Alphablocks

Alphablocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 25 January 2010. The programme was created by Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd (Magic Lantern in series 1) with Blue Zoo.^[1] It was commissioned by the BBC. The show follows the Alphablocks, characters made of blocks who represent each letter of the alphabet. They live in a fictional planet called Alphaland and embark on adventures relating to word concepts.

Alphablocks
Genre	Educational Preschool
Created by	Joe Elliot
Written by	Max Allen Joe Elliot Neil & Annabel Richards Maurice Suckling
Voices of	Teresa Gallagher David Holt Lizzie Waterworth
Composer	Ben Lee-Delisle
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	106
Production
Executive producers	Rebecca Shallcross Joe Elliot
Producer	Sioned Wyn Roberts
Running time	3 minutes (series 1) 5 minutes (series 2-4) 10 minutes (specials-present) 20 minutes (specials)
Production companies	Magic Lantern (series 1) Alphablocks Ltd (series 2-specials) Blue Zoo Animation Studio (uncredited, credited in specials)
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	25 January 2010 (2010-01-25) – present
Related
Numberblocks Colourblocks Wonderblocks

List of episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	26		25 January 2010 (2010-01-25)	19 February 2010 (2010-02-19)
2	26		8 March 2011 (2011-03-08)	30 March 2012 (2012-03-30)
3	26		1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)	23 January 2013 (2013-01-23)
4	13		17 June 2013 (2013-06-17)	2 July 2013 (2013-07-02)
5	30		10 February 2025 (2025-02-10)	28 February 2025 (2025-02-28)
Specials	8		16 October 2021 (2021-10-16)	14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)
Word Magic	26		23 March 2020 (2020-03-23)

Series 1 (2010)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Alphablocks"[2]	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot & Max Allen	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
2	2	"Bee"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot; Max Allen (Lead Writer)	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
3	3	"Top"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards, Maurice Suckling	January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
4	4	"Why"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26)
5	5	"Key"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27)
6	6	"Glow"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins	January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27)
7	7	"Sing"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot	January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)
8	8	"Band"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)
9	9	"Party"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	January 29, 2010 (2010-01-29)
10	10	"Cha Cha Cha"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling	February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
11	11	"Race"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot	February 1, 2010 (2010-02-01)
12	12	"Moon"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins	February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02)
13	13	"Alphalympics"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	February 3, 2010 (2010-02-03)
14	14	"Sail"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling	February 4, 2010 (2010-02-04)
15	15	"UFO"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05)
16	16	"Fox"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05)
17	17	"Surprise"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
18	18	"Bus"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards & Maurice Suckling	February 9, 2010 (2010-02-09)
19	19	"Space"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Neil Richards, Maurice Suckling	February 10, 2010 (2010-02-10)
20	20	"Hide"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins	February 11, 2010 (2010-02-11)
21	21	"Quiet"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	February 12, 2010 (2010-02-12)
22	22	"Map"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Max Allen (Lead Writer)	February 15, 2010 (2010-02-15)
23	23	"Jaybird"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins	February 16, 2010 (2010-02-16)
24	24	"Note"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins	February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
25	25	"Zzzzz"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Emma Collins	February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)
26	26	"Magic"	Blue Zoo (Animation)	Joe Elliot	February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)

Series 2 (2011–12)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
27	1	"Taps"[2]	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)
28	2	"In"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
29	3	"Man"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)
30	4	"Din"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 1, 2012 (2012-03-01)
31	5	"Dog"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 2, 2012 (2012-03-02)
32	6	"Cat"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 2, 2012 (2012-03-02)
33	7	"Pen"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 8, 2011 (2011-03-08)
34	8	"Up"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Joe Elliot	March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
35	9	"Red"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 7, 2012 (2012-03-07)
36	10	"Hen"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
37	11	"Bop"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 9, 2012 (2012-03-09)
38	12	"Fred"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 12, 2012 (2012-03-12)
39	13	"Hill"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)
40	14	"Van"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 14, 2012 (2012-03-14)
41	15	"Zap"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)
42	16	"Dot"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 16, 2012 (2012-03-16)
43	17	"Surprise"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil and Annabel Richards	March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19)
44	18	"Web"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 20, 2012 (2012-03-20)
45	19	"Box"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 21, 2012 (2012-03-21)
46	20	"Quick"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)
47	21	"Kick"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Joe Elliot	March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)
48	22	"Wig"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Sioned Wyn Roberts	March 26, 2012 (2012-03-26)
49	23	"Rainbow"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Neil & Annabel Richards	March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)
50	24	"On"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Emma Collins	March 28, 2012 (2012-03-28)
51	25	"ABC"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Max Allen	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)
52	26	"The Cat Sat On The Mat"	Helen Arntsen (General) & Lizzie Hicks (Animation)	Joe Elliot	March 30, 2012 (2012-03-30)

Series 3 (2012–13)

1. Wish (UG word family)
2. Snowman (AN word family)
3. Win (IN word family)
4. Hat (AP word family)
5. Little Red N
6. Dots
7. Frog on a Dog (short vowels I and O)
8. Best (letter blend ST)
9. Fit (IT word family)
10. Odd (short vowel O; nonsense words)
11. Champ (digraphs CH and SH)
12. Song (digraph NG)
13. Thing (digraph TH)
14. Train (digraph AI)
15. Beep (digraph EE)
16. Tightrope (trigraph IGH)
17. Toad (digraph OA)
18. Book (digraph OO)
19. Hey! (vowels A, I, O, and OO)
20. Card (digraph AR)
21. The End (digraphs OI, OR, and UR)
22. How now brown cow (digraph OW)
23. Fair (trigraphs AIR, EAR, and URE, and digraph ER)
24. Ants (introduction to letter blends)
25. Ink (INK word family)
26. Crash (short vowel A; onomatopoeic words)

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Series 4 (2013)

1. Four (words with ending blends)
2. Clap (words with beginning blends)
3. Prank (words with beginning and ending blends)
4. Plusman (compound words)
5. Alphabet (digraphs WH and PH)
6. Name (long vowel A)
7. Sleep (long vowel E)
8. Mine (long vowel I)
9. Home (long vowel O)
10. Blue (long vowel U, and digraph EW)
11. Outlaw (words with AW and AU)
12. Birthday Girl (digraph IR)
13. Cowboy (digraphs OY and OU)

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Series 5 (2025)

1. An Alphablocks Adventure
2. Pip
3. C Versus K
4. Castles
5. R's Really Rare Rose
6. An Apple a Day
7. Ned
8. Treasure
9. Pot
10. No Fun Without U

Specials (2021–22)

1. Band Together (making words with letters appearing in alphabetical order)
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Az (changing vowels in CVC words)
3. Boo! (vowels A, O, and OO)
4. Letters to Santa (Christmas vocabulary)
5. Making Friends
6. Crossover (the A1-Z26 cipher)
7. The Case of the Missing Blocks (word magic with 2 words)
8. The Blocks v Blocks Games (anagrams)

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Alphablocks: Word Magic

Alphablocks: Word Magic is a spin-off of Alphablocks.

Alphablocks: Word Magic is a series of 26 short episodes published all at the same time on BBC iPlayer in 2020.^[2]

Each and every episode will begin with the letter doing something, with the narrator describing it. After that, three words will be spelled with that letter, and a little scene will play that has something to do with that word. After the words, the same Alphablock animation will play a second time. There are 26 episodes, one for each letter in the alphabet.^[2]

The episodes last for 1–3 minutes.^[2]