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The Roly Mo Show

The Roly Mo Show is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand The Roly Mo Show rather than just read about it. In short: The Roly Mo Show is a British children's television series produced by Novel Entertainment and aired on CBeebies. The series is set in the home of Roly Mo, where his niece and his friends come over each day to visit him.

Key takeaways

The Roly Mo Show belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect The Roly Mo Show to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of The Roly Mo Show from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Roly Mo Show is a British children's television series produced by Novel Entertainment and aired on CBeebies. The series is set in the home of Roly Mo, where his niece and his friends come over each day to visit him. It is an educational series, with a primary focus on literature. It is a spin-off of Fimbles. The Roly Mo Show was broadcast on CBeebies from 8 November 2004 up to and including 25 March 2005, with reruns continuing until 2009. The series consists of 100 episodes, each 15 minutes in length.

Overview The Roly Mo Show is set underneath the fictional "Fimble Valley". Roly Mo is a mole who lives under Fimble Valley, and he is often visited by Little Bo, his niece; Yugo and Migo, two energetic 'snoots'; and Rockit, an inquisitive tree frog.

Episode structure Little Bo is visiting Roly Mo after school. She hangs up her rucksack and hat and goes down a slide into the main part of Roly Mo's house. One of the characters has a problem; this is the main plot element throughout the episode. Little Bo looks in her 'Busy Book', starting the segment of an animated Fimble solving an educational puzzle. Someone reads a story from Roly Mo's library, preceded by the "When You Take a Look Inside a Book" song. Most of the time, the storyteller is Roly Mo, although sometimes it is Little Bo, Rockit, Yugo and Migo or a combination. The story is related to the problem and often gives an idea for its solution. The problem is solved, often coinciding with a song. The show closes with voice-overs during the credits, which are often humorous or provide further closure.

Cast and characters Wayne Forester as Roly Mo, the titular character of the show. He is a mole with purple and green stripes who loves to read. He made many appearances in Fimbles prior to The Roly Mo Show. Tamsin Heatley as Little Bo, the niece of Roly Mo. She is a young and highly intelligent mole with pink and purple stripes. Philip Pope as Yugo, an energetic orange fox-like creature with yellow stripes. He is a member of a rare species known as 'snoots'. Duncan Wisbey as Migo, an energetic yellow snoot with red spots. Wayne Forester as Rockit, a boisterous blue tree frog. He appeared often in Fimbles prior to The Roly Mo Show.

Episodes

Series overview

Episode list "Sandwiches" "Growing Up" "Bibby" "Hands in Gloves" "Little Bo Peep!" "Rockit's Birthday" "Teatime!" "Bookworm" "Sleepover" "Lights Out!" "Umbrellas" "Jigsaws" "Afternoon Nap" "Babysitting" "Beaches" "Painting" "Seeds" "Tidying Up" "Torches" "Yugo's Lazy Days" "You Can Drive My Car" "Little Bo Riding Hood" "Making Music" "Onions" "Rollerskating" "Thunderstorm" "Washing Up" "Scarves Tale" "Dressing Up" "Cuddlies Picnic" "Homeworks" "Little Bo's Sad" "Little Bo's Cold" "Snudge is Missing!" "Roly's Sleepy Day" "Playtime!" "Guess Who's Coming For Tea?" "Bathtime!" "What's That Sound?" "What a Card!" "Little Bo's Birthday" "Peace and Quiet" "Treasure Hunt" "Red Letters Day" "Sports Day" "Ssshh!" "Mine!" "Bump" "Dear Diary" "Rushing About" "Library Tidy Up" "Too Cold!" "The First Time" "Tickly Bits" "Small is Beautiful" "What's in Little Bo's Rucksack?" "When the Rain Comes" "Snap!" "Surprise!" "Too Hot!" "Hiding Hiccups" "Music Class" "Spend, Spend, Spend" "Oh Yes It Is!" "Come Dancing" "Looking For Clues" "Sweet Dreams" "Fimbles Storytime" "Rubber Moles" "Think of a Numbers" "What Happens Next?" "For True Life" "Imagine" "When I'm 64" "Strings Tale" "The Collector" "Four Seasons in One Day" "Like a Rolling Stones" "Three Amigos" "Can I Help You?" "Picnic in the Garden" "Pleased to Meet You" "Blow Out" "Everyone's a Winner!" "Perfect Days" "My Best Things" "Out of the Blues" "No Place Like Home" "Just a Minute!" "Show and Tell" "Double Identity" "Doctor Who?" "Valley of the Moles" "Stick 'em Up" "On Being a Snoot" "Hide and Peep" "Happy Families" "Snoot the Moon" "Word Up!" "Chinese Whispers"

Other media A short spin-off series was created by Novel Entertainment, named Storytime with Roly Mo. It consists of 30 episodes, each 2 minutes in length. Each episode is about a story that Roly Mo reads to Little Bo. The characters of The Roly Mo Show have been referenced many times in the TV series Horrid Henry, as both shows were created by Novel Entertainment. On 28 December 2007, a special puppet edition of The Weakest Link aired on BBC One, featuring Roly Mo as one of the contestants. Prior to the fourth round, he led the other puppets in a rendition of the "When You Take a Look Inside a Book" song at the request of Anne Robinson and the audience. He was voted off after the fifth round.

Awards Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards 2004 Nominated for Best Early Years Programme Royal Television Society Educational Television Awards 2005 Nominated for Best Schools Programme - 0–5 Years (for the episode Imagine)

References

External links Fimbles and The Roly Mo Show at YouTube The Roly Mo Show at IMDb CBeebies - The Roly Mo Show at bbc.co.uk Educational content of The Roly Mo Show The Roly Mo Show at Novel Entertainment

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with The Roly Mo Show

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what The Roly Mo Show claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to The Roly Mo Show before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about The Roly Mo Show ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of The Roly Mo Show

In research: The Roly Mo Show appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses The Roly Mo Show in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: The Roly Mo Show is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000s British children's television series, 2000s preschool education television series, 2004 British television series debuts, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for The Roly Mo Show outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study The Roly Mo Show in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is The Roly Mo Show in simple terms?

Why does The Roly Mo Show matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study The Roly Mo Show?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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