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Boohbah was a television show aimed by children. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS until 2 July 2006. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre & Robin Stevens (of Pob fame). Anne Wood also created the children's show Teletubbies, and Boohbah is produced by the UK's Ragdoll Ltd. and the USA's PBS Kids. The similarity between this show and Teletubbies, both of which have a "science fiction" theme, is notable. One of the show's trademarks is a child's voice pronouncing the show's name in sing-song (BOOH.....BAH).

"Boohbah" means "doll" in Hebrew, but it's not clear if this influenced the name of the show, or even if the creators are aware of this.

The Boohbah one furry creature played by actor in full body costume The Boohbah have tick fur head that hairless make noise cause squeak squeal click The Boohbah can retract the Boohbah head into the Boohbah furry neck Each Boohbah a different color The Boohbah can fly part of the Boohbah routine to assemble into a star hold on feet cause lightdiver Each the Boohbah emit a different music note as a flash of colored light matching the Boohbah color sent out from the Boohbah head to a central pool One of the common future in Boohbah the Boohball The Boohball a glowing orange ball where the Boohbah LIVE it appear out of nowhere in variou part of the show It travel from country to country when it called by children the Boohball a pinning recharging bud where the Boohbah recharge energy It resemble one deep with the handle link or alternately the hammer resemble one fig halve The energy created by the laughter of the children when playing with the Boohbah the Boohball...

The elements of the program

Each show follows the same sequence of events in every episode. The sequence of events are:

• Opening title. The Boohball flies over at least three out of 15 different countries (Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Japan, Namibia, Russia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States)
• Boohbah warm up dance. The children call the Boohbahs by their names ("Jumbah, Humbah, Zing Zing Zingbah -- Booh!"), and then the Boohbahs join each other one by one in a simple dance. After all have joined in, the pace increases until all the Boohbahs are out of control. As a child calls out their names, they then freeze, stand spread-eagled, and retract their heads. When all have stopped, the children yell, "Booh!" and the Boohbahs fly upward into their circle formation.
• Present giving, in which a group of children bring "a present for the Storypeople" and they blow it into the Storyworld with the power of Boohbah magic. The present given will be the theme of the segment.

• Storyworld and the Storypeople, which is based on the present given in the last segment. During the segment, one or more of the Storypeople will find the present and interact with it. Often the Storypeople will encounter a problem, inspiring the unseen but observing children to say the magic word, which is "Boohbah!" This freezes the story and allows the children to blow another gift to the Storypeople, which enables the story to continue and lead to the problem's solution. These segments are filmed in Spain, unless the segments involve snow, in which case, the respective segment is filmed in Pinewood, England.
• Boohbah dance, where the Boohbahs perform a dance somewhat related to the "Storyworld and the Storypeople" segment. This dance is slightly more complex than the "warm up" dances.
• Look What I (or We) Can Do, shown in the American version in which actual children perform dances of their own. Three different dances are featured per show, and are simple so the home audience can follow along.

Episodes

There are 104 twenty-five minute programs. The show has been removed from PBS Kids.

References

1. http://idahoptv.org/schedules/listingDetails.cfm?TZ=MT&SeriesID=11968&thisChannel=KAID&VersionID=121272&ThisDate=7-2-2006&thisTime=07:30:00

External links

• Official Boohbah UK website
• The Boohbah Zone
• Boohbah at IMDb
• Will Boohbah be next 'Teletubbies'? (MSNBC)

• Use dmy dates from August 2013
• ITV children's television programmes
• Children's television series
• PBS network shows
• Television programs featuring puppetry
• 2004 television series debuts
• Lists of animated television series episodes