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{{Infobox television |
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| show_name = Alphablocks |
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| genre = Learning<br />Pre-School |
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| format = Animation |
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| creator = |
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| developer = |
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| writer = [[Max Allen]]<br />Joe Elliot<br />[[Neil Richards]]<br />[[Maurice Suckling]] |
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| starring = |
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| judges = |
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| voices = [[Teresa Gallagher]]<br />[[David Holt (voice actor)|David Holt]]<br />[[Lizzie Waterworth]] |
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| composer = [[Ben Lee-Delisle]] |
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| country = United Kingdom |
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| language = English |
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| num_seasons = 4 |
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| num_episodes = 111 |
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| list_episodes = #Aired episodes |
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| executive_producer = [[Rebecca Shallcross]]<br />Joe Elliot |
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| producer = Sioned Wyn Roberts |
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| runtime = 3 min (Series 1)<br />5 min (Series 2 & 3) |
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| company = Alphablocks Ltd |
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| distributor = Alphablocks Ltd |
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| channel = [[CBeebies]] |
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| picture_format = Widescreen |
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| first_aired = 25 January 2010 |
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| last_aired = Present |
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| website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/ |
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| production_website = http://www.blue-zoo.co.uk |
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'''Alphablocks''' is a British children's educational television programme that attempts to teach children how to spell with the use of animated blocks representing each letter. It is animated by [[Blue-Zoo]] and produced by Alphablocks Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/gallery/alphablocks_tv_series/|title=Alphablocks|publisher=Blue Zoo Animation Studio}}</ref> |
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==Characters== |
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|A||[[green]]||female||She likes to sing and help the other vowels. She has a bandage on her cheek and apples keep falling on her little head. |
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|B||light [[blue]]||female||She plays the bass guitar. She is D's older sister. |
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|C||pinkish-red||female||The only female who performs stunts. She wears goggles and makes cracks and is K's younger sister. |
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|D||[[purple]]||male||He is a proper cube shape and he plays the drums. He is the younger brother to B. |
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|E||[[red]]||male||He is the busiest letter in the alphabet. His 'eh's echo from the loudhailer he uses. He also becomes Magic E who is black with a top hat and red eye mask to make the other vowels say their names. |
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|F||[[purple]]||female||She is into floating and blowing. She is designed like an astronaut with a small life-support backpack. She can fly about in air or in space. Her 'ffff' sound is used to represent the sound of a space rocket. |
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|G||green||female||She Looks like a plant with flowers on her sides and grassy hair and sometimes she drinks water, and when that happens her hair grows.. |
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|H||yellow||female||She can get tired when running: Her 'h-h-h-h' sound is panting. |
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|I||fuchsia||female||Her singing can be too loud sometimes but the Alphablocks really like her singing. She is also self-absorbed and thinks she is the most important letter. |
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|J||blue and [[white]]||female||She looks like a penguin, but thinks she is a jay bird. She thinks she can sing and fly like a real jay. |
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|K||[[yellow]]||male||He likes to kick his football (soccer ball). He is the older brother to C. |
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|L||[[lilac (colour)|lilac]]||female||She loves to sing songs with her L sound. She sings a special lullaby to help the others get to sleep. |
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|M||white w/ blue feet||male||He is designed as a chef and likes to eat things,(even stuff that is not food) which makes him quite greedy, which can irritate the other Alphablocks. |
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|N||[[red]]-orange||male||He is quite stubborn and negative. He says 'No' even when the answer is yes. In "Ants", A, P, T, and S were blaming him for doing nothing, which made him very upset. |
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|O||[[orange (color)|orange]]||male||He can only make his "o-o-o-o" but is smiling and happy. He likes to investigate things with his magnifying glass. |
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|P||bright green, blue and purple||female||She can appear and disappear by making a popping noise and it can scare the others when they are busy. She appears to be a pixie. She is very sweet and always helps her friends. |
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|Q||green w/ violet hair||female||She is an old green woman who wants to be quite quarreling and is also in love with U which is who she also needs to make her "qu" sound, but he runs away. |
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|R||red||female||She is tomboyish and looks like a pirate. |
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|S||red, white, blue, orange, green, and yellow||female||She looks like a beach ball. She can inflate and deflate and fly about. |
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|T||dark blue||male||He wears a monocle and white moustache and likes to drink tea. He says "t, t" when he is out of tea. He is one of the consonants who appears the most. |
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|U||light blue||male||He wears square glasses and is quite moody. He always runs away from Q. He usually say words like "unfair" or "unbelievable." |
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|V||red||male||He is designed as a race driver who is very, very fast with his steering wheel and has feathers on his arms. |
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|W ||dark blue||male||He cries when he gets hurt or when he is upset causing floods everywhere. |
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|X||blue and yellow||male||He is the superhero and has X-ray vision. He also becomes Plusman when his letter shape goes all wonky turning it into a plus sign by accident and he turns red with a different personality. He has the power to make compound words - putting 2 little words together into 1 whole big word. |
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|Y||yellow||male||He is the youngest male Alphablock who'd like to be a vowel. He perseveres even if he has trouble doing things. |
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|Z||Lime green||male||He is the oldest Alphablock with a walking stick and can sleep almost anywhere. |
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==Aired episodes== |
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===Series 1 === |
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Series 1 originally ran in the UK from January to February 2010.<ref name=tvdb>{{cite web|url=http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=138481|title=Alphablocks|publisher=tvdb}}</ref> |
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# Alphablocks (Pilot) |
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# Bee (E's song) |
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# Top |
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# Why |
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# Key |
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# Glow |
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# Sing |
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# Band |
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# Party |
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# Cha Cha Cha |
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# Race |
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# Moon |
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# Alphalympics |
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# Sail |
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# UFO |
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# Fox |
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# Surprise |
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# Bus |
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# Space |
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# Hide |
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# Quiet ''Error:'' While Q Stuck Together With U His Glass Was tall but when unstuck it is short. |
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# Map |
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# Jaybird |
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# Note |
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# Zzzzz |
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# Magic (Magic E's song) |
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The episode UFO has some short amusing reflections on ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''. |
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===Series 2 === |
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Series 2 originally ran in the UK from February to March 2012.<ref name=tvdb/> |
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<ol start=27> |
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<li>Taps</li> |
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<li>In</li> |
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<li>Man</li> |
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<li>Din</li> |
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<li>Dog</li> |
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<li>Cat</li> |
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<li>Pen</li> |
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<li>Up</li> |
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<li>Red</li> |
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<li>Hen</li> |
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<li>Bop</li> |
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<li>Fred</li> |
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<li>Hill</li> |
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<li>Van</li> |
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<li>Zap</li> |
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<li>Dot</li> |
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<li>Lips</li> |
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<li>Web</li> |
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<li>Box</li> |
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<li>Quick</li> |
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<li>Kick</li> |
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<li>Wig</li> |
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<li>Rainbow</li> |
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<li>On</li> |
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<li>ABC</li> |
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<li>The Cat Sat on The Mat</li></ol> |
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<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cz0vd/episodes/2012 |title=Episodes from Alphablocks: Series 2 broadcast in 2012 |year=2012 |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref> |
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===Series 3=== |
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Series 3 originally aired from October 2012 - March 2013 |
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*53. Wish |
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* 54. Snowman |
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*55. Win |
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* 56. Hat |
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*57. Little Red N |
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*58. Dots |
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*59. Frog on a Dog |
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*60. Best |
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*61. Fit |
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*62. Odd |
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*63. Champ |
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*64. Song |
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*65. Thing |
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*66. Train |
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*67. Beep |
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*68. Tightrope |
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*69. Toad |
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*70. Book |
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*71. Hey! |
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*72. Card |
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*73. The End |
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*74. How Now, Brown Cow? |
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*75. Fair |
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*76. Ants |
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*77. Ink |
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*78. Crash! |
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===Series 4 === |
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Series 4 began in the UK in June 2013 to July 2013.<ref name=tvdb/> |
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<ol start="80"> |
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<li>Four</li> |
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<li>Clap</li> |
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<li>Prank (originally shown on 16 November 2012 as part of Children in Need 2012)</li> |
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<li>Plusman</li> |
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<li>Alphabet</li> |
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<li>Name</li> |
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<li>Sleep |
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<li>Mine |
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<li>Home |
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<li>Blue |
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<li>Outlaw |
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<li>Birthday Girl |
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<li>Cowboy |
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<li>Zebra |
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<li>Horse |
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<li>Lion |
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<li>Kangaroo |
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<li>Turtle |
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<li>Viper |
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<li>Walrus |
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<li>Queen |
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<li>Witch |
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<li>Jackal |
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<li>Giraffe |
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<li>Tiger |
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<li>Monkey |
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<li>Ostrich |
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<li>Polar Bear |
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<li>Bear |
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<li>Moose |
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<li>Unicorn |
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<li>A to Z Sing and Dance the Letter Sounds |
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== See also == |
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* [[CBeebies]] |
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121. Penguin |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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== External links == |
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* {{Official website|http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/alphablocks/}} |
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[[Category:BBC children's television programmes]] |
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[[Category:Computer-animated television series]] |
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