Alphablocks

Alphablocks A-Z

Meet the Alphablocks! From accident-prone A to sleepy Z, all twenty-six letters are full of fun and ready for adventure.

E is the busiest letter in the alphabet and in this musical episode, popular and friendly E shows just how hard working he can be. Doubling up and making words like bee and tree is easy but when he has to save the day by making a word with five E's he's exhausted.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. When T gets stuck on top of a mountain, A, E, I, O and U come to the rescue.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who make words come to life by holding hands. Young Y wants to know why he can't sing with the vowels - but anything's possible if you try.

When C and K find out they make the same sound, they decide to hold a contest. Who will win?

Glow

Alphablock has fun discovering the magic of wordplay. When O and F turn the lights off, how will they get them back on?

Sing

B the bassist and her brother D the drummer get new guitarist N to join the band, but they still need a singer. They try auditioning the vowels but make some strange sounds before the band is complete.

Band

When the Alphablocks can't decide between rock and pop, it's time for a battle of the bands to see which is best.

Party

P, A, R, T and Y need some help getting the party started! S tries her best, but they really need someone extraordinary to liven things up and superhero Exciting X soon gets the party popping with his special powers.

Cha Cha Cha

Race

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. It's race day - will V vroom vroom to victory?

Moon

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. O has fun doubling up and making new and different oo sounds.

Alphalympics

Sail

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. Letters A and I pair up to make a new and exciting sound.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Surprise

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. P, A, R and Y plan a surprise for T - but first they must get out of a trap!

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. S, T, O and P get caught on a runaway bus: what can they do?

Space

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. S, P, A, C and E wonder what is up past the sky, and soon find out.

Hide

The adventures of 26 lively letters who make words come to life by holding hands. The Alphablocks play hide-and-seek

Quiet

Jaybird

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. J wants to sing and fly like a bird - can A and friends help?

Note

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. N, O, T and E make music - and S makes more and more of it!

Zzzzz

Magic

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. Magic E makes mischief and demonstrates how to turn a cap into a cape.

Taps

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. S is feeling a bit sad but T, A and P are there to help and soon everyone is tap-dancing.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. I holds hands with N and they find themselves stuck inside a floating balloon.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. M is very hungry so he and his friends make a gingerbread man, but he runs off.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. D is ready to rock - he has his drumsticks but nothing to bang on.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. O is fascinated as G grows her green hair into a grassy garden.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. From A to Z, every Alphablock has fun discovering the magic of wordplay. A makes friends with a cat but soon starts sneezing and bouncing all over. Her friends try to help, but everything they do only makes things worse. How can she sneak away from the cat? This episode has fun with the letters A, C, P, T and N and the words cat, can, pat, tap, cap, nap and dog.

P, E and N take on a pesky pen, who can draw anything it wants to escape them. Is the pen mightier than the word, or can they outplay it at its own game? This episode introduces the letter E and the words pen, peg and pet.

U gets the balloon ride of his life, but he is still unhappy - or so he thinks! When unhappy U meets perky P, things can only go one way - up. Now U's only problem is getting back down.This episode introduces the letter U and the words up, cup, pup, pop, sum, mug and mud.

R loves pretending to be a pirate, so she rustles up a ship and takes her crew on a rolling ride through rough seas and rain. Is it all make-believe or will she lead them to real treasure?This episode introduces the letter R and the words rug, rod, rag, dig and red.

H makes a hen, who lays an egg, which rolls away. The Alphablocks hop to it, give chase and discover the egg sat on a wall, about to have a great fall...This episode introduces the letter H and the words hen, hop, hum, men and hug.

It's big bop night at the Alphadrome, but bossy bass player B falls out with drummer D over musical differences. She doesn't need her brother to make the blocks boogie... does she?This episode introduces the letter B and the words bad, bug, bus, bin and bop.

Fred

When a flying saucer crash-lands, F makes a new friend: Fred, who misses his mummy and wants to go home. Can her friends give F the boost she needs to fly Fred to the final frontier?This episode introduces the letter F and the words fog, fun, fin and fan.

Hill

L discovers that bath time is more fun when you double up. Then H and I hop in, and soon the tub is slip-sliding down a giant hill, picking up Alphablocks as it goes - even more fun!This episode introduces the double letters LL, SS and FF and the words tub, hill, doll, bell, mess, miss, kiss and off.

J is convinced she's a jaybird - but she just can't seem to fly. V makes a van and soon they are on a musical road trip to find the friends who can help J reach for the sky.This episode introduces the letters J and V and the words van, jog, jig, jug, vet and jet.

Z likes a good snooze, filling the air with floaty zeds - but when Z zaps his zeds, young Y and his yak set off on a quest to find them.This episode introduces the letters Y and Z and the double letters ZZ, and the words zap, yak, yap, yell, jazz and zigzag.

Somehow, P, O and P have popped I's dot, and she is not very happy. Can O and friends find it again before I loses her cool - or will things go from bad to worse? This episode has fun with the letters O, I, C, D, P and T, and the words pop, cod, cot, cop, pot, pod and dot.

Lips

It's bedtime for A, E, I, O and U, but vowels will be vowels and there's no getting them to snuggle down. L's lullaby usually does the trick, but she needs a little help from her friends.This episode introduces the letter L and the words log, lid, bed, ted, hug, cot, nap and lips.

W wants to be a superhero, like his superhero, X. But saving Alphablocks is not as easy as it looks, especially when they don't need saving. Until the mighty Box Man arrives.This episode introduces the letters W and X, and the words web, ox, bog, box, six and wet.

Alphablocks, a dressing-up box - it must be show time! B, O and X discover a dressing-up box that is filled with everything they need to put on a performance of Sleeping Beauty, except for something to sleep on.This episode has fun with a host of letters and the words box, hag, red, ted and bed.

Quick

Q sings I Need U, but she can't do it on her own. Unwilling U lends a hand - until all the quacking, quizzes and super quick piano playing drives him quackers... This episode introduces the letter Q and the pair Qu - and the words quack, quiz, quick and quit.

Kick

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. K can kick but C can't - so it's word-magic-for-goalposts and a kid keeping score. Then they team up for CK vs the Sock - and they just need that magic touch. This episode introduces the letters C, K and the pair CK - and the words cot, kit, kid, can, cat, sock, sack and kick.

O meets a wig and thinks it is the cutest pet he has ever seen. He is overjoyed to find out that it goes on his head, but then he wants it bigger. And bigger...This episode has fun with a host of letters and the words wig, dig, pig and big.

Rainbow

When they find a musical rainbow, the Alphablocks sing and dance their way to a multicoloured land, but how can they cross the rainbow river to get to the pot of gold?This episode has fun with a host of letters and the words wet, run, fun, sun, dog, fog and log.

The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. Beatboxing, rock, opera, disco: the Alphablocks sing their letter sounds freestyle from A to Z in an alphabetical musical extravaganza. This episode has fun with the whole alphabet and their letter sounds.

The alphabet song should be as easy as A, B, C for the Alphablocks, right? Not exactly: it takes a few tries, a lot of fun and a magical bouncing dot to get them from A to Z. This episode has fun with the whole alphabet and their letter names.

The Cat Sat on the Mat

The Alphablocks are singing, Rat and Bat are dancing, but Cat just won't get up off the mat. Not even for a magic hat. What is Cat playing at? This episode has fun with the letters A, T and friends and the words mat, cat, rat, bat, hat and vat.

Wish

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.

Snowman

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

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.

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.

Little Red N

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.

Dots

Educational fun. Z has left the others in charge while he has a nap, but before long disaster strikes and Alphaland needs colouring in again.

Frog on a Dog

The Alphablocks need help to cross the bog to get the cog - what 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.

Best

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.

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.

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.

Champ

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.

Song

The Alphablocks join in with 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.

Thing

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.

Train

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.

Beep

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.

Tightrope

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.

Toad

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.

Book

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.

Hey!

Educational fun. The adventures of 26 lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands. It's pandemonium at the Alphablocks' animal singsong. 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.

Card

Educational fun. It's talent night and A and R are trying to do some magic, but their card trick keeps going wrong.

The End

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.

How Now Brown Cow

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.

Fair

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.

Ants

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.

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.

Crash!

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.

Four

When N tries to ban D from the band, the others get the fab four back together to prove that you can do much more with four!This episode introduces end blends like '-st' and '-nd' and the words band, bus, bust, win, wind, tent, ram, ramp, mist, lost, gulp and help.

Clap

The Alphablocks clap their hands, slap their thighs, flap their wings and pretend to fly in a clapping, flapping, skipping, flipping song!This episode introduces starting blends like 'sp-' and 'fl-' and the words top, stop, pot, spot, lap, clap, slap, flap, skip, slip, flip, ram and tram.

Plusman

Plusman to the rescue! A new superhero arrives in Alphaland to save the day by joining words together.This episode introduces compound words, and the words star, fish, starfish, sheepdog, box and lunchbox.

Alphabet

When the Alphablocks make the alphabet, anything can happen - as PH, WH and a rollerskating elephant find out! This episode introduces the digraphs '-wh-' and '-ph-' and the words alphabet, bag, elephant, wheels, dolphin, whoosh and which.

Name

When A gets hiccups, she can't say her own name - but Magic E and friends sing a song to help her remember. This episode introduces the long A sound, the digraphs '-ay-', '-ai-' and '-ae-' and the words day, play, way, tail, trail, sail, game, cake, snake and name.

Sleep

At the end of a very busy day, E just wants to sing himself to sleep - but Little Bo Peep and friends have other plans. This episode introduces the long E sound, the digraphs '-ee-', '-ea-' and '-e-e-' and the words sleep, sheep, peep, team, steam, dream, athlete and compete.

Mine

Alphablock I is having a dance party - by herself! Can her friends help her see the light on disco night? This episode introduces the long I sound, the trigraph '-igh-', the digraphs '-ie-' and '-i-e-' and the words bright, light, night, pie, tie, like, shine and fine.

Home

O has the most extraordinary day ever, with a goat on a boat, a mole in a hole and a magic golden discovery. This episode introduces the long O sound, the digraphs '-oa-', '-oe-' and '-o-e-' and the words goat, boat, float, doe, hoe, toe, hole, hope, rope, mole and home.

Blue

U is upside-down, next to an upside-down tree, and the whole of Alphaland is blue. How did that happen?This episode introduces the long U sounds, the digraphs '-ew-', '-ue-' and '-u-e-' and the words new, grew, blew, flew, true, blue, glue, rescue, tune, lute, flute, prune and mule.

Outlaw

When Alphablock I starts making up new laws, AU are soon on the run, with AW in hot pursuit!This episode introduces the digraphs '-au-' and '-ou-' and the words law, lawn, paw, draw, Paul, haunt and launch.

Birthday Girl

Alphablocks IR meet the birthday girl, throw an amazing party for her and make her special wish come true.This episode introduces the digraph '-ir-' and the words girl, birthday, stir, squirt, skirt, twirl and bird.

Cowboy

When a cowboy rides into Alphaland, it's time for OU and OY to round up some cows. Yee-hah!This episode introduces the digraphs '-oy-' and '-ou-' and the words toy, boy, cow, cowboy, loud, sound, found and thousand.

Prank

When A discovers a magic red nose, she gets up to all sorts of cheeky five-letter mischief.This episode combines starting and end blends for five-letter words and introduces the words prank, stink, trunk, stomp, stamp, plank and stunt.

An Alphablocks Adventure

In the Alphablocks' new play, a giant, played by Alphablock K, threatens to topple the town with his exuberant kicking. The townsfolk must find somewhere suitable for him to play football. Alphablock V tempts the giant to a kicking contest on the running track outside the town. Soon, all is well again.

It's time for bed, but Alphablock P's adorable pet, Pip, just won't settle down. With help from her friends, P tries to get Pip to SIT, to settle her with a PAT, and to give her a drink from a TAP. Alphablock P and her helpers are exhausted and need a NAP. At last, Pip joins them and falls asleep too... or does she?

C Versus K

Alphablock C is cross when she realises that Alphablock K makes the same sound as her. To show what she can do, she conjures up a CAT in a CAP. K responds with a KID goat in sports KIT. They each want to be the only one to make their sound. They start to compete, showing off the words they can make.

Castles

Alphablocks H and M are building sandcastles with a HAT and a MUG. Alphablock I thinks it's a competition and decides to be the judge. H puts a TOP on her castle, and M makes his grow UP. H uses a DOT to decorate her castle, and M gets help from the PEN to decorate his. Alphablock I tries to tell them who will win and is surprised when a trophy falls into her hands. How can she be the winner?

R's Really Rare Rose

When Alphablock R leaves Alphablock W to look at her rose, the plant wilts. It needs water. W makes the dry well WET but cannot reach the rose because the bucket is on a rope. He transfers the water into a CAN but there's a leak. A CUP full of water proves too big for W to handle. He manages to make it TIP. Swamped, the rose wilts again. HOT sunshine saves the day, until W's friends accidentally give the yellow rose a red DOT that spreads over the entire flower. Fortunately, R is delighted.

An Apple a Day

Playing at being a nurse, Alphablock N takes Alphablock A to hospital to be made be1er. The Alphablock doctors try various remedies. Giggling, A says that the bandage from their doctors' BAG is not helping. Something woolly to keep A warm turns out to be a RAM that causes chaos. A HAT makes A too hot. A FAN makes her too cold. A NAP sends her to sleep, but Alphablock N complains that now they can't play their game. Woken by a falling apple, A declares that an apple is the cure that she needed.

Alphablock E leads the search to find a home for his friend, Ned the frog. But Alphablock N doesn't want to share his BED, a fox is already in the DEN, and a very cross HEN shuts Ned out of her PEN. Alphablock E decides to get advice from a VET, who helpfully points out that frogs like to live somewhere WET. Ned loves his pond. Success at last!

Treasure

Alphablock I recounts a tale of how she and her friends found treasure on Tall Tree Island. They had to reach a BIG tree that was far away, so they rode to it on a PIG. The pig was slow, so they made it BIG. Soon, it was hungry, so they fed it a FIG. But the fig was too small, so they made it BIG. Accidentally, they made the pig a WIG, which the pig did not like until they made it BIG. At the big tree, they started to DIG, but the spade was too small. When they made it BIG, it dug up a most unusual treasure.

Alphablock T has mislaid his teapot and wanders off to find it. So, when Alphablocks O and G arrive for tea, they decide to go look for him. They get help from a DOG, but they lose it. They travel on a LOG in search of the dog. Eventually, they manage to create a smelly BOG, which attracts the dog. At last, the dog finds Alphablock T, who is lost in a FOG. They help T find his missing POT, then they all settle down to a cuppa, which is just right and not too hot!

I Am I

Alphablocks is a CBeebies series that's helps children learn to read. Who better to show you how words work than the alphabet brought to life? With adventures, songs and laughter, it's tons of fun with words – all built on a firm foundation of key phonics skills that can take your child all the way from ABC to confident reader.

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