|22}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 47
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Kick
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|23}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 48
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Wig
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Sioned Wyn Roberts
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|26}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 49
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Rainbow
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Neil & Annabel Richards
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|27}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 50
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = On
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Emma Collins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|28}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 51
|EpisodeNumber2 = 25
|Title = ABC
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Max Allen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|29}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 52
|EpisodeNumber2 = 26
|Title = The Cat Sat On The Mat
|DirectedBy = Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)
|WrittenBy = Joe Elliot
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|03|30}}
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = FF5F5F
}}
}}
= Series 3 (2012–13) =
- Wish (UG word family)
- Snowman (AN word family)
- Win (IN word family)
- Hat (AP word family)
- Little Red N
- Dots
- Frog on a Dog (short vowels I and O)
- Best (letter blend ST)
- Fit (IT word family)
- Odd (short vowel O; nonsense words)
- Champ (digraphs CH and SH)
- Song (digraph NG)
- Thing (digraph TH)
- Train (digraph AI)
- Beep (digraph EE)
- Tightrope (trigraph IGH)
- Toad (digraph OA)
- Book (digraph OO)
- Hey! (vowels A, I, O, and OO)
- Card (digraph AR)
- The End (digraphs OI, OR, and UR)
- How now brown cow (digraph OW)
- Fair (trigraphs AIR, EAR, and URE, and digraph ER)
- Ants (introduction to letter blends)
- Ink (INK word family)
- Crash (short vowel A; onomatopoeic words)
= Series 4 (2013) =
- Four (words with ending blends)
- Clap (words with beginning blends)
- Prank (words with beginning and ending blends)
- Plusman (compound words)
- Alphabet (digraphs WH and PH)
- Name (long vowel A)
- Sleep (long vowel E)
- Mine (long vowel I)
- Home (long vowel O)
- Blue (long vowel U, and digraph EW)
- Outlaw (words with AW and AU)
- Birthday Girl (digraph IR)
- Cowboy (digraphs OY and OU)
= Series 5 (2025) =
- An Alphablocks Adventure
- Pip
- C Versus K
- Castles
- R's Really Rare Rose
- An Apple a Day
- Ned
- Treasure
- Pot
- No Fun Without U
= Specials (2021–22) =
- Band Together (making words with letters appearing in alphabetical order)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Az (changing vowels in CVC words)
- Boo! (vowels A, O, and OO)
- Letters to Santa (Christmas vocabulary)
- Making Friends
- Crossover (the A1-Z26 cipher)
- The Case of the Missing Blocks (word magic with 2 words)
- The Blocks v Blocks Games (anagrams)
''Alphablocks: Word Magic''
Alphablocks: Word Magic is a spin-off of Alphablocks.
Alphablocks: Word Magic is a series of 26 short episodes published all at the same time on BBC iPlayer in 2020.
Each and every episode will begin with the letter doing something, with the narrator describing it. After that, three words will be spelled with that letter, and a little scene will play that has something to do with that word. After the words, the same Alphablock animation will play a second time. There are 26 episodes, one for each letter in the alphabet.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{BBC programme}}
- {{Official website|http://www.alphablocks.tv/}}
- [https://www.learningblocks.tv/alphablocks/home Home page] in the [http://www.learningblocks.tv Learningblocks website]
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