The Lingo Show

*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 ; Samir Fothergill ; Park Shin-Yong
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producer	Adam Redfern
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	BBC ; Dinamo Productions
Original release
Network	BBC, CBeebies
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]

Plot

The series revolves around a show bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of children, he travels across the world to perform a Big Bug Show using one of his performers. In each episode, the chosen performer searches around for props required for their show, as they introduce objects in their language, before they bring them back to Lingo so they can perform the show for the delighted preschool children.

Characters

The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan.

Lingo
- (voiced by Marc Silk): 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.
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.
Spaestro
- A blue spider with eight arms who plays several instruments, including a washboard, a drum, a trumpet, a piano, a violin, a xylophone, a music player, and a little drum on top of his head.
Bug Buddies
- A group of live-action children who pick a bug to perform a Big Bug Show for them.
Wèi
- (voiced by Lin Lin): A little orange ant from China who speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet.
Jargonaise
- (voiced by Aurelie Harp): A female pink bug from France who speaks French.
Queso
- (voiced by Fran Canals): A cockroach from Spain who speaks Spanish. He is often seen carrying his guitar.
Lieb
- (voiced by Britta Gartner): An athletic tick from Germany who speaks German.
Blodwen
- (voiced by Elen Rhys): A fuzzy green caterpillar from Wales who speaks Welsh.
Jaadoo
- (voiced by Bhasker Patel): A white green striped bug from Pakistan who speaks Urdu. He is constantly seen riding a unicycle.
Kikli
- (voiced by Samir Fothergill): A yellow bug with a magic wand from India who speaks Punjabi.
Dyzio
- (voiced by Park Hae-Yeop): A stick insect from Poland who speaks Polish.
Subah
- (voiced by Park Shin-Yong): A green bug in a purple polka-dotted shell from Somalia who speaks Somali.
Ingrid
- (voiced by Birgitte Solem): A light purple centipede from Sweden who speaks Swedish.
Larry
- (voiced by Amnon Wolf): A brown termite from Israel who speaks Hebrew.
Marek
- (voiced by Viktor Preiss): A blue and yellow striped mantis from Czech Republic who speaks Czech. He is seen wearing a sailor's hat.
Jaolita
- (voiced by Rita Blanco): A blue firefly from Portugal who speaks Portuguese.
Marcello
- (voiced by Giancarlo Giannini): A beetle chef from Italy who speaks Italian.
Furahi
- (voiced by Ryan Allen): A bongo-playing grasshopper from Kenya who speaks Swahili.
Ren
- (voiced by Aliando Syarief): A grasshopper from Indonesia who speaks Indonesian.
Jeweils
- (voiced by Julia Piquet) A blue ant from Luxembourg who speaks Luxembourgish.
Duong
- (voiced by Ahn Tuan): A red millipede from Vietnam who speaks Vietnamese. He is seen wearing a brown jacket and green shoes.
Deti
- (voiced by Lola Borrisenko (using the voice of Connie Cockroach from Lottie Dottie Mini)): A brown cockroach from Russia who speaks Russian.
Sekkei
- (voiced by Mamoru Miyano (using the voice of Ishiro from Let's Go Luna!)) A purple spider from Japan who speaks Japanese.
Mismar
- (voiced by Mena Massoud (using the voice of Valerie from ABC Monsters)): A purple butterfly with pink wings from Saudi Arabia who speaks Arabic.
Forma
- (voiced by Julia Sales): A young ladybug from Malta who speaks Maltese.
Cdhmay
- (voiced by Arunee Nanthiwat): A blue dragonfly from Thailand who speaks Thai.
Ses
- (voiced by Sarp Akkaya): A high-pitched mosquito from Turkey who speaks Turkish.
Epipedo
- (voiced by Catalina Rose): A pink technologist worm from Greece who speaks Greek.
Neved
- (voiced by Bence Penke): A burgundy slug from Hungary who speaks Hungarian.
Badan
- (voiced by Nasiruddin Nasir): A yellow black-striped bumblebee from Malaysia who speaks Malaysian.
Pradarshan
- (voiced by Andre Scheidt): A green firefly from India who speaks Hindi.
Hektor
- (voiced by Lars Mikkelsen): An orange cricket from Denmark who speaks Danish. He is seen wearing a Viking hat.
Kirje
- (voiced by Annituuli Kasurinen): A brown earwig from Finland who speaks Finnish.
Manana
- (voiced by Elaine Pellino (using the voice of Mela from The Samsonadzes)): A dark blue caterpillar from Georgia who speaks Georgian.
Narod
- (voiced by Rene Bitorajac (using the voice of Rockin' Roach from Lottie Dottie Mini)): A blue roach from Croatia who speaks Croatian.
Minn
- (voiced by Keith Knight): A brown worm from Iceland who speaks Icelandic. He is seen wearing a green Tyrolean hat, red shoe on the end of its tail, a blue and green tube on his body (intended to resemble a sleeveless shirt and one-legged trousers) and has a red bow tie.
Olheun
- (voiced by Kim Seung-jun): A green butterfly with orange hair from South Korea who speaks Korean.
Roborat
- (voiced by R. Martin Klein): A firefly from South America who speaks Latin. He is seen wearing a purple coat and white shoes.
Adriaan
- (voiced by Satauna Howery): A yellow housefly from South Africa who speaks Afrikaans.
Inaippu
- (voiced by Tara Emo): A ladybug from Singapore who speaks Tamil.
Gedaan and Slotsuk
- (voiced by Debbie Murillo): Two twin bees from the Netherlands who speak Dutch.
Kateryna
- (voiced by Ruslana Lyzhychko): A green snail from Ukraine who speaks Ukrainian.
Practica
- (voiced by Paul Braunstein (using the voice of Termite from Lottie Dottie Mini)): A yellow green-striped termite from Catalonia who speaks Catalan.
Ayñi
- (voiced by Saara Chaudry): A purple butterfly from Peru who speaks Quechua. She is seen wearing a green dress and white boots.

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 12 March 2012 and focuses on three languages, Mandarin, French and Spanish. The second season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from 20 May 2013. The third season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches Punjabi, Polish and Somali, began airing from 21 January 2014. The fourth season, consisting of nine episodes, which teaches French, Spanish, Mandarin, Welsh, Punjabi, Urdu, Somali, Polish and German, began airing from 5 August 2019. The fifth season, consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches Swedish, Hebrew and Portuguese, began airing from 6 July 2020. The sixth season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches Italian, Swahili and Indonesian, began airing from 16 March 2021. The seventh season, consisting of six episodes, which teaches Swahili, Italian, Swedish, Indonesian, Portuguese and Hebrew, began airing from 19 June 2022. The eighth season, consisting of thirty episodes, which teaches Luxembourgish, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, Maltese and Thai, began airing from 15 April 2023. The ninth season, consisting of twenty-five episodes, which teaches Turkish, Greek, Malaysian, Hindi and Finnish, began airing from 30 May 2024. The tenth season, consisting of eleven episodes, which teaches Hindi, Greek, Luxembourgish, Maltese, Malaysian, Finnish, Thai, Japanese, Russian, Turkish and Arabic, began airing from 15 May 2025. The eleventh season, consisting of twenty episodes, which teaches Croatian, Icelandic, Korean and Latin, began airing from 29 May 2026. The twelfth season, also consisting of twenty episodes, which teaches Tamil, Dutch, Catalan and Quechua, began airing from 28 November 2027. The thirteenth season, consisting of twenty episodes, which teaches Danish, Hungarian, Afrikaans and Ukrainian, began airing on 17 January 2028. The fourteenth season, consisting of thirty episodes, which teaches Czech, Georgian, and Vietnamese, began airing on 27 May 2028.^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

Jeweils is Wei's sister. Kikli, Badan, Gedaan and Slotsuk are twin bees. Deti is Queso's sister. Roborat, Jaolita and Pradarshan are twin fireflies. Lots of bugs have siblings and twins. Jaadoo is Blodwen's boyfriend.

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Episode	Title	Character appearance	Language	Air date
1	Chop Chop	Wei	Mandarin	12 March 2012
2	Wei's Giant Jump	Wei	Mandarin	13 March 2012
3	Cannonbug	Wei	Mandarin	14 March 2012
4	Wei Up High	Wei	Mandarin	15 March 2012
5	Wei's Buggy Best Three	Wei	Mandarin	16 March 2012
6	Can't Can't	Jargonaise	French	19 March 2012
7	Trapeasy Rider	Jargonaise	French	20 March 2012
8	Balancing Bug	Jargonaise	French	21 March 2012
9	The Limbo Show	Jargonaise	French	22 March 2012
10	Jargonaise's Buggy Best Three	Jargonaise	French	23 March 2012
11	Questanets	Queso	Spanish	26 March 2012
12	Queso the Clown	Queso	Spanish	27 March 2012
13	Ice Cream Queso	Queso	Spanish	28 March 2012
14	Strong Bug	Queso	Spanish	29 March 2012
15	Queso's Buggy Best Three	Queso	Spanish	30 March 2012

Season 2 (2013)

Episode	Title	Character appearance	Language	Air date
1	A Lieb of Faith	Lieb	German	20 May 2013
2	Trampo-Lieb	Lieb	German	21 May 2013
3	Hop, Skip, Jump	Lieb	German	22 May 2013
4	Gymnastic Bug-tastic	Lieb	German	23 May 2013
5	Lieb's Buggy Best Three	Lieb	German	24 May 2013
6	The Swingo Show	Blodwen	Welsh	27 May 2013
7	The Great Sausage Spring	Blodwen	Welsh	28 May 2013
8	Blodwen's Bread Bonnet	Blodwen	Welsh	29 May 2013
9	The Big Bug Throw	Blodwen	Welsh	30 May 2013
10	Blodwen's Buggy Best Three	Blodwen	Welsh	31 May 2013
11	Jaadoo's Obstacle Spectacle	Jaadoo	Urdu	3 June 2013
12	Juggling Jaadoo	Jaadoo	Urdu	4 June 2013
13	Rain Sailing	Jaadoo	Urdu	5 June 2013
14	Wheely Good	Jaadoo	Urdu	6 June 2013
15	Jaadoo's Buggy Best Three	Jaadoo	Urdu	7 June 2013

Albums, Notes and Coloring Book (from the StoryBots Classroom Book)

Websites (from the StoryBots Classroom Book)

References

External links

The Lingo Show at BBC Online
The Lingo Show at IMDb

[1] "BBC – Press Office – CBeebies lights up little language learners with the Lingo Show".

[programmeinfo-2] "The Lingo Show – CBeebies – BBC".

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