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| 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 language | None |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| 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 Britishanimatedchildren's television series, produced byCollingwood O'Hare Productions Limited, originally distributed byHIT Entertainment and currently distributed by Foothill Entertainment, which aired from 2 June 2003 until 29 August 2005 onCITV, and then rebroadcast onCBeebies from 26 January 2009 to 2 June 2013.[1]
The television series is about abird-of-paradise named Yoko, anarmadillo named Jakamoko, and aspider 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.
While the series was in production, distribution was handled byGullane Entertainment (formerly known asThe Britt Allcroft Company, the company that madeThomas the Tank Engine and Friends) until July 2002, when the company was acquired byHIT Entertainment.
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! has won numerous industryawards including Best Pilot at the Annecy International Festival of Animation, Best Writer at the British Animation Awards and twoBritish Academy Children's Awards, including Best Writer andBest Pre-School Animation.
