0:00:02 > 0:00:03# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room
0:00:03 > 0:00:08# There are extraordinary heroes who are standing by to zoom...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11# To wherever they are needed They are speeding out today
0:00:11 > 0:00:14# The Numberjacks are on their way
0:00:14 > 0:00:17# They will help you with your problems
0:00:18 > 0:00:21# They are waiting for your call
0:00:21 > 0:00:24# No problem is too big for them
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# No problem is too small
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Things may all be going wrong but you can bet it's not for long
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# The Numberjacks are on their way
0:00:32 > 0:00:34# The Numberjacks are on their way. #
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Ready, Buddy Block?
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- You won't get it in the circle. - I will.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Oh, yes! Oh, yes!
0:00:47 > 0:00:49YES!
0:00:49 > 0:00:54I've got one, two, three blocks in the circle.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57We can beat you, can't we, Buddy Blocks?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Your Blocks get too excited.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03They're excited cos they're gonna win.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Here we go...
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Wow...wow... Yes! YES!
0:01:11 > 0:01:16I've got one, two, three.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- That's more than yours. - You know I've got three as well.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- I counted them. - But they've been moved.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26They might be a different number now.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27No, they won't.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31One, two, three.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Hmmm.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Things don't change number just cos they've moved around.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- See? Yours have moved. - There might be more now.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44There won't be.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47One, two, three.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Huh.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Well, they definitely look more.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53That's a long line.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I know what you mean, Three. But, in fact,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00it doesn't matter if things move, or if they're in a long line.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05It's still the same number. It's just the counting that counts.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Well, let's count them then.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12- Yes. It'll be the same number. - Let's see.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Yes. In the circle there's...
0:02:16 > 0:02:22one, two, three for me and...
0:02:22 > 0:02:24..oh, none for you.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25What?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27SIREN BLARES
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Like you said, Four, it's the counting that counts.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33HE GROWLS
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- We've got an agent calling in. - Which one?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Agent 81, here. Things are going wrong.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55But not for long!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I need help. Everyone is busy counting.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- That's OK.- We like counting.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06But they're counting all the time. They can't get on with anything else.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Hold on. I'm putting it on screen.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19The teddies moved!
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Yes and now she thinks she has to count them all over again.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26She's going to be there all day.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Exactly.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30No point in counting when you don't need to.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- Five, get out there and sort things out.- I'm on my way.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Get ready for launching.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40# We've got a problem, what shall we do?
0:03:40 > 0:03:43# Who's going out there, who do we choose?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45# Need to get out there, who will it be?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- # Who's going out there? # - Number Five!
0:03:49 > 0:03:51SIREN BLARES
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Stand by for launching.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Checking the room's empty.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22All clear.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Good luck, Five!
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Five, four, three, two, one, zero!
0:04:43 > 0:04:48Looking for a five, looking for a five.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50And found one!
0:04:54 > 0:05:00OK. Let's see if anyone else is counting when they don't need to.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03We have an agent calling in.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- Agent 44, here.- And a very good number, if I may say so.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09What's the problem, Agent 44?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13It's the waitress. She's spending so much time counting,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16the customers are getting fed up waiting.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29They'll never get their food at this rate.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Agent 63, here.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37The man in the office keeps on counting his papers.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50He'll get fed up counting all the time.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52And look what's happening at the school...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I could help her count those children.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00One, two, three, four, five.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Oh, no. She's starting to count again.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08A teacher ought to know you don't need to count again
0:06:08 > 0:06:12just because things moved around. This is getting serious.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15The children are never going to get outside to play.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18OK, agents. Let's sort these problems out.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24There are two problems. Things are moving when they shouldn't be...
0:06:24 > 0:06:28And people are counting when they don't need to.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Let's solve the problems one by one.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Five, why are the children and things moving?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Help me look closely.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Putting close-ups on screen.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Look! Blobs of slime!
0:06:41 > 0:06:46- That's why they're moving.- Yes! And I can see where the blobs came from.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48The Problem Blob!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50On screen, now.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# If you spot a blob of slime
0:06:57 > 0:07:01# Guess what big slob can rhyme
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- #- Uh-oh- Great, big and blubbery - Blubbery
0:07:06 > 0:07:14# Making trouble, he's the blubbery, slobbery Problem Blob. #
0:07:14 > 0:07:17The blobs of slime are making everything move.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Right. We're sending Brain Gain
0:07:20 > 0:07:23to protect things from the Blob so they stop moving.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33# Brain Gain, Brain Gain, to solve a problem use our brains
0:07:33 > 0:07:37# We're waiting, get your brains all linking up together -
0:07:37 > 0:07:42# Joined up thinking. # Getting brain power now. Brain Gain!
0:07:42 > 0:07:47I can do it! Brain Gain to protect the moving things from blobs.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Sending Brain Gain.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Protect the children from blobs.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Protect the papers from blobs.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Protect the plates from blobs.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Let's hope that's worked.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Yes! The plates aren't moving any more.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09She doesn't have to count them!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Oh, no! There's the Problem Blob!
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Don't worry. We've protected the plates from getting blobs.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22Oh, no! The plates moved because she slipped!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25And she's stopped to count them again!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Let's hope the man in the office is OK.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33We've protected the papers from blobs, so they shouldn't move.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41The fan's blowing the papers around.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45And the man thinks he's got to count them again.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51We've protected the children from blobs on them.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I hope there isn't another way they're gong to start moving.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00MUSIC PLAYS
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Oh, no! The teacher thinks she's got to count them all again -
0:09:04 > 0:09:06just because they've moved.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09If people keep thinking like that, anything could happen!
0:09:11 > 0:09:14People would stop and count their legs every time they walked.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Or count their fingers every time they moved.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Or a shepherd would think he had to count his sheep again
0:09:33 > 0:09:36every time any of them moved.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43And that's what counting sheep does to you!
0:09:44 > 0:09:46It could be disastrous!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49We've tried to stop things from moving. What else can we do?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53The real problem isn't the things moving,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56it's people counting them all the time.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58It's like you said, Four.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Things don't change number just because they move.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04That's the message!
0:10:04 > 0:10:09- Send Brain Gain telling everyone what Four says.- Oh. Thank you.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Let's get the message out there.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Let's send Four's message to everyone.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Things don't change number just because they move.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20She's counting them!
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Thing's don't change number just because they move!
0:10:29 > 0:10:31The children are moving,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35but she knows she doesn't need to count them again.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37At last! They're going out to play.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Let's sort the man in the office now.- More Brain Gain coming up!
0:10:43 > 0:10:45He's counting his papers.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Things don't change number just because they move.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56He's not counting them again. Great!
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Counting the plates. Let's hope for the last time.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Ahhh!
0:11:05 > 0:11:07THEY GASP
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Don't worry, she's not going to count the plates again.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Things don't change number just because they move!
0:11:21 > 0:11:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:23 > 0:11:28- Well, everyone's happy here at last. - The Blob isn't.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32No more fun for the Blob,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35now that people know they don't have to count every time.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- He's gone!- Come on back.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47One, two, three, four, five!
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- Well done, Five!- You got Four's message out loud and clear.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59And we've got it all on screen.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03The girl kept counting her teddies every time they moved.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06And so did the waitress with the plates.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11- That man was getting very hungry. - The man kept counting the papers.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14And the teacher kept counting the children
0:12:14 > 0:12:16who couldn't go out to play.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21It was all the Problem Blob's fault for making things move.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25But once people knew they didn't have to count things
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- every time they moved...- Words of wisdom from me, Number Four.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34- ..everyone relaxed and that was the end of the Blob's fun.- ALL: Hooray!
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Sorry about cheating a little bit last time, Four.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40That's all right, Three.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Right, I shall count you only once.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47One, two, three.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Now, move!
0:12:56 > 0:13:01- They certainly moved, Three.- Yes. And I know there are three of them,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I don't need to count.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06I could count them for you. Just to make sure.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11- Oh, yes, please.- One, two, three.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Yes. Still three.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16The best number ever.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Get three things, count them,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24then move them around as much as you like.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26You'll see, it's still three.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Three. THREE!
0:13:28 > 0:13:31You could try it with four things, too.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32You could...
0:13:32 > 0:13:36But it won't be as much fun as three things.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Check it out and call the Numberjacks!
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