The Lingo Show
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Genre | Children's Animated |
Created by | Nicole Seymour |
Directed by | Charlotte Bushell & Lee Kitchen |
Starring | Marc Silk Lin Lin Aurelie Harp Fran Canals Britta Gartner Elen Rhys Bhasker Patel Samir Fothergill Park Shin-Yong |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Executive producer | Adam Redfern |
Running time | 11 minutes |
Production companies | BBC Dinamo Productions |
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Original network | BBC, CBeebies |
Original release | 12 March 2012 7 June 2013 | –
The Lingo Show is a British flash animated children's television series created by Nicole Seymour, produced by the BBC and animated by Dinamo Productions for BBC's CBeebies channel and programming block. The characters and many other elements were designed by Kate Sullivan. The show, which combines flash animation with live-action footage, is designed to introduce preschool kids to new languages. The programme, which ran for 2 series totalling 30 episodes, initially began as an interactive minisite on the CBeebies website,[1] aired on CBeebies between 2012 and 2013.[2]
Show format[]
The series revolves around a bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of kids, Lingo and his team travel around the world to perform a Big Bug Show using one of their star performers. In each episode, the chosen bug searches around for props accorded for their show, introducing potential objects in their respective language, before bringing them back to Lingo so they can perform their Big Bug Show in front of the delighted preschool kids.
Main Characters[]
The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan. Kikli, Dyzio, and Subah do not appear as main characters.
- Lingo: The ringmaster ladybird of the Big Bug Show. He is in charge of bringing his Big Bug stage across the world to host shows and often has strange ambitions as to what they could entail. Voiced by Marc Silk.
- Wèi: A little orange ant who speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet. Voiced by Lin Lin.[3]
- Jargonaise: A female pink butterfly who speaks French. Voiced by Aurelie Harp[4]
- Queso: A orange cockroach who speaks Spanish. He is often seen carrying his guitar and has purple wings to fly with. Voiced by Fran Canals[5]
- Lieb: A tiny tick with the colours of the German flag who speaks German. Voiced by Britta Gartner.[6]
- Blodwen: A fuzzy green caterpillar who speaks Welsh.[7]
- Jaadoo: A white green striped weevil who speaks Urdu. He is constantly seen riding a unicycle and comes from Pakistan.[8]
- Dyzio: A stick insect who speaks Polish.[9]
- Kikli: A yellow bee with a magic wand who speaks Punjabi. Voiced by Samir Fothergill.[10]
- Subah: A green snail in a purple shiny shell who speaks Somali. Voiced by Park Shin-Yong.[11]
Development[]
The Lingo Show was originally created as an interactive flash minisite by CBeebies web producer Nicole Seymour, which launched in February 2011. The site features different activities which teach children new words in numerous languages; with the website periodically updated to include new languages. The site proved popular and in June that year, it was decided to bring the series to television format, with Dinamo Productions doing animation. The first series, consisting of fifteen episodes, began airing from 12 March 2012 and focuses on three languages, Mandarin, French and Spanish.[6] The second season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from 20 May 2013 to 7 June 2013.[12]
Episodes[]
Season 1 (2012)[]
Episode | Title | Original UK airdate |
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1 | Chop Chop | 12 March 2012 |
2 | Wei's Giant Jump | 13 March 2012 |
3 | Cannonbug | 14 March 2012 |
4 | Wei Up High | 15 March 2012 |
5 | Wei's Buggy Best 3 | 16 March 2012 |
6 | Can't Can't | 19 March 2012 |
7 | Trapeasy Rider | 20 March 2012 |
8 | Balancing Bug | 21 March 2012 |
9 | The Limbo Show | 22 March 2012 |
10 | Jargonaise's Buggy Best 3 | 23 March 2012 |
11 | Strong Bug | 26 March 2012 |
12 | Questanets | 27 March 2012 |
13 | Queso the Clown | 28 March 2012 |
14 | Ice Cream Queso | 29 March 2012 |
15 | Queso's Buggy Best 3 | 30 March 2012 |
Season 2 (2013)[]
Episode | Title | Original UK airdate |
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1 | A Lieb of Faith | 20 May 2013 |
2 | Trampo-Lieb | 21 May 2013 |
3 | Hop, Skip, Jump | 22 May 2013 |
4 | Gymtastic Bug-tastic | 23 May 2013 |
5 | Lieb's Buggy Best 3 | 24 May 2013 |
6 | The Swingo Show | 27 May 2013 |
7 | The Great Sausage Spring | 28 May 2013 |
8 | Blodwen's Bread Bonnet | 29 May 2013 |
9 | The Big Bug Throw | 30 May 2013 |
10 | Blodwen's Buggy Best 3 | 31 May 2013 |
11 | Jaadoo's Obstacle Spectacle | 3 June 2013 |
12 | Juggling Jaadoo | 4 June 2013 |
13 | Rain Sailing | 5 June 2013 |
14 | Wheely Good | 6 June 2013 |
15 | Jaadoo's Buggy Best 3 | 7 June 2013 |
References[]
- ^ "BBC - Press Office - CBeebies lights up little language learners with the Lingo Show".
- ^ "The Lingo Show - CBeebies - BBC".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ @CBeebiesHQ (17 May 2013). "New Lingo Show bugs sure to 'worm' their way into your hearts - drumroll please for the new stars of the small stage:" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links[]
- 2012 British television series debuts
- 2013 British television series endings
- 2010s British animated television series
- 2010s British children's television series
- BBC children's television shows
- British flash animated television series
- British preschool education television series
- British television series with live action and animation
- British children's animated adventure television series
- CBeebies
- Animated preschool education television series
- 2010s preschool education television series
- Television series by BBC Studios