British children's educational series
| The Lingo Show |
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| Genre | Children's
Animated |
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| Created by | Nicole Seymour |
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| Directed by | Charlotte Bushell & Lee Kitchen |
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| Starring | Marc Silk
Lin Lin
Aurelie Harp
Fran Canals
Britta Gartner
Elen Rhys
Bhasker Patel
Samir Fothergill
Park Heo-yeop
Park Shin-yong |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| Original language | English |
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| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Executive producer | Adam Redfern |
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| Running time | 11 minutes |
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| Production companies | BBC
Dinamo Productions |
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| Network | BBC, CBeebies |
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| Release | 12 March 2012 (2012-03-12) –
7 June 2013 (2013-06-07) |
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The Lingo Show is a British flash animated children's television series created by Nicole Seymour, produced by the BBC and animated by Dinamo Productions for BBC's CBeebies channel and programming block. The characters and many other elements were designed by Kate Sullivan. The show, which combines flash animation with live-action footage, is designed to introduce preschool kids to new languages. The programme, which ran for 2 series totalling 30 episodes, initially began as an interactive minisite on the CBeebies website,[1] aired on CBeebies between 2012 and 2013.[2]
Plot
The series revolves around a show bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of children, he travels across the world to perform a Big Bug Show using one of his performers. In each episode, the chosen performer searches around for props required for their show, as they introduce objects in their language, before they bring them back to Lingo so they can perform the show for the delighted preschool children.
Characters
Main characters
The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan.
- Lingo (Voiced by Marc Silk): The ringmaster of the Big Bug Show. He is in charge of bringing his Big Bug Stage across the world to host shows and often has wild ambitions as to what they could entail. Lingo is half ladybird and half butterfly.
- Wèi (Voiced by Lin Lin): A small male ant who is from China and speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet.[3]
- Jargonaise (Voiced by Aurelie Harp): A fabulous female housefly who is from France and speaks French.[4]
- Queso (Voiced by Fran Canals): A charming and funny male moth who is often seen carrying his guitar. He's from Spain and speaks Spanish.[5]
- Lieb (Voiced by Britta Gartner): An athletic female tick who is from Germany and speaks German. She was added to the cast in the second season.[6]
- Blodwen (Voiced by Elen Rhys): A nurturing female fuzzy green caterpillar who speaks in an opera singing tone. She comes from Wales and speaks Welsh.[7]
- Jaadoo (Voiced by Bhasker Patel.): A male white green striped tick who is constantly seen riding a unicycle, and has magic powers. He is from Pakistan and speaks Urdu.[8]
- Kikli: A female yellow damselfly with a magic wand who giggles a lot. She is from India and speaks Punjabi.[9]
- Dyzio: A sleepy brown male stick insect who is from Poland and speaks Polish.[10]
- Subah: A sassy female green woodlouse in a purple polka-dotted shell who is from Somalia speaks Somali.[11]
Minor characters
- Bloozles: A group of small green worker bugs that helps Lingo in preparing for the Big Bug Show.
- Floozles: The silent flying bugs that help Lingo prepare for the show too.
- Spaestro: A blue spider with eight arms who plays several instruments, including a washboard, a drum, a trumpet, a piano, a violin, a xylophone, a music player, and a little drum on top of his head. He is unnamed in the show.
