
About this season
Alphablocks is a British children's educational television programme that attempts to teach children how to spell with the use of animated blocks representing each letter. It is animated by Blue-Zoo and produced by Alphablocks Ltd.
Episodes (26)

1. Wish
Aired 1 October 2012 • 5 min
Do wishes come true? U doesn't think so but G says she can grow them. G is growing wishes but U doesn't believe in them, until something big happens and G's watering can ends up in a very high place. This episode has fun with 'ug' and the words jug, rug, tug and bug.

2. Snowman
Aired 2 October 2012 • 5 min
It's snowing! The Alphablocks whip up a wondrous winter wonderland: but can they get Mr Snowman to the North Pole before he melts? This episode has fun with 'an' and the words man, fun, sun, fan, tan, van and men.

3. Win
Aired 3 October 2012 • 5 min
Alphablock I really, really wants to win the extreme vowel race: everyone else is hopping, riding, driving or flying - but can she do it on her own? This episode has fun with '-in', the five vowels and the words van, bus, hop, red, fog, mud, tap, bug, mop, hen, din, fin and win.

4. Hat
Aired 4 October 2012 • 5 min
When T's tip-top new top hat blows away, it's time for some hat-chasing to get it back before the big tea party. This episode has fun with '-ap' and the words hat, fan, pet, bat, zap, yap and tap.

5. Little Red N
Aired 5 October 2012 • 5 min
N likes to say no - but he meets his match when the dog, the cat and the pig won't help him make his bread. This episode has fun with the words dog, dig, cat, cut, pig, pick, mill, mix, hot and ten.

6. Dots
Aired 8 October 2012 • 5 min
Z has left the others in charge while he has a nap, but before long disaster strikes and Alphaland needs colouring in again. This episode has fun with simple letter blends and the words rub, stop, pots, dots and cans.

7. Frog on a Dog
Aired 9 October 2012 • 5 min
The Alphablocks need help to cross the bog to get the cog - who better than a pile of friendly animals? This episode has fun with the words hill, net, bog, cog, frog, hop, dog, dig, hog, jig, log, jog and box.

8. Best
Aired 10 October 2012 • 5 min
T has such a tip-top time making words with his friends that he invites S to join him - and soon wishes he hadn't. If only he could start the whole day over again! This episode has fun with the 'st' blend and the words top, tub, tag, stop, stub, stag, lost and best.

9. Fit
Aired 11 October 2012 • 5 min
H needs a helping hand to heave herself up the hill, so I turns instructor for an incredible workout. This episode has fun with '-it', consonant clusters and the words kit, sit, fit, lift, flip, slip and spin.

10. Odd
Aired 12 October 2012 • 5 min
O goes through the magnifying glass to where the grass is blue, the trees are square and nonsense words make friendly monsters who run off with magnifying glasses! This episode has fun with O and nonsense words, the word odd and the non-words og, yog, zog, zox and vox.

11. Champ
Aired 15 October 2012 • 5 min
CH and SH go head-to-head in the Alphablocks Games and pit a ship and a shop against a chip and a chop. This episode has fun with the '-ch-' and '-sh-' digraphs and the words shop, chop, chip, ship, shin, chin, shed, mash, cash and sash.

12. Song
Aired 16 October 2012 • 5 min
The Alphablocks sing along to a singalong song, in which birds sing and bells ring. This episode introduces the '-ng' digraph and the words sing, song, ring, king, ting, ping, ding, dong, pong and bang.

13. Thing
Aired 17 October 2012 • 5 min
TH, I and NG make something spectacular - but what is it? It's marvellous, mechanical and musical and everyone wants one! This episode introduces the 'th-' digraph and the words thing, this, that, thick, thin and them.

14. Train
Aired 7 January 2013 • 5 min
When the Alphablocks go on holiday, a trip on a train is the only way to travel - if only the train would travel somewhere! This episode introduces the '-ai-' digraph and the words rail, rain, train, wait, chain, fail and sail.

15. Beep
Aired 8 January 2013 • 5 min
The Alphablocks meet a metal box that goes beep, and soon it's walking and talking and wishing it could be like its new friends. This episode introduces the '-ee-' digraph and the words beep, see, seed, feet, feel and weep.

16. Tightrope
Aired 9 January 2013 • 5 min
A simple skipping game turns into a night at the circus as I, G and H find themselves high up on a tightrope, with thrills and spills as they try to find the right way to get back down. This episode introduces the '-igh-' trigraph and the words tight, net, tent, high, light, night, right and fright.

17. Toad
Aired 10 January 2013 • 5 min
M can't resist munching everything in sight until a giant toad appears. Suddenly he is not the biggest eater around! This episode introduces the '-oa-' digraph and the words toad, coat, coal, goal, goat, moat, loaf and toast.

18. Book
Aired 11 January 2013 • 5 min
OO and friends discover a talking book, some missing words and a pile of letters - can they put the story of Little Red Riding Hood back together? This episode introduces the '-oo-' digraph and the words book, hood, cool, moon, woof, good, boot, cook and food.

19. Hey!
Aired 14 January 2013 • 5 min
It's pandemonium at the Alphablocks' animal sing-song. S has a special surprise in store. This episode has fun with the words cat, dog, cod, tag, jog, jig, mop, moo, moon, spoon and zoom.

20. Card
Aired 15 January 2013 • 5 min
It's talent night and A and R are trying to do some magic, but their card trick keeps going wrong. This episode introduces the '-ar-' digraph and has fun with the words hat, harp, carp, dark, card, tart, part, jar, car, cart, barn and far.

21. The End
Aired 16 January 2013 • 5 min
OI, OR and UR are in a coin-rolling, cork-popping, wave-surfing mad dash to prove who is the fastest! This episode introduces the'-oi-', '-or-' and '-ur-' digraphs and the words join, coin, cork, surf, turf, cord, corn and end.

22. How Now Brown Cow
Aired 17 January 2013 • 5 min
The Alphablocks meet their match when Brown Cow and her singing friends Owl, Howl and Growl take the stage! This episode has fun with the '-ow-' digraph and the words cow, brown, owl, howl, growl, gown, crown, town and down.

23. Fair
Aired 18 January 2013 • 5 min
It's O's birthday, but R has forgotten to get him a present! Can she magic up a big wheel, a helter skelter and a hall of mirrors from thin air? This episode introduces the '-er-' digraph, the '-air-', '-ure-' and '-ear-' trigraphs and the words air, fair, chair, pair, cure, big, bigger, thin, thinner, ear, hear, near and box.

24. Ants
Aired 21 January 2013 • 5 min
A, N and T sit down for a nice picnic, but soon everyone is getting tickled, the food starts disappearing and N gets the blame. This episode has fun with consonant clusters and the words ant, ants, pants, pans, taps, snap and picnic.

25. Ink
Aired 22 January 2013 • 5 min
When I finds some invisible ink, she plays all kinds of incredible tricks on the other Alphablocks, but soon wishes she hadn't! This episode has fun with the '-nk-' consonant cluster and the words ink, sink, stink, think, pink, shrink, drink and big.

26. Crash!
Aired 23 January 2013 • 5 min
T's tip-top trick is a tremendously tall tower of teacups - as long as he can avoid any assistance from accident-prone A. This episode has fun with the sound words bam, bang, bash, crash, smash, splash, splat and the words pat and tap.