Boohbah is a British preschool television series created by Anne Wood and produced by Wood's company, Ragdoll Productions, in association with GMTV. It premiered on ITV on 14 April 2003. The series was later broadcast on Nick Jr. UK beginning on 2 April 2005. The series, with 104 episodes, was designed for preschoolers aged three to six (a slightly older age group than Wood's previous show, Teletubbies
Concept[]
The show focuses on the Boohbahs, five colourful creatures described as magical atoms of energy as well as the storypeople, human characters who don't speak but live in the fictional Storyworld. Their actions are controlled by off-screen children using the magic word "Boohbah". Every episode of Boohbah includes a segment where the Storypeople are magically given a present.
Copyrights[]
Availability[]
Almost all 104 episodes are availabe to watch on the Boohbah youtube channel operated by Wildbrain, however they gotten far from Skipping Rope to Over the Net, the channel kept repeating the episodes until concluding with The Big Ball on May 26, 2020. It is unknown if they will continue to upload more videos along with hopefully new episodes in the near future.
There are 9 complete episodes in the VHS and DVD in the 2000's, while the rest haven't been released.
As of January 2018, not counting episodes only contained in the compilations, 46 of the 104 episodes have been fully found.
Episode List[]
Season 1[]
| # | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skipping Rope | April 14th, 2003 | Found |
| 2 | Pearly Shells | April 15th, 2003 | Found |
| 3 | Rope & Rock | April 16th, 2003 | Found |
| 4 | Musical Pipe | April 17th, 2003 | Found |
| 5 | Windows/Big Windows | April 18th, 2003 | Found |
| 6 | Armchair/Comfy Armchair | April 18th, 2003 | Found |
| 7 | Record Player | April 19th, 2003 | Found |
| 8 | Squeaky Socks | April 21st, 2003 | Found |
| 9 | A Pile of Balls | April 21st, 2003 | Found |
| 10 | Paintng the Fence | April 22nd, 2003 | Found |
| 11 | Big Bass Drum | April 23rd, 2003 | Found |
| 12 | Hammock | April 24th, 2003 | Found |
| 13 | Squeaky Seesaw | April 25th, 2003 | Found |
| 14 | Cute is as Cute Does | Feb 2nd, 1995 | Found |
| 15 | Leon's Pizza | Feb 3rd, 1995 | Found |
| 16 | Real Heroes | Feb 6th, 1995 | Found |
| 17 | Going by the Book | Feb 7th, 1995 | Found |
| 18 | Mad Music Magic | Feb 8th, 1995 | Found |
| 19 | Party of One | Feb 9th, 1995 | Found |
| 20 | Dancing Dragon | Feb 10th, 1995 | Found |
| 21 | Picture Perfect | Feb 13th, 1995 | Found |
| 22 | Maiden Voyages | Feb 14th, 1995 | Found |
| 23 | Donuts and Dithering | Feb 15th, 1995 | Partially Found |
| 24 | Bully for Jody | Feb 16th, 1995 | Found |
| 25 | Ben's Bad Hair Day | Feb 17th, 1995 | Partially Found |
| 26 | All Weather Friends | Feb 20th, 1995 | Found (LQ) |
| 27 | Bread and Matzoh | Feb 21st, 1995 | Found |
| 28 | Owning it | Feb 22nd, 1995 | Partially Found |
| 29 | Baffled Ben (1 | 2) | Feb 23rd, 1995 | Partially Found |
| 30 | Practice Makes Perfect | Feb 24th, 1995 | Found |
| 31 | Finders Keepers | Feb 27th, 1995 | Found |
| 32 | You Say Potato | Feb 28th, 1995 | Found |
| 33 | At the End of our Rope | Mar 1st, 1995 | Lost |
| 34 | Just Kidding | Mar 2nd, 1995 | Found (also in Portuguese) |
| 35 | Everything in its Place | Mar 3rd, 1995 | Found |
| 36 | Big Boys Don't Cry | Mar 6th, 1995 | Found |
| 37 | Here's to the Winners | Mar 7th, 1995 | Found |
| 38 | A World of Difference | Mar 8th, 1995 | Partially Found |
| 39 | Willing and Able | Mar 9th, 1995 | Partially Found |
| 40 | It's Magic | Mar 10th, 1995 | Partially Found |
Season 2[]
| # | Episode Title | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deck the Halls | Jan 15th, 1996 | Found |
| 2 | Dressing up is Hard to do | Jan 16th, 1996 | Found |
| 3 | One Way | Jan 17th, 1996 | Found |
| 4 | Oldies But Goodies | Jan 18th, 1996 | Partially Found |
| 5 | Helping Hands | Jan 19th, 1996 | Found |
| 6 | Yellow Belt | Jan 22nd, 1996 | Partially Found |
| 07 | The Mystery of the Fabulous Hat | Jan 23rd, 1996 | Found |
| 08 | How Much is that Doggie in the Window? | Jan 24th, 1996 | Lost |
| 09 | The New Adventures of Julie Woo | Jan 25th, 1996 | Partially Found |
| 10 | We Three Kings | Jan 26th, 1996 | Found |
| 11 | Hello, Maggie | Jan 29th, 1996 | Found (now in HQ) |
| 12 | Off the Track | Jan 30th, 1996 | Lost |
| 13 | Beautiful Doll | Jan 31st, 1996 | Found |
| 14 | Tattle Tales | Feb 1st, 1996 | Lost |
| 15 | Those Ears, Those Eyes | Feb 2nd, 1996 | Found |
| 16 | That's Weird | Feb 5th, 1996 | Found |
| 17 | The Ballad of Davy Cricket | Feb 6, 1996 | Found |
| 18 | Little Leon, Big Ben | Feb 7th, 1996 | Lost |
| 19 | I Scream, You Scream | Feb 8th, 1996 | Found |
| 20 | Skye's Coat | Feb 9th, 1996 | Partially Found |
| 21 | It's Mine | Feb 12th, 1996 | Found |
| 22 | One Big, Happy Family | Feb 13th, 1996 | Lost |
| 23 | Leon Grows up | Feb 14th, 1996 | Found |
| 24 | Cowpokes | Feb 15th, 1996 | Partially Found (Danish only) |
| 25 | Hurricane Julie | Feb 16th, 1996 | Lost |