Colourblocks

Descriptive Transcript

[Happy music plays, chimes]

DESCRIPTION: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple Colourblocks smile and jump. Green touches white grass, and it turns green. Orange dribbles a white basketball, and it turns orange. Purple touches white flowers, turning them purple.

[Song] Colourblocks, Colourblocks, red and yellow and blue. Colourblocks, Colourblocks, green and purple and orange, too. In a magic world of colours, look what we can do. Colourblocks, Colourblocks, we're mixing it up for you. Colourblocks!

[Title] Colourblocks.

DESCRIPTION: The yellow O in “Blocks” turns into the yellow colourblock.

[Yellow giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Red curtains open, and Purple carries a book to a lectern in a field.

[Curtains scrape, applause, regal music plays]

PURPLE: Hello, and welcome to the show. Today, the Colourblocks proudly present a colourful performance of Little Red Riding Hood.

PURPLE READS: Once upon a time, there was a Colourblock called Little Red Riding Hood.

[Whoosh, Red giggles, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Red arrives as Little Red Riding Hood, wearing a red hooded cape.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: That's me.

PURPLE READS: Little Red Riding Hood packed a basket full of wonderful red treats for her grandma's party. She had...

[Thump, chimes, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood puts a basket on the grass. She turns a balloon, a slice of cake, and strawberries red as she removes them from the basket.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: A red balloon, a red cake and some red strawberries.

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood picks up her basket and skips. Purple follows her, carrying the book on the lectern.

PURPLE READS: Little Red Riding Hood set out through the forest, and…

PURPLE: Wait a minute.

[The music stops, lectern rattles]

DESCRIPTION: Purple puts the lectern on the grass.

PURPLE: We need a forest.

DESCRIPTION: Green arrives.

GREEN: I can help.

[Upbeat music plays]

PURPLE: Ah, Green. May we have a forest, please?

GREEN: Naturally. Follow me.

[Footsteps rustle, chimes]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood follows Green into a forest full of white trees. Green touches the treetops, and they turn green.

GREEN: Green. Green. Green, green.

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood stops and watches a blue butterfly flutter past.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Green? Where are you?

[Tense music plays, leaves rustle]

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Oh, no. I'm all alone in the forest.

[Blue giggles, Little Red Riding Hood shouts]

DESCRIPTION: Blue, dressed as a wolf, jumps out from behind a bush.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: It's the Big Bad Wolf!

BLUE: Huh?

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood takes the balloon out of the basket and floats away from Blue.

BLUE: I'm the Big Blue Wolf.

[He sighs, birds chirp, the music stops]

DESCRIPTION: Blue, as the Big Blue Wolf, puts a hand on his hip and looks down.

BIG BLUE WOLF: Why does everyone get those mixed up?

[Light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood floats above the trees.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Oh, phew. That was close.

[Pop, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: A bird pops Little Red Riding Hood’s balloon.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Whoops!

[Boing, thump, Purple clears his throat, thump]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood lands on the grass in front of Purple and catches her basket.

PURPLE: That wasn't quite how the story was supposed to go, but, uh, where were we?

[Pages rustle]

DESCRIPTION: Purple flips through the book.

PURPLE READS: Oh, yes. Little Red Riding Hood was still lost in the forest.

[Upbeat music plays, Yellow cries]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood skips in the forest and stops. Yellow, who has long curly hair, sits by a tree, crying.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Hello. Who are you?

[Slide whistle, ducks squeak, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Yellow, as Goldilocks, stands and smiles. He shows Little Red Riding Hood three yellow rubber ducks.

GOLDILOCKS: I'm Goldilocks. My three ducks are hungry. I accidentally ate all their porridge, and now I don't know what to do.

[Pages rustle, Goldilocks laughs, the music stops]

PURPLE: Goldilocks? That's not right. This is Little Red Riding Hood, not Little Yellow Goldie Hair.

[Rustle, slide whistle, ducks squeak]

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Ah. Do ducks like strawberries?

GOLDILOCKS: Ooh.

[Goldilocks laughs, ducks squeak]

DESCRIPTION: Goldilocks holds the rubber ducks and pretends they peck at the strawberries.

GOLDILOCKS: Ah. Yumyumyum. They said it's just right.

PURPLE: Yes, yes. Hooray.

[Upbeat music plays, skips thump]

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks skip.

PURPLE: Now, on with the show. Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks travelled through the forest, but soon, they were lost.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Oh, no. Which way to Grandma's house?

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks look around and back into each other.

[Bright music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Red and Yellow appear against a white background.

RED: Red and...

YELLOW: Yellow...

BOTH: Mix to make...

[Chimes]

DESCRIPTION: Orange appears between them.

ORANGE: Orange.

[Whoosh, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In the forest, Orange appears wearing a gingerbread costume.

LITTLE ORANGE GINGERBREAD BLOCK: Run, run. We're against the clock. You can't catch me. I'm a gingerbread block.

[The music stops]

PURPLE: What are you doing here? This is Little Red Riding Hood, not Little Orange Gingerbread Block.

LITTLE ORANGE GINGERBREAD BLOCK: Well, I know the way to Grandma's, so you can either follow me or stay lost in the forest.

[Whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: Little Orange Gingerbread Block runs away.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: You're too fast!

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and Purple follow Little Orange Gingerbread Block.

GOLDILOCKS: Wait for us.

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood leaves the slice of cake on the grass.

LITTLE ORANGE GINGERBREAD BLOCK: Oh.

[Little Red Riding Hood giggles, Purple pants, upbeat music plays, door opens, birds sing]

DESCRIPTION: In a clearing, Little Orange Gingerbread Block smiles and points at a small white house. Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks wait with her as Purple arrives, carrying the book. Big Blue Wolf walks out of the house and waves.

PURPLE: Goldilocks, the Gingerbread Block and Little Red Riding Hood arrived at Grandma's house to find the Big Blue Wolf, but no Grandma.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Big Bad Wolf, did you eat Grandma?

BIG BLUE WOLF: No. I don't eat grandmas. I eat blueberries.

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Big Blue Wolf holds out a bowl of blueberries.

THE OTHERS: Huh?

BIG BLUE WOLF: I'm the Big Blue Wolf. I'm not a bad wolf.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Well, where is Grandma?

THE OTHERS: Ah.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Wait a minute. Who is Grandma?

[The music stops, birds sing, pages rustle]

PURPLE: Ooh. I know.

[Regal music plays]

PURPLE: I shall play Grandma.

DESCRIPTION: Purple runs into the house and sits on a purple chair beside a purple lamp. He wears a purple bonnet and purple eyeglasses. Little Red Riding Hood enters the house and stops by the chair.

[Upbeat music plays]

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: My, Grandma. What a purple face you've got.

GRANDMA: All the better to…

[Stomach rumbles]

PURPLE: Is it time for the party yet?

DESCRIPTION: Little Red Riding Hood reaches into her basket and stops smiling.

[Tense music plays]

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Oh, no. I forgot. The balloon popped, the strawberries were eaten, and now, the cake is gone. I've ruined Grandma's party.

ORANGE: It's okay, Red.

[Red gasps, bright music notes play, chimes]

DESCRIPTION: Red looks through the doorway and sees a long table outside, covered with cake and fruit. Orange touches white oranges, and they change colour. Blue holds the bowl of blueberries.

ORANGE: We have everything we need here.

DESCRIPTION: Green touches white bunting, and the flags turn green.

RED: This is the most colourful party ever!

PURPLE READS: And they all lived happily ever after.

RED: Yay! What a party.

ORANGE: Woohoo!

PURPLE: Great production.

YELLOW: Wowzers.

[Yellow giggles]

[Happy music plays]

[End Credits] Writer: Zahara Andrews. Voices: Harriet Carmichael. Baya Gbadamosi. Will Jennings. Claire Morgan. Music: Ben Lee-Delisle. Directed by David Bowman and Francesca Adams. For B.B.C. Copyright 2022 Alphablocks Limited. All rights reserved. BBC.co.uk/CBeebies.

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