NumberBlocks

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[Bouncy theme music plays]

DESCRIPTION: One red block with eyes has a numberling with the number One. Two, Three, Four, and Five run beside One.

[Song] One, two, three, four, five, NumberBlocks.

DESCRIPTION: Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, and Ten jump.

[Song] Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, number blocks. One and another one is two, and another one is…

[Chiming]

DESCRIPTION: Two Ones combine and make Two. Another One jumps on the stack and makes Three.

THREE SINGS: Me.

[Song] That’s three. Five, four, three, two, one, time for some number fun. You can count on us, we're the NumberBlocks.

[Chiming]

[Title] NumberBlocks.

[Whoosh, bright music notes play]

DESCRIPTION: In a field, Seven stands beside a canvas with a shiny pail beside him. Sixty-Three arrives, and they both wave.

SIXTY-THREE: Ah. Hello, Seven. Ready to make your mark on the Rainbow Sevens’ great big rainbow mural?

[Light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Seven, Twenty-One, Twenty-Eight, Thirty-Five, and Fifty-Six stand by canvases with their number in the upper right corner. Canvases for Fourteen, Forty-Two, Forty-Nine, Sixty-Three, and Seventy are arranged in numerical order with the others, but have no NumberBlock.

SEVEN: I certainly am, 63. I'm painting my very own rainbow.

[Slide whistle, paint squelches]

DESCRIPTION: Seven holds a wide brush, dips it into the paint, and paints a rainbow.

SEVEN: One brush, seven colours.

SIXTY-THREE: Oh.

SEVEN: One seven, one rainbow.

SIXTY-THREE: Ah!

[Sixty-Three chuckles, rock music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Fourteen arrives on a skateboard, wearing a green helmet.

FOURTEEN: Gangway! Extreme 14 coming through. Whoop.

[Beep]

DESCRIPTION: Fourteen divides into two Sevens and skateboards who ride around Sixty-Three.

SIXTY-THREE: Oh.

[Whoosh]

DESCRIPTION: The two Sevens skateboard on Fourteen’s canvas, painting two rainbow-striped skateboards.

TWO SEVENS: Two sevens...

[Slide whistle, pop]

DESCRIPTION: The two Sevens combine into Fourteen.

FOURTEEN: Two rainbows. Awesome!

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three walks to the canvas.

SIXTY-THREE: Ooh!

[Twenty-One giggles]

DESCRIPTION: Nearby, Twenty-One puts a rainbow on her canvas, then divides into three Sevens. Three rainbows appear on a blue-and-white map on the canvas.

THREE SEVENS: Three sevens...

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: The three Sevens combine into Twenty-One.

TWENTY-ONE: Three rainbows.

SIXTY-THREE: Hello, 21. Oh, lovely map.

TWENTY-ONE: Oh, thank you.

[Tapping, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Twenty-Eight paints on her canvas with a sponge. She creates a rainbow-striped stair-like pattern.

TWENTY-EIGHT: Ah. Oop. Ah.

SIXTY-THREE: Nice pattern, 28.

TWENTY-EIGHT: I'm stepping up to make my mark.

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Twenty-Eight divides into four Sevens.

FOUR SEVENS: Four sevens...

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: The four Sevens combine into Twenty-Eight.

TWENTY-EIGHT: Four rainbows. What a perfect pattern.

SIXTY-THREE: Wow!

[Guitar strums]

SIXTY-THREE: Oh.

[Whoosh, guitar music strums, light music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Thirty-Five strums an acoustic guitar, and rainbow-striped sound waves paint rainbow-striped music notes on the canvas.

SIXTY-THREE: That's amazing, 35!

[The music stops; Thirty-Five chuckles, whoosh, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Thirty-Five and Sixty-Three walk to the painting, and Thirty-Five divides into five sevens.

FIVE SEVENS: Five sevens...

[Slide whistle, upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The five Sevens combine into Thirty-Five.

THIRTY-FIVE: Five rainbows. Groovy.

[Solemn music plays]

SIXTY-THREE: Oh. Hmm. Everybody's got such colourful ideas for making rainbows.

[Whirring]

DESCRIPTION: Forty-Two stands beside their canvas, which has a violet hexagon in the centre. Seven hexagons fly in the sky above him, then combine into a rainbow-striped hexagon portal.

FORTY-TWO: Well, what I always say is don't panic. Just try to-- Whoops!

DESCRIPTION: The portal pulls Forty-Two up, and he disappears inside.

SIXTY-THREE: 42?

[Energetic music plays]

DESCRIPTION: The portal opens, and six Sevens drop from it and land by the canvas.

SIX SEVENS: Six sevens in the sky.

[Paint squelches]

DESCRIPTION: Each Seven paints a rainbow beside a side of the violet hexagon on the canvas.

SIX SEVENS: Six sevens...

[The music stops]

DESCRIPTION: The six Sevens combine and make Forty-Two.

FORTY-TWO: Six rainbows. As I was saying, don't panic. Just be yourself.

[Upbeat music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Forty-Nine smiles at Sixty-Three and Forty-Two.

FORTY-NINE: Excellent advice. I'm 49, so I make my rainbows using square power. Seven by seven, all systems go.

[Whooshing, exciting music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Forty-Nine soars across the sky, leaving a rainbow trail behind her.

FORTY-NINE: Whee! Whoa-ho. Wa-hey-hey!

[Popping]

DESCRIPTION: Forty-Nine creates a giant rainbow-striped square in the sky, then lands as seven rainbow-striped squares appear on the canvas.

FORTY-NINE: Yowzer.

[Pop]

DESCRIPTION: Forty-Nine divides into seven Sevens.

SEVEN SEVENS: Seven sevens...

[Slide whistle, pop]

DESCRIPTION: The seven Sevens combine into Forty-Nine.

[The music ends]

FORTY-NINE: Seven square rainbows. You see? You just need to find your true colours.

SIXTY-THREE: Thanks, 49.

[Sixty-Three sighs, epic music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three walks to the next canvas where seven Eights, each a different colour of the rainbow, stand in a row. As each Eight says their colour, they shoot a beam of light at Fifty-Six’s canvas, drawing an arch in a rainbow.

RED EIGHT: Red!

ORANGE EIGHT: Orange!

YELLOW EIGHT: Yellow!

GREEN EIGHT: Green!

BLUE EIGHT: Blue!

INDIGO EIGHT: Indigo!

VIOLET EIGHT: Violet!

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three stares open-mouthed at the canvas.

EIGHTS: The rainbow eights. Seven eights.

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: The seven Eights combine into eight Sevens.

SEVENS: Eight sevens...

[Slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: The eight Sevens combine into Fifty-Six.

[Light music plays]

FIFTY-SIX: Eight super rainbows. 56. Hmm. You look a bit down, 63. Lucky I'm here. In a colourful fix? Call 56.

[Sad music plays]

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three walks to his canvas.

SIXTY-THREE: Uh, that's my problem, 56. I'm just not colourful enough.

FIFTY-SIX: But you're one of the rainbow sevens. That means you're full of colourful rainbow surprises just waiting to burst out.

SIXTY-THREE: Well, you see, the thing is, I'm 63. I'm...

[Whirring, the music stops]

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three divides into nine Sevens, each a different shade of grey.

SEVENS: Nine sevens. Nine grey sevens. Watch this.

[Dramatic music notes play]

DESCRIPTION: The nine Sevens stand in front of the canvas, then fly.

[The music stops]

FOURTEEN: Whoa! What is that? It's-- It's—

SIXTY-THREE: It's a grey rainbow.

SEVEN: Oh, nice!

TWENTY-ONE: I've never seen a rainbow like that.

FOURTEEN: It's extreme!

SIXTY-THREE: Oh. Thanks. But it's not exactly colourful, is it?

[Slide whistle, blocks rattle]

DESCRIPTION: Fifty-Six spins ninety degrees.

FIFTY-SIX: If it's colour you're after, maybe try turning yourself around.

SIXTY-THREE: Okay. I'll try it.

[Sixty-Three chuckles, upbeat music plays]

SIXTY-THREE: I'm 63. I'm...

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three divides into nine grey Sevens.

NINE SEVENS: Nine sevens.

[Slide whistles]

DESCRIPTION: The nine Sevens combine into Sixty-Three.

SIXTY-THREE: So, I can turn myself around and make seven nines.

[Nines sneeze, blocks rattle]

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-Three divides into seven vertical Nines, each with one colour of the rainbow in their middle block. The change into three-by-three grids, each with the coloured block in the centre. The blocks sneeze and release confetti the same colour as their colourful block.

SEVEN, FOURTEEN, TWENTY-ONE, AND FIFTY-SIX: Ooh. Whoa! Wow.

[Slide whistle, blocks rattle]

DESCRIPTION: The grid-shaped Nines shift back into vertical stacks. The seven Nines combine into Sixty-Three.

SIXTY-THREE: So many colourful rainbows!

DESCRIPTION: Seventy arrives behind Sixty-Three.

SEVENTY: But only one grey rainbow.

SIXTY-THREE: 70!

SEVENTY: That's me. 10 sevens.

[Upbeat music plays, blocks rattle, whooshing, slide whistle]

DESCRIPTION: Seventy divides into a stack of ten Sevens. The Sevens fly across the sky, creating a rainbow that ends on Seventy’s canvas. Next to it, Sixty-Three’s grey rainbow ends on his canvas.

SEVENTY: 70. We all have our own rainbow styles underneath one great big colourful rainbow!

[Everyone cheers, laughs]

[Bouncy theme music plays]

[End Credits] Head Writers: Ciaran Murtagh and Andrew Barnett Jones. Senior Maths Consultant: Dr. Debbie Morgan. Voices: David Carling, Teresa Gallagher, David Holt, Marcel McCalla, Emma Tate, Inel Tomlinson, Joanna Ruiz. Music: Ben Lee-Delisle. Creator: Joe Elliot. Director: Will Lloyd-Cook. Executive Producer for AlphaBlocks Limited: Oli Hyatt. Commissioning Executive Producer for CBeebies: Joel Wilenius. Copyright 2024 AlphaBlocks Limited. All rights reserved. BBC.co.uk/CBeebies.

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