Cartoon
Colourblocks
The story
Colourblocks is a British animated television series for preschoolers that debuted on CBeebies on 12 September 2022. The series follows the adventures of the main character Colourblock Yellow and his friends 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 British Broadcasting Corporation, 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 the 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.
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 (multicoloured things) | 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 (recap of making orange) | 116 - 23/01/2023
Pick a Partner (analogous and complementary colours) | 117 - 24/01/2023
Black and White (the colours black and white) | 118 - 25/01/2023
Shades of the Forest (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 (colours cyan and magenta) | 124 - 2/02/2023
Grey (the colour grey and its shades) | 125 - 3/02/2023
Return of the Printing Crew (the CMYK colour model) | 126 - 6/02/2023
The Sorting Express (sorting things by colour) | 127 - 7/02/2023
Choosing Colours (colour contrast) | 128 - 8/02/2023
Colour Wheels (4, 6, and 8 colour wheels) | 129 - 9/02/2023
It's a Colourful World (recap) | 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 (blue and its shades; the colour deep blue and sky blue) I 207 - 19/02/2024
Orange's Gym (orange and its shades) I 208 - 20/02/2024
Purple's Mural Makeover (purple and its shades) I 209 - 21/02/2024
Lime (the colour 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 (mixing different colours with grey) I 213 - 27/02/2024
Red's Recolouring Tour (red and its shades) I 214 - 28/02/2024
A Colourful Journey 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)