Numberblocks

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DESCRIPTION: Colourful Numberblocks run together over grassy hills. Each Numberblock is named by the total number of blocks it contains. 1 is a red square, 2 is orange, 3 is yellow, 4 is green, and 5 is blue. They all have smiling faces.

SINGERS: One, two, three, four, five Numberblocks

DESCRIPTION: Five more Numberblocks jump into the sky together. 6 is purple and polka dotted, 7 is rainbow, 8 is hot pink, 9 is grey, and 10 is grey and red.

SINGERS: Six, seven, eight, nine, ten Numberblocks

DESCRIPTION: Numberblocks combine to create larger Numberblocks.

SINGERS: One and another one is two and another one is

THREE: Me!

SINGERS: That's three!

DESCRIPTION: Numberblocks dance together in the sky and run through a grassy field.

SINGERS: Five, four, three, two, one! It's time for some number fun! You can count on us. We're the Numberblocks!

[Title] “Numberblocks”.

DESCRIPTION: In a massive stadium area, a large crowd watches Five speak on the stage.

[Cheering]

FIVE: I hope you're all enjoying a Family of Fives All-Star Line Up!

[Cheering]

FIVE: Let's have a big hand for all the acts you saw in the first half.

DESCRIPTION: On the screen behind Five, pictures of Numberblocks appear.

FIVE: Five, ten, 15, 20, 25.

[Cheering]

FIVE: Still to come in the second half, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50! See you after the break!

[Cheering]

DESCRIPTION: Five walks backstage where Ten, Fifteen, Twenty, and Twenty-Five are waiting. Backstage are ten doors, each labelled with a Family of Five number.

FIVE: Great show, everybody! Now, please tell me the other acts have arrived.

NUMBERBLOCKS: Uh.

[Phone ringing]

FIVE: Oh! Maybe that's them! Hello?

DESCRIPTION: On the side of a road, Fifty uses a phone booth to call Five.

FIFTY: Hi, Five. It's me, 50. The tour bus got a flat tire. We're trying to fix it, but it's taking ages. Sorry, but we'll be there as soon as we can.

FIVE: They're stuck. We'll have to start the second half without them.

TEN: But how? Everyone in the Family of Fives is meant to be on that stage.

TWENTY-FIVE: Hold on, though! Everyone in the Family of Fives is

DESCRIPTION: Twenty-five splits into five groups of five.

FIVES [singing]: Made of fives! Ooh!

FIVE: So, as long as we know how many fives we need, we can make them ourselves right here!

TWENTY: Okay, the next act after 25 is 30 and 30 is six lots of five.

TWENTY-FIVE: Well, I'm already–

DESCRIPTION: Twenty-five splits into five groups of five.

FIVES [singing]: Five fives, oh!

FIVE: And one more five makes–

DESCRIPTION: The six groups of Fives combine and create Thirty.

THIRTY: 30! It's showtime!

DESCRIPTION: On stage, Thirty juggles balls labelled ‘ten’ and ‘five’.

THIRTY: Roll up! Roll up! Roll up! For the three-ring circus!

[Crowd cheering]

THIRTY: Three tens plus six fives!

[Crowd cheering]

DESCRIPTION: Backstage, Twenty, Fifteen, and Ten all speak to each other.

TWENTY: If 30 is six lots of five, the next act must be seven lots of five. How many fives have we got?

DESCRIPTION: The other Numberblocks split apart.

FIVES: Two fives. Three fives. Four fives!

TEN: Well, three plus four is seven. So, three fives and four fives is--

FIVES: Seven fives!

THIRTY FIVE: 35!

DESCRIPTION: On stage, Thirty Five speaks into a microphone. Thirty-five is yellow and has rainbow flowers decorated on it.

THIRTY FIVE: Hey! I'm 35! And I'm the Rainbow Flower Sunshine Band!

[Crowd cheering]

DESCRIPTION: Thirty-five runs around the stage, and poorly plays different instruments.

[Piano playing]

[Drum playing]

[Guitar playing]

[Trumpet playing]

[Triangle chiming]

[Crickets chirping]

THIRTY FIVE: Only joking.

[Chuckling]

DESCRIPTION: Thirty-five is separated into seven groups of five.

ALL: We're the Rainbow Flower Sunshine Band!

[Crowd cheering]

DESCRIPTION: The Rainbow Flower Sunshine Band plays all their various instruments and sings.

FIVES: Rainbows, flowers Sunshine!

DESCRIPTION: Backstage, Thirty and Ten combine.

THIRTY FIVE: After 35 comes 40. I think between us, we can manage that.

DESCRIPTION: Forty separates into tens and fives.

TENS: Three tens.

TEN: And one more ten--

ALL: Is four tens. 40!

ALL: Four tens!

ALL: Eight fives!

FORTY: 40! Rectangular.

[Crowd cheering]

DESCRIPTION: In a gust of smoke, Forty appears on stage.

FORTY: And now it's time to liven things up.

[Crowd cheering]

FORTY: By showing you my 40 favourite rectangles!

[Crowd cheering]

FORTY: Let's see.

DESCRIPTION: Backstage, Thirty Five stands by himself.

THIRTY FIVE: 45. Nine lots of five. But I'm only seven lots of five and there's no one else here.

DESCRIPTION: Five Tens on rocket boots land backstage. The Tens combine to create Fifty.

FIFTY: Hi there, 35. I thought I'd race ahead. See if you needed any help.

THIRTY FIVE: Thanks, 50. What I need is 45.

FIFTY: Well hey! I'm five tens! So I can turn that around and make–

DESCRIPTION: Fifty is separated into ten groups of five.

ALL: Ten fives and nine fives are–

DESCRIPTION: One five runs off. The Nine fives come together and create Forty Five.

FORTY FIVE: 45!

DESCRIPTION: On stage, Forty Five plays the xylophone.

FORTY FIVE: It's chime time!

[Crowd cheering]

FORTY FIVE: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

[Chimes playing]

[Crowd cheering]

DESCRIPTION: Five runs on stage.

FIVE: Thank you, 45! Now it's time for the superstar with the gold guitar! Ten fives are–

DESCRIPTION: Five combines with Forty Five and creates Fifty.

CROWD: 50!

DESCRIPTION: Fifty plays a golden electric guitar.

[Crowd cheering]

[Horn honking]

DESCRIPTION: Suddenly, Thirty, Thirty Five, Twenty Five, and Forty Five walk into the arena.

THIRTY: Are we too late?

FIFTY: You're just in time! This number goes out to the Family of Fives! The All-Star Line Up!

ALL: Yeah!

DESCRIPTION: All of the Numberblocks come onstage and dance to Fifty’s music.

[Upbeat music]

[End credits] “Head Writers: Ciaran Murtagh & Andrew Barnett Jones. Senior Maths Consultant: Dr. Debbie Morgan. Producer for Alphablocks ltd. Divya Sachdeva–Malde. Production Assistant: Priyanka Patel. Storyboard Artist: Malachi James. Voices: Nneka Okoye, David Carling, Teresa Gallagher, Beth Chalmers, David Holt, Marcel McCalla. Production Manager: Zoe Kerswell. Production Assistant: Chiara Cannata. Creator: Joe Elliot. Director: Will Lloyd–Cook. Alphablocks. BBC.