''Colourblocks'' is a British

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for

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ers that debuted on

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on 12 September 2022. The series follows the adventures of block characters in Colourland, each one named after a colour. Together with the series '' Alphablocks'' and '' Numberblocks'' it is a part of the "Blocks Universe". Commissioned by the

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, the programme was created by Joe Elliot and David Bowman, and produced by Alphablocks Ltd. with Blue Zoo Animation Studio. 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.

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.

Episodes

Series 1 (2022-2023)

* Red , 101 - 12/09/2022 * Blue , 102 - 13/09/2022 * Yellow , 103 - 14/09/2022 * Red Meets Blue , 104 - 15/09/2022 * Yellow Meets Red and Blue , 105 - 16/09/2022 * Green , 106 - 19/09/2022 * Green Means Go , 107 - 20/09/2022 * Chameleon , 108 - 21/09/2022 * Silly Colouring , 109 - 22/09/2022 * Orange , 110 - 23/09/2022 * Red and Yellow Meet Orange , 111 - 26/09/2022 * Purple , 112 - 27/09/2022 * The Uncoloured Castle , 113 - 28/09/2022 * Purple's Patterns , 114 - 29/09/2022 * Rainbow , 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 , 118 - 25/01/2023 * Shades of the Forest (Shades of You) , 119 - 26/01/2023 * Lighter and Darker , 120 - 27/01/2023 * Pink , 121 - 30/01/2023 * Brown , 122 - 31/01/2023 * Many Mixes Make Brown , 123 - 1/02/2023 * The Printing Crew (Cyan and Magenta) , 124 - 2/02/2023 * Grey , 125 - 3/02/2023 * Return of the Printing Crew , 126 - 6/02/2023 *The Sorting Express , 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 I 202 - 12/02/2024 * A Plate Of Many Colours I 203 - 13/02/2024 * Name That Colour I 204 - 14/02/2024 * Colouring a Rainbow I 205 - 15/02/2024 * Printing Crew to the Rescue I 206 - 16/02/2024 * Deep Blue and Sky Blue I 207 - 19/02/2024 * Orange's Gym I 208 - 20/02/2024 * Purple's Mural Makeover I 209 - 21/02/2024 * Lime I 210 - 22/02/2024 * Return of the Sorting Express I 211 - 23/02/2024 * Fun with Colours I 212 - 26/02/2024 * It's a Grey Day I 213 - 27/02/2024 * Red's Recolouring Tour I 214 - 28/02/2024 * A Colourful Journey I 215 - 29/02/2024

Series 3 (2025)

Cast

* Claire Morgan (as Red and Orange) *

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(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) *

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(as Cyan) *Beth Chalmers (as Deep Blue) * David Holt (as Sky Blue) *

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(as Lime)

References

External links

Official website
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YouTube channel
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