Alphablocks

Alphablocks is a British animated television programme for preschoolers that started on CBeebies on 25 January 2010. The programme was created by Joe Elliot and produced by Alphablocks Ltd with Blue Zoo. It was commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Alphablocks
Genre	Educational Preschool
Created by	Joe Elliot
Written by	Max Allen,Neil Richards,Annabel Richards,Maurice Suckling
Voices of	Teresa Gallagher David Holt Lizzie Waterworth (B,C,F,J,P,S and W)
Composer	Ben Lee-Delisle
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Rebecca Shallcross (CBeebies) and Joe Elliot
Producer	Sioned Wyn Roberts
Production location	BBC Pacific Quay
Running time	3 minutes (Series 1-2) 5 minutes (Series 3-Present)
Original release
Release	Present

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 go on adventures relating to words.

Series 1 (2010)

1. Alphablocks A-Z (the alphabet and the sounds that letters make)
2. Top (B_G)
3. Why (Y as a vowel)
4. Glow (vowels O and U)
5. Sing (B_ND)
6. Band (short vowels A and I)
7. Party (short vowel A)
8. Race
9. Moon (diphthong OO)
10. Sail (vowel team AI)
11. Fox (pangramming)
12. Surprise (letters S and X)
13. Bus (short vowels O and U)
14. Space (long vowels A and E)
15. Hide (long vowels E and I)
16. Jaybird (letter J)
17. Note (S-ending plurals)
18. Magic (long vowels with an E at the end)
19. Bee (long and short vowel E)
20. Key (letters C and K and digraph CK)
21. Cha Cha Cha (digraphs CH, SH, TH)
22. Alphalympics ("Wordscapes")
23. UFO (R-controlled vowels)
24. Quiet (letter Q and blend SQ)
25. Map (letter R)
26. Zzzzz (letter Z and double consonant ZZ)

Series 3 (2012-2013)

1. Wish (UG word family)
2. Snowman (AN word family)
3. Win (IN word family)
4. Hat (AP word family)
5. Little Red N (CVC words)
6. Dots (S-ending plural words)
7. Frog On A Dog (short vowels E, I, and O)
8. Best (blend ST)
9. Odd (short vowel O)
10. Champ (digraphs CH and SH)
11. Song (digraph NG)
12. Thing (digraph TH)
13. Train (vowel team AI)
14. Beep (vowel team EE)
15. Tightrope (trigraph IGH)
16. Book (diphthong OO)
17. The End (diphthongs OI, OR, UR)
18. How Now Brown Cow (diphthong OW)

Series 8 (2017-2018)

• Name 20 November 2017
• Four 21 November 2017
• Clap 22 November 2017
• Prank 23 November 2017
• Plusman 27 November 2017
• Alphabet 28 November 2017
• Sleep 29 November 2017
• Mine 30 November 2017
• Toad 4 December 2017
• Home 5 December 2017
• Blue 6 December 2017
• Outlaw 7 December 2017
• Hey! 29 January 2018

1. Card 30 January 2018
2. Fair 31 January 2018
3. Ants 5 February 2018
4. Ink 6 February 2018
5. Crash 7 February 2018
6. Fit 12 February 2018
7. Birthday Girl 13 February 2018
8. Cowboy 14 February 2018

Specials (2021-2022)

1. Band Together
2. The Wonderful Wizard Of Az
3. Boo! (Halloween vocabulary)
4. Letters To Santa (Christmas vocabulary)
5. Making Friends
6. The Case Of The Missing Blocks (magic with two CVC words)
7. The Blocks V Blocks Games
8. Crossover (the A1Z26 cipher)

Series 5 (2025)

1. An Alphablocks Adventure (the alphabet and the sounds that letters make)
2. Pip (short vowels A and I)
3. C Versus K (letters C and K)
4. Castles (short vowels)
5. R’s Really Rare Rose (short vowels)
6. An Apple a Day (short vowel A)
7. Ned (short vowel E)
8. Treasure (short vowel I)
9. Pot (short vowel O)
10. No Fun Without U (short vowels)
11. Cub (short vowel U)
12. Around Alphaland in a Day (short vowels A and U)
13. Farm (short vowels)
14. Names (capital letters)
15. Good Food (diphthong OO)

Series 6 (2025)

1. Party Party (S-ending plural words)
2. Shop (digraphs CH, SH, TH)
3. Think (digraph NK)
4. Wow (diphthong OW)
5. Snow (diphthong OW with the long O sound)
6. Stop (S-controlled blends)
7. Bugs (ending blends)
8. Stamp (beginning and ending blends)
9. Star (R-controlled blends and digraphs)
10. Snail (blends, long vowels, and digraphs)
11. Signs (CVC and VC words on signs)
12. Maze (special sounds for single letter O)
13. Who Can Help? (pronouns, special sounds for single letters E and I)
14. P's Perfect Painting (the word "the")
15. I Am I! (the use of the subject "I am")