Octonauts

A team of brave underwater explorers known as the Octonauts combs the world's oceans for aquatic creatures in desperate need of assistance.

Sound the Octo-Alert!

The Octonauts are a crew of eight adorable animals who explore the ocean in search of adventure and fun! From their undersea Octopod base, the eight talented critters—including Captain Barnacles, a valiant polar bear, Kwazii, a daredevil kitten, and Peso, a big-hearted penguin—are always ready to embark on new exciting missions.

Based on the children's books written by Meomi, the design team of Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy, the Octonauts follows the adventures of eight crew members encountering unusual but real sea creatures as they explore strange underwater worlds. Often they must discover vital biological or behavioral facts about the creatures to rescue them or themselves from danger. 

The series was made with the help of marine biologists Dr. Lara A. Ferry-Graham and Dr. Michael H. Graham, who had previously worked on Finding Nemo.

Octonauts was produced for Chorion in series 1 and Silvergate Media starting from series 2 and premiered on CBeebies on October 4, 2010 where it became an instant hit with pre-school audiences. 

The series has since aired around the world in more than 100 countries, including on ABC (Australia), RTE (Ireland), Disney Junior (USA), Super RTL (Germany), TF1 (France), TV2 (Norway), YLE (Finland), Discovery Kids (South America), Disney Junior (South East Asia) and many more.

Brown Bag Films completed production on seasons 1 to 4 of Octonauts which are available to stream on BBC iPlayer (in the UK), ABC iView and Netflix.

Octonauts in their Gup-A vehicle
Two killer whales swimming next to the Octopod
Kwazii, Captain Barnacles and Peso swimming with some blue and yellow fish
Kwazii standing on a vehicle
Kwazii relaxing and sipping a drink in a hammock
Kwazii, Captain Barnacles, Peso running down a hallway
Kwazii looking at a snake in the swamp
The Octonauts in a swampy area
The Octonauts standing in a coral reef
The Octonauts in their vehicles navigating through the Mariana Trench
The Gup-A vehicle in a dark part of the ocean
Shellington and Tweak with a leafy green background
The Octonauts Kwazii, Peso and Captain Barnacles in the Gup-A vehicle
Credits

Based on the books by Meomi
Director: Darragh O'Connell
Produced by: Gillian Higgins, Karen Ialacci
Executive Producers: Cathal Gaffney, Kurt Mueller, Michael Murphy, Vicki Wong, Darragh O'Connell, Stephanie Simpson
Art Directors: Stephen Robinson, Stephen O'Connor
Animation Directors: Nicky Phelan, Declan Doyle

CG Supervisor: James Stacey
Head Writer: Stephanie Simpson
Music by: Darren Hendley
Duration: 116 x 11 min, 9 x 22 min
Year of Production: 2010