Cubeez

British animated television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cubeez is a British animated preschool education television series that was broadcast between 2000 and 2001 on GMTV's Kids. It is aimed at pre-school children aged 2–5. The four box-like characters, Bozz, Doody, Dink and Tizzy are accompanied on their adventures by a talking paintbrush (voiced by Marc Silk) and a variety of other characters.

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Cubeez
Genre3D animation
Directed byDave Osborne
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes104
Production
Executive producers
  • David Clement
  • Neil Jones
Producers
  • Tony Palk
  • Sarah Greene
  • Vo Fletcher
Running time11 minutes, 23 minutes or 18 minutes
Production companies
  • Cubeez Ltd
  • Optical Image Broadcast
  • Cubeedobeedo Ltd
  • Starsound B.V.
Original release
NetworkITV (GMTV Kids)
Release23 July 2000 (2000-7-23)[1] 
30 March 2001 (2001-3-30)
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The show was animated using Alias Wavefront Maya. Each episode has a strong educational element and features live-action footage of children.

Characters

Cubeez

  • Bozz (voiced by Keith Wickham) – A pink male cubee who is the leader of the four.
  • Tizzy (voiced by Jan Haydn Rowles) – A yellow female cubee.
  • Dink (voiced by Mike Walling) – A blue male cubee.
  • Doody (voiced by Tara Newley) – An orange female cubee who wears round red glasses.

Friends

  • Learning Wall (voiced by Marc Silk (season 1), Claire King (Season 2)
  • Boingles (voiced by Marc Silk)
  • Wiggywams (voiced by Marc Silk)
  • Eyesanozes (Marc Silk)
  • Artist the Paintbrush (Marc Silk)
  • Tok Tok (Marc Silk)
  • Bobby Bingle Boingle
  • Aunt Boingle
  • Pecking Circle Pecker
  • Peebo

Episodes

  1. A Musical Day
  2. Music
  3. Telling Stories
  4. Busy Bears and Boingles
  5. Growing
  6. Transport and Speed
  7. Weather
  8. Colours and Patterns
  9. Shapes
  10. Counting
  11. Fast and Slow
  12. Up and Over
  13. High and Low
  14. Emotions
  15. One to Five
  16. Helping Hands
  17. Caring for the Environment
  18. Transport
  19. Sight and Sound
  20. Sports Day
  21. Eyes and Noses
  22. Home Sweet Home
  23. Hop, Skip and Jump
  24. A Windy Day
  25. Happy Birthday Dink
  26. Fixing Things
  27. Round and About
  28. Lollipops and Flowers
  29. Animals
  30. Lost and Found
  31. Pairs
  32. Lollypops
  33. Cylla
  34. Circles and Squares
  35. Bobby Bingle Boingle
  36. The Eyesanozes
  37. Music Box
  38. Flowers
  39. The Skeeta Race
  40. Night And Day
  41. Storytime
  42. Over And Under
  43. Spots And Stripes
  44. Mending and Making
  45. Shapes and Sizes
  46. Party Time
  47. Ice Cubeez
  48. Over and Out
  49. Slow or Fast
  50. Everything Has a Pattern
  51. Fun with Friends
  52. Three, Two, One
  53. Moves
  54. Ups and Downs
  55. Colours
  56. Sounds Like
  57. Changing Colours
  58. Doc Bozz
  59. Rise and Shine
  60. See, Hear, Feel
  61. Go Round
  62. Five
  63. Storytime (season 2)
  64. Seasons and Flowers
  65. Fairplay
  66. Loud and Quiet
  67. Once Upon a Time
  68. Surprise Surprise
  69. Dance Dance Dance
  70. Unknown Easter Special? [2]
  71. Unknown Christmas Special?[3]

VHS/DVDs

In the United Kingdom, Right Entertainment and Universal Pictures Video released the series on VHS and DVD, using the half-hour version of the programme and containing three episodes each.

The first VHS volume, titled "Colours and Shapes", was released on 27 May 2002, and contains the episodes "Colours and Patterns", "Shapes" and "Counting". The second VHS volume - "Musical Storytime", was released on 14 August 2002, and contains the episodes "Music", "Telling Stories" and "Busy Bears and Boingles". They were released on DVD on 10 May and 16 August 2004, respectively.

The third VHS/DVD volume, titled Up & Over, was released on 7 February 2005, and contains the episodes "Fast and Slow", "Up and Over" and "High and Low". The final volume, released only on DVD, titled "Growing", was released on 2 May 2005 and contains the episodes "Growing", "Transport and Speed" and "Weather".

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