The Dancing Bears

The Polar Bear calls the galley and asks for a drink, as he can't sleep. When Bradley takes him some orange juice he finds some of the numbers have fallen off the cabin doors. He works out how to tell which cabin is which by counting in ones and delivers the drink. Back in the galley the Crocodile calls to complain about the Polar Bear who has started dancing in the cabin above him. Unfortunately, the call board has gone wrong so the Crew can't see which cabin the Crocodile is in. They realize it is ten on from the Polar Bear's room and take him a fish to apologize. The Crocodile knocks the numbers off his door and Baby Bunting mixes them up as he tries to put them back on.

The sixty Number Crew programmes bring maths to life for 5 to 7 year olds, providing an entertaining and imaginative world for children to enjoy and explore maths. The action takes place aboard an unusual cruise ship, the SS Mathematical, where the human crew do their best to look after a collection of animal passengers.

In each programme the crew encounter a mathematical problem. Viewers are encouraged to join the Number Crew in learning the mental strategies and skills they need to solve the problem. A rich mixture of 3-D and 2-D animation, story, song, spectacular studio sequences and real life images combine to make a very successful and popular series.