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 pre-school children to new languages. The series, which initially began as an interactive minisite on the CBeebies website, aired for two seasons on CBeebies between 2012 and 2013.

Show format

The series revolves around a bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of kids, Lingo and his team travel around the globe to perform a Big Bug Show using one of their star performers. In each episode, the chosen bug searches around for props accorded for their show, 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 kids.

Characters

The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan. Blodwen, Dyzio, and Jaadoo do not appear as major characters.
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, Punjabi and Somali, began airing from 20 May 2013 to 7 June 2013.

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

EpisodeTitleOriginal UK airdate
1Chop Chop12 March 2012
2Wei's Giant Jump13 March 2012
3Cannonbug14 March 2012
4Wei Up High15 March 2012
5Wei's Buggy Best 316 March 2012
6Can't Can't19 March 2012
7Trapeasy Rider20 March 2012
8Balancing Bug21 March 2012
9The Limbo Show22 March 2012
10Jargonaise's Buggy Best 323 March 2012
11Strong Bug26 March 2012
12Questanets27 March 2012
13Queso the Clown28 March 2012
14Ice Cream Queso29 March 2012
15Queso's Buggy Best 330 March 2012

Season 2 (2013)

EpisodeTitleOriginal UK airdate
1A Lieb of Faith20 May 2013
2Trampo-Lieb21 May 2013
3Hop, Skip, Jump22 May 2013
4Gymtastic Bug-tastic23 May 2013
5Lieb's Buggy Best Three24 May 2013
6Kikli's Magic Show27 May 2013
7The Amazing Kikli28 May 2013
8The Vanishing Trick29 May 2013
9The Magic Box30 May 2013
10Kikli's Buggy Best Three31 May 2013
11Subah's Obstacle Spectacle3 June 2013
12Upside Down Subah4 June 2013
13Subah's Ball Show5 June 2013
14Rolly Good6 June 2013
15Subah's Buggy Best Three7 June 2013