Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! was a 52-episode animated television series, produced by Collingwood O'Hare

Collingwood O'Hare

Collingwood O'Hare is a TV animation studio based in London headed by writer/director Tony Collingwood and producer Christopher O'Hare. Responsible for animated TV series 'Oscar's Orchestra', 'Dennis the Menace', 'Gordon the Garden Gnome', 'Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!' and 'The Secret Show', among...

 and HIT Entertainment

HIT Entertainment

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, aired from 2003 to 2005, and was part of Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

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's Tickle-U preschool television program

Television program

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ming block in the United States

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. It is about a bird of paradise named Yoko, an armadillo

Armadillo

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 named Jakamoko, and a monkey

Monkey

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 named Toto who communicate only by use of each other's names. An animated short film from the series made its American debut in 2003 as part of the New York International Children's Film Festival

New York International Children's Film Festival

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. It was also seen on CITV

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 on ITV1 in the UK from January 2003 to 2005. Since 2009 the show can be seen in the UK on the BBC's children's channel Cbeebies

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Voices

• Alex Kelly
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  - Yoko the Bird of Paradise
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• Gary Martin
  Gary Martin (actor)
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   - Jakamoko the Giant Armadillo
  Giant Armadillo
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• Rob Rackstraw
  Rob Rackstraw
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   - Toto the Spider Monkey
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Animators

• Julian Hanshaw
• Karen Ullmann
• Matthew Hood
• Richard James
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• Sam Wooldridge
• Peter Bunzl
• Oliver Brown
• Dennis Sisterson
• Gordon Langley
  Gordon Langley
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• Tanya Fenton
• Nick Gibson
• Paul Daley
  Paul Daley
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• Cath Lloyd
• Christian Chessell (pilot episode)

Episode list

52 episodes in 26 shows were produced:

1. "The Special Thing" / "The Scary Monster"
2. "The Waterhole" / "The Patient"
3. "The Whale" / "The Night"
4. "The Shell" / "The Very Sticky Thing"
5. "The Fly" / The Egg"
6. "The Bip" / "The Visit"
7. "The Naughty Noise" / "The New Best Friend"
8. "The Girlfriend" / "The Cave"
9. "The Other Side" / "The Longest Day"
10. "The Lesson" / "The Song"
11. "The Meal" / "The Windy Day"
12. "The Hiccups" / "The Copycat"
13. "The New King" / "The Other Monkey"
14. "The Smell" / "The Babysitters"
15. "The Seeds" / "The Traveller"
16. "The Hole" / "The Rival"
17. "The Island" / "The Voice"
18. "The Beetle" / "The Coconut"
19. "The Puzzle" / "The Late Night"
20. "The Dreamers" / "The Migration"
21. "The Tallest" / "The Snow"
22. "The Log" / "The Contest"
23. "The Meerkats" / "The Mango"
24. "The Bad Word" / "The In-Crowd"
25. "The Butterfly" / "The Dance"
26. "The Chicken" / "The Show"