Octonauts is a British children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies, and based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy. The show follows an underwater exploring crew made up of stylized anthropomorphic animals, a team of eight adventurers who live in an undersea base, the Octopod, from which they go on undersea adventures with the help of a fleet of aquatic vehicles. Although its technology is fictional, the exotic creatures and locations that the crew encounter are based on real marine animals in their natural habitats. The show's subject matter has been compared to that of Star Trek and Thunderbirds blended with Jacques Cousteau. The show was animated in Ireland by Brown Bag Films for its first four series. The show was renewed for a fifth series in 2018, with Canada's Mainframe Studios taking over animation work. Season 5 is set to premiere in late 2021.
| Genre | Children, Animation, Action, Adventure film |
| Created by | Meomi: Vicki Wong, & Michael C. Murphy |
| Written by | Stephanie Simpson (head writer), Billy Aronson, Glen Berger, Ian Carney, Cydne Clark, Cusi Cram, Sarah Durkee, Steve Granat, Carin Greenberg, Jonathan Greenberg, Peter Hirsch, Adam Idelson, Dave Ingham, Susan Kim, Catherine Lieuwen, Myles Mcleod, Allan Neuwirth, Sascha Paladino, Gabe Pulliam |
| Directed by | Darragh O'Connell, Henry Lenardin-Madden (uncredited) |
| Creative director(s) | 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(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 116 + 12 specials |
| Executive producer(s) | Kurt Mueller, Stephanie Simpson, Cathal Gaffney, Darragh O'Connell, Jackie Edwards (CBeebies) |
| Producer(s) | Adam Idelson, Karen Ialacci, Gillian Higgins |
| Running time | 65 x 11 minutes, 3 x 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Chorion (2010–12), Silvergate Media (2012–present), Brown Bag Films (2010–2018), Mainframe Studios (2020–present) |
| Original network | CBeebies |
| First shown in | France |
| Netflix ID | 80020935 |
About The Octonauts
Children's animated series about a team of undersea explorers who are always ready to take on their next adventure. The crew is led by their fearless leader Captain Barnacles the bear. The series is based on the book series of the same name.
Achievement of The Octonauts
Marine biologists Dr. Lara A. Ferry-Graham and Dr. Michael H. Graham served as consultants. They previously worked on the underwater adventure Finding Nemo.
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Latest information about The Octonauts updated on July 28 2021.
