Created by Nicole Seymour No. of episodes 31 Final episode date 7 May 2013 | Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 12 March 2012 Number of episodes 31 | |
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Directed by Charlotte Bushell & Lee Kitchen Starring Marc SilkLin LinAurelie HarpFran CanalsBritta GartnerElen RhysBhasker Patel Original language(s) EnglishMandarin (Teaches Mandarin)French (Teaches French)Spanish (Teaches Spanish)German (Teaches German)Welsh (Teaches Welsh)Urdu (Teaches Urdu)Punjabi (Teaches Punjabi)Polish (Teaches Polish)Somali (Teaches Somali) Genres Children's television series, Animation Similar Clangers, Numberjacks, Alphablocks, Something Special, Sarah & Duck | ||
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.
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.