Boblins

Boblins
Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Inspire GLG
Developed by	Inspire GLG
Starring	Maria Darling Marc Silk
Opening theme	Boblins, Boblins opening theme
Ending theme	Boblins, Boblins closing theme
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location	United Kingdom
Running time	10 minutes
Original release
Network	Broadcast Internationally Treehouse TV, DR1, TVNZ, ABC2, TiJi, Citv, TV2, TV4, MTV3, Canal Panda, RTVS
Release	September 2006 (2006-09) – March 2008 (2008-03)

Boblins is an animated educational television series for preschool children produced by the British company InspireGLG Limited. The show, which runs in 10-minute segments, is broadcast internationally, being shown in the United Kingdom on CITV, in Canada by Treehouse TV, in Denmark by DR1, in New Zealand on TVNZ "Kidzone", ^[1] and in Australia on ABC2. ^[2] The show was picked up in 2006 for broadcasting in France by TiJi, the French children's network. ^[3]

The show features seven bright, colorful characters who interact in a colourful land called Rainbow's End. Its purpose is to instruct children about basic facts of colour as well as nature and environment. ^[4] The non-profit organization Young Media Australia indicates the show is most appropriate for children aged two to seven, combining unrealistic slapstick comedy with general and social education encouraging such traits as cooperation and persistence. ^[5]

Characters

• Yam Yam- a friendly, cheerful, fun-loving yellow Boblin who loves bouncing up and down and can't resist pushing buttons when he's told not to which leads to trouble.
• Gully- a hard-working, gossiping green female Boblin who takes care of the animals in the farm.
• Ruddle- a red Boblin who is kept busy by building and fixing things and helps Pi build his inventions.
• Onny- an orange Boblin who is a motherly-type figure to the other Boblins, her hobbies are baking cakes.
• Pi- (named after the number pi) the most clever of the Boblins and is always building inventions (which can sometimes malfunction and cause trouble). Pi is purple, wears a pair of glasses and loves eating cupcakes.
• Pinny- a pink Boblin and the youngest of the group. She is cheerful, and her favorite hobby is painting.
• Bodkin- a blue, friendly and adventurous Boblin who is seen hiking, climbing up mountains, swinging on vines ectc.

References

1. Official site. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
2. Rusak, Gary. (6 December 2001) Free-to-air diginet ABC2 takes flight KidScreen Magazine. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
3. Stewart, Lianne. (1 September 2006) Staying the Course - French broadcasters continue to pack skeds with exclusives KidScreen Magazine. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
4. Kenny, Jo Anne. (19 July 2006) A Corus line-up unveiled C21media.net. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
5. Young Media Australia. (8 November 2007) Boblins Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine youngmedia.org.au Retrieved 2008-09-12.

External links

• InspireGLG Limited