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Boogie Beebies
GenreChildren's television series
Directed byHelen Darrington, Karen Ferguson, Brendan McCaul
Presented byPete Hillier
Nataylia Roni
Oti Mabuse
Music byLiz Kitchen, Francis Haines
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes125
Production
Executive producerSue Nott
ProducerKaren Pringle
EditorsDamian Raistrick, David Horwell, Jim Baker, Gary Hewson
Camera setupJohn Shuker, Bart Baker
Running time15 minutes (Series 1 & 2)
5 minutes (Series 3)
Production companiesBBC (Series 1-2)
BBC Children's Productions (Series 3)
Original release
NetworkCBeebies
Release27 September 2004 (2004-09-27) –
2006 (2006)

Boogie Beebies is a British interactive preschool children's television programme, which was produced and broadcast by the BBC. It aired on CBeebies (both the separate channel and CBeebies on BBC One and BBC Two). The show first aired on 27 September 2004,[1] and won the Best Pre School Live Action award, at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2005.[2][3]

Every programme is 15 minutes long, and teaches children a dance (to a short original soundtrack), a different one every week. It was originally presented by Nataylia "Nat" Roni and Pete Hillier. Nat had previously played the role of 'Nala' in the West End with Disney in The Lion King. However, from November 2006, it was presented by Pete alone along with a new group of children called 'The Boogie Bunch' who could be the co presenters since Nat was absent. In the same series, Pete was given a nickname, 'Boogie Pete'. It also features clips of children (at home, in schools or in front of bluescreen).

In earlier series, the same programme was shown throughout the week. In the later series, a slightly different programme was shown daily. The only variant being, the verses of the soundtrack are taught, and the chorus is only run through once.

The dance is taught segment by segment by the presenters. In earlier programmes, the two presenters took turns with every segment. The moves to every day's dance, as well as the theme of the soundtrack, are drawn from either nature or the world around us (such as "The Ocean Motion", featuring dance moves inspired by various sea creatures). Every time, the program culminates with a full performance of the soundtrack and dance, known as "The Big Video", in which the presenters call "Big Video Time".

In Series 1, one presenter would be on a green screen set of yellow and green polka dots, and the other presenter would go somewhere wherever fits the song, for example, Pete might go to a construction site for the Dig It song and Nat could go to a flower garden for the Gardening song. However, in Series 2, Pete would usually stand in front of a green screen to the place, rather than going there. The Boogie Bunch will too have a short dance tutorial and he would also stand in front of the typical green and yellow polka dot set, but in this season, they move into the opposite colours and that repeats.

In Series 1, Roni would wear a pink sleeveless jacket, and Hillier would wear a green t-shirt with yellow stripes and neck. In Series 2, Pete's outfit varies, between a red t-shirt with a yellow fire symbol, and a green t-shirt with a yellow firework symbol.

The name of the programme comes from the informal verb to dance (boogie) and the Beebies suffix of CBeebies. The program was advertised using a child dancing "Travolta style" to A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy.

The series made a comeback to CBeebies in 2020, with Oti Mabuse hosting.[4] Subsequently, BBC cancelled the show in the following year.

To celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, 46 episodes from Series 1-2 were added to BBC iPlayer on 27 September 2024.

Episodes

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Series 1

Presented by Nataylia Roni and Pete Hillier.

  1. Dig It
  2. Ocean Motion
  3. The Kangaroo
  4. Take It to the Checkout
  5. Go Go Mango
  6. Space Walking
  7. Pirate Gang
  8. Football Shimmy
  9. Cup Cake
  10. Shoe Hoedown
  11. Turning Around
  12. Gardening
  13. Hey Monkey
  14. Every Kind of Weather
  15. Building
  16. Barnyard Boogie
  17. Little Dreamer
  18. We Want to be Fit
  19. Bug a lug
  20. Tick Tock Clock
  21. Butterfly Fly
  22. Dancing on the Sand
  23. Chuffa Chuffa Chawoowoo
  24. Penguin Bop
  25. Double Decker
  26. Teatime
  27. Dream Cleaning Crew
  28. Carousel
  29. Going to the Park
  30. Do the Duck

Series 2

Presented by Pete Hillier. This series features five programmes per theme, making eighty episodes altogether.

  1. Rainbow Sky
  2. Airport
  3. Vegetable Jam
  4. I Wish it Would Snow
  5. Brave Prince
  6. Roll Up, Roll Up
  7. Do the Dino
  8. Orchestra
  9. Baby Boogie
  10. Woof! Woof!
  11. In the Swim
  12. Viking Warrior
  13. Tractor Stomp
  14. I Want to be,,,
  15. Sporty Boogie
  16. Waterhole


Series 3

Presented by Oti Mabuse titled as Oti's Boogie Beebies.

  1. Zoom to the Moon Song
  2. Get Dancing Song
  3. Shine Like the Sun Song
  4. Sea Creatures Song: 4 June 2020
  5. Feeling Good Song: Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake 5 June 2020
  6. Full Steam Ahead Song: 8 June 2020
  7. All Things Red Song: Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs 9 June 2020
  8. Sport Star Song: Eat My Goal by Collapsed Lung 10 June 2020
  9. Favourite Place Song: Rather Be by Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne 11 June 2020
  10. Jungle Song: 12 June 2020
  11. Up, Down and Around Song: Keep On Movin' by Five 15 June 2020
  12. Upside Down Song: Upside Down by Paloma Faith 16 June 2020
  13. Musical Instrument Jam Song: 17 June 2020
  14. Monsters Song: Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers 18 June 2020
  15. Fruit and Vegetables Song: I Really Like You by Carly Rae Jepsen 19 June 2020

Home media

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BBC Worldwide released several DVDs of the series in the United Kingdom.

Title Episodes Release date
Your Chance to Dance! Dig It

Ocean Motion
Go Go Mango
Space Walking
Turning Around
Gardening
Hey Monkey

4 July 2005
Get Ready to Boogie Barnyard Boogie

Every Kind of Weather Song
The Kangaroo
Pirate Gang
Butterfly Fly!
Dancing on the Sand
We Want to be Fit

26 December 2005
Little Dreamer and Other Stories Little Dreamer

Take It to the Checkout
Building
Teatime
Cup Cake

26 March 2007
Move Your Feet to the Beat Going to the Park

Shoe Hoedown
Double Decker
Penguin Bop
Carousel
Chuffa Chuffa Chawoowoo
Do the Duck

25 August 2008

References

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  1. ^ "Search Results - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ "BAFTA 2005 award news". BBC News. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Past Winners and Nominees - Children's - Awards - 2005". BAFTA. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  4. ^ "BBC - BBC Children's announce new commissions - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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