Cubeez

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. The show was animated using Alias Wavefront Maya. Each episode has a strong educational element and features live-action footage of children.

Cubeez
Genre	3D animation
Directed by	Dave Osborne
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	David Clement Neil Jones
Producers	Tony Palk Sarah Greene Vo Fletcher
Running time	11 minutes, 23 minutes or 18 minutes
Production companies	Cubeez Ltd Optical Image Broadcast Cubeedobeedo Ltd Starsound B.V.
Original release
Network	ITV (GMTV Kids)
Release	23 July 2000 (2000-07-23)[1] – 30 March 2001 (2001-03-30)

Characters

Cubeez

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

Friends

1. Learning Wall (voiced by Marc Silk (season 1), Claire King (Season 2)
2. Boingles (voiced by Marc Silk)
3. Wiggywams (voiced by Marc Silk)
4. Eyesanozes (Marc Silk)
5. Artist the Paintbrush (Marc Silk)
6. Tok Tok (Marc Silk)
7. Bobby Bingle Boingle
8. Aunt Boingle
9. Pecking Circle Pecker
10. 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. Colours/Patterns
27. Shapes
28. Fixing Things
29. Round and About
30. Lollipops and Flowers
31. Animals
32. Lost and Found
33. Pairs
34. Lollypops
35. Cylla
36. Circles and Squares
37. Eyesanozes
38. Bobby Bingle Boingle
39. Music Box
40. Flowers
41. The Skeeta Race
42. Night And Day
43. Storytime
44. Over And Under
45. Spots And Stripes
46. Mending and Making
47. Shapes and Sizes
48. Party Time
49. Ice Cubeez
50. Over and Out
51. Slow or Fast
52. Everything Has a Pattern
53. Fun with Friends
54. Three, Two, One
55. Moves
56. Ups and Downs
57. Colours
58. Sounds Like
59. Changing Colours
60. Doc Bozz
61. Rise and Shine
62. See, Hear, Feel
63. Go Round
64. Five
65. Storytime
66. Seasons and Flowers
67. Fairplay
68. Loud and Quiet
69. Once Upon a Time
70. Surprise Surprise
71. Dance Dance Dance
72. Unknown Easter Special? ^[2]
73. 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, contains the episodes "Colours and Patterns", "Shapes" and "Counting". The second VHS volume - "Musical Storytime", was released on 14 August 2002, 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, 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".

Broadcast

Cubeez has been shown around the world. In the United Kingdom, it was aired on GMTV Kids from 2000 to around 2003, and then on Nick Jr. from October 2001 to October 2003, and then on Channel 4 from around 2005 to mid 2009. In Australia, it aired on ABC Kids and Fox Kids. In New Zealand it aired on TV3.

References

1. "CUBEEZ CONJURES UP MAGICAL RATINGS SUCCESS FOR GMTV". Archived from the original on 24 February 2001.
2. "Entertainment Rights: Licencing". 5 July 2002. Archived from the original on 5 July 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
3. "Entertainment Rights: Licencing". 5 July 2002. Archived from the original on 5 July 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2024.