The Shiny Show Explained

Creator:Chris Ellis
Starring:Sue Monroe
Sally Preisig
Sam Mason
Wim Booth
Country:United Kingdom
Num Episodes:91
Company:Open Mind Productions
Runtime:20 minutes per episode (approx.)
Network:CBeebies
Last Aired: [1]
Num Series:2
Theme Music Composer:Liz Kitchen
Francis Haines
Composer:Liz Kitchen
Francis Haines
Director:Philip Hawthorn
Helen Sheppard
Camera:Multi-Camera

The Shiny Show is a British educational children's quiz show, broadcast in the United Kingdom by CBeebies, that was produced by Open Mind Productions. It was aired in 2002 and 2003, and was aimed particularly at children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. Each show featured a quiz with six questions, based around different subjects, and featured four star characters: Tigs the Tiger, Mukka the Monkey, Dogsby the Dog and Alarmorama the machine.[2]

Characters

Tigs

Tigs is an orange tiger, who is often portrayed as confident and big-headed. She is still extremely lively and always gets the starring role in the short plays or poems the group act out in between rounds. She has a lucky object called Mr. Cheese, a plastic lump of cheese that squeaks whenever it is squeezed. Voiced by Sue Monroe. Tigs’ puppet was changed at the start of season 2, however the old puppet still appeared in the theme song.

Mukka

Mukka is an extremely hyperactive purple monkey. He has a lucky object called Fluffy Stuff and a pet lump called Lumpy. Voiced by Wim Booth.

Dogsby

Dogsby is a brown dog, the most sensible member of the group, and usually stays calm in most circumstances. Dogsby's lucky object is a purple and yellow hat named Lucky Hat, which Dogsby never wears because if he wears it he "might get too lucky!". Dogsby loves cabbages, and is also not very good at getting colours right. Voiced by Sally Preisig (series 1), Sam Mason (series 2) and Liz Fost (one-off Christmas CBeebies appearance).

Alarmorama

Alarmorama (often mentioned by Dogsby, Mukka and Tigs) is a toy machine situated on one of the walls in the living room. Although Alarmorama doesn't speak, it communicates using various noises. Alarmorama does many actions, including:

NOTE: In some selected series one episodes, when Mukka and Tigs are being either noisy or crazy and the Alarmorama starts the next round standing in line, Dogsby says "Thank you, Alarmorama" or sometimes "Saved by Alarmorama." generally in a relieved voice.

Overview

There are three rounds in the quiz, each with a short film in which the three animal contestants watch before answering the two questions. The aim of the game is to answer as many questions correctly as possible, and beat the other player(s). For every question you get correct you can "give yourself a shiny". The person who answers the most questions correctly wins the Super Shiny. If it ends in a draw then both players win the Super Shiny. The quizzer would always tell the viewer that if they got many questions right then they would be considered a winner too.

In between the three rounds, the three animal characters, Dogsby the dog, Tigs the tiger and Mukka the monkey, act out a story or drama play loosely based around the theme of the films the quiz is based on. Some of the dialogue in these sequences carries on at two levels, which makes The Shiny Show one of CBeebies' more entertaining shows for parents.

Episodes

Series 1 (2002)

The first series was copyrighted in 2002, when the CBeebies channel was launched. All 40 episodes were on every day at 8:30am, 12:30pm and 4:30pm on CBeebies.

Episode title Writer Quizzer Shiny Score Summary Original airdate Winner
1Swimming PoolChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 1-3
Round 3: 3-3
Mukka gets overexcited and Tigs and Dogsby try to calm him down.11 February 2002Draw
2The BeachChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 3-3
Dogsby is planning a trip to the seaside, but Mr Cheese goes missing.12 February 2002Draw
3MinibeastsChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-2
Round 2: 3-4
Round 3: 3-5
Mukka scares Dogsby with a shiny worm and Dogsby scares Tigs with a toy spider.13 February 2002Tigs
4The CircusChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Mukka and Dogsby has disappointed that Tigs is doing everything in her circus. He can impress to watch her.14 February 2002Dogsby
5PetsChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
Mukka and Tigs are pretending to be dogs, Dogsby shows them how a dog should really sound.15 February 2002Mukka
6AeroplanesChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-3
Mukka and Tigs are being noisy aeroplanes, but it's Dogsby who starts it.16 February 2002Draw
7Fire StationChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Dogsby pretends to be a cat stuck up a tree and it's Firetiger Tigs to the rescue.17 February 2002Dogsby
8HairdressersChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-2
Round 2: 4-3
Round 3: 6-4
Tigs gives Mukka a makeover and Dogsby can't find Lucky Hat.18 February 2002Dogsby
9Farm AnimalsChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 2-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 4-4
To market to market to buy a fat pig dog, home again home again jiggety jig.19 February 2002Draw
10Leisure CentreChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Mukka and Tigs get challenges decided by Dogsby.20 February 2002Dogsby
11The SeasideChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 5-4
Dogsby, Tigs and Mukka are trying to find the sea flower.21 February 2002Tigs
12Butterflies, Snails & BeesChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 0-1
Round 2: 1-3
Round 3: 3-4
Mukka and Tigs are pretending to be butterflies and snails, and Dogsby is pretending to be a bee.22 February 2002Tigs
13Circus FunChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 3-5
Dogsby, Mukka and Tigs make up a song: I'm a clown, I'm a clown, I stand up and I fall down.23 February 2002Mukka
14Interesting PetsChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 2-0
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 3-4
Mukka introduces his pet lump named Lumpy, and Dogsby doesn't believe that Lumpy's not a real pet.24 February 2002Mukka
15Boats & FishingChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 2-4
Mukka, Tigs and Dogsby are setting sail on 'The Good Ship Mukka Splashie'.25 February 2002Tigs
16Puppet ShowChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Dogsby, Tigs and Mukka are doing a puppet show called 'The Fluff and the Cheesemaker'26 February 2002Dogsby
17Pizza RestaurantChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Mukka is feeling sad, and he's not lively. But Dogsby is lively when he eats a lot of bananas.27 February 2002Dogsby
18FarmChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs and Mukka are pretending that Dogsby is a pony, tractor and cow, and that annoys him.28 February 2002Tigs
19NurseryChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-0
Round 2: 2-0
Round 3: 3-2
Guess what Tigs wants Mukka and Dogsby to draw? 'c'est moi'.1 March 2002Dogsby
20GardenChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 3-4
Mukka, Dogsby and Tigs are putting on a play about a flower.2 March 2002Tigs
21Up & DownChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-0
Round 2: 2-1
Round 3: 2-2
Tigs is playing with a yo-yo and Mukka is bouncing on a space hopper.3 March 2002Draw
22Building SiteChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-2
Tigs has a statue of herself on a blue block, and Mukka believes that it's a scarecrow.4 March 2002Dogsby
23Making ThingsChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
Mukka has a jack-in-the-box which he uses to play tricks on Dogsby and Tigs.5 March 2002Tigs
24Fun at the FairChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
The three animals are having been happy, grumpy and middlely competitions.6 March 2002Mukka
25Wild AnimalsChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs, Dogsby and Mukka make up songs about rhinos, meerkats and porcupines.7 March 2002Dogsby
26ParkChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Mukka, Tigs and Dogsby are pretending to be three little ducks, ice lollies and kites.8 March 2002Dogsby
27TrainsChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-3
Dogsby has made his own train called the Raildog Express, but he has trouble trying to find the green flag.9 March 2002Draw
28Rubbish CentreChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-4
Dogsby has a feather duster to keep the room clean, especially when Mukka leaves a banana skin on the floor.10 March 2002Draw
29ShoppingChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-0
Round 2: 1-2
Round 3: 3-3
Tigs pretends to be a Toy Tiger for Mukka, but will he enjoy it?11 March 2002Draw
30Flowers & Growing ThingsChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-4
Tigs decides to make up a story about flowers. Mukka decides they could have two flowerpots and a little weed.12 March 2002Draw
31BuildingChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs and Mukka are builders and they're building something for Dogsby.13 March 2002Dogsby
32Indian FoodChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 0-2
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
Tigs, Mukka and Dogsby are pretending to cry because of a toy onion. Dogsby gets overexcited with a real cabbage.14 March 2002Tigs
33FunfairChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 1-3
Round 3: 2-5
Mukka has organised a funfair for the luckies, and Lucky Hat is Unlucky Hat today.15 March 2002Mukka
34Lemurs, Penguins & GiraffesChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs has borrowed Lucky Hat and Fluffy Stuff for a poem.16 March 2002Dogsby
35Fun at the ParkChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-2
Dogsby says before the gang can have their picnic, they need to have a picnic poem.17 March 2002Dogsby
36LorriesChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs and Mukka are going mad about red lorries and yellow lorries.18 March 2002Tigs
37Musical InstrumentsChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs, Dogsby and Mukka are making up songs about the luckies.19 March 2002Dogsby
38Shopping CentreChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 2-3
Tigs decides to act out the 'Old Mother Hubbard' story, until Mukka changes it a bit.20 March 2002Tigs
39Light & DarkChris EllisTigsRound 1: 2-2
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Mukka turns the lights off to show us something cool: shadows in the light.21 March 2002Dogsby
40PartyChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-1
Round 3: 3-3
It's Lucky Hat's birthday and Tigs, Mukka and Dogsby organise a party for him.22 March 2002Draw

Series 2 (2003)

On 25 March 2003, a second series was released and shown on CBeebies every day at 8:30am, 12:30pm and 4:30pm like the first series.

Episode title Writer Quizzer Shiny Score Summary Original airdate Winner
1Sailing ClubPhilip HawthornTigsRound 1: 0-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs takes Dogsby and Mukka on a trip on The Tigsy Ahoy.25 March 2003Dogsby
2Child's GardenPhilip HawthornDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 3-5
Dogsby makes a surprise garden for the luckies.26 March 2003Mukka
3CampingChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
The animals decide to go camping and with the help with Dogsby as the tent, their wish comes true.27 March 2003Dogsby
4MagicianChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-1
Round 3: 2-2
The gang see a magician performing tricks and try a little magic of their own.28 March 2003Draw
5DancingPhilip HawthornDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
Tigs and Mukka try to do a dance for Dogsby, but things go a bit wrong.29 March 2003Mukka
6PotteryPhilip HawthornMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 1-2
Round 3: 2-4
Mukka goes very potty after spinning around so many times.30 March 2003Tigs
7BabiesChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-5
The gang learn about babies and Mukka's Fluffy Stuff has a baby named Stephen.31 March 2003Mukka
8Washing ThingsPhilip HawthornDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-4
Mukka and Tigs try to wash Lucky Hat's fancy dress clothes, but Dogsby is not happy.1 April 2003Draw
9MuseumChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 2-3
Mukka, Tigs and Dogsby see a museum.2 April 2003Tigs
10CaveChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 2-4
Tigs, Mukka and Dogsby go on a bear hunt.3 April 2003Mukka
11BedtimeAlan MacDonaldDogsbyRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Dogsby tells us all about pyjamas, hot water bottles and bedtime stories.4 April 2003Tigs
12SkateboardingChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
The gang find out about skateboarding in an edition where Mukka is the quizzer.5 April 2003Tigs
13Glass BlowingChris EllisTigsRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs, Dogsby, Mukka make up a tune with musical glass things.6 April 2003Dogsby
14PondChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 4-4
Mukka pretends to be a frog and Tigs decides to act out 'The Princess and the Frog' story.7 April 2003Draw
15FloristChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-3
Tigs and Dogsby pretend to own a flower shop called Ringa Ringa Roses.8 April 2003Draw
16Jewellery MakerPhilip HawthornTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
The three animals perform a story called King Mukkas.9 April 2003Mukka
17Garage MechanicChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
The gang plan a trip to the seaside, but things go not-so-well.10 April 2003Mukka
18Bird SanctuaryChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs decides to act out the story The Owl and the Pussycat, but Dogsby and Mukka aren't pleased at some bits.11 April 2003Dogsby
19VetChris EllisTigsRound 1: 2-0
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs, Dogsby and Mukka pretend that they are at the vets and they all have a go at being the sick animal, the owner and the vet.12 April 2003Dogsby
20TreesPhilip HawthornDogsbyRound 1: 0-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
Dogsby wants to tell a story about a quiet tree, but Tigs and Mukka want to be noisy trees.13 April 2003Mukka
21Chinese FoodPhilip HawthornMukkaRound 1: 2-2
Round 2: 4-3
Round 3: 4-5
Mukka has brought some food to cook a Chinese meal and Dogsby goes bananas – again!14 April 2003Tigs
22Bicycle RidePhilip HawthornTigsRound 1: 0-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Dogsby wants to go for a nice quiet bike ride, but Tigs and Mukka want to have bike race.15 April 2003Dogsby
23The Past – CastlePhilip HawthornDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-4
Dogsby is the King of the Castle and has to keep out Dirty Rascals Mukka and Tigs.16 April 2003Draw
24CheesemakingChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
Mukka, Tigs and Dogsby act out "Little Miss Muffet" but they change things up.17 April 2003Tigs
25Personal HygieneChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Dogsby and Mukka are lumps of dirt while Tigs tries to get rid of them.18 April 2003Dogsby
26Sea LifePhilip HawthornDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-4
Mukka has made an aquarium for the luckies so they get a chance to be fish.19 April 2003Draw
27Ice RinkPhilip HawthornMukkaRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 3-5
Tigs wants to do an ice show and Mukka wants to do an ice game.20 April 2003Tigs
28CakemakingChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-1
Round 3: 2-3
Run, run, as fast you can, you can't me, I'm the Mukka Gingerbread Man!21 April 2003Mukka
29ArtistChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 0-2
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-3
Dogsby wants Tigs and Mukka to paint something lovely, that is if they have the right colours.22 April 2003Draw
30ShoemakerAlison StewartMukkaRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 2-5
The gang make shoe homes for their lucky things.23 April 2003Tigs
31Football MatchChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs is planning a game of football, but Mukka isn't impressed about the rules.10 July 2003Dogsby
32WeaverAlan MacDonaldDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
The animals try on different types of clothes and do a fashion show.11 July 2003Mukka
33DiwaliChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-2
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 3-4
The animals prepare for their own festival of shinies.12 July 2003Tigs
34GymnasticsAlison StewartTigsRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 4-3
Tigs has made a soft play gym for the luckies.13 July 2003Dogsby
35Cotswold Wildlife ParkChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 2-4
Mukka and his friends play an opposite game.14 July 2003Mukka
36Fudge FactoryAlan MacDonaldMukkaRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 5-3
Mukka has brought jars of sweets in so the gang can run a sweet shop.15 July 2003Dogsby
37Monkey MusicAlison StewartTigsRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 3-4
The animals make up a song all about their luckies.16 July 2003Mukka
38Costume MakerChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 3-4
Dogsby is dressed as a fairy, Tigs is a firefighter and Mukka is a....sausage?17 July 2002Mukka
39Rocking Horse MakerAlan MacDonaldMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-4
The gang try to be rocking horses, but it makes Mukka calm and not lively.18 July 2003Draw
40MosaicAlison StewartTigsRound 1: 0-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
Tigs has caught the hiccups and Dogsby and Mukka try their best to get rid of them.19 July 2003Mukka
41Traffic AwarenessChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 1-2
Round 3: 1-4
The gang learn about traffic awareness.20 July 2003Mukka
42Face PaintingChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 3-4
Tigs has her face painted and wraps Mukka up as a present for Dogsby.21 July 2003Tigs
43Snow PlayChris EllisTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-3
The gang talk about that poor robin who sheltered in a barn to keep himself out of the snow.22 July 2003Dogsby
44ClockmakerAlison StewartDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 2-3
Round 3: 3-4
The gang learn and practise telling the time.23 July 2003Mukka
45BridgesChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 2-2
Round 3: 4-2
Tigs wants to act out the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff.24 July 2003Dogsby
46SpaceAlan MacDonaldTigsRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 4-3
The gang build a spaceship and send it off to Planet Cheese.25 July 2003Dogsby
47Staying HealthyChris EllisDogsbyRound 1: 0-2
Round 2: 1-3
Round 3: 3-3
Tigs is the Singing Doctor, Dogsby is the Poptician and Mukka is the Dancing Dentist.26 July 2003Draw
48StreetworkingAlison StewartMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 3-3
Round 3: 4-5
Mukka introduces Tigs, Dogsby and the luckies to Lucky Street.27 July 2003Tigs
49DecorationsChris EllisTigsRound 1: 2-1
Round 2: 3-1
Round 3: 4-2
The gang have a festival celebrating all the happy memories they had on The Shiny Show.28 July 2003Dogsby
50WeatherAlan MacDonaldDogsbyRound 1: 1-2
Round 2: 3-2
Round 3: 3-4
Tigs tells the story of The Wind and the Sun.29 July 2003Mukka
51Snow SportChris EllisMukkaRound 1: 1-1
Round 2: 1-3
Round 3: 1-4
Fluffy Stuff and Mr Cheese want to do some snow sports, but Lucky Hat is too scared.30 July 2003Tigs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search Results – BBC Genome. genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 2017-06-04.
  2. Web site: BBC – CBeebies – The Shiny Show . 28 November 2015 .