ZingZillas
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| Developed by |
CBeebies in association with BBC Worldwide Created by Steve Cannon, Alan Robinson and Barry Quinn |
| Written by | Simon Davies |
| Music by | Banks & Wag |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | originally English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | David Collier Dominic Macdonald Tony Reed |
| Running time |
22 minutes (series 1 & 2) 11 minutes (series 3 & 4) |
| Distributor | BBC |
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| Original network | CBeebies |
| Picture format | PAL 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| First shown in | CBeebies |
| Original release | 5 April 2010 - 23 April 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
CBeebies in association with BBC Worldwide
22 minutes (series 1 & 2)
ZingZillas is a British television programme aimed at young children, broadcast on the BBC pre-school channel CBeebies.
ZingZillas is a music show aimed at children ages six and under.
It is set on a monkey-shaped tropical island where everyone joins in to create music magic. They use musical influences from all over the globe from rock to soul, jazz to samba, big band to orchestra.
A yellow submarine is sometimes seen in the sea near the island. One episode contains what appears to be a view from the submarine through its periscope. In a recently started 5-minute version called Zingzillas Zingbop, the submarine goes very near the viewpoint, showing children inside the submarine through its portholes; those children later take part in the programme's singing and dancing session, as if (in the world of the story) the submarine is the usual transport for guests to and from the island.
The main characters are primates: Zak, Tang, Panzee and the youngest, Drum. They are mentored by music guru DJ Loose and they create their unique ZingZilla sound just in time for their daily performance which is called 'The Big Zing'. A coconut clock counts down the time to the Big Zing and breaks each programme into four parts.
In every episode they are visited by a different musical guest. The ZingZillas always discover their musical guests in a 'glade' in the jungle and they take inspiration from these guests, incorporating them and their sounds into The Big Zing.
Original music for the series has been composed by Banks & Wag.
On Monday 30 August 2010, "Do You Didgeridoo?" was released on an EP, alongside the "ZingZillas Theme Tune" and "Bhangra Beat", reaching #1 in the iTunes Children's Chart.
On Monday 4 October 2010, "ZingZillas: The Album" was released on CD and as a digital download, reaching #1 in the iTunes Children's Chart on the first day. The recording features guest tracks by musical luminaries who have appeared on the show including cellist Julian Lloyd Webber flautist James Galway and jazz vocalist Cleo Laine.
On 28 February 2011 Cbeebies began broadcasting a 20 part series of 5 minute spinoff programmes entitled "Zingzillas Zingbop" which is hosted by DJ Loose, where a small group of children (known as Zingboppers) go to Zingzilla Island and are taught to dance to a Zingzillas song. The Zingboppers then participate in the final Zingbop. Every Zingbop performed is of course "the best Zingbop ever".
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