The Lingo Show
| The Lingo Show | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) |
English Mandarin (Teaches Mandarin) French (Teaches French) Spanish (Teaches Spanish) German (Teaches German) Welsh (Teaches Welsh) Urdu (Teaches Urdu) Punjabi (Teaches Punjabi) Polish (Teaches Polish) Somali (Teaches Somali) |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Adam Redfern |
| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
BBC Dinamo Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC, CBeebies |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | March 12, 2012 – present |
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 pre-school children to new languages. The series, which initially began as an interactive minisite on the CBeebies website,[1] began airing on CBeebies from March 12, 2012.[2]
Show format
The series revolves around a bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialise in a different language. At the request of children, Lingo and his team travel around the UK to perform a Big Bug Show using one of their star performers. In each episode, the chosen bug searches around for props required for their act, 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 children.
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 various 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 March 12, 2012 and focuses on three languages, Mandarin, French and Spanish.[3] The second season, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from May 20, 2013.[4]
Characters
The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan. Kikli, Dyzio, and Subah have not appeared in the show yet, but new episodes starring them are in the works.
- 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 wild ambitions as to what they could entail. Voiced by Marc Silk.
- Wèi: A small bug who speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet. Voiced by Lin Lin.[5]
- Jargonaise: A female pink bug who speaks French. Voiced by Aurelie Harp.[6]
- Queso: A cockroach who speaks Spanish. He is often seen carrying his guitar. Voiced by Fran Canals.[7]
- Lieb: An athletic tick who speaks German. Voiced by Britta Gartner.[3]
- Blodwen: A fuzzy green caterpillar who speaks Welsh. Voiced by Elen Rhys.[8]
- Jaadoo: A white green striped bug who speaks Urdu. He is constantly seen riding a unicycle and comes from Pakistan. Voiced by Bhasker Patel.[9]
- Dyzio: A stick insect who speaks Polish.[10]
- Kikli: A yellow bug with a magic wand who speaks Punjabi.[11]
- Subah: A green bug in a purple polka-dotted shell who speaks Somali.[12]
- Bloozles: A group of small green worker bugs that helps Lingo in preparing for the Big Bug Show.
- Floozles: The silent flying bugs that help Lingo prepare for the show too.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Plot | Original UK airdate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chop Chop | Wei searches for something he can chop with his bare hands | March 12, 2012 |
| 2 | Wei's Giant Jump | Wei decides to do a long jump for his show. | March 13, 2012 |
| 3 | Cannonbug | Wei wants to be shot out of a cannon, but the cannon is broken. | March 14, 2012 |
| 4 | Wei Up High | Wei decides to perform a stilt-walking act for his show | March 15, 2012 |
| 5 | Wei's Buggy Best 3 | Wei chooses his top three moments. | March 16, 2012 |
| 6 | Can't Can't | Jargonaise decides to do the Can-can. | March 19, 2012 |
| 7 | Trapeasy Rider | Jargonaise decides to put on a trapeze act. | March 20, 2012 |
| 8 | Balancing Bug | Jargonaise tries her hand at being a tightrope walker. | March 21, 2012 |
| 9 | The Limbo Show | Jargonaise searches for some objects to limbo under. | March 22, 2012 |
| 10 | Jargonaise's Buggy Best 3 | Jargonaise picks her top three moments. | March 23, 2012 |
| 11 | Questanets | Queso decides to put on a flamenco show using castanets. | March 26, 2012 |
| 12 | Queso the Clown | Queso puts on a clown act. | March 27, 2012 |
| 13 | Ice Cream Queso | Queso searches around an ice cream van for his balancing act. | March 28, 2012 |
| 14 | Strong Bug | Queso demonstrates his weight lifting abilities. | March 29, 2012 |
| 15 | Queso's Buggy Best 3 | Queso picks his top three moments. | March 30, 2012 |
| 16 | A Lieb of Faith | Lieb goes to the airport to find objects for a flying act. | May 20, 2013 |
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/03_march/09/cbeebies.shtml
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtdgk
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://angela-thisislife.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/lingo-show-interview-with-producer.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CBeebiesHQ/status/335500222199390208
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-weisong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-jargonaisesong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-quesosong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-blodwensong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-jaadoosong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-dyziosong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-kilkisong/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-subahsong/