Toot the Tiny Tugboat facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Toot the Tiny Tugboat
Genre	Preschool Animated Series
Based on	The original Toot and Pop! picture book by Sebastien Braun
Written by	Ian Carney Andrew Bernhardt Jo Clegg Alison Gentleman Stuart Kenworthy Moya O’Shea Paul Parkes Kate Scott
Directed by	Matthew Hood
Starring	Osian Gatehouse John Hasler Menna Spittle Emma Tate Keith Wickham Duncan Wisbey Seema Bowri
Composer(s)	Ben Lee-Delisle Paul Kissaun
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jon Rennie
Producer(s)	Camilla Deakin Ruth Fielding
Production location(s)	Animated in Cardiff
Editor(s)	Garry Smith
Running time	11 mins
Production company(s)	Toot Enterprises Cloth Cat Animation Lupus Films Boom Kids
Distributor	Twofour Rights Bejuba Entertainment
Release
Original network	Channel 5 Milkshake!
Picture format	16:9 High Definition
Original release	20 October 2014 - present

Toot the Tiny Tugboat is a British 2D-animated preschool television series developed from Sebastien Braun’s Toot and Pop! picture book by Lupus Films and animated by Cloth Cat Animation. The series has been airing on Channel 5 Milkshake! since October 2014, and started showing on the 9am time slot from October 2015. Additionally, the series broadcasts on the Cartoonito channel, with the Welsh language version airing on S4C Cyw. The series is also available on UK Netflix.

The show follows the nautical adventures of a young tugboat called Toot as he helps out with jobs around the harbour, with episodes involving themes such as taking responsibility, respecting wildlife, being a good friend, helping those in need, working in a team and believing in yourself. The large cast of characters includes other boats, seaside animals, harbourside workers, the Harbour Master and his twin grandchildren Bethan and Caleb.

Toot’s catchphrase is “Heave-ho, let’s go!”.

Broadcast

An image of Toot and some of the characters from the Harbour.

Merchandise

Books

The series was developed from an original picture book by Sebastien Braun called Toot and Pop!.

Apps

The first official Toot app, Toot’s Harbour, was created by Thud Media and released in the Apple iOS App Store in March 2015. The open-world exploration game allows pre-school players to sail Toot around the Harbour in 3D, meeting friends, playing mini-games, towing boats and collecting rewards along the way. Toot's Race was the second, where you play as Toot, racing around the harbour, overtaking others like Hattie, the Posh Yachts, Paula, Marge, H.P. and more. The other characters will watch the race, like Ol' Graham, Pop, Bryan and more.

Cinema

Toot the Tiny Tugboat has been screened at Picturehouse Cinemas around the UK as part of Toddler Time, a cinema experience specially designed for very young children and their families.

Awards

Festivals