Colourblocks

Colourblocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 12 September 2022.^[1] The series follows the adventures of block characters in Colourland,^[2] each one named after a colour.^[3] Together with the series Alphablocks and Numberblocks it is a part of the "Blocks Universe".^[1] Commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation, the programme was created by Joe Elliot and David Bowman, and produced by Alphablocks Ltd. with Blue Zoo Animation Studio.^[1][4]

Colourblocks
Genre	Educational Preschool
Created by	Joe Elliot David Bowman
Written by	Ian Carney
Directed by	Francesca Adams (series director) Dan Cripps (animation director)
Voices of	Claire Morgan Will Jennings Bayo Gbadamosi Harriet Carmichael Kayi Ushe Akiya Henry David Holt Beth Chalmers Dominique Moore
Composer	Ben Lee-Delisle
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	45
Production
Production companies	Blue Zoo Alphablocks Ltd
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) – present
Related
Alphablocks Numberblocks Wonderblocks

Two seasons have been produced. As of 2024, the series was scheduled for production up to 2027, per an agreement between the Alphablocks Ltd. and Blue Zoo, and BBC.^[4]

Premise

The programme aims to teach children about colours. Colour mixing is represented by characters bumping into each other to produce a new character of the resulting colour. A particular object representative of its colour is associated with each character. While being themed on colours, characters also have different shapes so that colour blind children would be able to distinguish between them.^[5]

Episodes

Series 1 (2022-2023)

• Red (the colour red) | 101 - 12/09/2022
• Blue (the colour blue) | 102 - 13/09/2022
• Yellow (the colour yellow) | 103 - 14/09/2022
• Red Meets Blue | 104 - 15/09/2022
• Yellow Meets Red and Blue (primary colours) | 105 - 16/09/2022
• Green (the colour green) | 106 - 19/09/2022
• Green Means Go (blue and yellow mixing to make green) | 107 - 20/09/2022
• Chameleon (introduction to colour changing) | 108 - 21/09/2022
• Silly Colouring (things in right or wrong colours) | 109 - 22/09/2022
• Orange (the colour orange) | 110 - 23/09/2022
• Red and Yellow Meet Orange (red and yellow mixing to make orange) | 111 - 26/09/2022
• Purple (the colour purple) | 112 - 27/09/2022
• The Uncoloured Castle (red and blue mixing to make purple) | 113 - 28/09/2022
• Purple's Patterns (types of patterns) | 114 - 29/09/2022
• Rainbow (rainbow; the colours indigo and violet) | 115 - 30/09/2022
• Little Red Riding Hood (Red Riding Hood) | 116 - 23/01/2023
• Pick a Partner (Similar and Opposite) | 117 - 24/01/2023
• Black and White (the colours black and white) | 118 - 25/01/2023
• Shades of the Forest (Shades of You) (introduction to dark and light colors by mixing different colours with black and white respectively) | 119 - 26/01/2023
• Lighter and Darker (bright, light, and dark colours) | 120 - 27/01/2023
• Pink (the colour pink) | 121 - 30/01/2023
• Brown (the colour brown) | 122 - 31/01/2023
• Many Mixes Make Brown (many shades of brown; three colors mixing together) | 123 - 1/02/2023
• The Printing Crew (Cyan and Magenta) | 124 - 2/02/2023
• Grey (the colour grey and its shades) | 125 - 3/02/2023
• Return of the Printing Crew (mixing colors with yellow, cyan, and magenta) | 126 - 6/02/2023
• The Sorting Express (sorting things by colour) | 127 - 7/02/2023
• Choosing Colours | 128 - 8/02/2023
• Colour Wheels | 129 - 9/02/2023
• It's a Colourful World | 130 - 10/02/2023

Series 2 (2023-2024)

• It's a Colourful Christmas | 201 - 4/12/2023
• The Mixing Factory (mixing and shading colours) I 202 - 12/02/2024
• A Plate Of Many Colours (food in many colours) I 203 - 13/02/2024
• Name That Colour (identifying colours and their mixes and shades) I 204 - 14/02/2024
• Colouring a Rainbow (the colours of the rainbow) I 205 - 15/02/2024
• Printing Crew to the Rescue (Black as a member of the Printing Crew) I 206 - 16/02/2024
• Deep Blue and Sky Blue^[6] (blue and its shades; the colour deep blue and sky blue) I 207 - 19/02/2024
• Orange's Gym^[7] (orange and its shades) I 208 - 20/02/2024
• Purple's Mural Makeover^[8] (purple and its shades) I 209 - 21/02/2024
• Lime^[9] (the colour lime) I 210 - 22/02/2024
• Return of the Sorting Express^[10] I 211 - 23/02/2024
• Fun with Colours ^[11] I 212 - 26/02/2024
• It's a Grey Day ^[12] (mixing different colours with grey) I 213 - 27/02/2024
• Red's Recolouring Tour ^[13] (red and its shades) I 214 - 28/02/2024
• A Colourful Journey ^[14] I 215 - 29/02/2024

Cast

• Claire Morgan (as Red and Orange)
• Will Jennings (as Yellow, Purple, and Magenta)
• Bayo Gbadamosi (as Blue)
• Harriet Carmichael (as Green, Indigo, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Grey, Light Grey, and Dark Grey)
• Kayi Ushe (as Pink)
• Akiya Henry (as Cyan)
• Beth Chalmers (as Deep Blue)
• David Holt (as Sky Blue)
• Dominique Moore (as Lime)