Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!

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 (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

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

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

Awards

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

• 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

Season 1 (2003-2005)

• 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

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

External links

• Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! at BBC Online
• Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! at IMDb