Cubeez
Genre3D animation
Directed byDave Osborne
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes104
Production
Executive producers
  • David Clement
  • Neil Janes
Producers
  • Tony Palk
  • Sarah Greene
  • Vo Fletcher
Running time11 minutes, 23 minutes or 18 minutes
Production companies
  • Cubeez Ltd
  • Optical Image Broadcast
  • Cubeedobeedo Ltd
  • Starsound B.V.
Original release
NetworkITV (GMTV Kids)
Release23 July 2000 (2000-07-23)[1] –
30 March 2001 (2001-03-30)

Cubeez is a British animated preschool education television series that was broadcast between 2000 and 2001 on GMTV's Kids. It is aimed at pre-school children aged 2–5. The four box-like characters, Bozz, Doody, Dink and Tizzy are accompanied on their adventures by a talking paintbrush (voiced by Marc Silk) and a variety of other characters. The show was animated using Alias Wavefront Maya. Each episode has a strong educational element and features live-action footage of children.

Characters

Cubeez

  • Bozz (voiced by Keith Wickham) is the pink male cubee, and the leader of the four.
  • Tizzy (voiced by Jan Haydn Rowles) is the yellow female cubee.
  • Dink (voiced by Mike Walling) is the blue male cubee.
  • Doody (voiced by Tara Newley) is the orange female cubee with round red glasses.

Friends

  1. Learning Wall (voiced by Marc Silk (season 1), Claire King (Season 2)
  2. Boingles (voiced by Marc Silk)
  3. Wiggywams (voiced by Marc Silk)
  4. Eyesanozes (Marc Silk)
  5. Artist the Paintbrush (Marc Silk)
  6. Tok Tok (Marc Silk)
  7. Bobby Bingle Boingle
  8. Aunt Boingle
  9. Pecking Circle Pecker
  10. Peebo

Episodes

  1. A Musical Day
  2. Music
  3. Telling Stories
  4. Busy Bears and Boingles
  5. Growing
  6. Transport and Speed
  7. Weather
  8. Colours and Patterns
  9. Shapes
  10. Counting
  11. Fast and Slow
  12. Up and Over
  13. High and Low
  14. Emotions
  15. One to Five
  16. Helping Hands
  17. Caring for the Environment
  18. Transport
  19. Sight and Sound
  20. Sports Day
  21. Home Sweet Home
  22. Hop, Skip and Jump
  23. A Windy Day
  24. Happy Birthday Dink
  25. Colours/Patterns
  26. Shapes
  27. Fixing Things
  28. Round and About
  29. Lollipops and Flowers
  30. Animals
  31. Lost and Found
  32. Pairs
  33. Circles and Squares
  34. Eyesanozes
  35. Bobby Bingle Boingle
  36. Music Box
  37. Flowers
  38. The Skeeta Race
  39. Night And Day
  40. Storytime
  41. Over And Under
  42. Spots And Stripes
  43. Mending and Making
  44. Shapes and Sizes
  45. Party Time
  46. Ice Cubeez
  47. Over and Out
  48. Slow or Fast
  49. Everything Has a Pattern
  50. Fun with Friends
  51. Three, Two, One
  52. Moves
  53. Ups and Downs
  54. Colours
  55. Sounds Like
  56. Changing Colours
  57. Doc Bozz
  58. Rise and Shine
  59. See, Hear, Feel
  60. Go Round
  61. Five
  62. Storytime
  63. Seasons and Flowers
  64. Fairplay
  65. Loud and Quiet
  66. Once Upon a Time
  67. Surprise Surprise
  68. Dance Dance Dance
  69. Unknown Easter Special? [2]
  70. Unknown Christmas Special?[3]

VHS/DVDs

In the United Kingdom, Right Entertainment and Universal Pictures Video released the series on VHS and DVD, using the half-hour version of the programme and containing three episodes each.

The first VHS volume, titled "Colours and Shapes", was released on 27 May 2002, contains the episodes "Colours and Patterns", "Shapes" and "Counting". The second VHS volume - "Musical Storytime", was released on 14 August 2002, contains the episodes "Music", "Telling Stories" and "Busy Bears and Boingles". They were released on DVD on 10 May and 16 August 2004, respectively.

The third VHS/DVD volume, titled Up & Over, was released on 7 February 2005, contains the episodes "Fast and Slow", "Up and Over" and "High and Low". The final volume, released only on DVD, titled "Growing", was released on 2 May 2005 and contains the episodes "Growing", "Transport and Speed" and "Weather".

Broadcast

Cubeez has been shown around the world. In the United Kingdom, it was aired on GMTV Kids from 2000 to around 2003, and then on Nick Jr. from October 2001 to October 2003, and then on Channel 4 from around 2005 to mid 2009. In Australia, it aired on ABC Kids and Fox Kids. In New Zealand it aired on TV3.

References

  1. ↑ "CUBEEZ CONJURES UP MAGICAL RATINGS SUCCESS FOR GMTV".
  2. ↑ "Entertainment Rights: Licencing". web.archive.org. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Entertainment Rights: Licencing". web.archive.org. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2024.


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