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Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!

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Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
Yoko Jakamoko Toto
GenreChildren's TV series
Created byTony Collingwood
Written byJimmy Hibbert
Trevor Ricketts
Tony Collingwood
Moya O'Shea
James Mason
Chris Drew
Directed byTony Collingwood
Andrea O'Tran
Voices ofAlex Kelly
Rob Rackstraw
Alistair McGowan
Gary Martin
Maria Darling
Colin McFarlane
Alan Marriott
Kate Harbour
Moya O'Shea
Theme music composerRoger Jackson
ComposerRoger Jackson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languagesEnglish
None
No. of series2
No. of episodes56
Production
ProducerChristopher O'Hare
EditorFred Ziecker
Running time5 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companyCollingwood O'Hare Productions Limited
Original release
NetworkITV (CITV)
Release2 June 2003 (2003-06-02) –
29 August 2005 (2005-08-29)

Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! is a British animated children's television series, produced by Collingwood O'Hare Productions Limited, originally distributed by HIT Entertainment and currently distributed by Foothill Entertainment, which aired from 2 June 2003 until 29 August 2005 on CITV, and then rebroadcast on CBeebies from 26 January 2009 to 2 June 2013.[1]

Plot

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The television series is about a bird-of-paradise named Yoko, an armadillo named Jakamoko, and a spider monkey named Toto, who live and go on adventures in the wilderness where they all live and can only communicate by saying each other's names.

Development

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While the series was in production, the distribution was done by Gullane Entertainment (formally known as The Britt Allcroft Company, the company that made Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) up until July 2002, when the company was bought by HIT Entertainment.

Awards

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Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! has won numerous industry awards including Best Pilot at the Annecy International Festival of Animation, Best Writer at the British Animation Awards and two British Academy Children's Awards, including Best Writer and Best Pre-School Animation.

UK Voice Cast

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Episode listing

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Season 1 (2003-2005)

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  • 1. The Special Thing/The Scary Monster/The Water-Hole/The Patient
  • 2. The Whale/The Night/The Shell/The Very Sticky Thing
  • 3. The Fly/The Egg/The Blip/The Visit
  • 4. The Naughty Noise/The New Best Friend/The Girlfriend/The Cave
  • 5. The Other Side/The Longest Day/The Lesson/The Song
  • 6. The Meal/The Windy Day/The Hiccups/The Copycat
  • 7. The New King/The Other Monkey/The Nightmare/The Oyster
  • 8. The Smell/The Babysitters/The Seeds/The Traveller
  • 9. The Hole/The Rival/The Island/The Voice
  • 10. The Beetle/The Coconut/The Puzzle/The Late Night
  • 11. The Sand/The Leaf/The Dreamers/The Migration
  • 12. The Tallest/The Snow/The Log/The Contest
  • 13. The Meerkats/The Mango/The Bad Word/The In-Crowd
  • 14. The Butterfly/The Dance/The Chick/The Show

References

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  1. ^ "CBeebies Acquires Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!".
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