Numberblocks

Numberblocks is a British children's CGI-animated TV series. It debuted on CBeebies on 23 January 2017. It is produced by Blue-Zoo Productions and Alphablocks, the studios that also produce Alphablocks, which is related and created by the same companies. The show teaches children numeracy including simple arithmetic.

In 2017 it was nominated for a Bafta in the "Learning" category.

Numberblocks
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Genre	Comedy Surrealism
Written by	Max Allen Ben Lee Delisle Andrew Barnett Jones Ciaran Murtagh
Directed by	Simon Taylor
Voices of	Elizabeth "Beth" Chalmers Teresa Gallagher Rasmus Hardiker David Holt Marcellus "Marcel" McCalla Emma Tate
Composer	Ben Lee Delisle
Country of origin	United Kingdom (UK)
Original languages	British English, Portuguese, Spanish
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	80 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Joe Elliot
Running time	5 minutes
Production companies	Blue-Zoo Alphablocks
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	23 January 2017 – present
Related
Alphablocks (spin-off) Numberjacks

Premise

Numberblocks follows the adventures of cute block characters in Numberland, with the number of blocks determining which numeral they stand for and a tiny black floating number above them to show how many blocks they are made of, which they call a Numberling. When one of the blocks hops on top of another, they transform into a different character to make a new number. The show helps toddlers and young kids learn numeracy skills, especially how to count and do simple math.

Characters

• Zero/0: Zero blocks. She resembles a ghost, with only a visible mouth. Voiced by Teresa Gallagher.
• One/1: One single red block, but also sometimes a solid "one-block". She is a cube. She resembles a cyclops, due to her one eye, unlike the other Numberblocks. She is sweet, fun-loving, curious, bubbly, friendly, and clever. Sometimes she feels self-conscious about only being a single block. She also loves finding things that there are one of. She appears in almost all of the episodes. Voiced by Beth Chalmers.
• Two/2: Two orange blocks. Starting from his eponymous episode onwards, he wears purple glasses and two sparkling orange dancing shoes. He is very kind and smart, and is One's best friend who loves helping her make pairs, like shoes and socks. Voiced by Marcel McCalla.
• Three/3: Three yellow blocks. She resembles a jester, due to her cap with three bells, and her three red juggling balls down her front. She is happy-go-lucky, sometimes a little self-centered, and loves to entertain and juggle. Her catchphrase is "Look at me!" Voiced by Beth Chalmers.
• Four/4: Four green blocks, usually oriented as a 2×2 square, but sometimes four blocks high or arranged like Tetris blocks. He has square-shaped eyes square-shaped eyebrows, and an upper-overbite. He is happy-go-lucky, sweet, kind-hearted, and friendly. He loves being a square and finding things which are square. Voiced by Marcel McCalla.
• Five/5: Five blue blocks. She wears a big glove with five fingers, and has a star around her right eye. She also has an Irish accent. She is sweet, bubbly, and friendly, and loves reading her book and guiding the other Numberblocks from One to Four on adventures, games, and many other things. She can also transform in to an L or T shape, or sometimes pentominoes from some Tetris games. She once formed a band in her eponymous episode. Voiced by Beth Chalmers.
• Six/6: Six indigo/dark purple blocks with one spot each. She has three eyelashes on each eye. When oriented six blocks high, she can make dice markings appear on her body. She loves playing games, rolling dice, and rapping. She also loves to rhyme, and she almost always speaks in rhyme. Voiced by Teresa Gallagher.
• Seven/7: Seven blocks, each one in a different color of the rainbow. He has rainbow-colored hair. He also has a Welsh accent. He is naturally lucky, friendly, and kind, and loves making others happy. His catchphrase is, "That was lucky!" When he was first seen, he was purple. Voiced by David Holt.
• Eight/8: Eight magenta blocks. His eyes are dark magenta with eight long points (four on each side), and he has eight cuttlefish tentacles. He is also known as "Octoblock". He is bold, heroic, and kind, and loves using all of his limbs for many things, such as tickling, climbing, running, crawling, and many others. His catchphrases are "Octoblock, [command]! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, [said command]!" and "Have no fear, Octoblock is here!" In Chapter 8 of "Now We Are Six To Ten", he did not have super powers like running or climbing up tall buildings until he was tickled by a radioactive octopus. Voiced by Marcel McCalla.
• Nine/9: Nine blocks, each three in a different shade of grey, usually oriented as a 3×3 square. He is best friends with Four. He is also calm, and kind. While being a 3×3 square, he sneezes often, temporarily losing a One from his center and becoming an Eight again. Voiced by David Holt.
• Ten/10: Ten white blocks with red borders, but also sometimes a solid "ten-block". She wears two gloves with five fingers each, and has a star around both eyes. She can also turn herself into a rocket, and then blast off by counting down from ten to one. Voiced by Teresa Gallagher.
• Eleven/11: Eleven blocks, ten white with red borders, and one red. She has lime-green limbs and one eye larger than the other. She loves playing football and a fan of the sport. Voiced by Beth Chalmers.
• Twelve/12: Twelve blocks, ten white with red borders, and two orange. When oriented in a 4×3 or 3×4 rectangle, her orange blocks are in the middle. When oriented in a 1×12 tower, her orange blocks are on top. She wears a rectangular wristwatch-like device on her left wrist called an 'array display', has red legs, yoga pants and rectangular eyes. She is also known a super rectangle, because her blocks can form lots of different-sized rectangles. Voiced by Emma Tate.
• Thirteen/13: Thirteen blocks, ten white with red borders, and three yellow. Every time anyone, even Thirteen himself, says his name, something unlucky happens to him and he splits into a Ten and a Three. Voiced by Marcel McCalla.
• Fourteen/14: Fourteen blocks, ten white with red borders, and four green. He wears a dark green helmet and has rainbow-colored eyebrows. He is a skateboarder, and he calls himself "Extreme Fourteen". He rides on a rainbow-coloured skateboard that splits into halves every time he splits into two Sevens. He also speaks with a Scottish English. His catchphrase is "Extreme!" Voiced by David Holt.
• Fifteen/15: Fifteen blocks, ten white with red borders, and five blue. She has dark blue eyes with a double-step-shaped mask around them and two boots, one white, and one blue. She is a Super Special Step Shape Secret Agent, codenamed "Agent Fifteen". She often hides in the form of steps and sometimes a tower, and splits herself into the Super Special Secret Step Squad, a group that consists of the first five Numberblocks. Her catchphrase is "Hush, hush!" Voiced by Teresa Gallagher.
• Sixteen/16: Sixteen blocks, ten white with red borders, and six indigo, usually oriented as a 4×4 square. She also has lavender eyes and dark indigo limbs. She likes throwing square parties. She is also made up of four squares. She can sneeze into a Twelve and a Four as shown by her introduction episode. Voiced by Beth Chalmers.
• Seventeen/17: Seventeen blocks, ten white with red borders, and seven rainbow-colored. He has dark purple eyes and limbs. He likes painting that can paint seventeen of everything. Voiced by David Holt.
• Eighteen/18: Eighteen blocks, ten white with red borders, and eight magenta. Like his sister Twelve, he likes to rides rays and is a super rectangle. He is also speedy and very active. His catchphrase is "Refreshing!" Voiced by Rasmus Hardiker.
• Nineteen/19: Nineteen blocks, ten white with red borders, and nine grey-shaded. She has a pencil that follows her around and a hidden talent, which is shapeshifting. Voiced by Emma Tate.
• Twenty/20: Twenty apricot blocks with orange borders. He wears purple eyeglasses like Two does. He has black & white shoes and also wears a wristwatch. He loves to dance. Voiced by Marcel McCalla.
• Twenty-One/21: Twenty one blocks, with Twenty and One together. Voiced by Marcel McCalla and Beth Chalmers.

Episodes

There are 6 seasons in Numberblocks.

Season 1 (2017)

1. One
2. Another One
3. Two
4. Three
5. One, Two, Three!
6. Four
7. Five
8. Three Little Pigs
9. Off We Go
10. How To Count
11. Stampolines
12. The Whole of Me
13. The Terrible Twos
14. Holes
15. Hide & Seek

Season 2 (2017)

1. Six
2. Seven
3. Eight
4. Nine
5. Ten
6. Just Add One
7. Blast Off
8. Counting Sheep
9. Double Trouble
10. The Three Threes
11. Odds & Evens
12. Fluffies
13. The Two Tree
14. Numberblock Castle
15. Ten Green Bottles

Season 3 (2018)

1. Once Upon a Time
2. Blockzilla
3. The Numberblocks Express
4. Fruit Salad
5. Zero
6. Now We Are Six to Ten
7. Numberblobs
8. Building Blocks
9. Peekaboo!
10. Hiccups
11. What's the Difference?
12. Numberblock Rally
13. Five and Friends
14. Octoblock to the Rescue!
15. Ten Again
16. Flatland
17. Pattern Palace
18. Legend of The Big Tum
19. Mirror, Mirror
20. The Wrong Number

Season 4 (2019)

1. Eleven
2. Twelve
3. The Way of the Rectangle
4. Ride the Rays
5. Block Star
6. Thirteen
7. Fourteen
8. Fifteen
9. Tween Scenes
10. Step Squads

Season 5 (2019)

1. Fifteen’s Minute of Fame
2. On Your Head
3. Ten’s Place
4. Balancing Bridge
5. Sixteen
6. Square Club
7. Seventeen
8. Eighteen
9. Loop the Loop
10. Nineteen
11. Twenty
12. Tall Stories
13. Flights of Fancy
14. I Can Count To Twenty
15. Heist

Season 6 (2019)

1. Sign of the Times
2. Fun Times Fair
3. The Lair of Shares
4. Terrible Twosday
5. Divide and Drive

Broadcast

The series began airing on TVOKids in Canada on 5 February 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Numberblocks on Cbeebies
• Numberblocks at IMDb