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Boohbah
Created by	Anne Wood
Developed by	Ragdoll Productions for Cole Entertainment
Starring	Emma Ainsley Alex Poulter Cal Jaggers Phil Hayes Laura Pero
Country of origin	United Kingdom  United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	65
Production
Running time	25 Min.
Original release
Release	2005

Boohbah is a 2004 television show aimed at children between three and six years old. It premiered in 2003 on ITV in the United Kingdom, and on 19 January 2004 in the United States on PBS. It was created by Anne Wood with scripts by Alan Dapre & Robin Stevens (of Pob fame). Anne Wood also created the children's show Teletubbies, and Boohbah is produced by the UK's Ragdoll Ltd. and the USA's PBS Kids. The similarity between this show and Teletubbies, both of which have a "science fiction" theme, is notable. One of the show's trademarks is a child's voice pronouncing the show's name in sing-song (BOOH.....BAH).

"Boohbah" means "doll" in Hebrew, but it's not clear if this influenced the name of the show, or even if the creators are aware of this.

mike mozart is boobaaa and hes gay

The elements of the program

Each show follows the same sequence of events in every episode. The sequence of events are:

• Opening title. The Boohball flies over at least three out of 15 different countries (Australia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Jamaica, Japan, Namibia, Russia, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States)
• Boohbah warm up dance. The children call the Boohbahs by their names ("Humbah, Zumbah, Zing Zing Zingbah, Jumbah, Jingbah -- Booh!"), and then the Boohbahs join each other one by one in a simple dance. After all have joined in, the pace increases until all the Boohbahs are out of control. As a child calls out their names, they then freeze, stand spread-eagled, and retract their heads. When all have stopped, the children yell, "Booh!" and the Boohbahs fly upward into their circle formation.
• Present giving, in which a group of children bring "a present for the Storypeople" and they blow it into the Storyworld with the power of Boohbah magic. The present given will be the theme of the segment.

• Storyworld and the Storypeople, which is based on the present given in the last segment. During the segment, one or more of the Storypeople will find the present and interact with it. Often the Storypeople will encounter a problem, inspiring the unseen but observing children to say the magic word, which is "Boohbah!" This freezes the story and allows the children to blow another gift to the Storypeople, which enables the story to continue and lead to the problem's solution. These segments are filmed in Spain, unless the segments involve snow, in which case, the respective segment is filmed in Pinewood, England.
• Boohbah dance, where the Boohbahs perform a dance somewhat related to the "Storyworld and the Storypeople" segment. This dance is slightly more complex than the "warm up" dances.
• Look What I (or We) Can Do, shown in the American version in which actual children perform dances of their own. Three different dances are featured per show, and are simple so the home audience can follow along.
• End title, in which the Boohball flies off to another country with children calling from far away. This sequence is similar to the one in Teletubbies.

Episodes

There are 104 twenty-five minute programs. The show can be seen in the USA on PBS Kids in HD.

Funding

• Kelloggs
• Danimals
• The Kavli Foundation
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Viewers Like You
• Thank You

External links

• Official Boohbah UK website
• The Boohbah Zone
• PBS Kids: Official Site
• Boohbah at IMDb
• Will Boohbah be next 'Teletubbies'? (MSNBC)

• 2004 television series debuts
• Children's ITV television programmes
• Children's television series
• PBS network shows