The Lingo Show
The Lingo Show is a British flash animated children's television series created by Nicole Seymour, produced by the BBC and animated by Dinamo Productions for BBC's CBeebies channel and programming block. The characters and many other elements were designed by Kate Sullivan. The show, which combines flash animation with live-action footage, is designed to introduce preschool kids to new languages. The programme, which ran for 2 series totalling 30 episodes, initially began as an interactive minisite on the CBeebies website, aired on CBeebies between 2012 and 2013. Show format. The series revolves around a  bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of kids, Lingo and his team travel around the world to perform a Big Bug Show using one of their star performers. In each episode, the chosen bug searches around for props accorded for their show, introducing potential objects in their respective language, before bringing them back to Lingo so they can perform their Big Bug Show in front of the delighted preschool kids. Main Characters. The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan. Kikli, Dyzio, and Subah do not appear as  main characters. Development. "The Lingo Show" was originally created as an interactive flash minisite by CBeebies web producer Nicole Seymour, which launched in February 2011. The site features different activities which teach children new words in numerous languages; with the website periodically updated to include new languages. The site proved popular and in June that year, it was decided to bring the series to television format, with Dinamo Productions doing animation. The first series, consisting of fifteen episodes, began airing from 12 March 2012 and focuses on three languages, Mandarin, French and Spanish. The second season, also consisting of fifteen  episodes, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from 20 May 2013 to 7 June 2013.