NumberBlocks: Five’s Handy Shop

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[Cheerful music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In animation, five block friends run through a field in NumberLand. One is one red building block with one eye. Two is two orange blocks with glasses. Three is three yellow blocks wearing a crown. Four is a square of four green blocks. Five is five blue blocks with a star over their left eye, wearing a big blue glove.

SINGER: One, two, three, four, five, NumberBlocks. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
NumberBlocks.

DESCRIPTION: Six is a rectangle of purple building blocks with light purple dots. Seven is seven different coloured blocks that make a rainbow. Eight is a rectangle of eight pink blocks with tentacles. Nine is a 3 by 3 square with grey blocks. Ten is ten white blocks outlined in red wearing red star sunglasses.

SINGER: One and another one is two, and another one is…

DESCRIPTION: Two One NumberBlocks make a Two NumberBlock. A third joins and makes a Three NumberBlock.

THREE: Me!

SINGER: …that's three!

DESCRIPTION: NumberBlocks One, Two, Three, Four and Five fly in space. They land on Earth and run through NumberLand.

SINGER: Five, four, three, two, one, time for some number fun. You can count on us, we're the NumberBlocks!

[Title] NumberBlocks.

[Gentle music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In a field, NumberBlock Five opens a shop with a giant blue hand on the roof. Numbers mark different coloured hands on items in and outside the shop, including cards and teddy bears on shelves behind Five at the check-out counter, as well as crates of fruit and jars of jam outside the shop.

FIVE: Time to open up my handy new shop. I hope I get lots of customers.

DESCRIPTION: One runs up to the shop.

ONE: Hi, Five. I want to spend my pennies.

DESCRIPTION: One holds four one-penny coins.

FIVE: Of course! Take a look at what I have for sale.

DESCRIPTION: One looks around and spots a crate of apples with a sign marked with the number one.

ONE: Ooh, those apples look nice. What does the "One" mean?

FIVE: That's the price of the apples. They cost one penny each.

ONE: Then I'd like one apple, please.

FIVE: That'll be one penny, please.

DESCRIPTION: One grabs one apple from the crate and places it on the counter of Five’s shop.

ONE: So this penny is worth the same as this apple?

DESCRIPTION: One places one of their pennies on the counter next to the apple.

FIVE: That's right! Enjoy the apple.

DESCRIPTION: One takes the apple. Five takes the penny and places it in a till on the counter.

[Till ringing]

ONE: Thank you!

DESCRIPTION: One looks past Five.

ONE: Oh, those cards are nice. And the label says they cost two pennies each. I'd like that one, please.

FIVE: Of course.

ONE: And one more apple for later.

DESCRIPTION: Five places a card with a heart on the counter. One adds an apple.

FIVE: So, the card costs two pennies...

ONE: Uh-huh.

DESCRIPTION: One places two pennies on the counter.

FIVE: ...and one more penny for the apple.

ONE: Right.

DESCRIPTION: One places a third penny on the counter.

FIVE: A total of three pennies.

ONE: Oh!

DESCRIPTION: One collects the card and apple off the counter. Five takes the pennies to the till. NumberBlock Nine walks over to the shop with a stack of pennies.

[Till ringing]

FIVE: Hello, Nine. Welcome to my shop. What would you like?

NINE: Hmm...

DESCRIPTION: Nine spots a bouquet of white flowers with the price listed as nine.

NINE: Ooh, flowers! How much are they? Nine pennies? Perfect!

DESCRIPTION: Nine grabs the bouquet, smells the flowers, and sneezes.

[Nine sniffing and sneezing]

DESCRIPTION: Nine drops their pennies. Nine sneezes out a NumberBlock One and becomes NumberBlock Eight.

NINE AS EIGHT: Oops!

DESCRIPTION: The NumberBlock One hops back into Eight, and Eight becomes Nine.

EIGHT: Sorry about that! It's hard carrying so many pennies all at once.

DESCRIPTION: Outside the shop, Five helps Nine pick up the pennies.

FIVE: I can help with that.

DESCRIPTION: In the shop, Five pulls a lever and flips the counter to a counter with a machine.

FIVE: My handy shop has a handy coin-change machine. I count five one-pennies into this side - one, two, three, four, five one-pennies. And the machine changes them for one five-penny coin here.

DESCRIPTION: Five’s coin-change machine turns five one-penny coins into one five-penny coin.

FIVE: One five-penny coin is worth the same as five one-penny coins because one five is the same as...

DESCRIPTION: Five breaks apart into five one NumberBlocks.

FIVE ONE NumberBlocks: Five ones!

DESCRIPTION: The five ones come together and form Five.

NINE: Oh!

DESCRIPTION: Nine picks up the five-penny coin. Five flips the counter back to the check-out counter.

NINE: That one coin is worth the same as all these coins put together?

DESCRIPTION: Five places the five-penny coin next to five one-penny coins.

FIVE: Wow!

[Five chuckling]

DESCRIPTION: Five removes the one-penny coins.

FIVE: Now, what about these flowers? That coin is worth five pennies, so this makes six, seven, eight, nine.

DESCRIPTION: Nine places the flowers and the five-penny coin on the counter, then adds four one-penny coins.

NINE: Nine pennies in total.

FIVE: Thank you very much.

DESCRIPTION: Five takes the coins, and Nine takes the flowers.

NINE: Mm!

DESCRIPTION: Nine smiles. Five puts the coins in the till. Nearby, Seven bounces two five-penny coins.

[Till ringing]

SEVEN: Uh... Hmm.

DESCRIPTION: Seven looks around at the items for sale outside the shop. Five walks over and Seven waves.

SEVEN: Oh, hello, Five. I'm after a lucky horseshoe. Do you sell them?

FIVE: I do. They're seven pennies each.

DESCRIPTION: Five takes a horseshoe out of a crate.

SEVEN: Oh. I've got two five-penny coins, but I haven't got the right coins to give you seven pennies.

FIVE: That's all right. Two five-penny coins are worth the same as ten pennies, which is more than enough. I'll show you.

DESCRIPTION: Five returns to the shop. Seven stands at the counter opposite Five. Five puts the horseshoe on the counter.

FIVE: The horseshoe is worth seven pennies. The coins are worth ten pennies.

DESCRIPTION: Seven puts the two five-penny coins on the counter.

FIVE: So you're giving me more than I'm giving you, but I can change that.

DESCRIPTION: Five takes one-penny coins out of the till.

[Till ringing]

FIVE: If I give you three pennies back - one, two, three - then you've given me coins worth ten pennies, and I've given you a horseshoe worth seven pennies and three pennies in change.

DESCRIPTION: Five places three pennies next to the horseshoe. Seven takes the three one-penny coins and the horseshoe. Five takes the two five-penny coins and puts them in the till.

SEVEN: Lovely!

[Till ringing]

ELEVEN: Ten and One! Ten and One!

DESCRIPTION: Eleven walks up to the shop, balancing a soccer ball on their head.

ELEVEN: Hi, teammates! Hope I'm not late for kick-off. Oh! Could I get that cuddly toy, please?

DESCRIPTION: Five glances toward a teddy bear on the shelves.

FIVE: That's eleven pennies, please.

ELEVEN: Ten and One! Ten and One! Ten and –

DESCRIPTION: Eleven stumbles. And drops all their one-penny coins.

ELEVEN: Whoa, oops!

DESCRIPTION: Seven dives toward the pennies.

SEVEN: Whoa!

DESCRIPTION: Seven catches the pennies.

SEVEN: Ha-ha!

ELEVEN: Thanks.

SEVEN: No problem, Eleven!

DESCRIPTION: Eleven takes the pennies and continues toward the shop.

NINE: You should get some five-penny coins. They're easier to carry because you don't need so many.

FIVE: I can do better than that.

DESCRIPTION: Five flips the check-out counter to the money coin-change machine counter. Five puts down two five-penny coins, and the machine makes a ten-penny coin.

ELEVEN: Wow, a ten-penny coin!

DESCRIPTION: Five takes the ten-penny coin and flips the counter back.

FIVE: That ten-penny coin is worth the same as these two five-penny coins.

DESCRIPTION: Five puts the ten-penny coin next to two five-penny coins.

ELEVEN: So that ten-penny coin, all by itself, is worth the same as ten whole one-pennies!

DESCRIPTION: Five removes the five-penny coins, and Eleven puts down ten one-penny coins.

FIVE: Yes! So I'll take your ten pennies, and you can have the ten-penny coin.

DESCRIPTION: Five takes the ten one-penny coins, and Eleven takes the ten-penny coin. Five then puts a teddy bear on the counter.

FIVE: 11 pennies, please.

DESCRIPTION: Eleven puts down the ten-penny coin.

ELEVEN: That's ten pennies...

DESCRIPTION: Eleven adds one one-penny coin.

ELEVEN: And one more is 11!

[Celebratory music plays]

ELEVEN: Result!

DESCRIPTION: Five takes the coins, and Eleven takes the teddy bear.

FIVE: What nice things you all bought.

ONE: Actually, we bought them for you!

DESCRIPTION: One places the heart card on the counter. Seven adds the horseshoe, Nine adds the flowers, and Eleven adds the teddy bear.

SEVEN: To wish you good luck with your new shop.

FIVE: Thank you so much! Having friends like you is worth more than all the money in the world!

DESCRIPTION: Everyone smiles.

[Upbeat music plays]

[End credits] Writers: Ciaran Murtagh and Andrew Barnett Jones. Voices: Beth Chalmers, Teresa Gallagher, David Holt, Marcel McCalla. Music: Ben Lee-Delisle. Creator: Joe Elliot. Director: Will Lloyd-Cook. Logos: BlueZoo. Alpablocks. For BBC. Copyright 2024 Alphablocks Limited. All rights reserved.