The Numtums
| The Numtums | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Toddlers, Pre-school |
| Created by | Barry Quinn |
| Written by | Katie Simmons |
| Directed by | Steve Smith, Duncan Fraser |
| Opening theme | Theme Tune |
| Country of origin |
United Kingdom South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia (CGI Series only)(Series 1,2 and 3) France Belgium (Season 4-) |
| Original language(s) |
English Dutch French |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 77 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tony Reed |
| Producer(s) | Lotte Elwell, Katherine McQueen |
| Running time | 5 minutes (2012) 11 minutes (2014) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBeebies |
| Original run | 27 February 2012 – 23 February 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Numtums is a children's television show about a group of ten small creatures called Numtums.[1] BBC,Studio 100 Animation, ZDF,France Télévisions and TF1 aired in 2013-2015, and is designed as an interactive programme to help a young audience learn about numbers.
First series
The first series was animated by Beakus, a London animation studio set up in 2010 and run by the programme director Steve Smith. This series was aimed at toddlers.[2]
Second and later series
A second CG animated series was created for CBeebies and Studio 100 Animation at A Productions in 2014. This version was aimed at older children and is notable for giving the characters names and voices.
For the second series, producer Barry Quinn chose to use an Australian theme: the Numtums are based on numbats (hence the Numtums' fondness for eating termites),[3] side characters include an echidna and a lyrebird and the Numtum characters' names are based on Australian place names.[2]
Episodes
Series 1 (2012)
NOTE: Episodes 21-25 are compilations with scenes from previous episodes.
| # | Episode Name | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Number One | 27 February 2012 |
| 2 | Number Two | 28 February 2012 |
| 3 | Number Three | 29 February 2012 |
| 4 | Number Four | 1 March 2012 |
| 5 | Number Five | 2 March 2012 |
| 6 | Number Six | 5 March 2012 |
| 7 | Number Seven | 6 March 2012 |
| 8 | Number Eight | 7 March 2012 |
| 9 | Number Nine | 8 March 2012 |
| 10 | Number Ten | 9 March 2012 |
| 11 | More Number One | 12 March 2012 |
| 12 | More Number Two | 13 March 2012 |
| 13 | More Number Three | 14 March 2012 |
| 14 | More Number Four | 15 March 2012 |
| 15 | More Number Five | 16 March 2012 |
| 16 | More Number Six | 19 March 2012 |
| 17 | More Number Seven | 20 March 2012 |
| 18 | More Number Eight | 21 March 2012 |
| 19 | More Number Nine | 22 March 2012 |
| 20 | More Number Ten | 23 March 2012 |
| 21 | Animals | 26 March 2012 |
| 22 | Clothes | 27 March 2012 |
| 23 | Vehicles | 28 March 2012 |
| 24 | Food | 29 March 2012 |
| 25 | Games | 30 March 2012 |
Series 2 (2014)
| # | Episode Name | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Very Fast Food | 3 February 2014 |
| 27 | You Can Do It, Humpty Do! | 4 February 2014 |
| 28 | School Of Cool | 5 February 2014 |
| 29 | Numbot | 6 February 2014 |
| 30 | The Quest For The Hooded Paw | 7 February 2014 |
| 31 | Unstuck With A Stick | 10 February 2014 |
| 32 | Termite Takeaway | 11 February 2014 |
| 33 | Painting By Numtums | 12 February 2014 |
| 34 | Tum Tum Tap Tap | 13 February 2014 |
| 35 | Faster, Higher, Funnier | 14 February 2014 |
| 36 | Tent-o-saurus | 21 February 2014 |
| 37 | Hoedown Havoc | 10 March 2014 |
| 38 | Numpups Can't Fly | 11 March 2014 |
| 39 | Beak Of The Week | 12 March 2014 |
| 40 | Koala On The Loose | 13 March 2014 |
| 41 | Larry's Takeaway Trial | 14 March 2014 |
| 42 | Treasure Trail | 17 March 2014 |
| 43 | The Mysterious Land Beyond Ten | 18 March 2014 |
| 44 | Little Sandy's Rocket | 19 March 2014 |
| 45 | Don't Forget To Remember | 20 March 2014 |
| 46 | The Search For The Five Keys | 21 March 2014 |
| 47 | Cafe Chaos | 24 March 2014 |
| 48 | Billy And Champer's Big Adventure | 25 March 2014 |
| 49 | Humpty Do's Zoo | 26 March 2014 |
| 50 | Picture Perfect | 27 March 2014 |
| 51 | You've Missed Your Cue, Humpty Do | 28 March 2014 |
Series 3 (2014)
| # | Episode Name | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | Feet Don't Fail Me Now | 29 September 2014 |
| 53 | Switcheroo | 30 September 2014 |
| 54 | Larry Gets the Hiccups | 1 October 2014 |
| 55 | Hunt for the Golden Treat | 2 October 2014 |
| 56 | Gladdy's Special Birthday | 3 October 2014 |
| 57 | Numpup Nursery | 6 October 2014 |
| 58 | Gladdy's Secret Recipe | 7 October 2014 |
| 59 | Larry and Billy's Dance Game | 8 October 2014 |
| 60 | Yo Ho Bendy Go | 9 October 2014 |
| 61 | Humpty Do, What about You? | 10 October 2014 |
| 62 | Has anyone seen Hobart | 13 October 2014 |
| 63 | Never Fear, Nimbin's Here! | 14 October 2014 |
| 64 | The Great Hobarto's Magic Act | 15 October 2014 |
| 65 | Finding Neddy | 16 October 2014 |
| 66 | Find Those Flamingos | 17 October 2014 |
| 67 | Running Like Clockwork | 2 December 2014 |
| 68 | Little Sandy's Big Bug Hunt | 3 December 2014 |
| 69 | The Great Numpup Rally | 4 December 2014 |
| 70 | Dar Dar's Not So Lucky Flower | 5 December 2014 |
| 71 | Hobart's Hand Bells | 8 December 2014 |
| 72 | The Drumtums | 9 December 2014 |
| 73 | Rules Are Rules | 10 December 2014 |
| 74 | Flinder's First Sunset | 11 December 2014 |
| 75 | Champer Loses His Bounce | 12 December 2014 |
| 76 | The Best Hobart Ever | 15 December 2014 |
| 77 | Flinders' Big Adventure | 16 December 2014 |
References
- ↑ Beakus's quote on Vimeo
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bradley, Hazel (11 March 2014). "Numbats by numbers". The West Australian. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/cbeebiesgrownups/posts/The-Numtums-A-new-series
- ↑ Episode Guide