Buzz and Tell
Buzz and Tell[1] is a CBeebies programme created and produced by Jon Doyle. It is a comedy puppet panel show following a format that parodies University Challenge. There are five contestants in each episode. Each show includes a "missing word round", a "picture round", a "numbers round", a "sound round", and sometimes a "general knowledge round". The winner receives a silly prize; for example, Mr. Biscuits won a wooden spoon in episode 28.[2]
Characters
Different contestants appear in different episodes. Mr Biscuits has appeared in every episode alongside Mr Flipstick the quiz master.
- Walter Flipstick - He is the quizmaster of the show and a walrus.
- Mr Biscuits - He is a monster, he likes biscuits
- Orange Bernard - He is a banana-obsessed orangutan. His greatest achievement is the ability to eat a banana sideways.
- Ken Koala - He is a very shy koala with an Australian accent.
- Miss Honkover - She is an exotic bird, she likes singing
- Melanie Wiggles - She is a rabbit who studies carrots.
- Karl - He is a cat with a large knowledge of nuts. He regularly forgets to press his buzzer and what he was going to say next.
- Henrietta Peck - She is a chicken who is often joined by one of her eggs hatching into a very deep voiced chick part way through the show.
- Charles Cheese - He is a mouse with a cheese fascination. Also, he is the smallest of all of the contestants.
- B1N - He is a rubbish bin robot made from a pedal bin. B1N frequently answers "sausage" to any question.
- Callista Croak - She is a frog who likes to keep fit and jumping.
Episodes
| Episode | Guest Contestants[3] | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Karl | A great big nut
Round 1 (Missing word round): Alive Round 2 (Picture round): Duck's Bill Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): The Seaside Round 5 (General Knowledge): Saturday |
| 2 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Henrietta Peck | A day out on the farm
Round 1 (Missing word round): Up the hill to fetch a pail of water Round 2 (Picture round): Bicycle Bell Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Elephant Round 5 (General Knowledge): Football |
| 3 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Charles Cheese | A cheese flavoured "scratch & sniff" card
Round 1 (Missing word round): Corner Round 2 (Picture round): Welly Boot Round 3 (Sound Round): Airplane Round 4 (General Knowledge): Circus |
| 4 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Henrietta Peck | A pair of skis
Round 1 (Missing word round): Wall Round 2 (Picture round): Person's Nose Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): Birds Singing In The Trees |
| 5 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Henrietta Peck | Some straw
Round 1 (Missing word round): Star Round 2 (Picture round): Tortoise Round 3 (Numbers round): 8 Round 4 (Sound round): Sizzling Sausages Round 5 (General Knowledge): Sand |
| 6 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A year supply of tomato ketchup
Round 1 (Missing word round): Plum Round 2 (Picture round): Snake Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): Donkey Round 5 (General Knowledge): Tomato |
| 7 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Henrietta Peck and Chick | A holiday for two in Turkey
Round 1 (Missing word round): The Sun Round 2 (Picture round): Slide Round 3 (Numbers round): 8 Round 4 (Sound round): Fly Round 5 (General Knowledge): Winter |
| 8 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Melanie Wiggles | A handy set of spanners
Round 1 (Missing word round): Down Round 2 (Picture round): Mushroom Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Dog Round 5 (General Knowledge): Red Round 6 (Tiebreaker): Stripes |
| 9 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Charles Cheese | A pair of Walter Flipstick's old shoes
Round 1 (Missing word round): Men Round 2 (Picture round): Trumpet Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Train Round 5 (General Knowledge): Puppy |
| 10 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | An orange wig
Round 1 (Missing word round): Boat Round 2 (Picture round): Delicious Bun With Icing On The Top Round 3 (Sound round): Horse Round 4 (General Knowledge): Bathroom |
| 11 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A big honky horn
Round 1 (Missing word round): Sea Round 2 (Picture round): Frying Pan Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): Ship's Horn Round 5 (General Knowledge): Meow |
| 12 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A cream cake
Round 1 (Missing word round): Baker Shop Round 2 (Picture round): Plate Of Beans Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): Drum Roll Round 5 (General Knowledge): Queen |
| 13 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A giant football
Round 1 (Missing word round): sea Round 2 (Picture round): tooth brush Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): Whistling Round 5 (General Knowledge): moon |
| 14 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A huge bowl of oranges
Round 1 (Missing word round): pepper Round 2 (Picture round): Door knob Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): saw Round 5 (General Knowledge): juice |
| 15 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A selection of cheeses
Round 1 (Missing word round): "Your house down" Round 2 (Picture round): Bee Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): Water running down into the plughole |
| 16 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Melanie Wiggles | A trip to the seaside
Round 1 (Missing word round): Moon Round 2 (Picture round): Tennis Racket Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Doorbell Round 5 (General Knowledge): Wool |
| 17 | Melanie Wiggles, Karl, Henrietta Peck, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Melanie Wiggles | A lovely box of false moustaches
Round 1 (Missing word round): Rain Round 2 (Picture round): Mug Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Gargling Round 5 (General Knowledge): Breakfast |
| 18 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Miss Honkover | Some bird seed
Round 1 (Missing word round): Wool Round 2 (Picture round): Snail Round 3 (Numbers round): 6 Round 4 (Sound round): Owl Round 5 (General Knowledge): April |
| 19 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Miss Honkover | To sing one of her beautiful songs...
Round 1 (Missing word round): Shoes Round 2 (Picture round): Golf Club Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Cow Mooing |
| 20 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A ride on a camel
Round 1 (Missing word round): Lamb Round 2 (Picture round): Cactus Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): Thunder |
| 21 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | An umbrella to keep of the rain in a storm
Round 1 (Missing word round): Fair Round 2 (Picture round): Bucket Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): Lion Round 5 (General Knowledge): Piglet |
| 22 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A bunch of balloons
Round 1 (Missing word round): Farm Round 2 (Picture round): Football Round 3 (Numbers round): 8 Round 4 (Sound round): Piano Round 5 (General Knowledge): Orange |
| 23 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A banana (but he said Orange Bernard could have it)
Round 1 (Missing word round): Stream Round 2 (Picture round): Clock Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): Car Horn |
| 24 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A lovely small, miniature, tiny drum
Round 1 (Missing word round): Toes Round 2 (Picture round): Saucepan Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): Cat Round 5 (General Knowledge): Tree |
| 25 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Miss Honkover | Some singing lessons...
Round 1 (Missing word round): Round and round Round 2 (Picture round): Carrot Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): Smashing Glass |
| 26 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Charles Cheese | A giant coconut
Round 1 (Missing word round): Hair Round 2 (Picture round): Watering Can Round 3 (Numbers round): 1 Round 4 (Sound round): Wolf |
| 27 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Orange Bernard | A large banana
Round 1 (Missing word round): I clap my hands when I'm happy Round 2 (Picture round): Paintbrush Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): splash |
| 28 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A charming wooden spoon
Round 1 (Missing word round): water Round 2 (Picture round): seesaw Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): house walking Round 5 (General Knowledge): spoon |
| 29 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Charles Cheese | A beautiful Balloon
Round 1 (Missing word round): Green Round 2 (Picture round): spider Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): claping |
| 30 | Miss Honkover, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Miss Honkover | A large ice-lolly
Round 1 (Missing word round): canld Round 2 (Picture round): pencil Round 3 (Numbers round): 6 Round 4 (Sound round): firework |
| 31 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Karl | A pirate hat
Round 1 (Missing word round): plane Round 2 (Picture round): Giraffe Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): knock door |
| 32 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Calista Croak | A lovely cucumber sandwich
Round 1 (Missing word round): wall Round 2 (Picture round): frub Round 3 (Numbers round): 1 Round 4 (Sound round): drck Round 5 (General Knowledge): triangle |
| 33 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Calista Croak | A big broom for sweeping up leaves
Round 1 (Missing word round): haidf Round 2 (Picture round): toes Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): pig Round 5 (General Knowledge): leaf |
| 34 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Calista Croak[4] | A ladder to get Calista down. (She had jumped off-screen after winning)
Round 1 (Missing word round): leaf Round 2 (Picture round): traffic con Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): laugh Round 5 (General Knowledge): frog |
| 35 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Karl | Some nutty bubble bath
Round 1 (Missing word round): honey Round 2 (Picture round): cuteber Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): moter bike |
| 36 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Charles Cheese | A toy car
Round 1 (Missing word round): tree Round 2 (Picture round): giater Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): car |
| 37 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A great big tomato
Round 1 (Missing word round): market Round 2 (Picture round): spch Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): chicken Round 5 (General Knowledge): red |
| 38 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Charles Cheese | Some special cheese flavoured ice-cream
Round 1 (Missing word round): road Round 2 (Picture round): snowman Round 3 (Numbers round): 1 Round 4 (Sound round): ice cream van |
| 39 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | B1N | A mountain climbing holiday
Round 1 (Missing word round): truck Round 2 (Picture round): rubbing swing Round 3 (Numbers round): 3 Round 4 (Sound round): monkey |
| 40 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Calista Croak | An exercise bike
Round 1 (Missing word round): mewing Round 2 (Picture round): crmb Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): windy |
| 41 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | B1N | A new bin liner
Round 1 (Missing word round): Grass Round 2 (Picture round): tent Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): SQUEAKING |
| 42 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Calista Croak | An enormous towel
Round 1 (Missing word round): pellow Round 2 (Picture round): clam Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): tree Round 5 (General Knowledge): towel |
| 43 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Karl | A bell
Round 1 (Missing word round): water Round 2 (Picture round): hole Round 3 (Numbers round): 1 Round 4 (Sound round): bell |
| 44 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A trip to the National Moustache Museum
Round 1 (Missing word round): tree Round 2 (Picture round): spoon Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): xylophone |
| 45 | Calista Croak, Karl, B1N, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Calista Croak | A splendid garden fork
Round 1 (Missing word round): foot Round 2 (Picture round): garden fork Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): sheep |
| 46 | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A sink plunger
Round 1 (Missing word round): Tuesday Round 2 (Picture round): Potato Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): road dram |
| 47 | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Melanie Wiggles | A huge carrot
Round 1 (Missing word round): Television Round 2 (Picture round): brick Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): SLURPING Round 5 (General Knowledge): beanstalk |
| 48 | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A strawberry yoghurt
Round 1 (Missing word round): Car Round 2 (Picture round): penguin Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): TELEPHONE RINGS |
| 49 | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A years supply of toast
Round 1 (Missing word round): mane Round 2 (Picture round): light bulb Round 3 (Numbers round): 5 Round 4 (Sound round): PARROT SQUAWKS |
| 50 | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Mr Biscuits | A box of biscuits
Round 1 (Missing word round): Round 2 (Picture round): Round 3 (Numbers round): Round 4 (Sound round): |
| 51 | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Ken Koala | A French loaf of bread
Round 1 (Missing word round): run Round 2 (Picture round): sunglasess Round 3 (Numbers round): 4 Round 4 (Sound round): dinosour |
| 52 Christmas Special | Melanie Wiggles, Ken Koala, Orange Bernard, Charles Cheese, Mr Biscuits | Walter Flipstick | A big bucket of fish (he had swapped places with Orange Bernard)
Round 1 (Missing word round): nose Round 2 (Picture round): Christmas tree Round 3 (Numbers round): 2 Round 4 (Sound round): jells bells Round 5 (General Knowledge): carrots |
Winners
| Player | Wins |
|---|---|
| B1N | 2 |
| Calista Croak | 6 |
| Charles Cheese | 6 |
| Henrietta Peck | 4 |
| Karl | 4 |
| Ken Koala | 8 |
| Melanie Wiggles | 4 |
| Miss Honkover | 4 |
| Mr Biscuits | 12 |
| Orange Bernard | 1 |
| Walter Flipstick | 1 |
References
- Buzz and Tell on CBeebies Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Buzz and Tell Episode 28
- All shows include Mister Biscuits
- After the normal questions it was a tie between Calista Croak, B1N, Charles Cheese & Mr Biscuits; Calista won the tie-break about tadpoles.
