Numbertime
| Numbertime | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Educational sketch show |
| Written by |
Christopher Lillicrap Andrew Bernhardt (Series 3, 5-7 and 9) Toby Jones (Series 5) Guy Hallifax (Series 8-9) |
| Directed by |
Andrea Christodoulou (Series 1) Phil Chilvers (Series 2-5 and 7) Robin Carr (Series 6 and 8) Andrea Parr (Series 9) |
| Starring |
Lolita Chakrabarti (Series 1-4) [El Nombre] Sophie Aldred Janet Ellis (Series 6-9) Michael Fenton-Stevens (Series 9) Kate Robbins Steve Steen |
| Composer(s) |
Neil Ben (Series 5-9) Mark Blackledge (Series 2-9) Archie Brown (Series 9) Charles Casey (Series 9) Stephen Chadwick (Series 8) Seán de Paor (Series 2) Andrew Dodge Richard Durrant (Series 5-8) Sue Herrod (Series 2) Simeon Jones (Series 9) Derek Nash (Series 4-9) Sandy Nuttgens (Series 5-9) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 68 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Judy Whitfield (Series 1) Stacey Adams (Series 2) Anne Brogan (Series 5) Clare Elstow (Series 6-8) Sue Nott (Series 9) |
| Producer(s) | Clare Elstow (Series 1) Kristin Mason (Series 2-9) Julie Ardrey (Series 8) |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 20 September 1993 – 3 December 2001 |
| External links | |
| www |
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Lolita Chakrabarti (Series 1-4)
Ashley Artus (Series 5-7)
Anthony Barclay (Series 3-4)
Gary Beadle (Series 2)
Tony Bluto (Series 1)
Carolyn Bonnyman (Series 2)
Brian Bowles (voice only, Series 9)
Laura Brattan (Series 3-4; voice only, Series 5-9)
Joanna Brookes (Series 1, 3 and 4)
Otiz Cannelloni (Series 4)
Paul Cawley (Series 3-7; voice only, Series 8-9)
Ian Connaughton (Series 9)
Simon Corris (Series 3-4)
Sue Elliott-Nicholls (voice only, Series 8)
Chris Emmett (Series 3-4)
Michael Fenton-Stevens (Series 8)
Regina Freedman (Series 1)
Victoria Gay (Series 5-7)
Roger Griffiths (Series 5-7)
Mike Hayley (Series 2-7)
Toby Jones (Series 5)
Jenny Jules (Series 1)
Moir Leslie (voice only, Series 9)
Tania Levey (Series 5-6)
Andy McEwan (Series 1)
Brian Miller (Series 3-7)
Anastasia Mulrooney (Series 2-4)
Fidel Nanton (Series 5)
Richard Pearce (voice only, Series 9)
Mo Sesay (Series 1)
Elisabeth Sladen (Series 3-4 and 9)
Peter Temple (voice only, Series 7)
Issy Van Randwyck (Series 3-7)
Paul Vates (Series 8)
René Zagger (Series 2)
Numbertime is a BBC educational television series for primary schools that was aired on BBC Two from 20 September 1993 to 3 December 2001. For its first four series, it was presented by Lolita Chakrabarti. El Nombre, an animated character from Numbertime, eventually became the concept for another educational BBC children's television program; his name means "The Name" in Spanish, and not "The Number", which would be "El Número". The third line of his opening song and his farewell catchphrase were also changed several times during the series' run, to reflect their focus - however, the original ones ("Writing numbers in the desert sand" which was also used for the seventh series, and "Adios amigos, and keep counting" which was also used for the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth series) remain the most famous.
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