Plot
The series revolves around a show bug host named Lingo and his family of bugs, who each specialize in a different language. At the request of children, he travels across the world to perform a Big Bug Show using one of his performers. In each episode, the chosen performer searches around for props required for their show, as they introduce objects in their language, before they bring them back to Lingo so they can perform the show for the delighted preschool children.Characters
The characters were designed by Kate Sullivan. * Lingo ** (voiced by Marc Silk): The ringmaster ladybird of the Big Bug Show. He is in charge of bringing his Big Bug Stage across the world to host shows and often has wild ambitions as to what they could entail. * Bloozles ** A group of small green worker bugs that helps Lingo in preparing for the Big Bug Show. * Floozles ** The silent flying bugs that help Lingo prepare for the show too. * Spaestro ** A blue spider with eight arms who plays several instruments, including a washboard, a drum, a trumpet, a piano, a violin, a xylophone, a music player, and a little drum on top of his head. * Bug Buddies ** A group of live-action children who pick a bug to perform a Big Bug Show for them. *Wèi **(voiced by Lin Lin): A little orange ant from China who speaks Mandarin. He is often seen wearing roller skates and a crash helmet. *Jargonaise **(voiced by Aurelie Harp): A female pink bug from France who speaks French. *Queso **(voiced by Fran Canals): A cockroach from Spain who speaks Spanish. He is often seen carrying his guitar. *Lieb **(voiced by Britta Gartner): An athletic tick from Germany who speaks German. *Blodwen **(voiced by Elen Rhys): A fuzzy green caterpillar from Wales who speaks Welsh. *Jaadoo **(voiced by Bhasker Patel): A white green striped bug from Pakistan who speaks Urdu. He is constantly seen riding a unicycle. *Kikli **(voiced by Samir Fothergill): A yellow bug with a magic wand from India who speaks Punjabi. *Dyzio **(voiced by Park Hae-Yeop): A stick insect from Poland who speaks Polish. *Subah **(voiced by Park Shin-Yong): A green bug in a purple polka-dotted shell from Somalia who speaks Somali. * Ingrid ** (voiced by Birgitte Solem): A light purple centipede from Sweden who speaks Swedish. * Larry ** (voiced by Amnon Wolf): A brown termite from Israel who speaks Hebrew. * Marek ** (voiced by Viktor Preiss): A blue and yellow striped mantis from Czech Republic who speaks Czech. He is seen wearing a sailor's hat. * Jaolita ** (voiced by Rita Blanco): A blue firefly from Portugal who speaks Portuguese. * Marcello ** (voiced by Giancarlo Giannini): A beetle chef from Italy who speaks Italian. * Abdalbari ** (voiced by Majid Habibi): A gray locust with brown wings from Iran who speaks Persian. * Furahi ** (voiced by Ryan Allen): A bongo-playing grasshopper from Kenya who speaks Swahili. * Ren ** (voiced by Aliando Syarief): A grasshopper from Indonesia who speaks Indonesian. * Jeweils ** (voiced by Julia Piquet) A blue ant from Luxembourg who speaks Luxembourgish. * Duong ** (voiced by Ahn Tuan): A red millipede from Vietnam who speaks Vietnamese. He is seen wearing a brown jacket and green shoes. * Deti ** (voiced by Lola Borrisenko (using the voice of Connie Cockroach from Lottie Dottie Mini)): A brown cockroach from Russia who speaks Russian. * Sekkei ** (voiced by Mamoru Miyano (using the voice of Ishiro from Let's Go Luna!)) A purple spider from Japan who speaks Japanese. * Mismar ** (voiced by Mena Massoud (using the voice of Valerie from ABC Monsters)): A purple butterfly with pink wings from Saudi Arabia who speaks Arabic. * Byapok ** (voiced by Harish Bhimani): A turquoise wasp from Bangladesh who speaks Bengali. * Forma ** (voiced by Julia Sales): A young ladybug from Malta who speaks Maltese. * Cdhmay ** (voiced by Arunee Nanthiwat): A blue dragonfly from Thailand who speaks Thai. * Ses ** (voiced by Sarp Akkaya): A high-pitched mosquito from Turkey who speaks Turkish. * Epipedo ** (voiced by Catalina Rose): A pink technologist worm from Greece who speaks Greek. * Neved ** (voiced by Bence Penke): A burgundy slug from Hungary who speaks Hungarian. * Badan ** (voiced by Nasiruddin Nasir): A yellow black-striped bumblebee from Malaysia who speaks Malaysian. * Pradarshan ** (voiced by Andre Scheidt): A green firefly from India who speaks Hindi. * Hektor ** (voiced by Lars Mikkelsen): An orange cricket from Denmark who speaks Danish. He is seen wearing a Viking hat. * Kirje ** (voiced by Annituuli Kasurinen): A brown earwig from Finland who speaks Finnish. * Manana ** (voiced by Elaine Pellino (using the voice of Mela from The Samsonadzes)): A dark blue caterpillar from Georgia who speaks Georgian. * Narod ** (voiced by Rene Bitorajac (using the voice of Rockin' Roach from Lottie Dottie Mini)): A blue roach from Croatia who speaks Croatian. * Minn ** (voiced by Keith Knight): A brown worm from Iceland who speaks Icelandic. He is seen wearing a green Tyrolean hat, red shoe on the end of its tail, a blue and green tube on his body (intended to resemble a sleeveless shirt and one-legged trousers) and has a red bow tie. * Olheun ** (voiced by Kim Seung-jun): A green butterfly with orange hair from South Korea who speaks Korean. * Roborat ** (voiced by R. Martin Klein): A firefly from South America who speaks Latin. He is seen wearing a purple coat and white shoes. * Adriaan ** (voiced by Satauna Howery): A yellow housefly from South Africa who speaks Afrikaans. * Inaippu ** (voiced by Tara Emo): A ladybug from Singapore who speaks Tamil. * Gedaan and Slotsuk ** (voiced by Debbie Murillo): Two twin bees from the Netherlands who speak Dutch. * Kateryna ** (voiced by Ruslana Lyzhychko): A red caterpillar from Ukraine who speaks Ukrainian. * Practica ** (voiced by Paul Braunstein (using the voice of Termite from Lottie Dottie Mini)): A yellow green-striped termite from Catalonia who speaks Catalan. * Ayñi ** (voiced by Saara Chaudry): A purple butterfly from Peru who speaks Quechua. She is seen wearing a green dress and white boots.Development
''The Lingo Show'' was originally created as an interactive flash minisite by CBeebies web producer Nicole Seymour, which launched in February 2011. The site features various activities which teach children new words in numerous languages; with the website periodically updated to include new languages. The site proved popular and in June that year, it was decided to bring the series to television format, with Dinamo Productions doing animation. The first series, consisting of fifteen episodes, began airing from 12 March 2012 and focuses on three languages, Mandarin, French and Spanish. The second season, also consisting of fifteen episodes, which teaches German, Welsh and Urdu, began airing from 20 May 2013.Trivia
Jeweils is Wei's sister. Kikli, Badan, Gedaan and Slotsuk are twin bees. Deti is Queso's sister. Roborat, Jaolita and Pradarshan are twin fireflies. Lots of bugs have siblings and twins. Jaadoo is Blodwen's boyfriend.Episodes
Season 1 (2012)
Season 2 (2013)
Albums, Notes and Coloring Book (from the StoryBots Classroom Book)
Websites (from the StoryBots Classroom Book)
References
External links
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