Show Me Show Me

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Show Me Show Me
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Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series
  • 6 (regular)
  • 1 (seaside)
No. of episodes
  • 156 (regular; inc. 1 special)
  • 6 (seaside)
Production
Production location BBC Elstree Centre
Running time25 minutes
Production companyBBC In-House Children's Production
Original release
Network CBeebies
Release6 July 2009 (2009-07-06) 
30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)

Show Me Show Me is a pre-school television series that aired on CBeebies from 6 July 2009 to 30 October 2015 and is presented by Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee. The series teaches and shows children to read stories about their toys. The show also aired on Pluto TV's BBC Kids FAST Channel in the United States, ABC Kids in Australia, BBC Kids in Canada and on BBC One And BBC Two.

Contents

Characters

The show features five toys: Mo Mo, Tom, Stuffy, Miss Mouse, and Teddington, each of which appears in their own song as well as in a storybook adventure.

Format

The show takes place on the top floor of a tower and each episode begins by climbing the ten-storey tower block lift where a child's voice counts from one to ten. On reaching ten we enter Chris and Pui's play room where a magical world of fun and games is explored. [1]

Each show centres on two items that form the title of the episode (for example "Granddads and Glasses"), each of which is introduced by a child requesting "Show me show me granddads". Chris and Pui then explore the items via videos, songs and activities, as well as a piece in which children talk about their experiences with that item.

Shows often feature one of the characters' songs, or a story read by one of the presenters about the exploits of the toys.

Most episodes contain a sequence of a shop. If Chris runs it, Pui comes as different nursery rhyme characters such as The Grand Old Duke of York, Little Bo-Peep, Incy Wincy Spider, Little Miss Muffet, Rapunzel, Old MacDonald, Granny Humpty and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. If Pui runs it, Chris enters as one of Humpty Dumpty, the Hey Diddle cow, Jack from "Jack and Jill", Pat the Baker, Hickory Dickory Dock, Horsey Horsey, Old King Cole, or Wee Willie Winkie.

In Series 1, a cartoon series called Penelope featuring a blue koala appeared in episodes and was later split off. [2]

In Series 2, another cartoon series called Uki was featured, about an eponymous little yellow character who conveys emotions through laughter and smiles. As with Penelope, this was eventually split off onto its own series. [3]

The format of the show is similar to that of Play School – the BBC programme from the '60s, '70s and '80s.

Transmissions

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
16 July 20092 October 200940
26 September 201029 October 201025
36 June 201129 July 201125
44 March 201329 March 201320
528 October 201320 December 201326
65 October 201530 October 201520

Seaside

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
130 July 20124 August 20126

Specials

DateEntitle
17 December 2012Winter Special

Controversy

On 7 September 2016, cast member Chris Jarvis was alleged to have used profanity during a song about kites, sparking outrage among parents. In response, the CBeebies Facebook page released a statement saying "It's kite everyone, kite! We make shows for your little ones so it's always going to be kite." [4]

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References

  1. Show Me Show Me [ permanent dead link ] – CBeebies
  2. "Penelope". CBeebies. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011.
  3. "Uki". CBeebies. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  4. Metro.co.uk, Katie Baillie for (8 September 2016). "Did CBeebies' Chris Jarvis just drop the C-word?". Metro. Retrieved 8 September 2016.