Get Squiggling
GenreChildren's
Created byJo Killingley
Directed byAdrian Hedley
Voices ofJanet James
Samantha Dodd
John Hasler
Teresa Gallagher
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producersJo Killingley (series producer)
Tracy Nampala (producer)
Sarah Colclough (for CBeebies)
Running time15 minutes
Production companyDot To Dot Productions
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release11 February 2008 (2008-02-11) 
30 July 2010 (2010-07-30)

Get Squiggling is a British children's television series created and produced by Jo Killingley at Dot To Dot Productions, directed by Adrian Hedley, and broadcast on CBeebies and BBC Two in the UK.[1][2]

Format

The programme begins with a theme song. The lead character is Squiglet, a monster who speaks directly to the audience. The programme itself teaches preschool-aged children how to draw, as well as basic colours and shapes.[3] The audience is encouraged to use drawing as a method of triggering imagination and as a means to progress the story. Each episode begins with him against a plain white background, which is gradually filled by the characters that he draws, like animals, objects, and landscapes, using his squiggle sticks and Squiggle Pad. There are seven different lines (loopy, round, straight, curved, bumpy, wavy and zig-zag) that Squiglet uses to draw. The main character is then animated by Squiglet saying the magic words, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Let's make our squiggles come alive!" and they join the story. All other content in the show is animated based on his drawings. If the main character encounters a problem, Squiglet draws an object to help them solve the problem. If a problem cannot be solved, the Squiggle Pad gives them a clue to the problem with a short, live-action video. While most episodes end with a song related to the episode, summing up the preceding story, some episodes starting with "Spaceman" end with an epilogue that what happened to the episode, summing up the same preceding story as before. Each episode ends with Squiglet saying "Thanks for all your squiggles, it's time to go now but come back to get squiggling soon. Keep on squiggling." and everybody says "Bye." before the end credits start to roll over.

Cast

John Hasler as all male characters.

Teresa Gallagher as all female characters.

Samantha Dodd and Janet James as Squiglet.

Episodes

Series 1 (2008)

EpisodeTitle[4]First Aired[4]Last Aired[4]
1"Snowman"11 February 20087 September 2016
2"Pirate"12 February 20088 September 2016
3"Caterpillar"13 February 20089 September 2016
4"Hippo"14 February 200812 September 2016
5"Spider"15 February 200813 September 2016
6"Hedgehog"18 February 200814 September 2016
7"Three Little Pigs"19 February 200815 September 2016
8"Spaceman"20 February 200816 September 2016
9"Lamb"21 February 200819 September 2016
10"Knight"22 February 200820 September 2016
11"Photographer"25 February 200821 September 2016
12"Cowboy"26 February 200822 September 2016
13"Bloodhound"27 February 200823 September 2016
14"Monster"28 February 200821 July 2016
15"Fairy"29 February 200822 July 2016
16"Elephant"3 March 200825 July 2016
17"Scarecrow"4 March 200826 July 2016
18"Tortoise & Hare"5 March 200827 July 2016
19"Giant"6 March 200828 July 2016
20"Crab"7 March 200829 July 2016
21"Robot"10 March 20081 August 2016
22"Frog Prince"11 March 20082 August 2016
23"Hyena"12 March 20083 August 2016
24"Bee"13 March 20084 August 2016
25"Penguin"14 March 20085 August 2016

Series 2 (2010)

EpisodeTitle[5]First Aired[5]Last Aired[5]
1"Monkey"14 June 201011 February 2017
2"Cinderella"15 June 201012 February 2017
3"Troll"16 June 201018 February 2017
4"Mouse"17 June 201019 February 2017
5"Old Mother Hubbard"18 June 201025 February 2017
6"Cow"21 June 201026 February 2017
7"Dinosaur"22 June 20104 March 2017
8"Cat"23 June 20105 March 2017
9"Gnome"24 June 201011 March 2017
10"Magician"25 June 201019 August 2016
11"Bat"28 June 201012 March 2017
12"Squirrel"29 June 201018 March 2017
13"Polar Bear"30 June 201019 March 2017
14"Wizard"1 July 201025 March 2017
15"Chef"2 July 201026 March 2017
16"Ostrich"19 July 20101 April 2017
17"Rhino"20 July 20102 April 2017
18"Humpty Dumpty"21 July 201026 July 2014
19"Old King Cole"22 July 20105 July 2014
20"Koala"23 July 20106 July 2014
21"Goldilocks"26 July 20109 July 2014
22"Jack and the Beanstalk"27 July 201010 July 2014
23"Magpie"28 July 201011 July 2014
24"Rapunzel"29 July 201012 July 2014
25"Kangaroo"30 July 201013 July 2014

Get Squiggling Letters

On February 7, 2013, CBeebies commissioned a 26-episode spin-off to the series that focused on the letters of the alphabet.[6] As with the original, Beyond Distribution handled worldwide distribution to the spin-off.[7]

Home Media releases

BBC Worldwide (2 Entertain) originally intended to release DVDs of the series in the United Kingdom, as hinted through a promo video featuring footage from the show, but the distributor never did any.

Abbey Home Media released a DVD in February 2011 called "Animal Magic", which includes many animal-related episodes, with seven from the second series and two from the first series.[8]

References

  1. "Get Squiggling Credits". BFI Film Database. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. "Get Squiggling Episodes by date: November 2012". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. "Get Squiggling! For Grownups". BBC. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Get Squiggling Series 1 Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Get Squiggling Series 2 Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  6. "CBeebies commissions Get Squiggling spin-off".
  7. "Beyond takes two Dot to Dot series to MIP".
  8. "Get Squiggling". Amazon UK.
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