Cubeez
Cubeez is a British computer-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 creative characters that they're made in Alias Wavefront Maya. Each episode has a strong educational element and features live-action footage of children.
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| Genre | 3D animation |
| Directed by | Dave Osborne |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
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| Running time | 11 minutes, 23 minutes or 18 minutes |
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| Distributor | Entertainment Rights[1] |
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| Original network | ITV (GMTV Kids) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| Original release | June 2000[2] – 30 March 2001 |
Characters
Cubeez
- Bozz (voiced by Keith Wickham) – The pink male cubee, and the leader of the four.
- Tizzy (voiced by Jan Haydn Rowles) – The yellow female cubee.
- Dink (voiced by Mike Walling) – The blue male cubee.
- Doody (voiced by Tara Newley) – The orange female cubee with round red glasses.
Friends
- Learning Wall (voiced by Marc Silk (season 1,) Claire King (Season 2)
- Boingles (voiced by Marc Silk)
- Wiggywams (voiced by Marc Silk)
- Eyesanozes (Marc Silk)
- Artist the Paintbrush (Marc Silk)
- Tock Tock (Marc Silk)
- Bobby Bingle Boingle
- Aunt Boingle
- Pecking Circle Pecker
- Peebo
Episodes
- Music
- Telling Stories
- Busy Bears and Boingles
- Growing
- Transport and Speed
- Weather
- Colours and Patterns
- Shapes
- Counting
- Fast and Slow
- Up and Over
- High and Low
- Emotions
- One to Five
- Helping Hands
- Transport
- Sight and Sound
- Sports Day
- Home Sweet Home
- Hop, Skip and Jump
- A Windy Day
- Happy Birthday Dink
- Colours/Patterns
- Shapes
- Fixing Things
- Round and About
- Lollipops and Flowers
- Animals
- Lost and Found
- Pairs
- Circles and Squares
- Eyesanozes
- Bobby Bingle Boingle
- Music Box
- Flowers
- The Skeeta Race
- Night And Day
- Storytime
- Over And Under
- Spots And Stripes
- Mending and Making
- Shapes and Sizes
- Party Time
- Ice Cubeez
- Over and Out
- Slow or Fast
- Everything Has a Pattern
- Fun with Friends
- Three, Two, One
- Moves
- Ups and Downs
- Colours
- Sounds Like
- Changing Colours
- Doc Bozz
- Rise and Shine
- See, Hear, Feel
- Go Round
- Five
- Storytime
- Seasons and Flowers
- Fairplay
- Loud and Quiet
- Once Upon a Time
- Surprise Surprise
- Dance Dance Dance
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 Nick Jr. from October 2001 to October 2003, and then on Channel 4 from around 2005 to early 2009. In Australia, it aired on ABC Kids. In New Zealand it aired on TV3.
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