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 pre-school children to new languages. The series, which initially began as an interactive minisite on the CBeebies website, began airing on CBeebies from 12 March 2012.
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Show format
The series revolves around a bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialise in a different language. At the request of children, Lingo and his team travel around the UK to perform a Big Bug Show using one of their star performers. In each episode, the chosen bug searches around for props required for their act, 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 children.
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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, consisting of sixteen episodes, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from 20 May 2013 to 7 June 2013.
Characters
The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan. Kikli, Dyzio, and Subah were planned to appear in the show, but were scrapped.
- Lingo: 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. Voiced by Marc Silk.
- Wèi: A small bug who speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet. Voiced by Lin Lin.
- Jargonaise: A female pink bug who speaks French. Voiced by Aurelie Harp.
- Queso: A cockroach who speaks Spanish. He is often seen carrying his guitar. Voiced by Fran Canals.
- Lieb: An athletic tick who speaks German. Voiced by Britta Gartner.
- Blodwen: A fuzzy green caterpillar who speaks Welsh. Voiced by Elen Rhys.
- Jaadoo: A white green striped bug who speaks Urdu. He is constantly seen riding a unicycle and comes from Pakistan. Voiced by Bhasker Patel.
- Dyzio: A stick insect who speaks Polish.
- Kikli: A yellow bug with a magic wand who speaks Punjabi.
- Subah: A green bug in a purple polka-dotted shell who speaks Somali.
- 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.
Episodes
References
External links
- The Lingo Show on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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