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Yoho Ahoy
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Created by	Mark Slater Julian Roberts
Written by	Stan Cullimore Jonathan Evans Mark Slater Leslie Cowell Wayne Jackman Paul LeNoel Shelly Wain Jan Page Mole Hill Anthony Hatfield Julian Roberts Joss Cope John Tackley Simon Grover Gregg Wheelan Gary Winters David Lloyd
Directed by	Mole Hill
Voices of	Joss Cope Shelly Wain Mole Hill Mark Slater Simi Mougne Julian Roberts Sarah Thornhill
Opening theme	"Yoho Ahoy"
Ending theme	"Yoho Ahoy" (Instrumental)
Composer	John Tackley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	59
Production
Executive producer	Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Producer	Julian Roberts
Running time	5 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companies	The Consortium of Gentlemen BBC Worldwide
Original release
Network	CBBC CBeebies Tiny Pop Polsat
Release	7 January 2000 (2000-01-07) – 20 August 2001 (2001-08-20)

Yoho Ahoy is a 2000-2001 British animated children's television series about a gang of animated pirates, known as Yohos, who live on board their giant pirate ship, called The Rubber Duck. The title of the TV show derives from the fact that the only words the main characters say, depending on their feelings are "Yoho" and "Ahoy", that is just a language. The characters themselves are animated puppets. In Spring 2001, the show itself won the Banff Television Festival Rockie Award: Best Animation for "Yoho Ahoy: Buzz with Jones". The show was first broadcast on CBBC and later on CBeebies in the United Kingdom, while in Canada, the programme aired on Knowledge Network.

Characters

Main

• Bilge - The ship's dark blue male captain who wants the ship to clean and tidy at all times.
• Cutlass - The ship's yellow female quartermaster who wears an eyepatch and carries a pea-shooting blowgun.
• Swab - The ship's purple male bosun who wears a white circle-shaped ring on each ear.
• Poop - The youngest and ship's yellow male sleepy cabin boy who wears a blue yellow-spotted hat.
• Jones - The ship's male green skull like engineer who often comes up with creative ways to solve problems.
• Grog - The ship's male green chef who wears a green yellow-spotted hat. Because Grog has no hands, he instead uses hooks and other utensils to do his work.
• Booty - The ship's female beige pianist, and Flamingo's owner. She is quite posh compared to the other Yohos, but still very friendly and helpful.

Others

• Plunder - A purple female crewmate who often pulls up interesting things from the sea with her net, and can be quite resourceful.
• Plank - A yellow male castaway rescued from the sea by Plunder and Poop, who joins the crew. He's a little rough, but means well.
• Crow - The ship's indigo male lookout, who lives in the crow's nest at the top of the ship. Given his humanoid appearance, he is likely a Yoho simply named Crow, rather than a real bird.
• Flamingo - The only male flamingo on board the ship who is Booty's pet. He sometimes causes mischief on board The Rubber Duck, often by taking things from the Yohos without them noticing. Flamingo's one way of communicating is by squawking.
• Parrot - Bilge's green male parrot with a purple beak who can fly around the Rubber Duck unaided. Just like Bilge and the other Yohos, Parrot says the two following words: "Yoho" and "Ahoy".
• Cat - The only male ginger cat on board the ship who often chases the pink and blue rats around whenever he sees them. Just like all real cats, Cat's way of communicating is by meowing.
• The Rats - The only pink and blue rats on board the pirate ship who appear in most surprising places, often causing trouble in the kitchen. With their squeaky communication, the rats, who are often followed around by Cat, cause nothing but trouble wherever they go.

Voice Cast (UK)

• Mole Hill as Bilge and Crow
• Simi Mougne as Cutlass
• Sarah Thornhill as Booty
• Shelly Wain as Swab and Plunder
• Julian Roberts as Poop, Parrot and Cat
• Joss Cope as Grog, Plank and the Rats
• Mark Slater as Jones and Flamingo

Episodes

Series 1 (2000)

Series 2 (2001)

UK VHS tape releases

2000 Video Game

In 2000, BBC Multimedia developed a video game based on the series. The game consists of a collection of 7 mini-games.

References

1. "Ahoy! An Intelligent Children's Show at Last!". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
2. "Yoho Ahoy: All Aboard! (PC) New | Gamers247". www.gamers247.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019.

External links

• Yoho Ahoy at IMDb

• 2000 British television series debuts
• 2001 British television series endings
• 2000s British animated television series
• 2000s British children's television series
• 2000s preschool education television series
• Animated preschool education television series
• British preschool education television series
• British children's animated adventure television series
• BBC children's television shows
• British stop-motion animated television series
• British television shows featuring puppetry
• British English-language television shows
• Television series by BBC Studios
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
• CBeebies
• BBC animated television series
• Animated television series without speech