Alphablocks A-Z (also known as Alphablocks, Meet the Alphablocks, or just A-Z in a YouTube release) is the first episode of the first series of Alphablocks. It's the first episode of Alphablocks, and the 1st episode of Learningblocks.

Trivia

• This is the very first episode in the entire Learningblocks franchise.

• This is the first Alphablocks episode with a transition to the credits. The second time is the special The Wonderful Wizard of Az. All other episodes and specials have the credits abruptly appear.

• This episode is similar to the Series 2 episode On, only this episode doesn't have words.

• E is first seen in a black suit that may or may not be the same as Magic E.

• U is the only one to be seen before he says his sound.

• This is the one of the two Alphablocks episodes with zero words made, with the other being An Alphablocks Adventure.

• Q is the first Alphablock to connect with another one, namely with U.

  • This is the first time when a digraph was formed.

• Strangely enough, O is the first Alphablock to actually say something other than his sound -- despite his usual inability to make sounds that the letter O doesn't spell.

• This is one of the three Learningblocks episodes to have no dialogue, the others are Black and White and Grey.

  • However, the latter two still have some dialogue with the speakers, but this episode doesn't include any word spoken out at all, making it the only episode to have no dialogue at all at 0, if you are deaf and can't hear the sounds that the Alphablocks make.

• At the end of the episode, instead of saying "© 2009 Alphablocks Ltd." (when the show was first in development), it says "© 2013 Alphablocks Ltd."

• There are differences in the British and Canadian versions of the episode compared to the American one.

  • There's a scene in another version where Silent E becomes "un-silent".

  • In the British and Canadian dubs, the Q symbol lacked a hooktail. However, in the American dub, the symbol is shown to have a hooktail.

  • In the British and Canadian dubs, W says “Waaaaaa!”. In the US, however, W says “W-w-w-w-w!”. His mouth is different in both versions.

• This episode is the first to imply that CBeebies are unaware that Q can indeed be pronounced without U, albeit not as /kw/. Examples of words with a pronounced Q, but no U following it are the Asian countries Iraq and Qatar, and various Arabic words when romanized.

• A video with the episode posted on YouTube is the most viewed video in the Alphablocks YouTube channel with 70 million views.

• This is the first episode with a digraph, and with a consonant digraph, QU.

• This episode is 3 minutes long, just like the rest of Series 1.

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