The Numtums

***The Numtums*** is a British animated children's television series. It was created by Barry Quinn for CBeebies.

### The Numtums

- Stanley "Stan" Carlin (also known as Zero) is a shapeshifting Numtum in his yellow number zero. He appears in series one.
- Bendy Go "Ben" Jarewood (also known as Zero) is the tallest Numtum in his green number one.
- Darcy "Dar Dar" Jarewood  (also known as Zero) is skateboarder Numpup in her pink number two.
- Champer "Champy" Viceburg  (also named Three) is the highest jumper in his yellow number three.
- Gladdy Peterson (also known as Four) acts as the parental figure of the Numpups in her blue number four. She likes neatness.
- Little Sandy Indicineburg (also known as Five) is the smartest Numpup, and a scientist in her pink number five.
- Flord "Flinders" Eriwood (also known as Six) is a very old Numtum and gives the Numpups adventures in his green number six.
- Humpty Do Indicineburg (also known as Seven) is the hungriest Numpup in his light blue number seven.
- Karin "Coogee" Umbuson (also known as Eight) is a baby Numpup in her golden number eight.
- Toby "Hobart" Geridwood (also known as Nine) is a very talented dancing Numtum in his yellow number nine.
- Nimbin "Nimby" Jackson (also known as Ten) is a painting Numtum in her purple number ten.
- Super Numtum is a superhero Numtum in his clear enclosing square.

### Other animals

- Billy the Hedgehog is an indigo hedgehog. He is the coolest animal in the Gumnut Gorge. He appears in series two and three.
- Larry the Lyrebird is a lyrebird. He appears in series two and three.
- The Flamingos live in the Gumnut Gorge and need the Numtums to get them in order.
- F.T. "Fluffy" McTuffy the Koala is a koala. She is Super Numtum's enemy with plans for world domination.
- Frilly Lizzie the Frilled Lizard is a frilled lizard. He is Fluffy's smart, timid, silent and somewhat stoic henchman.

## Production

_The Numtums_ was animated by Beakus in series one and A Productions in series two and three. Series one was aimed at toddlers, but series two and three were revamped for an older audience and introduced more complex concepts such as subtraction, shape recognition and numbers from eleven to twenty with computer animation, and using a more Australian theme. The creator Barry Quinn said in an interview that "we were looking at doing a show about numbers for the early years and an educational expert told us bright, cute characters were a good way to get kids interested." A lot of animal names were suggested but he settled on numbats who had 'num' in their name.

### Series 1 (2012)

|#|Episode name|Number Counting|Original airdate|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Number One|Splatting Number One / One's Disco Party / Animal Counting - One Skunk / One Orange / One Ice Cream / One Robot||
|2|Number Two|||
|3|Number Three|||
|4|Number Four|||
|5|Number Five|||
|6|Number Six|||
|7|Number Seven|||
|8|Number Eight|||
|9|Number Nine|||
|10|Number Ten|||
|11|More Number One|||
|12|More Number Two|||
|13|More Number Three|||
|14|More Number Four|||
|15|More Number Five|||
|16|More Number Six|||
|17|More Number Seven|||
|18|More Number Eight|||
|19|More Number Nine|||
|20|More Number Ten|||
|21|Animals|||
|22|Clothes|||
|23|Vehicles|||
|24|Food|||
|25|Games|||

### Series 2 (2013)

|#|Episode name|Original airdate|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|Very Fast Food||
|2|You Can Do It, Humpty Do!||
|3|School Of Cool||
|4|Numbot||
|5|The Quest For The Hooded Paw||
|6|Unstuck With A Stick||
|7|Termite Takeaway||
|8|Painting By Numtums||
|9|Tum Tum Tap Tap||
|10|Faster, Higher, Funnier||
|11|Tent-o-saurus||
|12|Hoedown Havoc||
|13|Numpups Can't Fly||
|14|Beak Of The Week||
|15|Koala On The Loose||
|16|Larry's Takeaway Trial||
|17|Treasure Trail||
|18|The Mysterious Land Beyond Ten||
|19|Little Sandy's Rocket||
|20|Don't Forget To Remember||
|21|The Search For The Five Keys||
|22|Cafe Chaos||
|23|Billy And Champer's Big Adventure||
|24|Humpty Do's Zoo||
|25|Picture Perfect||
|26|You've Missed Your Cue, Humpty Do||

### Series 3 (2013)

|#|Episode name|Original airdate|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|Feet Don't Fail Me Now||
|2|Switcheroo||
|3|Larry Gets the Hiccups||
|4|Hunt for the Golden Treat||
|5|Gladdy's Special Birthday||
|6|Numpup Nursery||
|7|Gladdy's Secret Recipe||
|8|Larry and Billy's Dance Game||
|9|Yo Ho Bendy Go||
|10|Humpty Do, What about You?||
|11|Has Anyone Seen Hobart?||
|12|Never Fear, Nimbin's Here!||
|13|The Great Hobarto's Magic Act||
|14|Finding Neddy||
|15|Find Those Flamingos||
|16|Running Like Clockwork||
|17|Little Sandy's Big Bug Hunt||
|18|The Drumtums||
|19|Champer Loses His Bounce||
|20|Darr Darr's Not-so-Lucky Flower||
|21|Hobart's Hand Bells||
|22|The Great Numpup Rally||
|23|Flinders' First Sunset||
|24|Rule Are Rules||
|25|The Best Hobart Ever||
|26|Flinders' Big Adventure||

## Broadcast

_The Numtums_ debuted on CBeebies in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2012 on the channel's Love to Learn block. The series aired on ABC3KIDS in Australia and New Zealand.

## Other websites

- on Beakus
- on A Production

## Infobox (television)

- **creator**: Barry Quinn
- **director**: Mark Taylor
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **language**: English
- **num series**: 3
- **num episodes**: 78
- **list episodes**: List of The Numtums episodes
- **company**: BBC
- **network**: CBeebies