NumberBlocks: Feeding Time

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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.

[Intense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In a jungle, a giant green monster stomps between the trees.

MONSTER: Me Blockzilla! Me like big things!

[Loud rumbling]

DESCRIPTION: The monster, Blockzilla, looks around.

BLOCKZILLA: Huh? Thunder?

[Rumbling continues]

[Blockzilla laughing]

BLOCKZILLA: Is not thunder! Is me tummy! Me hungry! But me have nothing to eat.

[Blockzilla’s tummy rumbling]

DESCRIPTION: Elsewhere in the jungle, in a small clearing, NumberBlocks One, Two, Three and Four sit on boulders with their backs to a nearby scale.

THREE: Oh, is that thunder?

[One giggling]

ONE: It's not thunder, Three. It's Blockzilla! She's hungry.

BLOCKZILLA SHOUTING: Me hungry!

TWO: Then let's get her some lunch. Come on, everyone!

DESCRIPTION: One and Four throw on nearby backpacks and run toward Blockzilla. Two and Three struggle to pick up their backpacks.

[Grunting]

DESCRIPTION: One and Four look back toward their friends.

FOUR: Are you two all right?

[Two and Three grunting]

THREE: It's a bit heavy, Four.

ONE: It shouldn't be. All the rucksacks are the same size.

FOUR: Let me see.

DESCRIPTION: Four picks up Three’s backpack, also known as a rucksack.

[Four grunting]

FOUR: Yours is definitely heavier than mine, Three.

THREE: Well, that's not fair. We should all have the same weight to carry.

ONE: Let's look inside!

Description One takes one small purple block out of their bag.

ONE: Ah. Oh!

DESCRIPTION: Two takes three purple blocks out of their bag.

[Three grunting]

DESCRIPTION: Three takes two purple blocks and one large green block out of their bag.

[Three grunting]

DESCRIPTION: Four takes one green block out of their bag.

[Four giggling]

THREE: Well, no wonder. We all have the same size bag, but they've got different amounts of block fruit in them.

ONE: If our bags are the same, they should weigh the same.

TWO: So it's the block fruit that make the difference! We need to weigh them.

DESCRIPTION: Two balances the scale with one purple block fruit on each scale plate.

FOUR: Oh, it balances!

ONE: The purple block fruit weigh the same as each other.

TWO: What about the green block fruit?

DESCRIPTION: Two tries to pick up a green block fruit.

[Two grunting]

TWO: These are heavy!

FOUR: Let me help.

[Four grunting]

TWO: Oh!

DESCRIPTION: Four carries Two, both green block fruits in one arm and four purple block fruit in the other.

[Four chuckling]

DESCRIPTION: Two hops down, and Four balances the scale with one green block fruit on each plate.

ONE: They weigh the same as each other, too!

THREE: But does a green block fruit weigh the same as a purple block fruit?

DESCRIPTION: Four and Three replaces one of the green block fruit with a purple block fruit. The green block fruit weighs down the scale.

TWO: Ah! There's our problem. The green block fruit is heavier than the purple block fruit.

ONE: But how much heavier?

DESCRIPTION: Three adds a second, and then a third purple block fruit to the purple block fruit plate and balances the scale.

ONE: Ah, one green block fruit weighs the same as three purple block fruit!

THREE: Which means one green block fruit is three times as heavy as one purple block fruit.

DESCRIPTION: In four piles, Four and Two lay out purple block fruit in groups of three with the green block fruit.

FOUR: These weigh the same. Four piles, four bags!

BLOCKZILLA SHOUTING: Me very hungry!

ONE: We're coming, Blockzy!

DESCRIPTION: Four, Three, Two and One pack their backpacks with even weight in each. Four grabs thier backpack and runs toward Blockzilla, also known as Blockzy.

[One, Two and Three grunting]

DESCRIPTION: Four looks back toward the others struggling with the weight of their backpacks. One stumbles onto their back.

FOUR: Let me help you. Square power!

DESCRIPTION: Four runs back to the others.

[Four grunting]

DESCRIPTION: Four carries all the backpacks.

[One, Two and Three cheering]

DESCRIPTION: Four runs through the jungle. One, Two and Three follow.

[Exciting music plays]

DESCRIPTION: A plank of wood on a tall boulder in a ravine balances like a scale. A boulder weighs down one end. Four runs over the boulder and weighs down the other side.

[Four grunting]

DESCRIPTION: Four jumps off the plank, and it tips back toward Three.

FOUR: Oh!

[Three giggling

DESCRIPTION: Three runs over the boulder and weighs down the other side.

[Three grunting]

DESCRIPTION: Three slides down the plank and joins Four. The plank tips back toward Two. Two runs over the boulder and across the plank.

[Two grunting]

DESCRIPTION: At the end of the plank, Two tries to weigh it down.

ONE: Oh!

[One gasping]

DESCRIPTION: One runs over the boulder and across the plank. Two and One weigh down the plank and join Three and Four.

[Cheering]

DESCRIPTION: One, Two, Three and Four run through the jungle to Blockzilla.

FOUR: Feeding time for Blockzy!

BLOCKZILLA: Yummy, yummy, yummy! Thank you!

DESCRIPTION: The purple block fruit lands on one plate, and the green block fruit land on another.

BLOCKZILLA: Me love block fruit. Six purple block fruit is greater than two green block fruit. Two green block fruit is fewer than six purple block fruit.

DESCRIPTION: Blockzilla bangs their tail against the ground, and the block fruit swap places on the plates.

BLOCKZILLA: Two is less than six. Me like purple block fruit because me like big numbers!

ONE: Wait a minute, Blockzy. One green block fruit is heavier than one purple block fruit.

BLOCKZILLA: It is?

DESCRIPTION: Blockzilla picks up one green block fruit and one purple block fruit.

BLOCKZILLA: Oh, yes! Me see how heavy they are now. Green block fruit is heavier than purple block fruit!

DESCRIPTION: Blockzilla holds the green block fruit and the purple block fruit in different hands.

BLOCKZILLA: Purple block fruit is lighter than green block fruit! Me like heavy things now, so me like green block fruit.

THREE: Hold on, Blockzy! Three purple block fruit weigh the same as one green block fruit.

ONE: So, what are you going to eat first, Blockzy? Purple or green?

BLOCKZILLA: Hmm.

DESCRIPTION: Blockzilla looks at the purple and green block fruits.

BLOCKZILLA: Me like them both the same! Me eat them all at once!

DESCRIPTION: Blockzilla eats the purple and green block fruits.

[NumberBlocks laughing]

[Blockzilla munching]

[Upbeat music plays]

[End credits] Writers: Ciaran Murtagh and Andrew Barnett Jones. Voices: Beth Chalmers, 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.