Colourblocks Explained

Genre:	Educational Preschool
Creator:	Joe Elliot David Bowman
Director:	Francesca Adams (series director) Dan Cripps (animation director)
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Series:	2
Composer:	Ben Lee-Delisle
Voices:	Claire Morgan Will Jennings Bayo Gbadamosi Harriet Carmichael Kayi Ushe Akiya Henry David Holt Beth Chalmers Dominique Moore
Num Episodes:	45
Company:	Blue Zoo Alphablocks Ltd
Network:	CBeebies

Colourblocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 12 September 2022.^[1] The series follows the adventures of block characters 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". 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.^[4]

Two seasons have been produced. As of 2024, the series was scheduled for production up to 2027, per an agreement between the Alphablocks Ltd. and Blue Zoo, and BBC.

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]

Episodes

Series 1 (2022-2023)

Series 1a

Red | 101 - 12/09/2022
Blue | 102 - 13/09/2022
Yellow | 103 - 14/09/2022
Red Meets Blue | 104 - 15/09/2022
Yellow Meets Red and Blue | 105 - 16/09/2022
Green | 106 - 19/09/2022
Green Means Go | 107 - 20/09/2022
Chameleon | 108 - 21/09/2022
Silly Colouring | 109 - 22/09/2022
Orange | 110 - 23/09/2022
Red and Yellow Meet Orange | 111 - 26/09/2022
Purple | 112 - 27/09/2022
The Uncoloured Castle | 113 - 28/09/2022
Purple's Patterns | 114 - 29/09/2022
Rainbow | 115 - 30/09/2022

Series 1b

Little Red Riding Hood (Red Riding Hood) | 117 - 23/01/2023
Pick a Partner (Similar and Opposite) | 118 - 24/01/2023
Black and White | 116 - 25/01/2023
Shades of the Forest (Shades of You) | 119 - 26/01/2023
Lighter and Darker | 120 - 27/01/2023
Pink | 123 - 30/01/2023
Brown | 124 - 31/01/2023
Many Mixes Make Brown | 125 - 1/02/2023
The Printing Crew (Cyan and Magenta) | 121 - 2/02/2023
Grey | 122 - 3/02/2023
Return of the Printing Crew | 126 - 6/02/2023
The Sorting Express | 127 - 7/02/2023
Choosing Colours | 128 - 8/02/2023
Colour Wheels | 129 - 9/02/2023
It's a Colourful World | 130 - 10/02/2023

Series 2 (2024)

The Mixing Factory I 201 - 12/02/2024
A Plate Of Many Colours I 202 - 13/02/2024
Name That Colour I 203 - 14/02/2024
Colouring a Rainbow I 204 - 15/02/2024
Printing Crew to the Rescue I 205 - 16/02/2024
Deep Blue and Sky Blue^[6] I 206 - 19/02/2024
Orange's Gym^[7] I 207 - 20/02/2024
Purple's Mural Makeover^[8] I 208 - 21/02/2024
Lime^[9] I 209 - 22/02/2024
Return of the Sorting Express^[10] I 210 - 23/02/2024
Fun with Colours ^[11] I 211 - 26/02/2024
It's a Grey Day ^[12] I 212 - 27/02/2024
Red's Recolouring Tour ^[13] I 213 - 28/02/2024
A Colourful Journey ^[14] I 214 - 29/02/2024

Specials

It's a Colourful Christmas | 001 - 4/12/2023

Cast

Claire Morgan (as Red, Orange, and Indigo)
Will Jennings (as Yellow, Purple, and Magenta)
Bayo Gbadamosi (as Blue)
Harriet Carmichael (as Green, 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)

External links

Official website
- YouTube channel

Notes and References

Web site: Milligan . Mercedes . CBeebies Introduces Preschoolers to the 'Colourblocks' . . 12 June 2024 . 2 September 2022.
Web site: Colourblocks Learning is fun with Learning Blocks CBeebies shows . 26 September 2022 . www.learningblocks.tv . en.
Web site: Kahn . Ellie . Alphablocks & Numberblocks universe expands into colour . Broadcast . 12 June 2024 . en . 31 August 2022 . limited.
Web site: BBC Children's and Education announce content deal with Blue Zoo Animation Studio and Alphablocks Ltd. to expand the Blocks Universe . BBC Media Centre . 12 June 2024 . 8 February 2024. press release.
Web site: Colourblocks - How Colourblocks helps your child learn about colour . https://web.archive.org/web/20230628074431/https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/how-colourblocks-helps-your-child-learn . 28 June 2023 . www.bbc.co.uk . 12 June 2024 . en.
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 19 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Tuesday 20 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Wednesday 21 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Thursday 22 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Friday 23 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 26 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Tuesday 27 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Wednesday 28 February 2024 .
Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Thursday 29 February 2024 .