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Kerwhizz is a British children's television game show commissioned by Michael Carrington and aired on CBeebies. The series uses a mix of CGI and live-action, and is targeted towards four to six-year-olds.[1]Kerwhizz originally ran from 3 November 2008 to 11 May 2009. A new series began on CBeebies on 7 March 2011, running on weekdays until 25 March. Re-runs of the new episodes continued except on bank holidays until 6 May.[2][3]
Summary[edit]The show is moderated by Kerwhizzitor (Jacob Scipio), the only regular live-action character. Three teams of CGI characters, each comprising a human child and a part-living, part-mechanical animal, must answer four rounds of questions, each featuring a regular 2-D animated character, to win a choice of pod mod for their respective racing pods. In addition, one round offers the chance to win a mystery mod. Each mod is an unconventional accessory that may or may not give its user a better chance of winning the race. The teams are cheered on by three groups of live-action children dressed in the teams' colours and waving team flags. All of the questions are multiple-choice, with the answers colour-coded red, green, yellow or blue (not coincidentally, these are the standard colours of the function buttons on TV remote controls). Once the question rounds are complete, the teams' pods are assembled around them and the respective mods are installed. The pods are then raised through the roof of the studio into the CGI race world. Each race world is a themed environment (the questions usually include clues to the theme) containing three, or occasionally four, zones, and each race comprises two laps (except in 'The Deserted Desert Dash', which is a novelty race with no set route and a hidden finish line). All of the teams are likely to encounter unexpected setbacks and opportunities along the way, making the outcome of each race unpredictable. Characters[edit]Questionmaster[edit]
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Question hosts[edit]These characters appear in the flash-animated question sequences. None of them speak, since the questions are all read by Kerwhizzitor. In many episodes they, or characters based on their designs, also appear in CGI form in the race world sequences, where they are much bigger than the human contestants.
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Reception[edit]British psychologistAric Sigman refers to Kerwhizz as a perfect example of what television makers claim is educational, despite his insistence to the contrary.[4] Sigman goes on to say that 'the phrase 'educational television' was, of course, invented by people who make television', 'to me it's an oxymoron.'.[4] Lawsuit[edit]In 2011 cartoonist Michael Mitchell sued the BBC, claiming that Kerwhizz's human CGI characters were based on his own designs for a proposed series called The Bounce Bunch. The BBC denied these claims.[5] In the England and Wales Patents County Court in December 2011, His Honour Judge Birss, QC found that the Kerwhizz characters did not infringe Mr Mitchell's copyright.[6] References[edit]
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The first ever quiz show aimed at pre-school children is to be launched by the BBC's CBeebies digital channel. Kerwhizz, which is billed as a 'breakthrough multi-platform entertainment format', will be aimed at four- to six-year-olds and will also include an online version and podcast. The programme will feature three teams of computer-generated characters who compete to answer questions that will give them add-ons, or 'pod mods', for their high-tech racing machines, which can help them win a race against their opponents. Both the show and online game are set to debut later this year on CBeebies. Kerwhizz races can take place in any of 26 different CGI worlds, which reflect a range of environments from the astrological to the historical. The BBC said viewers at home would be 'drawn into the action at every step of the game, answering questions, making predictions about the race and advising contestants when to use their 'pod mods'. CBeebies controller Michael Carrington said young children would be able to enjoy the quiz alongside their parents. 'Children love quizzes but there hasn't ever been a television quiz for viewers of this age,' he added. 'Kerwhizz is tremendous fun, looks absolutely amazing and children and grown-ups will be able to enjoy the game and the podcasts any time they like.' The BBC said Kerwhizz would be 'visually stunning and packed with gags' and had been designed with the assistance of teachers and a specialist adviser. An online game will also reflect the show, with specially created races for users to play with and a brand new set of questions, while a related podcast will be available to download from the CBeebies website. A run of 26 episodes, each lasting 22 minutes, has been ordered from the in-house CBeebies Productions, with British animation company Blue Zoo working on the combination of live action and CGI elements. Kerwhizz will be executive produced by Alison Stewart with Stephen Cannon as producer. · To contact the MediaGuardian newsdesk email [email protected] or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. · If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly 'for publication'.
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