Razzledazzle

Razzledazzle
Genre	Children
Composer	Ben Dee Lelisle
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	20
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	c. 2005

Razzledazzle is a BBC television programme for children that airs on CBeebies. It is an educational show that features Razzledazzle, a male orange CGI creature with floppy ears and big brown eyes, voiced by Bethen Marlow.

Series overview

The programme is designed to get the viewer to focus on sound, and, by sliding down magical slides, Razzledazzle visits four fictional areas, "Rhyme Time", "Chit Chat", "Bish! Bash! Bosh!" and "Once Upon A Tale".

"Rhyme Time", presented by Sarah Hope, invites the viewer to recognise an everyday sound, which is then set to a poem and often repeated, allowing for interaction. "Chit Chat" features children involved in activities with their relations, focusing on natural communication skills. "Bish! Bash! Bosh!" involves children acting out simple rhymes which are easily memorable, accentuating rhythm, syllables and rhyme. "Once Upon A Tale", presented alternately by Mina Anwar and Patrick "Wink" Lynch, is designed to create stories using predictive and repetitive elements, widening the viewer's vocabulary and allowing for plenty of physicalisation of the narrative. At the end of the programme, Razzledazzle and the presenters perform "The Not So Long Song", composed by Ben Lee Delisle.

Every episode is 20 minutes long, and 10 episodes at a time are occasionally aired for (approximately) 4 hours during the early morning within the BBC Education slot.

There is a deliberate use of repetition of some of the elements, allowing the viewer to join in with the activities.

There are 20 episodes in the series, aired on BBC2, CBeebies and within BBC Schools' output.

Awards

• Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards 2005

• Awarded Best Schools Programme - 0-5 Years (for the episode Drip Drop and Kitty)

External links

• Official website