The Lingo Show Explained

Genre:Children's
Animated
Runtime:10 minutes
Creator:Nicole Seymour
Executive Producer:Adam Redfern
Director:Charlotte Bushell & Lee Kitchen
Voices:Marc Silk
Lin Lin
Aurelie Harp
Fran Canals
Britta Gartner
Elen Rhys
Bhasker Patel
Samir Fothergill
Park Hae-Yeop
Park Shin-Yong
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Network:CBeebies
Company:BBC
Dinamo Productions
BBC Studios
Num Episodes:30

The Lingo Show is a British 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, in association with BBC Studios.[1] The characters and many other elements were designed by Kate Sullivan. The show, which combines 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,[2] aired on CBeebies from 2012[3] to 2013,[4] and repeated until 2017.[5]

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

Main characters

The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan.

Minor characters

Development

The Lingo Show was originally created as an interactive 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 season, consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches Mandarin, French and Spanish, began airing from 12 March 2012. The second season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from 20 May 2013.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Lingo Show – CBeebies – BBC.
  2. Web site: BBC – Press Office – CBeebies lights up little language learners with the Lingo Show.
  3. Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Monday 12 March 2012. www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  4. Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Friday 7 June 2013. www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  5. Web site: CBeebies - Schedules, Friday 1 September 2017. www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  6. Web site: The Lingo Show - Wèi's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  7. Web site: The Lingo Show - Jargonaise's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  8. Web site: The Lingo Show - Queso's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  9. Web site: The Lingo Show - Lieb's song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  10. Web site: The Lingo Show - Blodwen's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  11. Web site: The Lingo Show - Jaadoo's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  12. Web site: The Lingo Show - Kikli's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  13. Web site: The Lingo Show - Dyzio's Song . 2024-04-19 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  14. Web site: The Lingo Show - Subah's Song . www.bbc.co.uk . en.