Octonauts

Octonauts
Genre	Action Adventure Children
Created by	Meomi: Vicki Wong & Michael C. Murphy
Based on	Octonauts book series by Meomi: Vicki Wong & Michael C. Murphy
Written by	Gabe Pulliam Carin Greenberg Allan C Neuwirth
Directed by	Darragh O'Connell Henry Lenardin-Madden (uncredited)
Creative director	Stephen Robinson
Voices of	Simon Greenall Rob Rackstraw Paul Panting Keith Wickham Jo Wyatt Teresa Gallagher Michael C. Murphy
Theme music composer	Darren Hendley
Country of origin	United Kingdom Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	121 + 12 specials (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Kurt Mueller Stephanie Simpson Cathal Gaffney Darragh O'Connell (2010–2018) Jackie Edwards (CBeebies)
Producers	Adam Idelson Karen Ialacci Gillian Higgins Theresa Mayer Julie Abecassis Andrew Peters Brian Gilmore
Running time	11 minutes 23–72 minutes (specials)
Production companies	Chorion (2010–2012) Sony Pictures Television Kids (2012–present) Brown Bag Films (2010–2018)
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	4 October 2010 (2010-10-04) – present (present)
Related
Octonauts: Above & Beyond

Octonauts is a British animated children's television series broadcasted by CBeebies since 4 October 2010, produced by Brown Bag Films, and Mainframe Studios. The show follows a polar bear named Captain Barnacles, and his crew: Kwazii, a cat, Peso, a penguin, Shellington, a sea otter, Dashi, a sausage dog, Tweak, a rabbit, Professor Inkling, a Dumbo octopus, and the Vegimals: Tunip, Grouber, Barrot, Tominnow, and Codish, who live underwater. This takes place in the Octopod headquarters (HQ).

The programme looks similar to Star Trek and Thunderbirds along with the adventures of Jacques Cousteau.

Characters

• Captain Barnacles, a brave British-accented white polar bear. He announces "Octonauts, to the launch bay!" and "Hold on, everyone. This could get bumpy".
• Kwazii, an orange cat who's going on very exciting missions.
• Peso, a black-and-white penguin who likes his medical kit.
• Shellington, a brown sea otter.
• Dashi, a tan Dachshund.
• Tweak, a Southern-accent green rabbit.
• Professor Inkling, an pink octopus who always reads books.
• Tunip, a yellow vegimal.
• Grouber, a purple vegimal.
• Barrot, an orange curiosity vegimal.
• Tominnow, a red vegimal.
• Codish, a clumsy pink vegimal.