The Numtums

The Numtums is a British computer-animated children's television series. It was created by Barry Quinn for CBeebies.^[1]

The Numtums
Created by	Barry Quinn
Directed by	Mark Taylor (series 2–3)
Voices of	Simon Greenall Kate Fleetwood Ben Bailey Smith Jane Pickworth Kaizer Akhtar Mairead Doherty Gabriella Gillespie Jake Phillips Harvey Rafferty
Composers	Paul Moessl Francis Haines (series 2–3) Barrie Bignold (series 2–3) Kate Ockenden (series 2–3) Dave Howman (series 3) André Jacquemin (series 3)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	77 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Tony Reed Henrietta Hurford-Jones
Producers	Lotte Elwell Katherine McQueen Barry Quinn
Running time	5 minutes 11 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	27 February 2012 (2012-02-27) – 16 December 2014 (2014-12-16)

Characters

The Numtums

• Stanley "Stan" Carlin (also known as Zero) is a shapeshifting Numtum in his yellow number zero. He appears in series one.
• Bendy Go "Ben" Jarewood (also known as Zero) is the tallest Numtum in his green number one.
• Darcy "Dar Dar" Jarewood (also known as Zero) is skateboarder Numpup in her pink number two.
• Champer "Champy" Viceburg (also named Three) is the highest jumper in his yellow number three.
• Gladdy Peterson (also known as Four) acts as the parental figure of the Numpups in her blue number four. She likes neatness.
• Little Sandy Indicineburg (also known as Five) is the smartest Numpup, and a scientist in her pink number five.
• Flord "Flinders" Eriwood (also known as Six) is a very old Numtum and gives the Numpups adventures in his green number six.
• Humpty Do Indicineburg (also known as Seven) is the hungriest Numpup in his light blue number seven.
• Karin "Coogee" Umbuson (also known as Eight) is a baby Numpup in her golden number eight.
• Toby "Hobart" Geridwood (also known as Nine) is a very talented dancing Numtum in his yellow number nine.
• Nimbin "Nimby" Jackson (also known as Ten) is a painting Numtum in her purple number ten.
• Super Numtum is a superhero Numtum in his clear enclosing square.

Other animals

• Billy the Hedgehog is an indigo hedgehog. He is the coolest animal in the Gumnut Gorge. He appears in series two and three.
• Larry the Lyrebird is a lyrebird. He appears in series two and three.
• The Flamingos live in the Gumnut Gorge and need the Numtums to get them in order.
• F.T. "Fluffy" McTuffy the Koala is a koala. She is Super Numtum's enemy with plans for world domination.
• Frilly Lizzie the Frilled Lizard is a frilled lizard. He is Fluffy's smart, timid, silent and somewhat stoic henchman.

Production

The Numtums was animated by Beakus in series one and A Productions in series two and three. Series one was aimed at toddlers, but series two and three were revamped for an older audience and introduced more complex concepts such as subtraction, shape recognition and numbers from eleven to twenty with computer animation, and using a more Australian theme. The creator Barry Quinn said in an interview that "we were looking at doing a show about numbers for the early years and an educational expert told us bright, cute characters were a good way to get kids interested." A lot of animal names were suggested but he settled on numbats who had 'num' in their name.^[2]

Episodes Include

Series 1 (2012)

#	Episode Name	Original Airdate
1	Number One	27 February 2012 (2012-02-27)
2	Number Two	28 February 2012 (2012-02-28)
3	Number Three	29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)
4	Number Four	1 March 2012 (2012-03-01)
5	Number Five	2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)
6	Number Six	5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)
7	Number Seven	6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)
8	Number Eight	7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)
9	Number Nine	8 March 2012 (2012-03-08)
10	Number Ten	9 March 2012 (2012-03-09)
11	More Number One	12 March 2012 (2012-03-12)
12	More Number Two	13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)
13	More Number Three	14 March 2012 (2012-03-14)
14	More Number Four	15 March 2012 (2012-03-15)
15	More Number Five	16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)
16	More Number Six	19 March 2012 (2012-03-19)
17	More Number Seven	20 March 2012 (2012-03-20)
18	More Number Eight	21 March 2012 (2012-03-21)
19	More Number Nine	22 March 2012 (2012-03-22)
20	More Number Ten	23 March 2012 (2012-03-23)
21	Animals	26 March 2012 (2012-03-26)
22	Clothes	27 March 2012 (2012-03-27)
23	Vehicles	28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)
24	Food	29 March 2012 (2012-03-29)
25	Games	30 March 2012 (2012-03-30)

Series 2 (2014)

#	Episode Name	Original Airdate
26	Very Fast Food	3 February 2014 (2014-02-03)
27	You Can Do It, Humpty Do!	4 February 2014 (2014-02-04)
28	School Of Cool	5 February 2014 (2014-02-05)
29	Numbot	6 February 2014 (2014-02-06)
30	The Quest For The Hooded Paw	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
31	Unstuck With A Stick	10 February 2014 (2014-02-10)
32	Termite Takeaway	11 February 2014 (2014-02-11)
33	Painting By Numtums	12 February 2014 (2014-02-12)
34	Tum Tum Tap Tap	13 February 2014 (2014-02-13)
35	Faster, Higher, Funnier	14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
36	Tent-o-saurus	21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)
37	Hoedown Havoc	10 March 2014 (2014-03-10)
38	Numpups Can't Fly	11 March 2014 (2014-03-11)
39	Beak Of The Week	12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)
40	Koala On The Loose	13 March 2014 (2014-03-13)
41	Larry's Takeaway Trial	14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)
42	Treasure Trail	17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)
43	The Mysterious Land Beyond Ten	18 March 2014 (2014-03-18)
44	Little Sandy's Rocket	19 March 2014 (2014-03-19)
45	Don't Forget To Remember	20 March 2014 (2014-03-20)
46	The Search For The Five Keys	21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)
47	Cafe Chaos	24 March 2014 (2014-03-24)
48	Billy And Champer's Big Adventure	25 March 2014 (2014-03-25)
49	Humpty Do's Zoo	26 March 2014 (2014-03-26)
50	Picture Perfect	27 March 2014 (2014-03-27)
51	You've Missed Your Cue, Humpty Do	28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)

Series 3 (2014)

#	Episode Name	Original Airdate
52	Feet Don't Fail Me Now	29 September 2014 (2014-09-29)
53	Switcheroo	30 September 2014 (2014-09-30)
54	Larry Gets the Hiccups	1 October 2014 (2014-10-01)
55	Hunt for the Golden Treat	2 October 2014 (2014-10-02)
56	Gladdy's Special Birthday	3 October 2014 (2014-10-03)
57	Numpup Nursery	6 October 2014 (2014-10-06)
58	Gladdy's Secret Recipe	7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)
59	Larry and Billy's Dance Game	8 October 2014 (2014-10-08)
60	Yo Ho Bendy Go	9 October 2014 (2014-10-09)
61	Humpty Do, What about You?	10 October 2014 (2014-10-10)
62	Has anyone seen Hobart	13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)
63	Never Fear, Nimbin's Here!	14 October 2014 (2014-10-14)
64	The Great Hobarto's Magic Act	15 October 2014 (2014-10-15)
65	Finding Neddy	16 October 2014 (2014-10-16)
66	Find Those Flamingos	17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)
67	Running Like Clockwork	2 December 2014 (2014-12-02)
68	Little Sandy's Big Bug Hunt	3 December 2014 (2014-12-03)
69	The Great Numpup Rally	4 December 2014 (2014-12-04)
70	Dar Dar's Not So Lucky Flower	5 December 2014 (2014-12-05)
71	Hobart's Hand Bells	8 December 2014 (2014-12-08)
72	The Drumtums	9 December 2014 (2014-12-09)
73	Rules Are Rules	10 December 2014 (2014-12-10)
74	Flinder's First Sunset	11 December 2014 (2014-12-11)
75	Champer Loses His Bounce	12 December 2014 (2014-12-12)
76	The Best Hobart Ever	15 December 2014 (2014-12-15)
77	Flinders' Big Adventure	16 December 2014 (2014-12-16)

Broadcast

The Numtums debuted on CBeebies in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2012 on the channel's Love to Learn block.^[1] The series aired on ABC3KIDS in Australia and New Zealand.^[when?]