ZingZillas is a British television programme created by Barry Quinn, Stephen Cannon and Alan Robinson, aimed at young children, broadcast on the BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, which ran from 5 April 2010 to 11 June 2012.

Overview

ZingZillas is a puppet music show aimed at children ages 6 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. In every episode from series 3, they wake up and ask Todd for an idea for the day's song. This segement is called ZingJam. the Zingboppers Moaning Stones Beach Byrds and finally the zingzillas shout "ZingJam" in the tune of the theme song and one of the Zingzillas pushes the button and activates the TV.Todd uses his ideas machine but it always breaks down, or other things happen. They are visited by a different musical guest. 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 five-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. On 11 June 2012, ZingZillas aired its last episode "Picnic Day".

Characters

Each ZingZilla has their own personality:

Other characters

Episodes & guest performers

Series overview

Series 1 (2010)

Series 2 (2010)

Series 3 (2011–2012)

Series 4 (2012)

DVD releases

Welcome to the Island

This DVD contains five episodes (note that it's not the first five of the series, although there's a lot of overlap): Extras: Musical instrument game and character profile.

World Music Tour

This DVD contains five episodes: Extras: Interactive game