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Boohbah is a children’s Television program created by Anne Wood. It premiered on 14 April 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom , followed by its Nick Jr. UK premiere on 30 September 2003. The series is produced by Ragdoll Productions.

The series ran for three seasons, with a total of 104 episodes.

Characters

The series focuses on the Boohbah: one plump fuzzy furry power played by actors in full-body costume fur feet is hairless make noises another cause squeak cause communicate...

Vignettes

Each episode follows the same sequence of events. This is:

• Opening title. The Boohball flies over at least two out of 16 different countries (Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Japan, Namibia, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States) or 3 in the American version.
• Arrival of the Boohbahs. After the Boohball finishes its flight, it hits a patch of grass, in turn forming a rainbow spiral. As we follow the Boohball's path, the show's title appears, and we begin to ascend upward. We then go inside the Boohball and discover what appears to be five creatures sleeping in hammock-esque pods. As we come across each creature sleeping in its pod, the pods begin to spin and circle around, and we are introduced to the Boohbahs ("Humbah - Zumbah - Zing Zing Zingbah - Jumbah - Jingbah") as children voice-overs wake them up by saying their names. When each Boohbah's name is called, its head pops up, and they move their eyes while making a clicking sound. After each Boohbah has awakened, they all struggle themselves out of their pod while expelling air. The children call out "Booh!", which in turn sends the Boohbahs out of the Boohball and into a large dome-like area called the Boohzone. They send out a coloured musical note toward the bottom of the Boohzone, which causes it to flash furiously and the Boohbahs to fly around their territory.
• Boohbah warm up dance. All five Boohbahs land at a pale blue-coloured "room" and begin running around. Suddenly, the children begin saying their names in a random order, and the Boohbahs join each other one by one in a simple dance. When each Boohbah is called up to the screen, their eyebrows light up, and they look around. After all have joined in, the pace increases until all the Boohbahs are out of control. When they fully lose control, a rainbow comes out of nowhere, and the Boohbahs begin to run around again. As a child calls out their names, one by one, they freeze, stand spread-eagled, and retract their heads. When each Boohbah is completely still, the children yell "Booh!" and the Boohbahs, making air bellowing noises, fly upward into their circle formation. They begin to release yet more musical notes into the Boohball and seemingly disappear inside it.
• Present giving, in which a group of children bring "a present for the Storypeople" and they blow it into 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 (a diverse cast of familial characters) 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 between Málaga and Tarifa.
• Boohbah dance, during which 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. Often, these dances will contain sequences where the Boohbahs run into each other and fall over, leave the ground, or are placed at a downward position.
• Transition to "Look What I Can Do". After the dance sequence above is over, another rainbow appears, and a child whispers out "Boohbah...". The camera comes across the Boohzone flashing wildly, and the Boohbahs fly out of the Boohzone and into the Boohball, forming their circle formation halfway. They then fly into their pods, nestle themselves inside, and retract their heads. When each Boohbah is tucked snugly in its pod, they begin to circle around again and the Boohball flies to another country far away.
• Look What I 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 that the home audience can follow along.

The Boohball

One of the common feature Boohbah is Boohball, a glowing white ball the Boohbahs live appear out of of the show when it is called by children Boohball one charger on a round spinning platform where the Boohbahs recharge energy fuzzy ladle with the handle front linked to what appear to be currents of one can also say the bud is the Boohbah' bed resemble one halve The energy created by the laughter of the children when playing with the Boohbahs...

Episodes

104 episodes were produced, making up three seasons.

Season 1 (2003)

1. "Skipping Rope" (14 April 2003)
2. "Pearly Shells" (15 April 2003)
3. "Rope and Rock" (16 April 2003)
4. "Musical Pipe" (17 April 2003)
5. "Windows" (18 April 2003)
6. "Armchair" (28 April 2003)
7. "Record Player" (29 April 2003)
8. "Squeaky Socks" (30 April 2003)
9. "A Pile of Balls" (1 May 2003)
10. "Painting The Fence" (2 May 2003)
11. "Big Bass Drum" (12 May 2003)
12. "Hammock" (13 May 2003)
13. "Squeaky Seesaw" (14 May 2003)
14. "Jack in the Box" (15 May 2003)
15. "Bubbles" (16 May 2003)
16. "Settee and Cushions" (16 June 2003)
17. "Big Comb" (17 June 2003)
18. "The Big Ball" (18 June 2003)
19. "Yellow Woolly Jumper" (19 June 2003)
20. "Musical Instruments" (20 June 2003)
21. "The Bed" (23 June 2003)
22. "The High Wall" (24 June 2003)
23. "Cakes and String" (25 June 2003)
24. "The Door" (26 June 2003)
25. "Building Blocks" (27 June 2003)
26. "Hot Dog" (7 July 2003)
27. "Treasure Chest" (8 July 2003)
28. "Flippers" (9 July 2003)
29. "Two Hats" (10 July 2003)
30. "Bells" (11 July 2003)
31. "Shed" (14 July 2003)
32. "Shining Armour" (15 July 2003)
33. "Flowers and Vase" (16 July 2003)
34. "Big Bag" (17 July 2003)
35. "Piggy Bank" (18 July 2003)
36. "Drink Of Milk" (4 August 2003)
37. "Leaky Hose" (5 August 2003)
38. "Parping Horn" (6 August 2003)
39. "Musical Cushions" (7 August 2003)
40. "Following The Signs" (8 August 2003)
41. "Puddle" (1 September 2003)
42. "Skittles" (2 September 2003)
43. "Drawing Pad and Pencil Sharpener" (3 September 2003)
44. "Cracker" (4 September 2003)
45. "Island" (5 September 2003)
46. "Collecting Mail" (22 September 2003)
47. "Tunnel" (23 September 2003)
48. "Necklace" (24 September 2003)
49. "Heavy Suitcase" (25 September 2003)
50. "TV" (26 September 2003)
51. "Long Drink" (13 October 2003)
52. "Fairground Thing" (14 October 2003)
53. "Big Switch" (15 October 2003)
54. "Bouncers" (16 October 2003)
55. "Beard" (17 October 2003)

Season 2 (2003-2004)

1. "Paper Plane" (10 November 2003)
2. "Droopy Flowers" (11 November 2003)
3. "Fido's Flag" (12 November 2003)
4. "Sailing Boat" (13 November 2003)
5. "Gigantic Carrot" (14 November 2003)
6. "Stream" (1 December 2003)
7. "Feathers" (2 December 2003)
8. "Bat and Ball" (3 December 2003)
9. "Chair In The Air" (4 December 2003)
10. "Falling Oranges" (5 December 2003)
11. "Comfy Slippers" (29 December 2003)
12. "Ice Cream Cone" (30 December 2003)
13. "Banana Split" (31 December 2003)
14. "Pulling the Rope" (1 January 2004)
15. "Springy Sofa" (2 January 2004)
16. "Club and Ball" (19 January 2004)
17. "Hole In The Fence" (20 January 2004)
18. "Crossroads" (21 January 2004)
19. "Fido's Bone" (22 January 2004)
20. "Coloured Bricks" (23 January 2004)
21. "Glowing Lanterns" (9 February 2004)
22. "Little White Cloud" (10 February 2004)
23. "Stack Of Cushions" (11 February 2004)
24. "Jigsaw" (12 February 2004)
25. "Stick" (13 February 2004)
26. "Flag" (30 March 2004)
27. "Four Jumpers" (31 March 2004)
28. "Snowshaker" (1 April 2004)
29. "Squirty Flower" (2 April 2004)
30. "Fido's Picture" (3 April 2004)
31. "Unwinding Carpet" (27 April 2004)

Season 3 (2004-2005)

1. "Bouncy Castle" (28 April 2004)
2. "Wardrobe" (29 April 2004)
3. "Over The Net" (30 April 2004)
4. "Snowballs" (1 May 2004)
5. "Space Rocket" (12 July 2004)
6. "Sticky Wrapper" (13 July 2004)
7. "Jumping On The Balls" (14 July 2004)
8. "Sledge" (15 July 2004)
9. "Camera" (16 July 2004)
10. "Tightrope" (11 October 2004)
11. "Ball and Hoop" (12 October 2004)
12. "Little Rocky Boat" (13 October 2004)
13. "Flying Fish" (14 October 2004)
14. "Bucket and Spade" (15 October 2004)
15. "Umbrella" (4 January 2005)
16. "Snowman" (21 January 2005)
17. "Grass Skirt" (9 February 2005)
18. "Book" (11 March 2005)

Broadcast

Boohbah aired in the UK on CITV and GMTV. In the US it aired on PBS Kids and Sprout. It was shown on ABC in Australia. In Canada it aired on Treehouse TV. In New Zealand it aired on Three. In the Republic of Ireland it aired on RTÉ Two. In Singapore it aired on Kids Central.

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20030419180421/http://www.boohbah.tv/
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060304094335/http://www.nickjr.co.uk/shows/boohbah/index.aspx

External links

• Boohbah at IMDb
• Will Boohbah be next 'Teletubbies'? (MSNBC)

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