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** Numbersongs (2019-22) 
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Numberblocks 	Numberblocks
 	
Genre 	
* Educational
* Preschool[1]
Created by 	Joe Elliot
Written by 	
* Max Allen
* Ben Lee Delisle
* Ciaran Murtagh
* Andrew Jones
Directed by 	
* Simon Taylor (series)
* Will Cook (animation)
* Lisa Huxstep (animation)
Voices of 	
* Beth Chalmers
* Sharon D. Clarke
* Teresa Gallagher
* Rasmus Hardiker
* David Holt
* Marcel McCalla
* Emma Tate
* Rosalie Craig
* Gregory Porter
* Sooz Kempner
* Andy Davies
* Kareña K. Ashton
* Paul Kissaun
* David Carling
Composer 	Ben Lee Delisle
Country of origin 	United Kingdom
Original language 	English
No. of series 	6
No. of episodes 	128 (including specials); 139 (Including Numbersong shorts)
Production 	Production
Executive producers 	Joe Elliot
Oli Hyatt
Catherine McAllister (CBeebies)
Joel Wilenius (CBeebies)
Editor 	Steve Hughes
Running time 	2-3 minutes (numbersongs)
5 minutes (main series)
10–20 minutes (specials)
Production companies	Blue-Zoo
Alphablocks Ltd.
Original release 	Original release
Network 	CBeebies
Release 	23 January 2017 –
present
Related 	Related
* Alphablocks
* Colourblocks	
* Alphablocks
* Colourblocks
Numberblocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 23 January 2017. The programme was created by Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd with Blue Zoo. It was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, with Larkshead Media and Learning Resources holding merchandising rights.
The show follows the Numberblocks, characters made of blocks who represent numbers. They live on a fictional planet called Numberland and embark on adventures relating to mathematical concepts. In 2017, the show was nominated for a BAFTA award in the "Learning" category.[2]
Premise
Numberblocks follows the adventures of sentient, colourful block characters in Numberland, each representing and named after a number, and made up of the equivalent number of blocks. A black floating number, called a Numberling, appears above their heads to show their value. When one block hops on top of another, they combine into a different character to make a new number. Many of the numbers have styles and personalities associated with their numbers (One is brave and independent, Four loves squares as he is a square number, Seven is rainbow-coloured and lucky due to the superstition behind that number, Eight has octopus-like tentacles as octopuses have 8 tentacles, Eleven loves football as a football team has 11 players, etc.).[3]
The show helps toddlers and young kids learn numeracy skills, especially how to count and do simple maths. Integer concepts such as even and odd numbers, and factoring are discussed and explored. More sophisticated ideas are also explored in later episodes such as comparison, square numbers, and triangular numbers (known as "Step Squads" in the series) as well as counting using binary numbers.[4]
Development
Kay Benbow of BBC Studios commissioned Numberblocks as an animated series for children aged 3–6 to be developed by Essex production company Blue Zoo.[5][6] The production was made in partnership with the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) to complement the Alphablocks series.[7] Created by Joe Elliot, the series was made to give children a deep understanding of how numbers work. Elliot wanted to visually show the concepts of maths in a way no other number series had, as he thought many people struggled with how the subject is taught.[5] In October 2018, Aardman Animations' international sales and acquisitions arm acquired the distribution rights to the show, along with Alphablocks.[8]
Episodes
Series 	Episodes	Episodes	Originally aired 	Originally aired
Series 	Episodes	Episodes	First aired 	Last aired
1 	15 	15 	23 January 2017 	10 February 2017
2 	15 	15 	1 May 2017 	19 May 2017
3 	30 	30 	24 September 2018	1 February 2019
4 	30 	30 	10 June 2019 	16 August 2019
5 	30 	30 	8 March 2021 	25 June 2021
6 	15 	15 	4 March 2024 	March 22, 2024[9]
Specials 	8 	8 	27 August 2021 	14 February 2022
Numbersongs	11 	11 	26 April 2019 	15 December 2022
Series 1 (2017)
No.
overall 	No. in
season 	Title [a] 	Directed by [b] 	Written by [b] 	Original release date [a] 	Original release date [a]
1 	1 	"One" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Miquel Cabot (Animation Lead) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot 	23 January 2017[10] 	23 January 2017[10]
Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.	Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.	Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.	Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.	Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.	Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.	Learn all about the number 1 with Numberblock One herself, as she sings a song about how it's like to be the only one.
2 	2 	"Another One" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Miquel Cabot (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh, & Andrew Jones 	24 January 2017 	24 January 2017
3 	3 	"Two" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot 	25 January 2017 	25 January 2017
4 	4 	"Three" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot 	26 January 2017 	26 January 2017
5 	5 	"One, Two, Three" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Mariella Capasso (Animation Lead) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	27 January 2017 	27 January 2017
6 	6 	"Four" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Mariella Capasso (Animation Lead) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Ciaran Murtagh, & Andrew Jones 	30 January 2017 	30 January 2017
7 	7 	"Five" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Ciaran Murtagh, & Andrew Jones 	31 January 2017 	31 January 2017
8 	8 	"Three Little Pigs" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Miquel Cabot (Animation Lead) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	1 February 2017 	1 February 2017
9 	9 	"Off We Go!" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Lizzie Hicks (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot 	2 February 2017 	2 February 2017
10 	10 	"How To Count" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Miquel Cabot (Animation Lead) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	3 February 2017 	3 February 2017
11 	11 	"Stampolines" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Miquel Cabot (Animation Lead) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	6 February 2017 	6 February 2017
12 	12 	"The Whole of Me" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director and Tony Trimmer (Artistic Director) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	8 February 2017 	8 February 2017
13 	13 	"The Terrible Twos" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Mariella Capasso (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh, & Andrew Jones 	7 February 2017 	7 February 2017
14 	14 	"Holes" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot 	9 February 2017 	9 February 2017
15 	15 	"Hide & Seek" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Mariella Capasso (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot 	10 February 2017 	10 February 2017
Series 2 (2017)
No.
overall	No. in
season	Title [a] 	Directed by [b] 	Written by [b] 	Original release date [a]
16	1 	"Six" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	1 May 2017[11]
17	2 	"Seven" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Alec Smith (Animation Director) 	Ben Lee-Delisle & Andrew Jones	2 May 2017
18	3 	"Eight" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Alec Smith (Animation Director) 	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	3 May 2017
19	4 	"Nine" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Alec Smith (Animation Director) 	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	4 May 2017
20	5 	"Ten" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	5 May 2017
21	6 	"Just Add One" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot 	8 May 2017
22	7 	"Blast Off" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Max Allen 	9 May 2017
23	8 	"Counting Sheep" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	10 May 2017
24	9 	"Double Trouble" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Max Allen 	11 May 2017
25	10	"The Three Threes" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Max Allen & Joe Elliot 	12 May 2017
26	11	"Odds and Evens" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	15 May 2017
27	12	"Fluffies" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Krissy Josephides (Animation Lead) 	Joe Elliot 	16 May 2017
28	13	"The Two Tree" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Max Allen 	17 May 2017
29	14	"Numberblock Castle"	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones 	18 May 2017
30	15	"Ten Green Bottles" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Alec Smith and Krissy Josephides (Animation Directors)	Max Allen & Joe Elliot 	19 May 2017
Series 3 (2018–19)
No.
overall	No. in
season	Title [a] 	Directed by [b] 	Written by [b] 	Original release date [a]
31	1 	"Once Upon a Time" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	24 September 2018[12]
32	2 	"Blockzilla" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	25 September 2018
33	3 	"The Numberblocks Express"	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	26 September 2018
34	4 	"Fruit Salad" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	27 September 2018
35	5 	"Zero" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot 	28 September 2018
36	6 	"Now We Are Six to Ten" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	1 October 2018
37	7 	"Numberblobs" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	2 October 2018
38	8 	"Building Blocks" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	3 October 2018
39	9 	"Peekaboo!" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	4 October 2018
40	10	"Hiccups" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	5 October 2018
41	11	"What's the Difference?" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	8 October 2018
42	12	"Numberblock Rally" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	9 October 2018
43	13	"Five and Friends" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	10 October 2018
44	14	"Octoblock to the Rescue!"	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	11 October 2018
45	15	"Ten Again" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	12 October 2018
46	16	"Flatland" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	15 October 2018
47	17	"Pattern Palace" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	16 October 2018
48	18	"Legend of The Big Tum" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	17 October 2018
49	19	"Mirror, Mirror" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	18 October 2018
50	20	"The Wrong Number" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	19 October 2018
51	21	"Eleven" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	21 January 2019
52	22	"Twelve" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	22 January 2019
53	23	"The Way of the Rectangle"	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	23 January 2019
54	24	"Ride the Rays" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	25 January 2019
55	25	"Block Star" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	24 January 2019
56	26	"Thirteen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	28 January 2019
57	27	"Fourteen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle 	29 January 2019
58	28	"Fifteen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	30 January 2019
59	29	"Tween Scenes" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	31 January 2019
60	30	"Step Squads" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	1 February 2019
Series 4 (2019)
No.
overall	No. in
season	Title [a] 	Directed by [b] 	Written by [b] 	Original release date [a]
61	1 	"Fifteen's Minute of Fame" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Lead) 	Max Allen 	10 June 2019[13]
62	2 	"On Your Head" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	11 June 2019
63	3 	"Ten's Place" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	12 June 2019
64	4 	"Balancing Bridge" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	13 June 2019
65	5 	"Sixteen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	14 June 2019
66	6 	"Square Club" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	17 June 2019
67	7 	"Seventeen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	18 June 2019
68	8 	"Eighteen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	19 June 2019
69	9 	"Loop the Loop" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	20 June 2019
70	10	"Nineteen" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	21 June 2019
71	11	"Twenty" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	8 July 2019
72	12	"Tall Stories" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	9 July 2019
73	13	"Flights of Fancy" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	10 July 2019
74	14	"I Can Count To Twenty" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	11 July 2019
75	15	"Heist" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	12 July 2019
76	16	"Sign of the Times" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	15 July 2019
77	17	"Fun Times Fair" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	16 July 2019
78	18	"The Lair of Shares" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	17 July 2019
79	19	"Terrible Twosday" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	18 July 2019
80	20	"Divide and Drive" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	19 July 2019
81	21	"Twenty-One and On" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	5 August 2019
82	22	"We're Going On A Square Hunt"	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Max Allen 	6 August 2019
83	23	"Thirty's Big Top" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	7 August 2019
84	24	"Land of the Giants" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	8 August 2019
85	25	"Fifty" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	9 August 2019
86	26	"Sixty's High Score" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	12 August 2019
87	27	"The Big One" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Jones	13 August 2019
88	28	"One Hundred" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	14 August 2019
89	29	"One Thousand And One" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Joe Elliot 	15 August 2019
90	30	"More To Explore" 	Simon Taylor (Series Director) and Will Cook (Animation Director)	Ben Lee-Delisle & Joe Elliot 	16 August 2019
Series 5 (2021)
No.
overall	No. in
season	Title [a] 	Directed by [b] 	Written by [b] 	Original release date [a]
91 	1 	"Your Turn" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	8 March 2021[14]
92 	2 	"Now You See Us" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	9 March 2021
93 	3 	"Ten's Top Ten" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Damon Winterburn (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	10 March 2021
94 	4 	"What's My Number?" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Max Allen, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	11 March 2021
95 	5 	"Fun Times One Times Table" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Damon Winterburn (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	12 March 2021
96 	6 	"The Many Friends of Twenty" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Max Allen, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	15 March 2021
97 	7 	"Ten Vaulting" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	16 March 2021
98 	8 	"Twoland" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	17 March 2021
99 	9 	"Two Times Shoe Shop" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	18 March 2021
100	10	"Odd Side Story" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	19 March 2021
101	11	"How Rectangly!" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Damon Winterburn (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	22 March 2021
102	12	"Rectangle Racers" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Max Allen, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	23 March 2021
103	13	"The Team Factor" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Damon Winterburn (Lead Animators) 	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	24 March 2021
104	14	"Hidden Talents" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	25 March 2021
105	15	"Making Patterns" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	26 March 2021
106	16	"Now in 3D" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	7 June 2021
107	17	"Club Picnic" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	8 June 2021
108	18	"Too Many Threes" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Max Allen, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	9 June 2021
109	19	"Circus of Threes" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Damon Winterburn (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	10 June 2021
110	20	"Figure It Out" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep & Charlotte-Binnie Thompson (Lead Animators)	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	11 June 2021
111	21	"Snow Day Doubles" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	14 June 2021
112	22	"Steps Versus Squares" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Max Allen, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	15 June 2021
113	23	"Puzzle Square" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep & Charlotte-Binnie Thompson (Lead Animators)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	16 June 2021
114	24	"Four on the Floor" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	17 June 2021
115	25	"Sky High Fives" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	18 June 2021
116	26	"One Giant Step Squad" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep & Charlotte-Binnie Thompson (Lead Animators)	Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	21 June 2021
117	27	"Square on the Moon" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Megan Pearce (Lead Animators) 	Max Allen, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	22 June 2021
118	28	"Heroes With Zeroes" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	23 June 2021
119	29	"What If?" 	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep and Steve Kimbrey (Lead Animators) 	Ben Lee-Delisle, Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones	24 June 2021
120	30	"100 Ways to Leave the Planet"	Simon Taylor, (Series Director) Lisa Huxstep & Charlotte-Binnie Thompson (Lead Animators)	Joe Elliot, Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones 	25 June 2021
Series 6 (2024)
On February 22, 2024, Numberblocks announced that there will be new episodes coming out, being broadcast on Monday, 4 March 2024.[15] It then concluded on March 22nd, 2024 as stating it’s the season finale in the promotion of The Pattern of Patterns, and a series finale in 
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Alphablocks 	Alphablocks
 	
Genre 	
* Educational
* Preschool
Created by 	Joe Elliot
Written by 	
* Max Allen
* Joe Elliot
* Neil & Annabel Richards
* Maurice Suckling
Voices of 	
* Teresa Gallagher
* David Holt
* Lizzie Waterworth
Composer 	Ben Lee-Delisle
Country of origin 	United Kingdom
Original language 	English
No. of series 	4
No. of episodes 	95
Production 	Production
Executive producers 	
* Rebecca Shallcross
* Joe Elliot
Producer 	Sioned Wyn Roberts
Running time 	
* 3 minutes (series 1)
* 5 minutes (series 2-4)
* 10-20 minutes (specials)
Production companies	
* Magic Lantern (series 1)
* Alphablocks Ltd (series 2-specials)
* Blue Zoo Animation Studio (uncredited, credited in specials)
Original release 	Original release
Network 	CBeebies
Release 	25 January 2010 –
14 February 2022
Related 	Related
* Numberblocks
* Colourblocks	
* Numberblocks
* Colourblocks
Alphablocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 25 January 2010. The programme was created by Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd (Magic Lantern in series 1) with Blue Zoo.[1] It was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The show follows the Alphablocks, characters made of blocks who represent each letter of the alphabet. They live in a fictional planet called Alphaland and embark on adventures relating to word concepts.
List of episodes
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Series 	Episodes	Episodes	Originally aired	Originally aired
Series 	Episodes	Episodes	First aired 	Last aired
1 	26 	26 	25 January 2010 	19 February 2010
2 	26 	26 	8 March 2011 	30 March 2012
3 	26 	26 	1 October 2012 	23 January 2013
4 	13 	13 	17 June 2013 	2 July 2013
5 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
Specials 	8 	8 	16 October 2021 	14 February 2022
Word Magic	26 	26 	23 March 2020 	23 March 2020
Series 1 (2010)
No.
overall	No. in
season	Title 	Directed by 	Written by 	Original release date
1 	1 	"Alphablocks"[2]	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot & Max Allen 	January 25, 2010
2 	2 	"Bee" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot; Max Allen (Lead Writer)	January 25, 2010
3 	3 	"Top" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards, Maurice Suckling 	January 26, 2010
4 	4 	"Why" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	January 26, 2010
5 	5 	"Key" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	January 27, 2010
6 	6 	"Glow" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins 	January 27, 2010
7 	7 	"Sing" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot 	January 28, 2010
8 	8 	"Band" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	January 28, 2010
9 	9 	"Party" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	January 29, 2010
10	10	"Cha Cha Cha" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling 	February 1, 2010
11	11	"Race" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot 	February 1, 2010
12	12	"Moon" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins 	February 2, 2010
13	13	"Alphalympics" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	February 3, 2010
14	14	"Sail" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling 	February 4, 2010
15	15	"UFO" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	February 5, 2010
16	16	"Fox" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	February 5, 2010
17	17	"Surprise" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling 	February 8, 2010
18	18	"Bus" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling 	February 9, 2010
19	19	"Space" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards, Maurice Suckling 	February 10, 2010
20	20	"Hide" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins 	February 11, 2010
21	21	"Quiet" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	February 12, 2010
22	22	"Map" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer) 	February 15, 2010
23	23	"Jaybird" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins 	February 16, 2010
24	24	"Note" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins 	February 17, 2010
25	25	"Zzzzz" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins 	February 19, 2010
26	26	"Magic" 	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot 	February 19, 2010
Series 2 (2011-12)
No.
overall	No. in
season	Title 	Directed by 	Written by 	Original release date
27	1 	"Taps"[2] 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	February 27, 2012
28	2 	"In" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	February 28, 2012
29	3 	"Man" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	February 29, 2012
30	4 	"Din" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 1, 2012
31	5 	"Dog" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 2, 2012
32	6 	"Cat" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 2, 2012
33	7 	"Pen" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 8, 2011
34	8 	"Up" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Joe Elliot 	March 6, 2012
35	9 	"Red" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 7, 2012
36	10	"Hen" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 8, 2012
37	11	"Bop" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 9, 2012
38	12	"Fred" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 12, 2012
39	13	"Hill" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 13, 2012
40	14	"Van" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 14, 2012
41	15	"Zap" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 15, 2012
42	16	"Dot" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 16, 2012
43	17	"Surprise" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 19, 2012
44	18	"Web" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 20, 2012
45	19	"Box" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 21, 2012
46	20	"Quick" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 22, 2012
47	21	"Kick" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Joe Elliot 	March 23, 2012
48	22	"Wig" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Sioned Wyn Roberts 	March 26, 2012
49	23	"Rainbow" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil & Annabel Richards 	March 27, 2012
50	24	"On" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins 	March 28, 2012
51	25	"ABC" 	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen 	March 29, 2012
52	26	"The Cat Sat On The Mat"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Joe Elliot 	March 30, 2012
Series 3 (2012–13)
# Wish (UG word family)
# Snowman (AN word family)
# Win (IN word family)
# Hat (AP word family)
# Little Red N
# Dots
# Frog on a Dog (short vowels I and O)
# Best (letter blend ST)
# Fit (IT word family)
# Odd (short vowel O; nonsense words)
# Champ (digraphs CH and SH)
# Song (digraph NG)
# Thing (digraph TH)
# Train (digraph AI)
# Beep (digraph EE)
# Tightrope (trigraph IGH)
# Toad (digraph OA)
# Book (digraph OO)
# Hey! (vowels A, I, O, and OO)
# Card (digraph AR)
# The End (digraphs OI, OR, and UR)
# How now brown cow (digraph OW)
# Fair (trigraphs AIR, EAR, and URE, and digraph ER)
# Ants (introduction to letter blends)
# Ink (INK word family)
# Crash (short vowel A; onomatopoeic words)
[2]
Series 4 (2013)
# Four (words with ending blends)
# Clap (words with beginning blends)
# Prank (words with beginning and ending blends)
# Plusman (compound words)
# Alphabet (digraphs WH and PH)
# Name (long vowel A)
# Sleep (long vowel E)
# Mine (long vowel I)
# Home (long vowel O)
# Blue (long vowel U, and digraph EW)
# Outlaw (words with AW and AU)
# Birthday Girl (digraph IR)
# Cowboy (digraphs OY and OU)
[2]
Series 5 (TBD)
Episodes of this season remain unknown, but it was announced in Cbeebies’ new commissions for the Blocks series.[3] It was later confirmed on February 9th, 2024 that it'd release between the range of 2024 and 2027, and it's currently in the animation stage by LinkedIn user Dyle Sanders being confirmed to work on both Series 5 of both Alphablocks and Numberblocks.
Specials (2021-22)
# Band Together (making words with letters appearing in alphabetical order)
# The Wonderful Wizard of Az (changing vowels in CVC words)
# Boo! (vowels A, O, and OO)
# Letters to Santa (Christmas vocabulary)
# Making Friends
# Crossover (the A1-Z26 cipher)
# The Case of the Missing Blocks (word magic with 2 words)
# The Blocks v Blocks Games (anagrams)
[4]
Alphablocks: Word Magic
Alphablocks: Word Magic is a spin-off of Alphablocks.
Alphablocks: Word Magic is a series of 26 short episodes published all at the same time on BBC iPlayer in 2020,[2] Being the First Piece Of New Alphablocks Content Surfacing after 7 years of no episodes or specials, although these episodes tend to recap all of the letters from A to Z.[2]
Each and every episode will begin with the letter doing something, with the narrator describing it. After that, three words will be spelled with that letter, and a little scene will play that has something to do with that word. After the words, the same Alphablock animation will play a second time. There are 26 episodes, one for each letter in the alphabet.[2]
The episodes last for 1–3 minutes.[2]
References
# "Alphablocks". Blue Zoo Animation Studio. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
# Alphablocks, retrieved 15 February 2022
# "Home grown talent, animations and culturally relevant co-productions lead the way as BBC Children's announce new commissions".
# "Alphablocks & Numberblocks". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
External links
* Alphablocks at BBC Online 
* Official website
* Home page in the Learningblocks website
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