Razzle Dazzle (UK TV series)
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Razzledazzle is a BBC
television programme for children that airs on BBC's CBeebies
channel. It is an educational show that features Razzledazzle, a little orange CGI character with floppy ears and big eyes, voiced by Bethen Marlow.
The programme is designed to get the viewer to focus upon sound, and, by sliding down magical slides, Razzledazzle visits 4 areas, "Rhyme Time", "Chit Chat", "Bish Bash Bosh!" and "Once Upon a Tale".
"Rhyme Time", presented by Sarah Hope, invites the viewer to recognise an everyday sound, which is then set to a poem and often repeated, allowing for interaction. "Chit Chat" features children involved in activities with their relations, focussing on natural communication skills. "Bish Bash Bosh" involves children acting out simple rhymes which are easily memorable, accentuating rhythm, syllables and rhyme. "Once Upon a Tale", presented alternately by Mina Anwar
and Patrick "Wink" Lynch, is designed to create stories using predictive and repeated elements, widening the viewer's vocabulary and allowing for plenty of physicalisation of the narrative.
At the end of the programme, Razzledazzzle and the other presenters perform "The Not So Long Song", composed by Ben Lee Delisle.
Each episode is 20 minutes long, and 10 eps at a time are occasionally aired for approximately four hours during the early morning within the BBC Education slot.
There is a deliberate use of repetition of some of the elements, allowing the viewer to join in with the activities.
There are 20 episodes in the series, aired on BBC2, CBeebies and within BBC Schools' output.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television programme for children that airs on BBC's CBeebies
CBeebies
CBeebies is the brand used by the BBC for programming aimed at children 6 years and under. It is used as a themed strand in the UK on terrestrial television, as a separate free-to-air domestic British channel and used for international varients supported by advertising, subscription or both...
channel. It is an educational show that features Razzledazzle, a little orange CGI character with floppy ears and big eyes, voiced by Bethen Marlow.
The programme is designed to get the viewer to focus upon sound, and, by sliding down magical slides, Razzledazzle visits 4 areas, "Rhyme Time", "Chit Chat", "Bish Bash Bosh!" and "Once Upon a Tale".
"Rhyme Time", presented by Sarah Hope, invites the viewer to recognise an everyday sound, which is then set to a poem and often repeated, allowing for interaction. "Chit Chat" features children involved in activities with their relations, focussing on natural communication skills. "Bish Bash Bosh" involves children acting out simple rhymes which are easily memorable, accentuating rhythm, syllables and rhyme. "Once Upon a Tale", presented alternately by Mina Anwar
Mina Anwar
Mina Anwar is a British actress.-Early life:Anwar was educated at Accrington Moorhead Sports College, and gained an A level in Theatre in Performance at the Accrington and Rossendale College in 1988 before training at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London.-Acting career:She played Police...
and Patrick "Wink" Lynch, is designed to create stories using predictive and repeated elements, widening the viewer's vocabulary and allowing for plenty of physicalisation of the narrative.
At the end of the programme, Razzledazzzle and the other presenters perform "The Not So Long Song", composed by Ben Lee Delisle.
Each episode is 20 minutes long, and 10 eps at a time are occasionally aired for approximately four hours during the early morning within the BBC Education slot.
There is a deliberate use of repetition of some of the elements, allowing the viewer to join in with the activities.
There are 20 episodes in the series, aired on BBC2, CBeebies and within BBC Schools' output.
Awards
- Royal Television SocietyRoyal Television SocietyThe Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
Educational Television Awards 2005 - Awarded Best Schools Programme - 0-5 Years (for the episode Drip Drop and Kitty)