Gigglebiz

Gigglebiz
Title card (in Series 1). L to R: Captain Adorable, Nana Knickerbocker, Major Boogie.
Also known as
  • GiggleQuiz
GenreSketch comedy
Created byJustin Fletcher
Directed byJack Jameson, Geoff Coward, Damian Farrell, Helen Sheppard, Tom Poole, Anna Mears, Michael Towner
StarringJustin Fletcher
ComposersBarrie Bignold
Liz Kitchen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5[1] (excluding the showreel, pilots and GiggleQuiz)
No. of episodes114 (excluding the showreel, pilots and GiggleQuiz)
Production
Executive producersAlison Stewart, Tony Reed, Vanessa Amberleigh
Production locationDock10 studios (2011–present)
EditorGerry Skinner
Camera setupChris Yacoubian
Mark Gosling
Mike Maddams
Running time13 minutes[2] (including 15-second intro)
Production companyBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)[3]
Original release
NetworkCBeebies[4]
Release7 September 2009 (2009-09-07) –
15 March 2021 (2021-03-15)
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Gigglebiz is a British children's comedy television programme (described as a 'live-action comedy sketch show'[5] by the BBC) consisting of five series that have been broadcast on CBeebies,[4] the BBC's younger children's channel, starting in 2009.

The TV series was starred and created by Justin Fletcher, who plays the lead character in all of the comedy sketches and also wrote a few sketches in its first series. Some of the sketches are filmed in the studio, while other sketches are filmed outside; for example, one is filmed at Portmeirion, used for the fictional town of Wiggyville where Captain Adorable's sketches are set from Series 1 to 2. The show is interspersed with a selection of children called the Gigglekids, who tell jokes to Justin himself, in their own section called 'Giggle Box'.

In many episodes, there is also ‘Silly Time’, where Justin says "It's Silly Time!", then some of the other characters dance to music. In one scene during this, four characters are shown dancing at once. Silly Time doesn't happen in every episode however.

  1. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1511698/episodes?ref_=tt_ql_6 "Gigglebiz (TV Series 2009— ) – Episodes – IMDb" [unreliable source?]
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fimr1cNKJSE. "Gigglebiz Episode 1".
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1511698/ "Gigglebiz (2009— ) – IMDb". [unreliable source?]
  4. ^ a b "Gigglebiz – CBeebies". British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Gigglebiz". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2021.