Colourblocks
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| Colourblocks | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Educational Preschool |
| Created by | Joe Elliot David Bowman |
| Written by | Ian Carney |
| Directed by | Francesca Adams (series director) Dan Cripps (animation director) |
| Voices of | Will Jennings Claire Morgan Bayo Gbadamosi Harriet Carmichael Kayi Ushe Akiya Henry David Holt Beth Chalmers Dominique Moore Harriet Kershaw |
| Composer | Ben Lee-Delisle |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 46 (+14 upcoming) |
| Production | |
| Production companies | Blue Zoo Alphablocks Ltd |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBeebies |
| Release | 12 September 2022 – present |
| Related | |
Colourblocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 12 September 2022. The series follows the adventures of the main character Colourblock Yellow and his friends in Colourland, each one named after a colour. Together with the series Alphablocks and Numberblocks it is a part of the "Blocks Universe". Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, the programme was created by Joe Elliot and David Bowman, and produced by Alphablocks Ltd. with Blue Zoo Animation Studio.
So far, two seasons have been produced. As of 2024, the series is scheduled for production up to 2027, per an agreement between the Alphablocks Ltd. and Blue Zoo, and the BBC.
Premise
The programme aims to teach children about colours. Colour mixing is represented by characters bumping into each other to produce a new character of the resulting colour. A particular object representative of its colour is associated with each character. While being themed on colours, characters also have different shapes so that colour blind children would be able to distinguish between them.
Cast
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- Will Jennings (as Yellow, Purple, and Magenta)
- Claire Morgan (as Red and Orange)
- Bayo Gbadamosi (as Blue)
- Harriet Carmichael (as Green, Indigo, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Grey, Light Grey, and Dark Grey)
- Kayi Ushe (as Pink)
- Akiya Henry (as Cyan)
- Beth Chalmers (as Deep Blue)
- David Holt (as Sky Blue)
- Dominique Moore (as Lime)
- Harriet Kershaw (as Gold)
Episodes
Series 1 (2022–2023)
| No. in series | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Red" | 12 September 2022 | |
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The colour red | |||
| 2 | "Blue" | 13 September 2022 | |
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The colour blue | |||
| 3 | "Yellow" | 14 September 2022 | |
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The colour yellow | |||
| 4 | "Red Meets Blue" | 15 September 2022 | |
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Multicoloured things | |||
| 5 | "Yellow Meets Red and Blue" | 16 September 2022 | |
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Primary colours | |||
| 6 | "Green" | 19 September 2022 | |
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The colour green | |||
| 7 | "Green Means Go" | 20 September 2022 | |
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Blue and yellow mixing to make green | |||
| 8 | "Chameleon" | 21 September 2022 | |
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Introduction to colour changing | |||
| 9 | "Silly Colouring" | 22 September 2022 | |
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Things in right or wrong colours | |||
| 10 | "Orange" | 23 September 2022 | |
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The colour orange | |||
| 11 | "Red and Yellow Meet Orange" | 26 September 2022 | |
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Red and yellow mixing to make orange | |||
| 12 | "Purple" | 27 September 2022 | |
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The colour purple | |||
| 13 | "The Uncoloured Castle" | 28 September 2022 | |
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Red and blue mixing to make purple | |||
| 14 | "Purple's Patterns" | 29 September 2022 | |
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Types of patterns | |||
| 15 | "Rainbow" | 30 September 2022 | |
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Rainbow; the colours indigo and violet | |||
| 16 | "Little Red Riding Hood" | 23 January 2023 | |
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Recap of making orange | |||
| 17 | "Pick a Partner" | 24 January 2023 | |
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Analogous and complementary colours | |||
| 18 | "Black and White" | 25 January 2023 | |
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The colours black and white | |||
| 19 | "Shades of the Forest" | 26 January 2023 | |
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Introduction to dark and light colors by mixing different colours with black and white respectively | |||
| 20 | "Lighter and Darker" | 27 January 2023 | |
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Bright, light, and dark colours | |||
| 21 | "Pink" | 30 January 2023 | |
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The colour pink | |||
| 22 | "Brown" | 31 January 2023 | |
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The colour brown | |||
| 23 | "Many Mixes Make Brown" | 1 February 2023 | |
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Many shades of brown; three colors mixing together | |||
| 24 | "The Printing Crew" | 2 February 2023 | |
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Colours cyan and magenta | |||
| 25 | "Grey" | 3 February 2023 | |
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The colour grey and its shades | |||
| 26 | "Return of the Printing Crew" | 6 February 2023 | |
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The CMYK colour model | |||
| 27 | "The Sorting Express" | 7 February 2023 | |
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Sorting things by colour | |||
| 28 | "Choosing Colours" | 8 February 2023 | |
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Colour contrast | |||
| 29 | "Colour Wheels" | 9 February 2023 | |
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4, 6, and 8 colour wheels | |||
| 30 | "It's a Colourful World" | 10 February 2023 | |
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Recap | |||
Series 2 (2023–2024)
| No. in series | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "It's a Colourful Christmas" | 4 December 2023 | |
| 2 | "The Mixing Factory" | 12 February 2024 | |
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Mixing and shading colours | |||
| 3 | "A Plate Of Many Colours" | 13 February 2024 | |
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Food in many colours | |||
| 4 | "Name That Colour" | 14 February 2024 | |
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Identifying colours and their mixes and shades | |||
| 5 | "Colouring a Rainbow" | 15 February 2024 | |
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The colours of the rainbow | |||
| 6 | "Printing Crew to the Rescue" | 16 February 2024 | |
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Black as a member of the Printing Crew | |||
| 7 | "Deep Blue and Sky Blue" | 19 February 2024 | |
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Blue and its shades; the colour deep blue and sky blue | |||
| 8 | "Orange's Gym" | 20 February 2024 | |
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Orange and its shades | |||
| 9 | "Purple's Mural Makeover" | 21 February 2024 | |
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Purple and its shades | |||
| 10 | "Lime" | 22 February 2024 | |
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The colour lime | |||
| 11 | "Return of the Sorting Express" | 23 February 2024 | |
| 12 | "Fun with Colours" | 26 February 2024 | |
| 13 | "It's a Grey Day" | 27 February 2024 | |
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Mixing different colours with grey | |||
| 14 | "Red's Recolouring Tour" | 28 February 2024 | |
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Red and its shades | |||
| 15 | "A Colourful Journey" | 29 February 2024 | |
Series 3 (2026)
This series has not released as of 4 November 2026, but the first 10 episodes have been announced.
| No. in series | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Guess the Colour" | 9 November 2026 |
| 2 | "Dark Red's Show" | 10 November 2026 |
| 3 | "Yellow Dance Party" | 11 November 2026 |
| 4 | "Natural Art" | 12 November 2026 |
| 5 | "Colours of the Seasons" | 13 November 2026 |
| 6 | "Meet Gold and Silver" | 16 November 2026 |
| 7 | "Apples and Easels" | 17 November 2026 |
| 8 | "Hide and Sparkle" | 18 November 2026 |
| 9 | "Colour Group Concert" | 19 November 2026 |
| 10 | "Dark Red's Poster Problem" | 20 November 2026 |
References
- 1 2 3 Milligan, Mercedes (2 September 2022). "CBeebies Introduces Preschoolers to the 'Colourblocks'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ↑ "Colourblocks | Learning is fun with Learning Blocks | CBeebies shows". www.learningblocks.tv. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ↑ Kahn, Ellie (31 August 2022). "Alphablocks & Numberblocks universe expands into colour". Broadcast. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- 1 2 "BBC Children's and Education announce content deal with Blue Zoo Animation Studio and Alphablocks Ltd. to expand the Blocks Universe". BBC Media Centre (press release). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ↑ "Colourblocks - How Colourblocks helps your child learn about colour". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ↑ "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 19 February 2024".
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