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(previously Do You Feel Lucky: The Secrets of Probability) (2001), ISBN 0-439-99607-4 (chance, tree diagrams, mutually exclusive and independent chances, Pascal's Triangle, permutations and combinations, sampling.) Savage Shapes (previously Vicious Circles and Other Savage Shapes) (2002), ISBN 0-439-99747-X (signs in g... | Wikipedia - Murderous Maths - Titles | 349 | 1,373 | null |
simplifying expressions, solving quadratics and the quadratic formula, "Think of a number" tricks, difference of two squares, coefficients of (a-b)n, linear graphs: co-ordinates; gradients; y intercept, non-linear function graphs including parabolas, simultaneous equations: substitution and elimination, dividing by zer... | Wikipedia - Murderous Maths - Titles | 240 | 909 | null |
triangle, hexagonal), speed, acceleration, stopping time, distance, force, gravity, projectiles, Money: percentages; simple and compound interest, permutations and combinations.) The 5ecret L1fe of Code5 (previously Codes: How to Make Them and Break Them) (2007), ISBN 978-1-4071-0715-8 (patterns, logic and deduction, p... | Wikipedia - Murderous Maths - Titles | 350 | 1,261 | null |
Section: Reviews. A recommendation of the series by Scientific American includes a quote from a Stanford engineer named Stacy F. Bennet, who described the series as "very humorous and engaging introductions to such topics as algebra, geometry and probability". On 22 November 1997, that same publication said of the seri... | Wikipedia - Murderous Maths - Reviews | 293 | 1,291 | null |
Reporter Linda Blackbourne described it as a "stand-up maths routine [that] has children - and teachers - in fits of laughter". Carousel issue 16 (the guide to children's books) commented on the event: "...he possesses a prodigious gift of the (Yorkshire) gab, appears to be incapable of not enjoying himself, and plays ... | Wikipedia - Murderous Maths - Reviews | 337 | 1,478 | null |
The GCSE book in the Guardian said: "Those who have experienced Poskitt "live" will recognise his commitment to getting readers involved with the learning process" (Nov 6th 2001), and The Press (York) described it as "...charismatic..." A review by science writer Brian Clegg described his views on Murderous Maths: Desp... | Wikipedia - Murderous Maths - Reviews | 199 | 921 | null |
Section: Format. The competition is organised into eight to ten challenges, which are further subdivided into parts A and B. The part A challenge consists of a comparatively simpler cryptogram, and usually provides some useful information to assist in the solving of part B. Part B is usually more complex. In later chal... | Wikipedia - National Cipher Challenge - Format | 286 | 1,296 | null |
Section: Prizes. £25 cash prizes are awarded to eight random entrants who submit a correct solution for each part A of the challenge. Leaderboards for the part B challenges are also compiled, based on how accurate solutions are and how quickly the entrant broke the cipher. Prizes are awarded to the top three entrants a... | Wikipedia - National Cipher Challenge - Prizes | 229 | 1,103 | null |
Article: National Numeracy. National Numeracy is an independent charity (registered no. 1145669 in England and Wales) based in Brighton, UK, that promotes the importance of numeracy and "everyday maths". The charity was founded in 2012; its chair is Perdita Fraser and vice chair Andy Haldane. Its current chief executiv... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - Summary | 331 | 1,553 | null |
Section: Work and campaigns. On 30 October 2014 National Numeracy CEO Mike Ellicock was featured on an edition of ITV's Tonight documentary programme The Trouble With Numbers. Mike Ellicock spoke about cultural and attitudinal problems preventing people from succeeding in maths. In 2014, National Numeracy launched the ... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - Work and campaigns | 332 | 1,552 | null |
In February 2015, National Numeracy made a complaint on Twitter about a L'Oreal Paris print advertising campaign, featuring Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, which included the tagline "Age is just a number and maths was never my thing". L'Oreal responded to the complaint, tweeting in reply "Thanks for raising this, ... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - Work and campaigns | 314 | 1,434 | null |
Section: Research. National Numeracy commissions and conducts research to inform its project work. 2012: According to the most recent Skills for Life survey, almost 78% of people in England have numeracy skills well below A*-C grade at GCSE. 2013: OECD found England to be 21 out of 24 countries in numeracy, ages 16–24.... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - Research | 329 | 1,428 | null |
This does not include costs of the higher risk of unemployment and underemployment to individuals and firms, and excludes wider costs to health, well-being, public services. 2016: The Mayor's Fund and National Numeracy published "The Parent Factor", which showed that parental engagement in school maths leads to higher ... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - Research | 197 | 981 | null |
Section: National Numeracy’s aim & projects > Aim. National Numeracy cites its aim as "to enable everyone across the UK to be confident and competent in using numbers and data, to be able to make good decisions in their daily life and at work.". This is approached in three main ways: By raising awareness about poor num... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - National Numeracy’s aim & projects > Aim | 171 | 826 | null |
Section: National Numeracy’s aim & projects > Projects. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free interactive web-based tool that aims to improve numeracy skills among the adult population of the UK. The assessment tool asks participants to complete a series of everyday maths questions at various levels of difficulty, ... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - National Numeracy’s aim & projects > Projects | 339 | 1,721 | null |
The Family Maths Toolkit is a project designed to engage parents and families with maths learning for children aged 13 and under, encouraging them to support their learning in the home with everyday maths activities provided by National Numeracy through schools. The project was piloted as the Parent Toolkit with 10 sch... | Wikipedia - National Numeracy - National Numeracy’s aim & projects > Projects | 257 | 1,365 | null |
Article: El Nombre. El Nombre is a children's educational programme about an anthropomorphic Mexican gerbil character, originally from a series of educational sketches on Numbertime, the BBC schools programme about mathematics. He was also the only character to appear in all Numbertime episodes. His voice was provided ... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Summary | 172 | 768 | null |
Section: Setting. El Nombre is set in the fictional town of Santa Flamingo (originally known as Santo Flamingo), home of Little Juan, his Mama, Pedro Gonzales, Juanita Conchita, Maria Consuela Tequila Chiquita, Little Pepita Consuela Tequila Chiquita, Tanto the tarantula, Señor Gelato the ice-cream seller, Leonardo de ... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Setting | 288 | 1,231 | null |
His character was a parody of the fictional hero Zorro, wearing a similar black cowl mask and huge sombrero, appearing unexpectedly to save the townsfolk from injustice, and generally swinging around on his bullwhip – however, unlike Zorro, he was often quite inept (in fact, on one occasion, Tanto tipped a bucket of wa... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Setting | 317 | 1,511 | null |
Section: Characters. El Nombre: The eponymous main character of the Numbertime sketches, and the spin-off series they began, El Nombre started his life as an adaptation of Words and Pictures' Magic Pencil (in the sense of showing the viewer how to write numbers as opposed to letters); after showing Juan how to draw fro... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Characters | 350 | 1,585 | null |
Pedro Gonzales & Juanita Conchita: Two of Juan's friends, who first appeared in the second series of Numbertime, but were not named until the third; on one occasion in the third series, Pedro professed to be "the greatest goalkeeper in the world" when Juan could not score past him, and on one occasion in the fourth ser... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Characters | 336 | 1,462 | null |
Tanto: Little Juan's pet tarantula spider, who was introduced in the third series of Numbertime; he communicated by mumbling, and on one occasion in the fifth series, Pedro bet Juan he could find a spider who was faster than him (the one he found was mechanical, reflected by the key for winding on its back) and challen... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Characters | 329 | 1,443 | null |
Delietta Smith: A television cook who was introduced in the fifth series of Numbertime; known as The Great Delietta and a spoof of Delia Smith, Mama once tried to make her omelette with red and green peppers (but could not, so El Nombre had to help her). Señor Gelato: The town ice-cream seller, who was introduced in th... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Characters | 337 | 1,424 | null |
Señor Loco: The town's steam engine driver, who was introduced in the eighth series of Numbertime; his name is a reference to the fact "loco" is short for locomotive, and once, he took Juan's class to the Santo Flamingo National Park to see the Giant Cactus. Señor Singalotti: A famous opera singer (who only appeared in... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Characters | 217 | 919 | null |
Section: DVD release. In October 2005, all twenty-six episodes were released on DVD by Maverick Entertainment; the first ten were previously released on a VHS entitled El Nombre to the Rescue by BBC Worldwide in 2001, which also featured an exclusive short (entitled Learn Your Numbers With Little Juan, and edited toget... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - DVD release | 167 | 825 | null |
Section: Credits. Written by: Christopher Lillicrap Original designs: Ealing Animation Voices by Steven Steen, Kate Robbins, Sophie Aldred and Janet Ellis Models: Fin Leadbitter, Humphrey Leadbitter and Katy Maxwell Props by Graeme Owen, Fin Leadbitter, Sophie Brown and Katy Maxwell Sets by Graeme Owen, Colin Armitage,... | Wikipedia - El Nombre - Credits | 157 | 774 | null |
Article: Numbertime. Numbertime is a BBC educational numeracy 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 used throughout the series, eventually became the c... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Summary | 327 | 1,440 | null |
For the second series, El Nombre's tagline and farewell catchphrase were changed to "Drawing shapes in the desert sand" and "Adios amigos, and keep shaping up" respectively, while for the third series, they were changed to "Righting wrongs in the desert sand" and "Adios amigos, over and out" respectively; however, for ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Summary | 220 | 928 | null |
Section: Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993). The first series, which is aimed at four- to five-year-olds, comprised ten episodes focusing on the numbers 1-10, in order; each episode opened with Lolita introducing herself to the viewer, and pulling the number for the episode off its string (which was hanging from t... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 302 | 1,365 | null |
Each episode ended with Lolita singing a song (or occasionally, introducing an animation), after which she would set viewers the challenge of looking for things in the number of the week's episode before saying that she would "see them next Numbertime". This series was originally aired on Mondays as part of the Daytime... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 324 | 1,438 | null |
2 with Marvo the Magician (and his Two Amazing Dickie Birds), and Sammy Sport reports on Jack and Jill's attempt to break the world record for the fastest time to run up a hill, fill a pail with water, and take it back down the hill again (under 2 minutes); this episode also ends with Lolita singing The Animals Went in... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 273 | 1,151 | null |
Episode 4: Number 4 (11 October 1993) Farmer Giles introduces the finals of One Girl and Her Sheep at which Little Bo Peep and her dog Shep are competing, and the Knave of Hearts talks to the Queen of Hearts about her famous royal tarts; Lolita also tells the viewers to "grab their partners and take the floor" as she i... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 282 | 1,250 | null |
Jones have to Take 6 Eggs on Sammy Sallow's game show of the same name and put them on either side of a seesaw to make it balance, for which they have three attempts to do so; this episode also ends with Lolita singing This Old Man in voiceover. Episode 7: Number 7 (8 November 1993) Sammy Sport travels to Scotland to s... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 317 | 1,414 | null |
Episode 8: Number 8 (15 November 1993) Sammy Sport travels down to Shoeburyness to interview the Old Woman who Lives in a Shoe (who has 8 children), and the Policeman enlists the viewers' help in finding Wee Willie Winkie for Crime Spot; it is also evening in Little Juan's town in this episode's El Nombre sketch, and t... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 270 | 1,220 | null |
This was also the only episode for this series to not end with a song - instead, Lolita shows the viewers a homemade necklace which has nine beads (three red, three blue, and three yellow), in reference to the episode's third animated sketch. Episode 10: Number 10 (29 November 1993) Farmer Giles (and his dog, Scruff) s... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 187 | 822 | null |
Writer: Christopher Lillicrap Cast: Tony Bluto, Joanna Brookes, Regina Freedman, Jenny Jules, Andy McEwan, Mo Sesay El Nombre voices (uncredited): Sophie Aldred, Kate Robbins, Steve Steen Education Officer: Su Hurrell Music: Andrew Dodge Animation: Ealing Animation, Hedley Griffin, Peter Lang, Alan Rogers, Marcus Parke... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 349 | 1,492 | null |
"Alphabet Fun Time and Number Time", BBCV 5987, and it was rereleased in 1999). This series was later re-released in full as a "Video Plus Pack" in 1996 - only slightly altered to remove the episodes' opening titles. From 22 September to 1 December 1998, the BBC broadcast a "revised" version of this series as a lead-in... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 282 | 1,255 | null |
The El Nombre sketches in the revised series were slightly lengthened, and sequences of children discussing the ten numbers (in the vein of those discussing the time-related concepts covered by the fifth series) were also introduced; although the Planet of the Eights sketch was also re-used, the vocal track was redubbe... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 1: Numbers 1 to 10 (Autumn 1993) | 157 | 739 | null |
Section: Numbers Plus (1994). A lively maths series, designed as a follow-on of the first series, featuring four colourful "clown-like" characters called Mo, Sappy, Grimble and Jick who live in a house together. A robot called Trundle narrates each episode and helps them with their maths. There are also animations and ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Numbers Plus (1994) | 339 | 1,452 | null |
Grimble's in a right mood about it, but is put to shame by the tapirs, tamarins, and wild horses that Trundle shows at Marwell Zoo Park. Episode 3: Sort It Out (24 January 1994) Mo takes the glass bottles to the bottle bank and leaves everybody else to sort out and clean up the house with Grimble in charge. Sappy, Grim... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Numbers Plus (1994) | 347 | 1,488 | null |
Trundle shows the viewer that when someone is one hundred years old they get a birthday card from the Queen, one hundred years and runs in a game of cricket are called a century and that one hundred Roman soldiers were led by a man called a centurion. He also shows the viewer how people count the number of people in a ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Numbers Plus (1994) | 344 | 1,496 | null |
Episode 8: It's My Birthday! (7 March 1994) The gang learn about measuring time as they prepare for Grimble's birthday. Mo and Sappy go shopping for a green clock shaped birthday cake and a green alarm clock for Grimble as a birthday present and Jick makes a green jelly for Grimble. Trundle shows the viewer Big Ben and... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Numbers Plus (1994) | 343 | 1,493 | null |
Section: Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995). The second series, which is again aimed at four- to five-year-olds, comprised five episodes, focusing on the four basic two-dimensional shapes; each episode would open with Lolita standing by a mobile with the four basic shapes hanging from it and singing the series' main theme,... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 348 | 1,666 | null |
Each episode would end with Lolita singing an "extended" version of a song that had been heard earlier in the episode during a montage of the shape around the real world (for the last one, she continued over the credits) and setting viewers the challenge of seeing how many of that week's shape they could find before th... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 340 | 1,527 | null |
Episode 11: Circles (24 April 1995) El Nombre shows Juan what a circle is (with a cart's wheel, a hoopla ring and a hoop with its stick), while a man named Terry introduces the world-famous "Ring a Ring o' Roses Formation Dance Team" (and their manager, Cynthia) on Come Prancing, and a prehistoric couple try to invent ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 448 | 1,953 | null |
Episode 12: Squares (1 May 1995) El Nombre shows Juan what a square is (with the then-unnamed Pedro and Juanita's frame, the then-also-unnamed Señor Manuel and Señor Chipito's draughts board, The Maggot and Cactus saloon's sign and a blackboard), while Bobby Cube asks the Shape Spotters on Let's Shape Up to name the sq... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 462 | 2,004 | null |
Episode 13: Triangles (9 May 1995) El Nombre shows Juan what a triangle is (with a musical triangle, a roadworks sign and a stepladder), while Aladdin finds the lamp with a triangle on it (after the ones with a circle and square on them) for his Uncle Abanazer, but he wastes its three wishes (one for each of the triang... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 282 | 1,230 | null |
Also, for this episode's CGI animated sketch, a triangle has a dotted line drawn inside it, then folds up to become a triangular-based pyramid, and rotates to show the numbers 1–4 on its sides as they light up before unfolding back into a triangle again. Episode 14: Rectangles (15 May 1995) El Nombre shows Juan what a ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 290 | 1,241 | null |
Episode 14: Rectangles (15 May 1995) El Nombre shows Juan what a rectangle is (with a plank of wood, the cart's side and the then-still-unnamed Pedro and Juanita's piece of cardboard), while Sammy Shape pays a visit to Old Mother Hubbard's cottage to find out "what makes a rectangle a rectangle" for Shapewatch (which, ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 476 | 2,092 | null |
Episode 15: Shapes Together (22 May 1995) El Nombre helps Juan remember which shape is which (with the square frame, the circular hoop with its stick, a rectangular book and the triangular roadworks sign), while the rectangular man, the square robot, the triangular knight, and the circular man (who now has a circular b... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 276 | 1,220 | null |
El Nombre then says that it has never happened to him - so Juan swings a rope at him, and tells him "It has now!". The sombrero-less El Nombre then chases Juan through the streets of the town to an extended version of his theme song (with the new tagline "Drawing shapes in the desert sand" at the end), but he never cat... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 266 | 1,118 | null |
Cast: Gary Beadle, Carolyn Bonnyman, Mike Hayley, Anastasia Mulrooney, René Zagger Written by: Christopher Lillicrap El Nombre voices (uncredited): Sophie Aldred, Kate Robbins, Steve Steen Music: Mark Blackledge, Andrew Dodge, Sue Herrod/Seán de Paor Animations: Baxter Hobbins Slides Ltd, Ealing Animation, Frameline, A... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 255 | 1,105 | null |
John O'Rorke Executive Producer: Stacey Adams Studio Director: Phil Chilvers Production Team: Debby Black, Su Hurrell Producer: Kristin Mason © BBC Education MCMXCV In 1996, both this series and the next series were released on VHS as "Video Plus Packs" by BBC Educational Publishing (now BBC Active); the following year... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 2: Shapes (Spring 1995) | 194 | 820 | null |
Section: Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996). Source: The third series (which is, once again, aimed at four- to five-year-olds) comprised five episodes, focusing on the concept of prepositions; each episode would open with Lolita singing the series' main theme, Under, Over, Everywhere (the mobil... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 346 | 1,501 | null |
A sketch in the second episode of this series also parodied EastEnders as "GreenGrocers"; this was also the first series to credit the El Nombre voice actors at the end of its last episode (Sophie Aldred, who had played Ace on Doctor Who as well as one of the presenters of Words and Pictures, Spitting Image impressioni... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 338 | 1,451 | null |
Episode 16: Up, Down, On, and Off (28 February 1996) Juan does not have anything to do for the school concert so El Nombre tells him that he can recite Incy Wincy Spider with Tanto, a bear flies a kite (but it comes down in a tree, so he has to climb it to retrieve it), a window cleaner is annoyed by the incompetence o... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 349 | 1,464 | null |
Episode 17: In Front of, Behind, Before, and After (6 March 1996) Juan wants to take a photograph of himself and Mama together (but cannot because he is behind the Polaroid), an engine driver pulls some wagons behind (but the coupling snaps when he goes up a hill, so when they roll back down they are in front of him, a... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 443 | 1,894 | null |
Episode 18: Under, Over, On Top of, and Beneath (13 March 1996) Juan cannot score a goal past Pedro so El Nombre (who is not seen in his usual outfit in this episode, but what would later become Santo Flamingo United's strip) tells him to kick the ball over him, Princess Perfect wants a bed fit for a princess (in the s... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 447 | 1,888 | null |
Episode 19: Beside, Around, and Between (20 March 1996) Mama wants to go to Hurrell's store but there is a hole in the ground in front of it (so El Nombre and Juan tell her to walk around it), a doll pushes three building blocks with the numbers 1–3 on them together (but a breakdown-truck-driving clown accidentally cra... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 344 | 1,466 | null |
Episode 20: In, Out, and Through (27 March 1996) Juan has lost Tanto so El Nombre helps him and Mama to find him, the bear from the first episode tries to boil a saucepan of water over a fire but its bottom is missing, a magician turns her volunteer's watch and keys into an alarm clock and one big key, and two burglars... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 319 | 1,380 | null |
Cast: Anthony Barclay, Laura Brattan, Joanna Brookes, Paul Cawley, Simon Corris, Chris Emmett, Mike Hayley, Brian Miller, Anastasia Mulrooney, Issy Van Randwyck, Elisabeth Sladen Written by: Andrew Bernhardt El Nombre written by: Christopher Lillicrap El Nombre voices: Sophie Aldred, Kate Robbins, Steve Steen Music: Ma... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 3: Side by Side (Autumn 1995, broadcast Spring 1996) | 218 | 939 | null |
Section: Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996). The fourth series, which is aimed at five- to six-year-olds, comprised eight episodes focusing on the concepts of "more than" (addition) and "less than" (subtraction); each episode would open with Lolita singing the series' main theme, More or Less, in a studio fill... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 299 | 1,321 | null |
This series also featured a toad named Test, who would hop along the heads of fifteen multicoloured people lined up to form a numberline by the amounts its episodes were focusing on (they all wore red jumpers with the numbers 1–15 on them, but when Test was on their heads, the colour of their jumpers would change to gr... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 312 | 1,425 | null |
Two sketches in the first and seventh episodes of this series also parodied Percy Thrower and Sir David Attenborough as "Percy Grower" and "David Attencoat", while a third one in the third episode parodied Surprise, Surprise as "What a Surprise" (with Cinderella receiving a surprise visit from her Fairy Godmother) - an... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 256 | 1,150 | null |
In the El Nombre sketches of the seventh and last episodes, Juan had his fifth birthday for the second time (only this time, Pedro, Juanita and Maria all brought him an extra candle for his cake because he was one year older, so he ended up with eight), and El Nombre's town gained a female mayor who also happened to be... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 245 | 1,067 | null |
Episode 21: One More (17 April 1996) A little old woman, a little old man and their little old cat enlist the help of one more friend (the Little Old Mouse) to help pull up their enormous turnip for Growing Bigger, Little Juan needs to play two cymbals (not one), Test hops from 3 to 7, contestant Sharon plays Find One ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 319 | 1,404 | null |
Episode 22: Two More (24 April 1996) Freda Fantastic from Fantastic Fairytales presents The Elves and the Shoemaker, Little Juan and El Nombre juggle with seven of Mama's tomatoes which they shouldn't play with, Test hops from 7 to 13, Fred Fantastic of Fantastic Fairytales presents The Frog Prince, and Bill adds toget... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 317 | 1,402 | null |
Episode 23: Three More (1 May 1996) A ladybird's nine babies and three extra are saved from a fire that's really smoke from her husband Arnold's barbecue, Little Juan and his friends are about to have Mama's very hot chili with tacos but there are only three chairs, Test hops from 2 to 8, Fairy Godmother presents What ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 361 | 1,551 | null |
Episode 24: Five More (8 May 1996) Snow White goes to the Wild Wood Takeaway and gets seven Good Fairy Cakes (declining cashier Grimbleshanks' first offer, Toad Burgers) for the dwarves' tea as it is Dopey's birthday, Little Juan accidentally blows Juanita's balloon up five more times which then bursts, Test hops from ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 364 | 1,560 | null |
Episode 25: One Less (15 May 1996) A magician makes six red balls disappear one at a time, Little Juan and his friends play musical chairs but they all have a chair to sit on, Test hops from 12 to 8, Carlotta Bottle tries to sing Ten Green Bottles but the bottles "don't-a fall-a" because property master Reg is not on h... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 185 | 815 | null |
Episode 26: Two Less (22 May 1996) Rebecca Testament reports for Numbertime News and interviews Mr. Noah and one of his sons, Ham, who used to have only six animals on the ark (two elephants, two lions and two doves), Little Juan and Tanto set out to get two melons for Mama's pie ("Melon Surprise") as a surprise but Se... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 206 | 852 | null |
Noah and one of his sons, Ham, who used to have only six animals on the ark (two elephants, two lions and two doves), Little Juan and Tanto set out to get two melons for Mama's pie ("Melon Surprise") as a surprise but Señor Manuel the greengrocer has to save two of his melons for a special customer, Test hops from 10 t... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 426 | 1,748 | null |
Episode 27: Three Less (5 June 1996) The Early Bird loses all nine of his worms (and it is all David Attencoat's fault for saying that it isn't raining), Little Juan has his fifth birthday for the second time (but there are more than five candles on his birthday cake), Test hops from 11 to 5, Humpty Dumpty is scared of... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 408 | 1,717 | null |
Episode 28: Five Less (12 June 1996) The magician from the fifth episode now makes fifteen beads disappear under three beakers five at a time, Little Juan almost floats away with six of Señora Fedora's balloons, Test hops from 13 to 3, Simple Simon has to find a penny for five of the Pieman's fifteen pies but they have... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 4: More or Less (Spring/Summer 1996) | 440 | 1,880 | null |
Section: Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998). Source: The fifth series, which is aimed at four- to six-year-olds, comprised ten episodes focusing on time-related concepts; (which the BBC previously covered in their maths programme Numbers Plus in the episode "It's My Birthday!") given that Lolita had be... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 258 | 1,155 | null |
In this series, El Nombre's town was given the name of Santo Flamingo (its name was first heard in the sixth episode in reference to their local football team, although the sign above the doorway of its newly built school read "San Flamingo School"), and Juan gained a new teacher named Constanza Bonanza - and all excep... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 326 | 1,414 | null |
This series also introduced the recurring sketch of the Dolls' House, which featured a cowgirl named Annie (played by Victoria Gay), a scarecrow named Scrap (played by Paul Cawley), a robot named Glimmer (played by Ashley Artus with a Geordie accent), a clock named Ticker (played by Mike Hayley), and from the sixth ser... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 295 | 1,304 | null |
This series and the next one were originally aired on Tuesdays as part of the then-newly renamed Schools Programmes strand at 9:45 am. Episode 29: Night and Day (13 January 1998) In this first new-style episode, Tim wakes up in the middle of the night, brushes his teeth and pours himself a bowl of corn flakes (but has ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 195 | 863 | null |
Episode 29: Night and Day (13 January 1998) In this first new-style episode, Tim wakes up in the middle of the night, brushes his teeth and pours himself a bowl of corn flakes (but has to wait until the morning for the milk), Little Juan wakes up all the other villagers because he does not know that a fiesta is held in... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 337 | 1,456 | null |
Episode 30: Days of the Week (20 January 1998) Tim sets off to referee a football match (but the forecast for that day is "windy", so he has to change into his best suit), Little Juan has football practice but cannot remember which day it is on, Bill decides to go on holiday to get away from the rain (but leaves Bernie... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 314 | 1,319 | null |
Episode 31: Sequencing Events (27 January 1998) Tim tries to put on his new suit with a jacket, a pair of trousers, a hat, a pair of shoes, a pair of socks and a tie but keeps doing it in the wrong order, El Nombre helps Mama to make Delietta Smith (who is obviously a parody of Delia Smith)'s wonderful omelette with re... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 283 | 1,188 | null |
Episode 32: Comparison of Time (3 February 1998) Tim grows two flowers and photographs them but cannot wait for the third, Pedro bets Juan he can find a spider who is faster than Tanto, Bernie wants to get an apple off a tree but cannot reach it (so Bill offers to fly up there, but when he learns he cannot, he challeng... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 247 | 1,049 | null |
Episode 33: Clock Face (10 February 1998) El Nombre helps Little Juan to find out some things about the clock face for his homework, Scrap and Glimmer are bored so they decide to give Ticker's spring a big clean, and Bill trips over the sleeping Bernie and flies into his clock, causing all its numbers and both its hand... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 212 | 902 | null |
Episode 34: O'Clock (24 February 1998) Little Juan and his friends prepare to go on a school outing to see Santo Flamingo United playing in the cup final at 3:00, Bernie takes a nap at 2:00 but Bill plays a prank on her by moving the clock an hour ahead and waking her up by replacing the cuckoo, and Scrap waits for the... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 282 | 1,167 | null |
Episode 35: Half Past (3 March 1998) Tim (saying his only line, "Cook for half an hour", in this episode) cooks a big pie he has bought, but gets bored while waiting so eats all his other groceries, Scrap is ill so Annie asks Glimmer to take his temperature every hour and give him his medicine every half-hour (but his ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 312 | 1,302 | null |
Episode 36: Timing of Events (10 March 1998) Tim has hiccups and tries to get rid of them by drinking a glass of water then holding his breath for ten seconds (but gets interrupted by a crank phone call the first time, and a crank door-caller the second time), San Flamingo School is holding a three-legged race as a par... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 358 | 1,575 | null |
Episode 37: Months and Seasons (17 March 1998) Tim receives a mysterious three-layered parcel on his doorstep in the middle of the night (which turns out to be a birthday cake) along with a musical birthday card (which plays a high-speed version of Happy Birthday to You to him), while El Nombre helps Juan and Juanita t... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 402 | 1,715 | null |
Episode 38: Telling the Time (24 March 1998) In his last appearance, Tim is woken up by a train, then eats a bowl of corn flakes, drinks a cup of coffee and builds a house of cards as three more trains pass (the last one causes him to knock it down), Ticker is broken because Annie, Scrap and Glimmer did not oil him whe... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 363 | 1,464 | null |
Writers: Andrew Bernhardt, Toby Jones, Christopher Lillicrap Cast: Ashley Artus, Paul Cawley, Victoria Gay, Roger Griffiths, Mike Hayley, Tania Levey, Fidel Nanton, Issy Van Randwyck (Dolls' House), Toby Jones (Tim), Sophie Aldred, Kate Robbins, Steve Steen (El Nombre) Bill and Bernie (uncredited): Laura Brattan, Paul ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 5: Time (Winter 1997, broadcast Spring 1998) | 319 | 1,350 | null |
Section: Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999). Source: The sixth series (which is, again, aimed at five- to six-year-olds) comprised all ten episodes focusing on the numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 18, 19 and 20. No episodes were ever created for the rest. Each episode would open with Bill... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999) | 245 | 1,047 | null |
This series also saw former Blue Peter host Janet Ellis joining the El Nombre cast; although this series was made in Winter 1998, it was not broadcast until 12 January 1999. Episode 39: Number 11 (12 January 1999) Eleven soldiers (ten in two rows of five and the eleventh on the bottom) march around and ten of them make... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999) | 305 | 1,328 | null |
Episode 40: Number 12 (19 January 1999) Now in song, a pair of green slugs eat a gardener's twelve plants (that are in three rows of four) and make the number twelve, Juan bets Juanita that he can do more skips than her (he also mistakenly pronounces her surname as "Chiquita" in this episode) and Pedro bets both of the... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999) | 239 | 1,009 | null |
Episode 69: Number 13 (TBA) Thirteen balls (in three rows of four and one underneath) kept rolling around, Mama had told Juan and Pedro to that Señor Gelato is having a lucky day (and they have to help him with thirteen lucky charms, but Juan initially thinks he wanted to help him), and Annie was doing some dancing in ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999) | 335 | 1,432 | null |
(TBA) Episode 42: Number 17 (2 February 1999) Seventeen windows (in four rows of four and one upon the door) on a building open up and the lights switch on when it gets dark, El Nombre helps Juan, Pedro and Señor Gelato pick up all seventeen of Señor Manuel's tomatoes and put them in a bag, and Scrap eats three lots of... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999) | 324 | 1,406 | null |
Clips from the first series (both incarnations) and the fourth series were also re-used in a musical sketch at the end of this episode. Writers: Andrew Bernhardt, Christopher Lillicrap Cast: Ashley Artus, Laura Brattan, Paul Cawley, Victoria Gay, Roger Griffiths, Mike Hayley, Tania Levey, Brian Miller El Nombre cast: S... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 6: Numbers 11 to 20 (Winter 1998, broadcast Spring 1999) | 327 | 1,465 | null |
Section: Series 7: Numbers up to 100 (Autumn/Winter 1999). The seventh series, which is once again aimed at five- to six-year-olds, comprised five episodes focusing on how to add and identify two-figure numbers up to 100; each episode would open with Bill and Bernie, whose number line had been replaced by a number squa... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 7: Numbers up to 100 (Autumn/Winter 1999) | 303 | 1,296 | null |
Scrap has also lost all except one of his fifty buttons so Shelley Holmes helps him to find them again, while Señor Gelato has only one cornet left so Juan volunteers to go down to Hurrell's store and get twenty-four more - but as he is about to set off, he is asked to get three extra ones. Episode 45: Missing Numbers ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 7: Numbers up to 100 (Autumn/Winter 1999) | 317 | 1,323 | null |
Episode 46: Counting in Tens (18 November 1999) Bernie is tired so she decides to have forty winks, and Limo counts them by crawling along each row of the number square; Scrap is also tired of licking envelopes (containing invitations to Glimmer's birthday party), while Juan takes all the money that he has saved up in ... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 7: Numbers up to 100 (Autumn/Winter 1999) | 261 | 1,167 | null |
Episode 47: Patterns of Ten (25 November 1999) Bill makes twelve sandwiches and ten iced buns for a party (and Bernie makes ten more of both, but they both make ten rock cakes each), while Scrap and Glimmer are making party bags for a party of their own, Señora Fedora opens the 15th Annual Santo Flamingo Egg Festival a... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 7: Numbers up to 100 (Autumn/Winter 1999) | 268 | 1,184 | null |
Episode 48: Patterns of Five (2 December 1999) Bill has been shopping and bought twenty packs of five fish fingers (but forgot the chips, as Bernie finds out once she has put them all in the freezer), while Glimmer is painting a five-dot pattern, and San Flamingo School is holding a jumble sale; this was also the final... | Wikipedia - Numbertime - Series 7: Numbers up to 100 (Autumn/Winter 1999) | 327 | 1,433 | null |
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