''Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!'' is an

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, produced by Collingwood O'Hare Productions Limited for

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and currently distributed by Foothill Entertainment, which aired from 2 June 2003 till 29 August 2005 on

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, and then aired on

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from 26 January 2009.

Plot

The television series is about a

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, an

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, and a

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who live and go on adventures in the wilderness where they all live and can only communicate by saying each other's names.

Broadcast

An animated

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from the series made its American debut on 2 June 2003 as part of the

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. The show has aired on ABC in Australia (as well as its digital networks ABC Kids and ABC 2) from 24 February 2003 to 27 November 2006,

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in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, ATV in Hong Kong,

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in the U.A.E., TBS in Japan,

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in Poland,

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in Spain,

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in Mexico,

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in Germany, Pakapaka in Argentina, ETTV in Taiwan, SVT in Sweden,

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in Norway,

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in Portugal, Piwi in France and

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(in the former '' Tickle-U'' block) in the US. Unlike most animated series, when the show was sold to several countries that don't speak English and have English as their first language it was never dubbed or translated into different languages or redubbed with a different range of voices as the characters in the show only had limited dialogue and can only communicate by saying anybody's names making all the voices retained and left alone.

Development

While the series was in production, the distribution was done by

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(formally known as

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, the company that made '' Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'') up until July 2002, when the company was bought by

Awards

''Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!'' has won numerous industry

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s including Best Pilot at the Annecy International Festival of Animation, Best Writer at the British Animation Awards and two children's BAFTAs, 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,

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, Moya O'Shea, Alan Marriott, Colin McFarlane and Maria Darling - additional voices

Episode listing

56 5-minute-long episodes were produced. Every episode title starts with "The", much like ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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 Chicken/The Show

References

External links

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