Colourblocks
GenreEducational
Preschool
Created byJoe Elliot
David Bowman
Written byIan Carney
Directed byFrancesca Adams (series director)
Dan Cripps (animation director)
Voices ofClaire Morgan
Will Jennings
Bayo Gbadamosi
Harriet Carmichael
Kayi Ushe
Akiya Henry
David Holt
Beth Chalmers
Dominique Moore
ComposerBen Lee-Delisle
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes45
Production
Production companiesBlue Zoo
Alphablocks Ltd
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) –
present
Related

Colourblocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 12 September 2022.[1] The series follows the adventures of the main character Colourblock Yellow and his friends in Colourland,[2] each one named after a colour.[3] Together with the series Alphablocks and Numberblocks it is a part of the "Blocks Universe".[1] Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, the programme was created by Joe Elliot and David Bowman, and produced by Alphablocks Ltd. with Blue Zoo Animation Studio.[1][4]

So far, two seasons have been produced. As of 2024, the series is scheduled for production up to 2027, per an agreement between the Alphablocks Ltd. and Blue Zoo, and the BBC.[4]

Premise

The programme aims to teach children about colours. Colour mixing is represented by characters bumping into each other to produce a new character of the resulting colour. A particular object representative of its colour is associated with each character. While being themed on colours, characters also have different shapes so that colour blind children would be able to distinguish between them.[5]

Cast

  • Claire Morgan (as Red and Orange)
  • Will Jennings (as Yellow, Purple, and Magenta)
  • Bayo Gbadamosi (as Blue)
  • Harriet Carmichael (as Green, Indigo, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Grey, Light Grey, and Dark Grey)
  • Kayi Ushe (as Pink)
  • Akiya Henry (as Cyan)
  • Beth Chalmers (as Deep Blue)
  • David Holt (as Sky Blue)
  • Dominique Moore (as Lime)

Episodes

Series 1 (2022–2023)

No. in
series		TitleOriginal release date
101"Red"12 September 2022 (2022-09-12)
The colour red
102"Blue"13 September 2022 (2022-09-13)
The colour blue
103"Yellow"14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)
The colour yellow
104"Red Meets Blue"15 September 2022 (2022-09-15)
Multicoloured things
105"Yellow Meets Red and Blue"16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)
Primary colours
106"Green"19 September 2022 (2022-09-19)
The colour green
107"Green Means Go"20 September 2022 (2022-09-20)
Blue and yellow mixing to make green
108"Chameleon"21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)
Introduction to colour changing
109"Silly Colouring"22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)
Things in right or wrong colours
110"Orange"23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)
The colour orange
111"Red and Yellow Meet Orange"26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)
Red and yellow mixing to make orange
112"Purple"27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
The colour purple
113"The Uncoloured Castle"28 September 2022 (2022-09-28)
Red and blue mixing to make purple
114"Purple's Patterns"29 September 2022 (2022-09-29)
Types of patterns
115"Rainbow"30 September 2022 (2022-09-30)
Rainbow; the colours indigo and violet
116"Little Red Riding Hood"23 January 2023 (2023-01-23)
Recap of making orange
117"Pick a Partner"24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)
Analogous and complementary colours
118"Black and White"25 January 2023 (2023-01-25)
The colours black and white
119"Shades of the Forest"26 January 2023 (2023-01-26)
Introduction to dark and light colors by mixing different colours with black and white respectively
120"Lighter and Darker"27 January 2023 (2023-01-27)
Bright, light, and dark colours
121"Pink"30 January 2023 (2023-01-30)
The colour pink
122"Brown"31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)
The colour brown
123"Many Mixes Make Brown"1 February 2023 (2023-02-01)
Many shades of brown; three colors mixing together
124"The Printing Crew"2 February 2023 (2023-02-02)
Colours cyan and magenta
125"Grey"3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)
The colour grey and its shades
126"Return of the Printing Crew"6 February 2023 (2023-02-06)
The CMYK colour model
127"The Sorting Express"7 February 2023 (2023-02-07)
Sorting things by colour
128"Choosing Colours"8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)
Colour contrast
129"Colour Wheels"9 February 2023 (2023-02-09)
4, 6, and 8 colour wheels
130"It's a Colourful World"10 February 2023 (2023-02-10)
Recap

Series 2 (2023–2024)

No. in
series		TitleOriginal release date
201"It's a Colourful Christmas"4 December 2023 (2023-12-04)
202"The Mixing Factory"12 February 2024 (2024-02-12)
Mixing and shading colours
203"A Plate Of Many Colours"13 February 2024 (2024-02-13)
Food in many colours
204"Name That Colour"14 February 2024 (2024-02-14)
Identifying colours and their mixes and shades
205"Colouring a Rainbow"15 February 2024 (2024-02-15)
The colours of the rainbow
206"Printing Crew to the Rescue"16 February 2024 (2024-02-16)
Black as a member of the Printing Crew
207"Deep Blue and Sky Blue"[6]19 February 2024 (2024-02-19)
Blue and its shades; the colour deep blue and sky blue
208"Orange's Gym"[7]20 February 2024 (2024-02-20)
Orange and its shades
209"Purple's Mural Makeover"[8]21 February 2024 (2024-02-21)
Purple and its shades
210"Lime"[9]22 February 2024 (2024-02-22)
The colour lime
211"Return of the Sorting Express"[10]23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)
212"Fun with Colours"[11]26 February 2024 (2024-02-26)
213"It's a Grey Day"[12]27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)
Mixing different colours with grey
214"Red's Recolouring Tour"[13]28 February 2024 (2024-02-28)
Red and its shades
215"A Colourful Journey"[14]29 February 2024 (2024-02-29)

References

  1. ^ a b c Milligan, Mercedes (2 September 2022). "CBeebies Introduces Preschoolers to the 'Colourblocks'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Colourblocks | Learning is fun with Learning Blocks | CBeebies shows". www.learningblocks.tv. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ^ Kahn, Ellie (31 August 2022). "Alphablocks & Numberblocks universe expands into colour". Broadcast. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "BBC Children's and Education announce content deal with Blue Zoo Animation Studio and Alphablocks Ltd. to expand the Blocks Universe". BBC Media Centre (press release). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Colourblocks - How Colourblocks helps your child learn about colour". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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  7. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Tuesday 20 February 2024".
  8. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Wednesday 21 February 2024".
  9. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Thursday 22 February 2024".
  10. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Friday 23 February 2024".
  11. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 26 February 2024".
  12. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Tuesday 27 February 2024".
  13. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Wednesday 28 February 2024".
  14. ^ "CBeebies - Schedules, Thursday 29 February 2024".