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,[1] aired on CBeebies between 2012 and 2014.[2]

This article is about the British children's educational series. For the American game show, see Lingo (American game show). For the British version of the American game show, see Lingo (British game show).

The Lingo Show
GenreChildren's
Animated
Created byNicole Seymour
Directed byCharlotte Bushell & Lee Kitchen
StarringMarc Silk
Lin Lin
Aurelie Harp
Fran Canals
Britta Gartner
Elen Rhys
Bhasker Patel
Samir Fothergill
Park Hae-Yeop
Park Shin-Yong
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producerAdam Redfern
Running time11 minutes
Production companiesBBC
Dinamo Productions
Release
Original networkBBC, CBeebies
Original release12 March 2012 (2012-03-12) –
4 February 2014 (2014-02-04)

Plot

The series revolves around a show bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of children, he travels across the world to perform a Big Bug Show using one of his performers. In each episode, the chosen performer searches around for props required for their show, as they introduce objects in their language, before they bring them back to Lingo so they can perform the show for the delighted preschool children.

Characters

The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan.

  • Lingo
    • (voiced by Marc Silk): The ringmaster ladybird of the Big Bug Show. He is in charge of bringing his Big Bug Stage across the world to host shows and often has wild ambitions as to what they could entail.
  • Bloozles
    • A group of small green worker bugs that helps Lingo in preparing for the Big Bug Show.
  • Floozles
    • The silent flying bugs that help Lingo prepare for the show too.
  • Spaestro
    • A blue spider with eight arms who plays several instruments, including a washboard, a drum, a trumpet, a piano, a violin, a xylophone, a music player, and a little drum on top of his head.
  • Bug Buddies
    • A group of live-action children who pick a bug to perform a Big Bug Show for them.
  • Wèi
    • (voiced by Lin Lin): A little orange ant from China who speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet.
  • Jargonaise
    • (voiced by Aurelie Harp): A female pink bug from France who speaks French.
  • Queso
    • (voiced by Fran Canals): A cockroach from Spain who speaks Spanish. He is often seen carrying his guitar.
  • Lieb
    • (voiced by Britta Gartner): An athletic tick from Germany who speaks German.
  • Blodwen
    • (voiced by Elen Rhys): A fuzzy green caterpillar from Wales who speaks Welsh.
  • Jaadoo
    • (voiced by Bhasker Patel): A white green striped bug from Pakistan who speaks Urdu. He is constantly seen riding a unicycle.
  • Kikli
    • (voiced by Samir Fothergill): A yellow bug with a magic wand from India who speaks Punjabi.
  • Dyzio
    • (voiced by Park Hae-Yeop): A stick insect from Poland who speaks Polish.
  • Subah
    • (voiced by Park Shin-Yong): A green bug in a purple polka-dotted shell from Somalia who speaks Somali.

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 various 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. The third season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches Punjabi, Polish and Somali, began airing from January 21, 2014.

Trivia

Jeweils is Wei's sister. Kikli, Badan, Gedaan and Slotsuk are twin bees. Deti is Queso's sister. Roborat, Jaolita and Pradarshan are twin fireflies. Lots of bugs have siblings and twins. Jaadoo is Blodwen's boyfriend.

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)
Episode Title Character appearance Language Air date
1 Chop Chop Wei Mandarin 12 March 2012
2 Wei's Giant Jump Wei Mandarin 13 March 2012
3 Cannonbug Wei Mandarin 14 March 2012
4 Wei Up High Wei Mandarin 15 March 2012
5 Wei's Buggy Best Three Wei Mandarin 16 March 2012
6 Can't Can't Jargonaise French 19 March 2012
7 Trapeasy Rider Jargonaise French 20 March 2012
8 Balancing Bug Jargonaise French 21 March 2012
9 The Limbo Show Jargonaise French 22 March 2012
10 Jargonaise's Buggy Best Three Jargonaise French 23 March 2012
11 Questanets Queso Spanish 26 March 2012
12 Queso the Clown Queso Spanish 27 March 2012
13 Ice Cream Queso Queso Spanish 28 March 2012
14 Strong Bug Queso Spanish 29 March 2012
15 Queso's Buggy Best Three Queso Spanish 30 March 2012

Season 2 (2013)
Episode Title Character appearance Language Air date
1 A Lieb of Faith Lieb German 20 May 2013
2 Trampo-Lieb Lieb German 21 May 2013
3 Hop, Skip, Jump Lieb German 22 May 2013
4 Gymnastic Bug-tastic Lieb German 23 May 2013
5 Lieb's Buggy Best Three Lieb German 24 May 2013
6 The Swingo Show Blodwen Welsh 27 May 2013
7 The Great Sausage Spring Blodwen Welsh 28 May 2013
8 Blodwen's Bread Bonnet Blodwen Welsh 29 May 2013
9 The Big Bug Throw Blodwen Welsh 30 May 2013
10 Blodwen's Buggy Best Three Blodwen Welsh 31 May 2013
11 Jaadoo's Obstacle Spectacle Jaadoo Urdu 3 June 2013
12 Juggling Jaadoo Jaadoo Urdu 4 June 2013
13 Rain Sailing Jaadoo Urdu 5 June 2013
14 Wheely Good Jaadoo Urdu 6 June 2013
15 Jaadoo's Buggy Best Three Jaadoo Urdu 7 June 2013

Season 3 (2014)
Episode Title Character appearance Language Air date
1 Inside the House Kikli Punjabi January 21, 2014
2 The Most Amazing Pie in the World Kikli Punjabi January 22, 2014
3 Firefighter Kikli Kikli Punjabi January 23, 2014
4 Animal Circus Show Kikli Punjabi January 24, 2014
5 Kikli's Buggy Best Three Kikli Punjabi January 25, 2014
6 Ball Club Dyzio Polish January 26, 2014
7 Chicken Run Dyzio Polish January 27, 2014
8 Wedding Madness Dyzio Polish January 28, 2014
9 Forest Countdown Dyzio Polish January 29, 2014
10 Dyzio's Buggy Best Three Dyzio Polish January 30, 2014
11 Paint Parade Subah Somali January 31, 2014
12 Upside Down Subah Subah Somali February 1, 2014
13 Giant Subah Subah Somali February 2, 2014
14 The Playground Invitation Subah Somali February 3, 2014
15 Subah's Buggy Best Three Subah Somali February 4, 2014

Albums, Notes and Coloring Book (from the StoryBots Classroom Book)


Websites (from the StoryBots Classroom Book)

References
  1. "BBC – Press Office – CBeebies lights up little language learners with the Lingo Show".
  2. "The Lingo Show – CBeebies – BBC".
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