0:00:02 > 0:00:04# In an ordinary sofa in an ordinary room
0:00:04 > 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 > 0:00:13# The Numberjacks are on their way
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# 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 > 0:00:35# The Numberjacks are on their way! #
0:00:36 > 0:00:41Right. The rules are, you can only jump on triangles.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Why's that?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Because triangles have got three sides.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47One...
0:00:47 > 0:00:48two...
0:00:48 > 0:00:50three.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52So they're the shape that you use.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56And for me, rectangles have got four sides.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58One! One!
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Oh, I don't think you can manage this game, One.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Or maybe let One have circles!
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Cos they've sort of got one curvy side.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10OK, One. you can have circles.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Circles.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Ooh!- One'll never manage.- I know.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18OK. Let the race begin.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20OK!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Triangle!- Hang on.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Rectangle!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- Triangle!- Wait a minute.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29That's not a proper triangle.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Well that's definitely not a proper rectangle
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Your shape's all wonky and pointy!- So?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39It's still got three sides.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And your shape's all long and thin.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44Did it!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46One beat us.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Only cos you were arguing.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Actually, YOU were arguing.
0:01:51 > 0:01:52ALARM BLEEPS
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Come on!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Beaten? By Number One?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Come on, Four!
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Got a call coming through.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Agent 99, here.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Go ahead, Agent 99.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- Things are going wrong! - But not for long!
0:02:23 > 0:02:26There's a girl with a blackboard.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Hold on, I'm putting it on screen.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- Look what's happening to the blackboard.- Wow.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Oh.- Oh, wow.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Ooh.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42- Whoa!- Wow!
0:02:42 > 0:02:44That's weird.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46We'll get someone out there now.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Thank you!
0:02:47 > 0:02:49- No need for thanks.- It's our job.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54- Who's going out?- Today, I think it's going to be... me!
0:02:56 > 0:02:58# We've got a problem, what shall we do?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01# Who's going out there? Who do we choose?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03# Here's a problem, needs a fix
0:03:03 > 0:03:05# Who's going out there?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07# Number Six! #
0:03:07 > 0:03:08ALARMS BEEP
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Good luck, Six. Good luck.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Checking the room's empty.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39All clear.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Ready, Six?- Ready and waiting.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Six, five, four, three, two, one, zero!
0:04:01 > 0:04:04I'm looking for a six.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Yes...looking for a six.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08And found a six!
0:04:08 > 0:04:09Ready for landing.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Huh!
0:04:13 > 0:04:17OK, let's get sorting those problems!
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Another agent calling in.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- Agent 72 here. - What's happening, Agent 72?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28There's a man having terrible trouble writing a letter.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44That's very weird.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Agent 27 here.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Look what's happening to the flag on the bike!
0:05:07 > 0:05:09What is going on?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I'm not sure, but there's more at school.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I think that's where Six was going.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Six? Are you there?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Yes. I've got a great view from up here.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21What's happening?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24The children are playing with a hoop.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28I've got a feeling something strange is about to happen.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Yippee!
0:05:33 > 0:05:35A bit smaller.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Very strange things going on there, Six.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Yes, and I can see why.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It's the Shape Japer!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55# Looks like the Shape Japer's back.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00# Shape Japer, she's really very strange
0:06:00 > 0:06:04# Shape Japer, she loves to make things change
0:06:04 > 0:06:08# Changing faces, changing sides
0:06:08 > 0:06:13# Changing shapes every single time
0:06:13 > 0:06:17# Changing shapes is the Japer's game
0:06:17 > 0:06:20# The Shape Japer's back again. #
0:06:20 > 0:06:23We've got to stop the Shape Japer!
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Agents, any ideas?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32The Shape Japer's making shapes bigger or smaller!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Looking at the shapes, there's a rectangle.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36And a triangle.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42- And a circle.- Send some Brain Gain to get the shapes back to normal.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Powering up the Brain Gain machine.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53# Brain Gain, Brain Gain, to solve the problem, use our brain
0:06:53 > 0:06:56# The way to get your brains all linking up together
0:06:56 > 0:06:57# Joined-up thinking. #
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Getting brain power now. Brain Gain!
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Get the shape back to normal size! Shape back to normal size!
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Sending Brain Gain!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Get the shape back to normal size.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's not working!
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Oh, no!
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Try the man and the paper.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Shape back to normal!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Oh, no! I did my best.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- I can't understand it. - Try the flag.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Shape back to normal size.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Yes!
0:07:39 > 0:07:40What?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44How can the Brain Gain work for the flag and not the others?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45My Brain Gain did it!
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Maybe it's something about Three and the shapes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- The Brain Gain worked because the flag is a triangle.- So?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57A triangle's got three sides, so Three's Brain Gain worked.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Oh, that's me - Number Three!
0:08:00 > 0:08:05Three's Brain Gain didn't work for the letter. That's a rectangle.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06What can we do?
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- Four! You've got to go into the Brain Gain machine!- Me?!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Because the rectangle has got four sides!
0:08:12 > 0:08:15That's my number. Right you are!
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Six? We're getting the right number to deal with each shape.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Here we go!
0:08:21 > 0:08:26Number Four Brain Gain for getting rectangles back to normal size.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Yes! Just got the hoop to deal with now.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Who's going to make the Brain Gain?
0:08:39 > 0:08:44A circle's only got one curved side, so we need Numberjack One!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46that's what I thought, Agent 99.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48So let's try it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Sending Number One Brain Gain to deal with circles.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Yes! We did it!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Hooray!
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Whoa.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- AGENT CALL ALARM - Oh, what now?
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- The Shape Japer's still making trouble. Look!- Ha-ha!
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Ha-ha-ha!
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Those are weird shapes.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Ha-ha-ha!
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- Oh! Look at his hanky!- Wow! Those shapes are really changing!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Ha-ha!
0:09:33 > 0:09:37If the Shape Japer keeps changing shapes like that...
0:09:37 > 0:09:39anything could happen!
0:09:40 > 0:09:44If you had sandwiches that were stretched and changed shape,
0:09:44 > 0:09:48they'd be really hard to eat!
0:09:49 > 0:09:51And if your TV changed...
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Things wouldn't fit on the screen!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01And if a car's wheels got stretched...
0:10:01 > 0:10:05cars would bounce up and down and everyone would be sick!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11That Shape Japer has got to be stopped!
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Yes! Quick! Look what's happening to the flag on the bike!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21We've got to do something.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I'm not sure it's still a triangle.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27It looks weird, but it's still got three sides.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- So maybe it IS a triangle.- I'll try!
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Number Three Brain Gain. Sort that triangle!
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Yes! That funny shape WAS a triangle...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47..and so was the handkerchief!
0:10:47 > 0:10:48HE SIGHS WITH RELIEF
0:10:48 > 0:10:50I hope those are all rectangles!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53They've got four sides, so it's worth a try.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Sending Number Four Brain Gain to sort out those rectangles.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03They WERE all rectangles...
0:11:05 > 0:11:08..just like the blackboard.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14We need help here. Look what the Shape Japer's doing to the hoops!
0:11:18 > 0:11:24- The shape has changed. - But they've still got one side.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Send in Number One Brain Gain to sort those shapes!
0:11:32 > 0:11:38Oh, no! I can't sort these circles. Number One Brain Gain isn't working!
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Oh.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Oh! Don't panic!
0:11:44 > 0:11:49I think I know. It's because you got the name of the shape wrong!
0:11:49 > 0:11:54Yes. When circles are squashed, they change to a shape called ovals.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59OK. Sending Brain Gain to turn those ovals back into circles.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Oval and out!
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Yes! We did it!
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- The shapes are back to normal. - Arrrggghhhh!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15That sorted her!
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Come back now, Six.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26One, two, three, four, five, six!
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Well done, Six!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34The Brain Gain did the trick!
0:12:34 > 0:12:36We've got it all on-screen.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39There was trouble with shapes like rectangles.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42They were getting bigger and smaller.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Same with the man's papers.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49The flag was a triangle that changed size.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51The hoop was a circle that changed size.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56We sorted them with the right Numberjack making the Brain Gain.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58The Shape Japer changed the shapes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01They were still triangles, with three sides.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06And these look weird, but they were still rectangles with four sides.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10And these hoops changed. They still had one side,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13but now they were ovals, not circles.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- And once we knew that...- All sorted!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Now, that's a good one.- What is?
0:13:20 > 0:13:24I'm trying to find the longest, thinnest rectangle I can.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25That's a good idea.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29What's the longest, thinnest rectangle YOU can find?
0:13:29 > 0:13:32And how long and thin could a rectangle be...
0:13:32 > 0:13:34before it becomes a line?
0:13:34 > 0:13:40Oh! Have a look around, and call the Numberjacks!
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0:13:50 > 0:13:53# The Numberjacks are on their way! #
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