Yoho Ahoy "A Very Yoho Christmas" (lost Christmas special of CBeebies series; 2001)

The only known screenshot of the special.

Status: Lost

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 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 & in Poland, it aired on Polsat. Out of all the 59 known episodes, a Christmas special episode was made.

Availability

No footage from the special has known to resurface, aside from a promotional screenshot. It was aired on BBC Choice on December 25, 2001. The episode had the following description: "This holiday season. It was Christmas time with Bilge, Cutlass, Swab, Poop, Jones, Grog, Plank, Plunder, Booty, Flamingo, The Sun, Parrot, The Rats, The Moon, Cat, & Crow, also narrated by Tim Woodward: (audiobooks only). Welcome! Are you ready to decorate Christmas, play some Christmas music, decorate the Christmas lights, singing some Christmas carols, etc.?" A song was allegedly known to have been played during the episode, although this has yet to be confirmed. On the other side, some people think there was no such Christmas special & was a hoax. The special has yet to resurface.

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Footage

Tyeahoy's video on the subject.