Numberjacks

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## Numberjacks

### Cast

Alice Baker
Jonathan Beech
Laura Maasland
Oliver Keogh
Roz Eliz
Harry Munday
Dylan Robertson
Robert Watson
Bob Golding
Rachel Preece
Ross Mullan

***Numberjacks*** is a British children's television series that originally aired in the UK. between October 2006 although merchandise was released and on CBeebies channel also. It was first shown at the same day only showed it for a week due to the half term break and then the future episodes were shown on CBeebies continued on 2009.

It was produced by CBeebies and features a mixture of CGI animation and live-action. The shows has a swing of science fiction in it, as the Numbers take residence in a couch in a house, everything around them moves of its own accord, and Humans must be scarce at launching time.

List of episodes

## Synopsis

Numberjacks are CGI-animated characters (the numbers 0 to 9) who live in an ordinary sofa and solve problems outside; each episode has the same structure. At the beginning of the episode, some of the Numberjacks are engaged in an activity, that would have relevance to the problem that is later discovered - then, an "agent" (who was a live-action child) calls in and describes the problem that is occurring. One (or two) of the Numberjacks go out into the real world to solve the problem while the remaining Numberjacks stay in the sofa and watch their progress on a screen. As soon as the problem is understood, Five imagines what else could go wrong if the problem wasn't solved (often wondering what would happen to the Dancing Cow, who never actually made any physical appearance in the real world).

Once outside, the Numberjacks are shown in a live-action setting (although themselves still animated); they diagnose their problems by examination, and with help from additional ideas from the agents, who call into the base. The problem can either be caused by one of the antagonists, or one of the younger Numberjacks (Zero, One or Two), who probably got brainwashed by them, escaping from the sofa and inadvertently making things go wrong. Problems are solved by using "Brain Gain," a magical force of power activated by use of a machine in the sofa and transferred to the Numberjack.

Once the problem is solved, the Numberjacks return to their base, replay what happened on a screen and then challenge the viewer to think about a related problem and "call the Numberjacks"; the problems encountered are all based upon simple mathematical concepts, and the programme is intended to stimulate young children's interest in mathematics. On satellite, digital, and cable TV, a link to *Numberjacks* often appeared in the corner of the screen and sometimes on (for example) gardening programmes as a way of helping people with basic numeracy.

## Trivia

* The show's way of using number sentences is different from the future show *Numberblocks*.
	+ Plus (+) is dubbed as "and"
	+ Times (x) is dubbed as "lots of"
	+ Equals (=) is dubbed as "make".
* Few episodes omit the countdown before launch.
* Every episode, except *Zero the Hero* and *Seaside Adventure*, has the Numberjacks in base counting to the Numberjack who returns from their mission.

## References

* Zero the Hero is a reference to the 1983 song made by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
* Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow is a pun to Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, a 1969 song made by the American funk band Ohio Players.
* Seven Wonders is the name for the campaign New 7 Wonders of the World.