Get Squiggling is a British children's television series created and produced by Jo Killingley at Dot To Dot Productions, directed by Adrian Hedley, and broadcast on CBeebies and BBC Two in the UK.[1][2]
| Get Squiggling | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's |
| Created by | Jo Killingley |
| Directed by | Adrian Hedley |
| Voices of | Janet James Samantha Dodd John Hasler Teresa Gallagher |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jo Killingley (series producer) Tracy Nampala (producer) Sarah Colclough (for CBeebies) |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | Dot To Dot Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBeebies |
| Release | 11 February 2008 – 30 July 2010 |
Format
editThe programme begins with a theme song. The lead character is Squiglet, a monster who speaks directly to the audience. The programme itself teaches preschool-aged children how to draw, as well as basic colours and shapes.[3] The audience is encouraged to use drawing as a method of triggering imagination and as a means to progress the story. Each episode begins with him against a plain white background, which is gradually filled by the characters that he draws, like animals, objects, and landscapes, using his squiggle sticks and Squiggle Pad. There are seven different lines (loopy, round, straight, curved, bumpy, wavy and zig-zag) that Squiglet uses to draw. The main character is then animated by Squiglet saying the magic words, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Let's make our squiggles come alive!" and they join the story. All other content in the show is animated based on his drawings. If the main character encounters a problem, Squiglet draws an object to help them solve the problem. If a problem cannot be solved, the Squiggle Pad gives them a clue to the problem with a short, live-action video. While most episodes end with a song related to the episode, summing up the preceding story, some episodes starting with "Spaceman" end with an epilogue that what happened to the episode, summing up the same preceding story as before. Each episode ends with Squiglet saying "Thanks for all your squiggles, it's time to go now but come back to get squiggling soon. Keep on squiggling." and everybody says "Bye." before the end credits start to roll over.
Cast
editJohn Hasler as all male characters.
Teresa Gallagher as all female characters.
Samantha Dodd and Janet James as Squiglet.
Episodes
editSeries 1 (2008)
edit| Episode | Title[4] | Aired[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Snowman" | 11 February 2008 |
| 2 | "Pirate" | 12 February 2008 |
| 3 | "Caterpillar" | 13 February 2008 |
| 4 | "Hippo" | 14 February 2008 |
| 5 | "Spider" | 15 February 2008 |
| 6 | "Hedgehog" | 18 February 2008 |
| 7 | "Three Little Pigs" | 19 February 2008 |
| 8 | "Spaceman" | 20 February 2008 |
| 9 | "Lamb" | 21 February 2008 |
| 10 | "Knight" | 22 February 2008 |
| 11 | "Photographer" | 25 February 2008 |
| 12 | "Cowboy" | 26 February 2008 |
| 13 | "Bloodhound" | 27 February 2008 |
| 14 | "Monster" | 28 February 2008 |
| 15 | "Fairy" | 29 February 2008 |
| 16 | "Elephant" | 3 March 2008 |
| 17 | "Scarecrow" | 4 March 2008 |
| 18 | "Tortoise & Hare" | 5 March 2008 |
| 19 | "Giant" | 6 March 2008 |
| 20 | "Crab" | 7 March 2008 |
| 21 | "Robot" | 10 March 2008 |
| 22 | "Frog Prince" | 11 March 2008 |
| 23 | "Hyena" | 12 March 2008 |
| 24 | "Bee" | 13 March 2008 |
| 25 | "Penguin" | 14 March 2008 |
Series 2 (2010)
edit| Episode | Title[5] | Aired[5] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Monkey" | 14 June 2010 |
| 2 | "Cinderella" | 15 June 2010 |
| 3 | "Troll" | 16 June 2010 |
| 4 | "Mouse" | 17 June 2010 |
| 5 | "Old Mother Hubbard" | 18 June 2010 |
| 6 | "Cow" | 21 June 2010 |
| 7 | "Dinosaur" | 22 June 2010 |
| 8 | "Cat" | 23 June 2010 |
| 9 | "Gnome" | 24 June 2010 |
| 10 | "Magician" | 25 June 2010 |
| 11 | "Bat" | 28 June 2010 |
| 12 | "Squirrel" | 29 June 2010 |
| 13 | "Polar Bear" | 30 June 2010 |
| 14 | "Wizard" | 1 July 2010 |
| 15 | "Chef" | 2 July 2010 |
| 16 | "Ostrich" | 19 July 2010 |
| 17 | "Rhino" | 20 July 2010 |
| 18 | "Humpty Dumpty" | 21 July 2010 |
| 19 | "Old King Cole" | 22 July 2010 |
| 20 | "Koala" | 23 July 2010 |
| 21 | "Goldilocks" | 26 July 2010 |
| 22 | "Jack and the Beanstalk" | 27 July 2010 |
| 23 | "Magpie" | 28 July 2010 |
| 24 | "Rapunzel" | 29 July 2010 |
| 25 | "Kangaroo" | 30 July 2010 |
Get Squiggling Letters
editOn February 7, 2013, CBeebies commissioned a 26-episode spin-off to the series that focused on the letters of the alphabet.[6] As with the original, Beyond Distribution handled worldwide distribution to the spin-off.[7]
Home Media releases
editBBC Worldwide (2 Entertain) originally intended to release DVDs of the series in the United Kingdom, as hinted through a promo video featuring footage from the show, but the distributor never did any.
Abbey Home Media released a DVD in February 2011 called "Animal Magic", which includes many animal-related episodes, with six from the second series and three from the first series.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Get Squiggling Credits". BFI Film Database. Retrieved 23 November 2012.[dead link]
- ^ "Get Squiggling Episodes by date: November 2012". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "Get Squiggling! For Grownups". BBC. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Get Squiggling Series 1 Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Get Squiggling Series 2 Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "CBeebies commissions Get Squiggling spin-off".
- ^ "Beyond takes two Dot to Dot series to MIP".
- ^ "Get Squiggling". Amazon UK.