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Alphablocks
Genre
Created byJoe Elliot
Written by
  • Max Allen
  • Joe Elliot
  • Neil & Annabel Richards
  • Maurice Suckling
Voices of
ComposerBen Lee-Delisle
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes121 (+ 9 specials)
Production
Executive producers
  • Rebecca Shallcross
  • Joe Elliot
ProducerSioned Wyn Roberts
Running time
  • 3 minutes (series 1)
  • 5 minutes (series 2-present)
  • 10 minutes (specials-present)
  • 20 minutes (specials)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release25 January 2010 (2010-01-25) –
present
Related

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.[1] 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.

Characters

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Name Main Colour Information
A Light green and dark green She 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. Her /a/ sound is made when apples hits her.
B Light blue and red-orange She plays the bass guitar and is D's older sister. B is one of the best band-mate any band could wish for. Her /b/ sound is made when she boogies with her bass guitar
C Red and white with blue stars The only letter who performs stunts. She wears goggles and makes cracks in the ground. She often worries why she's even a letter because she makes the same sound as K which is the same sound of her cracking
D Purple and bright green He is the younger brother to B. He is a proper cube shape and he plays the drum kit. His catchphrases include "Don't despair" and "Disaster!"
E Red He 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.
F Purple and white with orange visor She is into floating and blowing. She is designed like an astronaut with a small life-support backpack. She can fly about in the air or in outer space. Her 'ffff' sound is used to represent the sound of a rocket-pack attached to her.
G Green She looks like a plant with flowers on her sides and grassy hair. Sometimes she drinks water, and when that happens her hair grows.
H Yellow and red She likes to run, but she can get tired when running. Her 'h-h-h-h' sound is panting.
I Fuchsia Her 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).
J Blue and white with orange 'beak' She looks like a penguin, but thinks she is a jay bird. She thinks she can sing and fly like a real jay. according to her bio, she "sings like a juddery jackhammer and lands with a jolt".
K Yellow, with a green jersey and red pants He likes to kick his football. Sometimes he cooperates with her because the hard C makes the same sound as K.
L Lilac-pink with green boots She loves to sing songs with her 'luh-luh-luh' sound. She sings a special lullaby to help the others get to sleep. (particularly Z, he is the sleepiest).
M White with blue feet He is dressed up as a chef and likes to eat things (even things that are not food) which makes him quite greedy. This can annoy the other Alphablocks.
N Vermilion He is quite stubborn and negative. He says "No" even if he means yes and speaks with a thick Scottish accent. In "Ants", A, P, T, and S were blaming him for nothing, which made him very upset. In "Little Red N" he faced a challenge when the dog, the cat, and the pig refused to help him make bread out of wheat. In "Band", he plays an N-shaped electric guitar.
O Orange He does not speak, only being able to make his "o" sound, but he likes to observe lots of things with his magnifying glass.
P Bright green, blue and purple with white stars and dark green pointed shoes She can appear and disappear by making a popping noise and it can scare the others when they are busy. She appears to be a pixie. She is very sweet and loves to helps her friends.
Q Teal with indigo hair She is an old green woman who dresses like a queen and wants to be quite quarrelling. She is also in love with U, which is who she also needs to make her 'qu' or 'q' sound, but he always runs away.
R Red and black She looks like a pirate (reflecting the stereotypical "arrrrrr" pirate exclamation), and she has a tomboy personality. She has a habit of trilling the 'R''s in her words, which also reflects 'typical' pirate speech and her letter sound.
S Red, white, blue, orange, green, and yellow She resembles a beach ball. She can inflate and deflate and fly about. In "Clap" she became depressed when she questioned her status as a letter, because she makes the same sound as soft C.
T Navy blue He wears a monocle and has a white moustache. He really likes drinking tea. He says "t, t" when he is out of tea. He is one of the consonants who appears a lot. (In fact, he is the second-busiest Alphablock in Alphaland.) He refers to his name as "Tea".
U Light blue with blue shoes He wears square glasses and is quite moody. He always runs away from Q (probably because she wants to be quite quarrelling). He usually says words like "unfair" or "unbelievable".
V Red and white He is a racing driver who is very fast with his steering wheel and has wings on his arms. His 'v-v-v' sound is his "vroom".
W Dark blue He cries when he gets hurt or when he is upset, causing floods everywhere. His 'w-w-w' sound is wailing. He refers to his name as his sound.
X Gold and blue with white socks and red cape He is a superhero called The Exciting X who has X-ray vision. In "Plusman", he became Plusman when he accidentally hit his head on the ceiling, causing his letter shape to go all wonky and turn into a plus sign, and he turned red with a different personality. He then had the power to make compound words - putting two words together into one. In the same episode, he showed how he became Plusman with his laser by rotating his X the same way his letter shape did and made the compound word 'lunchbox'.
Y Yellow She is the youngest Alphablock and the only consonant who can make a semivowel sound (see Series 5, Episode 7). She perseveres even if he has trouble doing things.
Z Lime green with silver-white beard He is the oldest Alphablock with a walking stick (cane) and can sleep almost anywhere (reflecting the "zzz" sound commonly used to represent the sound of sleeping or snoring in comic books).

Other characters

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  • Birthday Girl
  • Cow Boy
  • Singing Cow
  • Puppy
  • Cat
  • Rats
  • Bats
  • Dog
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Dog
  • Rams
  • Brown Fox and Lazy Dog
  • Beep
  • The Alphabet
  • Fred
  • Ben the Pen


List of episodes

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
12625 January 2010 (2010-01-25)19 February 2010 (2010-02-19)
2268 March 2011 (2011-03-08)30 March 2012 (2012-03-30)
3261 October 2012 (2012-10-01)23 January 2013 (2013-01-23)
41317 June 2013 (2013-06-17)2 July 2013 (2013-07-02)
Specials816 October 2021 (2021-10-16)14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)
73010 February 2025 (2025-02-10)28 February 2025 (2025-02-28)

Series 1 (2010)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11 "Alphablocks A-z"[2] Blue Zoo (Animation)Joe Elliot & Max AllenJanuary 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
22 "Bee" Blue Zoo (Animation)Joe Elliot; Max Allen (Lead Writer)January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
33 "Top" Blue Zoo (Animation)Neil Richards, Maurice SucklingJanuary 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
44 "Why" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
55 "Key" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27)
66 "Glow" Blue Zoo (Animation)Emma CollinsJanuary 27, 2010 (2010-01-27)
77 "Sing" Blue Zoo (Animation)Joe ElliotJanuary 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)
88 "Band" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)
99 "Party" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)January 29, 2010 (2010-01-29)
1010 "Cha Cha Cha" Blue Zoo (Animation)Neil Richards & Maurice SucklingFebruary 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
1111 "Race" Blue Zoo (Animation)Joe ElliotFebruary 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
1212 "Moon" Blue Zoo (Animation)Emma CollinsFebruary 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)
1313 "Alphalympics" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)February 3, 2010 (2010-02-03)
1414 "Sail" Blue Zoo (Animation)Neil Richards & Maurice SucklingFebruary 4, 2010 (2010-02-04)
1515 "UFO" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05)
1616 "Fox" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05)
1717 "Surprise" Blue Zoo (Animation)Neil Richards & Maurice SucklingFebruary 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
1818 "Bus" Blue Zoo (Animation)Neil Richards & Maurice SucklingFebruary 9, 2010 (2010-02-09)
1919 "Space" Blue Zoo (Animation)Neil Richards, Maurice SucklingFebruary 10, 2010 (2010-02-10)
2020 "Hide" Blue Zoo (Animation)Emma CollinsFebruary 11, 2010 (2010-02-11)
2121 "Quiet" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)February 12, 2010 (2010-02-12)
2222 "Map" Blue Zoo (Animation)Max Allen (Lead Writer)February 15, 2010 (2010-02-15)
2323 "Jaybird" Blue Zoo (Animation)Emma CollinsFebruary 16, 2010 (2010-02-16)
2424 "Note" Blue Zoo (Animation)Emma CollinsFebruary 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
2525 "Zzzzz" Blue Zoo (Animation)Emma CollinsFebruary 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)
2626 "Magic" Blue Zoo (Animation)Joe ElliotFebruary 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)

Series 2 (2011–12)

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No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
271 "Taps"[2] Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Neil and Annabel RichardsFebruary 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)
282 "In" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenFebruary 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
293 "Man" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsFebruary 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)
304 "Din" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 1, 2012 (2012-03-01)
315 "Dog" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 2, 2012 (2012-03-02)
326 "Cat" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 2, 2012 (2012-03-02)
337 "Pen" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
348 "Up" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Joe ElliotMarch 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
359 "Red" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Neil and Annabel RichardsMarch 7, 2012 (2012-03-07)
3610 "Hen" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
3711 "Bop" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Neil and Annabel RichardsMarch 9, 2012 (2012-03-09)
3812 "Fred" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 12, 2012 (2012-03-12)
3913 "Hill" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Neil and Annabel RichardsMarch 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)
4014 "Van" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 14, 2012 (2012-03-14)
4115 "Zap" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)
4216 "Dot" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 16, 2012 (2012-03-16)
4317 "Surprise" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Neil and Annabel RichardsMarch 19, 2012 (2012-03-19)
4418 "Web" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 20, 2012 (2012-03-20)
4519 "Box" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 21, 2012 (2012-03-21)
4620 "Quick" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)
4721 "Kick" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Joe ElliotMarch 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)
4822 "Wig" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Sioned Wyn RobertsMarch 26, 2012 (2012-03-26)
4923 "Rainbow" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Neil & Annabel RichardsMarch 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)
5024 "On" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Emma CollinsMarch 28, 2012 (2012-03-28)
5125 "ABC" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Max AllenMarch 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)
5226 "The Cat Sat On The Mat" Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)Joe ElliotMarch 30, 2012 (2012-03-30)

Series 3 (2012–13)

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  1. Wish (UG word family)
  2. Snowman (AN word family)
  3. Win (IN word family)
  4. Hat (AP word family)
  5. Little Red N
  6. Dots
  7. Frog on a Dog (short vowels I and O)
  8. Best (letter blend ST)
  9. Fit (IT word family)
  10. Odd (short vowel O; nonsense words)
  11. Champ (digraphs CH and SH)
  12. Song (letter blend/digraph NG)
  13. Thing (digraph TH)
  14. Train (vowel team AI)
  15. Beep (vowel team EE)
  16. Tightrope (trigraph IGH)
  17. Toad (vowel team OA)
  18. Book (vowel team OO)
  19. Hey! (vowels A, I, O, and OO)
  20. Card (digraph AR)
  21. The End (digraphs OI, OR, and UR)
  22. How now brown cow (digraph OW)
  23. Fair (trigraphs AIR, EAR, and URE, and digraph ER)
  24. Ants (introduction to letter blends)
  25. Ink (INK word family)
  26. Crash (short vowel A; onomatopoeic words)

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Series 4 (2013)

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  1. Four (words with ending blends)
  2. Clap (words with beginning blends)
  3. Prank (words with beginning and ending blends)
  4. Plusman (compound words)
  5. Alphabet (digraphs WH and PH)
  6. Name (long vowel A)
  7. Sleep (long vowel E)
  8. Mine (long vowel I)
  9. Home (long vowel O)
  10. Blue (long vowel U, and digraph EW)
  11. Outlaw (words with AW and AU)
  12. Birthday Girl (digraph IR)
  13. Cowboy (digraphs OY and OU)

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Series 5 (2025)

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  1. An Alphablocks Adventure (letters and their sounds)
  2. Pip (CVC words with short vowels A and I)
  3. C Versus K (the sounds of the letters C and K)
  4. Castles (CVC/VC words with vowels)
  5. R's Really Rare Rose (CVC words with vowels)
  6. An Apple a Day (short vowel A)
  7. Ned (short vowel E)
  8. Treasure (IG word family)
  9. Pot (short vowel O)
  10. No Fun Without U (short vowel U)
  11. Cub (CVC/VC words with vowels)
  12. Around Alphaland in a Day (CVC words with vowels)
  13. Farm (CVC words with vowels)
  14. Names (capital letters)
  15. Good Food (digraph OO)

Series 6 (2025)

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  1. Party Party (plural words)
  2. Shop (digraphs CH, SH, TH)
  3. Think (letter blend/digraph NK)
  4. Wow (digraph OW as in "cow")
  5. Snow (digraph OW making the long "O" sound)
  6. Stop (S-controlled blends)
  7. Bugs (ending blends)
  8. Stamp (beginning and ending blends)
  9. Star (R-controlled digraphs and blends)
  10. Snail (blends, digraphs and vowel teams)
  11. Signs (verbs)
  12. Maze (two-letter words)
  13. Who Can Help (pronouns)
  14. P's Perfect Painting (use of the word "the")
  15. I Am I (use of the words "I" and "am")

Specials (2021–22)

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  1. Band Together
  2. The Wonderful Wizard of Az (changing vowels in CVC words)
  3. Boo! (vowels A, O, and OO)
  4. Letters to Santa (Christmas vocabulary)
  5. Making Friends
  6. Crossover (the A1-Z26 cipher)
  7. The Case of the Missing Blocks (word magic with 2 words)
  8. The Blocks v Blocks Games (anagrams)

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Alphablocks: Word Magic

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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.[2]

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.[2]

The episodes last for 1–3 minutes.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "Alphablocks". Blue Zoo Animation Studio. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Alphablocks, retrieved 15 February 2022
  3. ↑ "Alphablocks & Numberblocks". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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