Jamboree is a British children's television programme that aired on CITV from 2 June 1998 until 24 May 2001. Jamboree was produced by Floella Benjamin Productions for XL Entertainment, a production company based in Chichester, United Kingdom. It was primarily aimed at its target audience of pre-school children.
About the show Each episode starts with Benjamin introducing each character known as the "Bopkins". They could be seen making their beds before heading over to a personal computer. One of the characters would then put a compact disc into the disc drive. They would then take it in turns to choose an icon. A short segment would then be shown. Each episode would start and end on a segment called "Floella's house".
Series 1 (1998) Numbers - 2 June 1998 Up And Down - 9 June 1998 Animals - 16 June 1998 Lets Dance - 23 June 1998 Sizes - 30 June 1998 Making Things - 7 July 1998 Differences - 14 July 1998 Golf - 21 July 1998 Food - 28 July 1998 The Seaside - 4 August 1998 Shapes - 11 August 1998 Friends - 18 August 1998 Dressing Up - 25 August 1998
Series 2 (1999) Parties - 8 June 1999 Making Paper Aeroplanes - 15 June 1999 Bodies - 22 June 1999 Music - 29 June 1999 Colours - 6 July 1999 Daytime And Nighttime - 13 July 1999 Games - 20 July 1999 Weather And Travelling - 27 July 1999 Time - 3 August 1999 Puzzle Time - 17 July 1999 Plants And Nature - 24 August 1999 Things In The Sky - 2 September 1999
Series 3 (2000) Magic - 10 May 2000 Red - 17 May 2000 Opposites - 24 May 2000 Soft And Hard - 31 May 2000 ABC's - 7 June 2000 Big And Small - 14 June 2000 Old Things And New Things - 21 June 2000 Odd Numbers - 28 June 2000 Baking A Cake - 5 July 2000 Reading Books - 12 July 2000 Blue - 19 July 2000 In And Out - 26 July 2000
Series 4 (2001) Farms - 30 April 2001 Breaking - 1 May 2001 Hot And Cold - 2 May 2001 Relations - 3 May 2001 Loud And Quiet - 4 May 2001 Illness - 8 May 2001 Even Numbers - 9 May 2001 Pictures - 10 May 2001 Trees - 11 May 2001 Sharing - 14 May 2001 Water - 15 May 2001 Yellow - 16 May 2001 Rubbish - 17 May 2001 Red - 18 May 2001 Heavy And Light - 24 May 2001
Characters The series featured four main characters. These were Bizza Bopkin, Billy Bopkin, Betty Bopkin (played by Sammy Davis) and Baby Bopkin (played by Warwick Davis.)
Segments Floella's house A live action segment at the start and end of each episode. Floella plays games and sings songs with a group of children in her garden. At the end of each episode she would use the catchphrase "Until next time from them and me ... It's goodbye from Jamboree".
Mimi and Scruff The antics of two friends. A dog and a monkey in stop motion.
Playtime Live action with children narrating while playing a game.
Storytime A classic story acted out with no talking and much movement, often with Benjamin starring and a narrator.
Video fun A live action educational video clip.
VHS tapes Animals and Music Fun (1999) Numbers and Colour Fun (2000) Let's Dance Dressing Up and Puzzle Time (2001)
References
External links
Production website