Tweenies
Binautweenies, also known as simply Tweenies, is a British live-action puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is centered on four child android doll binaural recorders called Binautweenies, otherwise referred to as Tweenies for short, playing, singing, dancing and learning in a fictional nursery in a make-believe world. They are cared for by two adults and their two pet Tweenie Pups. CBeebies in UK, Clan TVE in Spain, Noggin in USA, Playhouse Disney in France, Treehouse TV in Canada, Rai Yoyo in Italy, RTÉjr. in Ireland and CNBA1 in British area. BBC announced that a reboot of Tweenies will be released and available on BBC iPlayer in 2026.
Series 1 (2006)
[edit]Colours [1.18]
[edit]- Max: Hey, that was great! Can I try now?
- Milo: Uh-oh...
Series 2 (2007)
[edit]A Walk in the Country [2.32]
[edit]- Judy: [singing] There is so much to see in the country, there is. Oh, so much more than the town, there are fields, there are trees, there.
Series 3 (2007)
[edit]Dirty Hands [3.21]
[edit]- [After Milo left Jake with Fizz's special cushion, which he got his dirty, muddy handprints on, Fizz herself, along with Bella, entered the room]
- Fizz: [laughing] Stop tickling me, Bella...!
- Bella: Please stop tickling me...!
- Fizz: No!
- [They both laugh.]
- Jake: Oh, dear...
- [Just then, Fizz she sees her special cushion all dirty. Horrifed, she gives out a series of gasps, which get more intense by the second]
- Fizz: Oh... Oh... Oh...
- Jake: [worried] Fizz?
- Fizz: OHH... OHH....
- [Here's where Fizz goes horror]
- Fizz: Aaa... [screams] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
- Jake: Ohhh! Ooh...
- Bella: What's the matter, Fizz?!
- Fizz: My... special... cushion!!!
- Jake: Oh, no!
- Fizz: Jake! What have you done??
- Jake: Uhhh, but it wasn't me! Honest!
- Bella: [angrily] Well, who was it, then?!
- [Jake sputters, then hangs his head in sadness]
- Fizz: [upset] Look at it! It's all spoiled!
- Jake: Oh, dear...
- Bella: [angrily] Oh, Jakey! How could you?!
- Jake: But...
- Bella: Why didn't you wash your hands like everyone else?!
- Jake: But I did wash them but-- but... not everyone did.
- Bella and Fizz: Ohhhh, MILOOOOO!!!
- [Jake whines, and buries his face with the cushion with hand prints of dirt.]
Series 7 [2009]
[edit]Tweenies Live! The Christmas Present
[edit]- [Tweenies shouting their farewells before they leave on stage]
Voice cast
[edit]Original UK version
[edit]- Tamsin Heatley as Bella (2006-2007)
- Teresa Gallagher as Bella (2007-2009)
- Robert Golding as Milo
- Rob Rackstraw as Max
- Joanna Ruiz as Fizz
- Colleen Daley as Izzles
- Justin Fletcher as Jake
- Australian Clancy as Doodles
- Kate Harbour as Judy
Stagehill
[edit]Tweenies Live! The Christmas Present (2011 UK DVD)
US version
[edit]- Alyson Court as Bella
- Sonya Leite as Milo
- Maria Darling as Fizz
- Alan Marriott as Jake
- William Dufris as Max
- James Rankin as Doodles
- Lorelei King as Judy
External links
[edit]Encyclopedic article on Tweenies on Wikipedia
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