The Wordles (partially found pitch pilot of "Abadas" CBeebies animated series; 2010)

The logo used in the final show.

Status: Partially Found

Abadas is an animated children's series created by Dinamo Productions that aired on the BBC's CBeebies channel from 2011-2016. The series is about a six-year-old boy named Ben and his three animated animal friends known as the Abadas; a teal-colored hippo named Hari, a hazel-colored Fox named Ela, and a purple bat named Seren all living in his special pop-up book.

Pilot

In 2010 the studio produced a pilot (then titled The Wordles) to pitch the show to the BBC, with Krystal Georgiou being the lead animator. The animated characters had different designs, most notably their color changes (Hari being purple, Seren teal, and Ela being a darker shade of brown). Footage of the pilot was found on both of one of the animators Luke Hyde's 2011 and 2012 showreels, however, both clips contain no audio of the pilot.

Aside from some character model sheets, no additional information on this pilot is currently available as of September 2021.

Gallery

Images

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  The characters development.

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  Early characters model sheet.

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  Early designs for Hari, Seren and Ela.

Footage

A clip of the pilot.

Another clip of the pilot.

See Also

• Alphablocks (partially found web-exclusive scenes of CBeebies animated series episodes; 2010-2013)
• Big & Small (partially lost CBeebies comedy puppet series; 2008-2011)
• Bob the Builder (partially found American dub of CBeebies stop-motion animated series; 1999-2012)
• Bob the Builder (found pitch pilot of CBeebies stop-motion animated series; 1997)
• CBeebies Springwatch (partially found preschool spin-off of British documentary series; 2006-2008)
• Doodle Do (partially lost CBeebies series; 2006-2010)
• Razzledazzle (found CBeebies CGI animated series; 2005)
• Rubbadubbers (lost unaired pilots of CBeebies stop-motion animated series; existence unconfirmed; late 1990s-early 2000s)
• Space Pirates (found CBeebies live-action animated series; 2007-2008)
• Zingalong (partially found CBeebies series; 2002-2004)

External Links

• Tracy Chung's blogpost of an early animation test for Ela.
• Animator Luke Hyde's carrier profile that mentions his work on the pilot.