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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]
| Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! | |
|---|---|
 Yoko Jakamoko Toto | |
| Genre | Children's TV series |
| Created by | Tony Collingwood |
| Written by | Jimmy Hibbert Trevor Ricketts Tony Collingwood Moya O'Shea James Mason Chris Drew |
| Directed by | Tony Collingwood Andrea O'Tran |
| Voices of | Alex Kelly Rob Rackstraw Alistair McGowan Gary Martin Maria Darling Colin McFarlane Alan Marriott Kate Harbour Moya O'Shea |
| Theme music composer | Roger Jackson |
| Composer | Roger Jackson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original languages | English None |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Christopher O'Hare |
| Editor | Fred Ziecker |
| Running time | 5 minutes per episode (approx.) |
| Production company | Collingwood O'Hare Productions Limited |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV (CITV) |
| Release | 2 June 2003 – 29 August 2005 |
Plot
editThe 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
editWhile 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
editYoko! 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
edit- Alex Kelly – Yoko the Bird of Paradise
- Gary Martin – Jakamoko the Armadillo
- Rob Rackstraw – Toto the Spider Monkey
- Alistair McGowan, Kate Harbour, Moya O'Shea, Alan Marriott, Colin McFarlane and Maria Darling – additional voices
Episode listing
editSeason 1 (2003-2005)
edit- 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
