''Cubeez'' is a British
computer-animated
Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animations. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes ( still images) and dynamic images (moving images), while computer animation refe ...
preschool education television series that was broadcast between 2000 and 2001 on
GMTV
GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
'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
Marc Silk is a British voice actor.
His character vocal work includes Aks Moe in ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', '' Danger Mouse'', ''The Pingu Show'', ''Go Jetters'', ''Strange Hill High'', ''Chicken Run'' and US voice of Bo ...
) 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.
Characters
Cubeez
* Bozz (voiced by
Keith Wickham
Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', and Polluto in ''Tommy Zoom''.
Career
Wickham voiced Change ...
) – 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
Mike Walling (8 July 1950 – 2 July 2020) was an English comic actor and screenwriter.
Career
Walling began his career as an English teacher at Holland Park School in London. In the mid-1970s, while still a teacher, he won a British TV talent ...
) – The blue male cubee.
* Doody (voiced by
Tara Newley
Tara Cynara Newley (born 12 October 1963) is a British writer, broadcaster, and producer.
Early life
Newley is the daughter of actress Joan Collins and actor/composer/singer Anthony Newley. She is also the sister of Alexander Newley. She live ...
) – 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
Broadcast
''Cubeez'' has been shown around the world. In the United Kingdom, it was aired on
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...
from October 2001 to October 2003, and then on
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
from around 2005 to early 2009. In Australia, it aired on
ABC Kids. In New Zealand it aired on
TV3.
References
2000 British television series debuts
2001 British television series endings
1990s British animated television series
British children's animated adventure television series
1990s British children's television series
Channel 4 original programming
British computer-animated television series
ITV children's television shows
Nick Jr. original programming
British preschool education television series
English-language television shows
2000s British animated television series
2000s British children's television series
Animated preschool education television series
2000s preschool education television series
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