Baby Jake

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Baby Jake
Sibsey, Trader Mill.jpg
Sibsey Trader Mill in Lincolnshire was the location used in the filming of the opening and closing sequences of Baby Jake
Opening theme"Baby Jake"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes52
Production
ProducerMaddy Darrall
Running time11 minutes
Production companies Darrall Macqueen Ltd
Jam Media
Original release
Network CBeebies
Release4 July 2011 (2011-07-04) 
15 October 2012 (2012-10-15)

Baby Jake is a British children's television programme originally broadcast in the UK. It first aired on 4 July 2011. [1] Baby Jake is also available on BBC iPlayer for over a year, and YouTube.

Contents

Production

The programme cost £1.85 million pounds to produce, and was funded by the Irish Film Board [2] and CBeebies. [1]

Darrall Macqueen originated the series and produced the animated elements of the programme through JAM Media. [2] JAM Media are an Irish animation studio who also made Tilly and Friends. [3] Maddy Darrall was quoted by the Metro as gaining inspiration for the show from watching her 7-year-old nephew understanding her 1-year-old son. [4]

The series is animated by Jam Media in Dublin, and the lead writer is Dave Ingham ( Charlie and Lola , Koala Brothers ).

Location

The windmill featured in the series is Sibsey Trader Mill just outside the village of Sibsey near Boston in Lincolnshire. In the programme, it is shown as a large family home with additional floors, rooms and windows rather than a working mill, although it shows full working sails. Wheat harvesting in fields in and around the mill at the time had to be delayed to allow filming to take place back in the late summer of 2010 so that they had the correct ripened wheat colours. [5]

Series

Series one of Baby Jake ran in the UK each weekday from July to August 2011 and consisted of 26 episodes in total. [6]

Series two began on 10 September 2012 also consisting of 26 episodes. [6]

Series two was the last series commissioned. There has been no request for a further series since. The series has also been shown on Al Jazeera. [7]

Reception

The show was relatively popular at launch compared to other BBC Children's TV programs, occupying all top five positions on the BBC CBeebies iPlayer for a week. [8] In 2013 the show received a UK Broadcast Award. [9]

Episodes

Series 1 (2011)

No.TitleOriginal air date
1"Playing Chase"4 July 2011 (2011-07-04)
2"Peek-a-boo"5 July 2011 (2011-07-05)
3"Tummy Sliding"6 July 2011 (2011-07-06)
4"To Wriggle"7 July 2011 (2011-07-07)
5"Tickle Toes"8 July 2011 (2011-07-08)
6"Habla Hola"11 July 2011 (2011-07-11)
7"Cartwheeling"12 July 2011 (2011-07-12)
8"Spinning in Space"13 July 2011 (2011-07-13)
9"To Bumpety Bump"14 July 2011 (2011-07-14)
10"Flappy Clapping"15 July 2011 (2011-07-15)
11"Being Upside Down"18 July 2011 (2011-07-18)
12"Jugada con Belotas"19 July 2011 (2011-07-19)
13"Creados Somidos"20 July 2011 (2011-07-20)
14"Bouncing Apples"21 July 2011 (2011-07-21)
15"Copia Para Tu"22 July 2011 (2011-07-22)
16"Sieta"25 July 2011 (2011-07-25)
17"Cantada"26 July 2011 (2011-07-26)
18"Sorpresa Para Tu"27 July 2011 (2011-07-27)
19"Sticky Fun"28 July 2011 (2011-07-28)
20"To Stompety Stomp"29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
21"To Roll and Ride"1 August 2011 (2011-08-01)
22"Swinging"2 August 2011 (2011-08-02)
23"Footprints"3 August 2011 (2011-08-03)
24"The Boogie Beat"4 August 2011 (2011-08-04)
25"La Hora de la Fiesta"5 August 2011 (2011-08-05)
26"Being Funny"8 August 2011 (2011-08-08)

Series 2 (2012)

No.TitleOriginal air date
27"Reventar Guisantés"10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)
28"Extensión"11 September 2012 (2012-09-11)
29"Su Sombrero Giratorio"12 September 2012 (2012-09-12)
30"Persiguiendo un Huevo"13 September 2012 (2012-09-13)
31"Tambleándose"14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
32"Haciendo Girar ina Red"17 September 2012 (2012-09-17)
33"Estatuas Musicalés"18 September 2012 (2012-09-18)
34"Un Baqueté de Picnic"19 September 2012 (2012-09-19)
35"Hora del Baño"20 September 2012 (2012-09-20)
36"Ondulación"21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)
37"Pintura Espacial"24 September 2012 (2012-09-24)
38"Edificio"25 September 2012 (2012-09-25)
39"Agitar y agitar"26 September 2012 (2012-09-26)
40"Globos"27 September 2012 (2012-09-27)
41"Pretender"28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
42"Baile de Ballet"1 October 2012 (2012-10-01)
43"Abrazo"2 October 2012 (2012-10-02)
44"Hacer Miel"3 October 2012 (2012-10-03)
45"TOC Toc"4 October 2012 (2012-10-04)
46"Su regadera"5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
47"Cajas de Cartón"8 October 2012 (2012-10-08)
48"Presionando Botonés"9 October 2012 (2012-10-09)
49"Jugada Casa"10 October 2012 (2012-10-10)
50"Galope Galope"11 October 2012 (2012-10-11)
51"Brillantés Exellenté"12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
52"Féliz Navidad"15 October 2012 (2012-10-15)

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