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 2013.[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) –
7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)

Plot

The series revolves around a show bug host named Lingo and his crew 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.

There were also episodes which showed each bug's three best Big Bug Shows (their "Buggy Best Three", as Lingo says), and there would be one for each bug, in which, the bugs will teach the audience how the numbers one, two and three are said in their respective languages via song.

Characters

Main characters

The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan.

  • Lingo (voiced by Marc Silk): The ringmaster of the Big Bug Show. He is in charge of bringing his Big Bug Stage across the world to host the shows and often has wild ambitions as to what they can entail. Lingo is half ladybird and half butterfly.
  • Wèi (voiced by Lin Lin): A tiny little ant who is from China and speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing a pair of roller skates and a crash helmet.[3]
  • Jargonaise (voiced by Aurelie Harp): A fabulous pink butterfly who is from France and speaks French.[4]
  • Queso (voiced by Fran Canals): A charming and funny moth who is often seen carrying his instrument, the guitar. He's from Spain and speaks Spanish.[5]
  • Lieb (voiced by Britta Gartner): An athletic tick who is from Germany and speaks German. She was added to the cast in season two.[6]
  • Blodwen (voiced by Elen Rhys): A nurturing fuzzy green caterpillar wearing a pink hat with a daffodil on it who speaks in an opera singing voice. She comes from Wales and speaks Welsh.[7]
  • Jaadoo (voiced by Bhasker Patel): A white green striped tick who is constantly seen riding a unicycle, and has magical powers. He is from Pakistan and speaks Urdu.[8]
  • Kikli (voiced by Samir Fothergill): A yellow damselfly with a magic wand who giggles a lot. She is from India and speaks Punjabi.[9]
  • Dyzio (voiced by Park Hae-Yeop): A sleepy brown stick insect who is from Poland and speaks Polish.[10]
  • Subah (voiced by Park Shin-Yong): A sassy green woodlouse in a purple polka-dotted shell who is from Somalia and speaks Somali.[11]

Minor characters
  • 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. His name is not mentioned in the series.

References
  1. "BBC – Press Office – CBeebies lights up little language learners with the Lingo Show".
  2. "The Lingo Show – CBeebies – BBC".
  3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-weisong/
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-jargonaisesong/
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-quesosong/
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-blodwensong/
  8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-jaadoosong/
  9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-kilkisong/
  10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show-dyziosong/
  11. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/lingo-show/songs/lingo-show-subahsong/
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