Messy Goes to OKIDO

Messy Goes to OKIDO is a 2015 animated series for children, adapted from characters in OKIDO, a children's arts and science magazine. Inquisitive monster Messy, voiced by Adam Buxton, has adventures with his best friends Zoe and Felix in the colourful world of OKIDO.^[2] The first series aired in 2015 premiering on the BBC channel CBeebies, followed by the second in 2018, and the third in 2022. HBO Max and Serious Kids acquired worldwide distribution rights to all three seasons in 2022.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Messy Goes to OKIDO
"When you need to know, go to OKIDO!" - Messy
Genre	Children's animation
Based on	OKIDO Magazine
Directed by	Liz Whitaker Paul Donnellon
Starring	Adam Buxton Kate Harbour Shelley Longworth Rob Rackstraw Sam Ryder^[1]
Theme music composer	Sam Britton and Will Worsley
Opening theme	Messy Goes to OKIDO
Ending theme	Messy Goes to OKIDO
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	104
Production
Executive producers	Julius Coke Amanda Billings
Producers	Genevieve Dexter Alice Britton Megan Martin
Running time	11 minutes (approx.)
Production companies	Doodle Productions Rooks Nest Entertainment Eye Present (formerly Squint/Opera)
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	7 September 2015 (2015-09-07) – 18 January 2023 (2023-01-18)

Development

The concept was picked up by London-based CG studio Squint/Opera. Working with Squint/Opera the concept was developed and re-imagined as a 52 part children's show combining live action footage with 3D renderings of Messy, his friends and the world of OKIDO.

The show aims to tackle a scientific topic in each episode, beginning with a question posed by Messy, for example: why do some things float and some things sink? He travels to OKIDO to discover the answers with the help of his friends Zoe & Felix and science trio Zim, Zam & Zoom who all have specific abilities which help them in their adventures.

Characters

Messy

Messy (Adam Buxton) is a blue monster, excitable and curious. He lives underneath a bed and ventures out often to discover new things and learn. Whilst Messy means well his excitement can often land him in trouble, he can't control his urge to push buttons and can never get enough of eating socks (green socks are his preferred snack) and sandwiches. Whenever Messy finds something new that he's curious about, he travels to OKIDO to meet his friends and discover the answer.

Zoe

Zoe (Kate Harbour) is one of Messy's best friends who lives in OKIDO with her brother Felix. Zoe is very smart and sensible, she hates being late and getting lost but has a passion for gadgets and gizmos, her favourite is her communications watch which she can use to call Zim, Zam & Zoom.

Felix

Felix (Shelley Longworth) is one of Messy's best friends who lives in OKIDO with his sister Zoe. Felix loves using his imagination, being inventive and being prepared. He always packs a rucksack with useful things to help on their adventures.

Zim

Zim (Rob Rackstraw) is a yellow talking computer with a white screen who knows a lot about science. He works in the ZZZ Tower with Zam and Zoom. Zim is not very good at practical things like reading maps and this often leads to disagreements with Zam. Whenever Zim gets confused his screen starts buffering.

Zam

Zam (Kate Harbour) is a triangle-shaped engineer who is brilliant at fixing things; she also works in the ZZZ Tower. She is quite bossy and sometimes tells Zim off if he is getting in the way. Zam uses her tools to make all kinds of gadgets and vehicles. Zam also loves doing experiments, particularly when they blow up.

Zoom

Zoom is Zim and Zam's lab assistant. Zoom can morph into any shape he wants as long as it is not bigger than his body. This is very useful when the OKIDO gang are on an adventure. He doesn't speak but can make noises. Zoom is the only character, aside from Messy, to appear in every episode.

Other characters

Mayor Oki is the Mayor of OKIDO, has his own TV show called OKIDO Today and a private jet 'Mayor-Force-One'.

Lolly runs the ice-cream van and beach cafe. She is very friendly and chilled out.

Geoffrey owns the OKIDO cafe. He used to be an actor but one day forgot his lines and has never acted again.

Snowden is a friendly, fun-loving monster that lives in the snowy mountains.

Fluff is a big white cloud from the mountains, she is very calm, sweet and kind.

Stan Tall, also known as Stan, is OKIDO's biggest, strongest robot.^[7]

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	52		7 September 2015	6 June 2016
2	26		22 October 2018	30 October 2019
3	26		21 November 2022	18 January 2023

Episodes

Series 1 (2015-2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Moon Landing"	Melanie Halsall	7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)	101
Messy accidentally drops his jam sandwich, but why did it fall down and not up?
2	2	"Felix Finds His Voice"	Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson	8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)	102
Messy hears a bird outside his window, but he can't understand what the bird is saying.
3	3	"OKIDO in Bloom"	Emma Boucher	9 September 2015 (2015-09-09)	103
Messy watches his sandcastle get washed away. Why does it have to rain?
4	4	"Tastebuddies"	Samantha Hill	10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)	104
Messy discovers that things just don't taste the same when he has a cold.
5	5	"Messy's Lost Balloon"	Gabby Dawnay	11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)	105
Messy finds out what's inside balloons to make them float up high into the sky.
6	6	"Float or Sink"	Stuart Beale	14 September 2015 (2015-09-14)	106
Why does Messy's rubber duck float instead of sink?
7	7	"Bouncing Batwaves"	Charles Hodges	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	107
Messy is having fun blowing loud notes through his horn.
8	8	"Cavity Cave"	Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh	16 September 2015 (2015-09-16)	108
Messy brushes his teeth, but why must we use toothpaste and a toothbrush?
9	9	"A Rainy Sunny Day"	Neil Bennun	17 September 2015 (2015-09-17)	109
Messy can see something amazing outside his window. A beautiful arch of colours.
10	10	"Messy-morphosis"	Stuart Beale	18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	110
Messy monster can't find his caterpillar friends. Where did they go?
11	11	"Thirsty Robot"	Melanie Halsall	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	111
Messy monster can't work out why his cart won't move.
12	12	"Mr Kite Takes Flight"	Ian Carney	22 September 2015 (2015-09-22)	112
Messy monster goes to OKIDO to find out why the wind is so blowy.
13	13	"Weepy"	Rebecca Stevens	23 September 2015 (2015-09-23)	113
Messy finds a very dusty sock underneath his bed, but why does it make him teary?
14	14	"Gills"	Samantha Hill	24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)	114
Messy wants to know how his goldfish friend can stay underwater for so long.
15	15	"Paperchase"	Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)	115
Messy has a pair of green socks waiting for him. He eats one, but where is the second?
16	16	"Lolly's Keys"	Neil Richards	28 September 2015 (2015-09-28)	116
Messy monster is having breakfast and sees objects on the fridge. Why don't they fall off?
17	17	"Ice Ice Messy"	Darren Jones	29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)	117
Messy's new friend is in a spot of hot bother! They go on an icy adventure to help.
18	18	"A Messy Night Before Christmas"	Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson	15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)	118
Messy can't wait for Christmas Day. He learns that a good night's sleep is important.
19	19	"A Night at the Circuits"	Neil Richards	30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)	119
Messy and his friends explore the electrical world of circuits to fix Zoe's communicator.
20	20	"Messy-Power"	Emma Boucher	1 October 2015 (2015-10-01)	120
Hey, who turned out the lights? Messy goes to OKIDO and finds out about electricity.
21	21	"Planet Wobble"	Joel Jessup	2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)	121
Messy and friends rocket into space, but Messy sends OKIDO's seasons into chaos!
22	22	"Alien Television"	Neil Richards	5 October 2015 (2015-10-05)	122
Aliens on OKIDO telly? Skateboarders in the satellite?! Everything's upside down!
23	23	"Comet"	Neil Richards	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)	123
Messy has to save OKIDO from a falling comet before his bedtime!
24	24	"Bee Story"	Rebecca Stevens	7 October 2015 (2015-10-07)	124
Where are all the bees? Messy and friends meet bee royalty and save the day!
25	25	"Tiny Sandwiches"	Neil Bennun	8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)	125
Messy joins Zim and his friends on a mission inside a sandwich to photograph some atoms.
26	26	"Big Hearted Messy"	Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson	9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)	126
Messy and friends need to get Lofty's heart pumping and celebrate his birthday!
27	27	"Building Bridges"	Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh	2 May 2016 (2016-05-02)	127
Messy and his friends are joined by a group of robots when they build a bridge.
28	28	"Cheesy Feet"	Gabby Dawnay	3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)	128
Messy thinks smelly socks and cheesy feet are great, until Lofty's feel start to smell.
29	29	"Colours"	Jon Groves	4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)	129
Messy is left feeling blue when the vacubots suck all the colour out of OKIDO.
30	30	"Habitat"	Neil Bennun	5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)	130
When the Cloudship soars off, it's up to Messy to return it to its natural habitat.
31	31	"Mayor Force One"	Neil Bennun	6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)	131
Messy gets to fly Mayor Oki's plane, but he crash-lands it in a tree!
32	32	"Vivienne Blows Her Top"	Rebecca Stevens	9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)	132
Messy and his friends have animals to save when Vivienne Volcano gets a rumbly tummy!
33	33	"Fossil Puzzle"	Ian Carney	10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)	133
Messy is bored of his dino-jigsaw, so his friends help him with a real prehistoric puzzle!
34	34	"Funny Bones"	Emma Boucher	11 May 2016 (2016-05-11)	134
Lofty has a broken finger. Messy saves the day and discovers that bones are amazing.
35	35	"Messy Antics"	Stuart Beale	12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)	135
During Mayor Oki's birthday picnic, Messy gets into trouble with Zam's shrinkasizer.
36	36	"Spidermessy"	Stuart Beale	13 May 2016 (2016-05-13)	136
Messy goes to OKIDO and helps his friends mend Loopy Bridge.
37	37	"Dizzy"	Jon Groves	16 May 2016 (2016-05-16)	137
Messy and friends go on a rollercoaster and figure out why Stan Tall is in such a spin!
38	38	"Me and My Shadow"	Dan Berlinka and Sean Carson	17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)	138
When Messy breaks the lighthouse, things get shady. But he and his friends save the day!
39	39	"A Case of the Lightnings"	Neil Bennun	18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)	139
Messy and friends visit Fluff the Cloud's family.
40	40	"Okidoasis"	Samantha Hill	19 May 2016 (2016-05-19)	140
Messy goes to OKIDO to help his friends solve the mystery of the dried-up oasis.
41	41	"Messy Music"	Jon Groves	20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)	141
Messy and friends must play the OKIDO concert.
42	42	"A Sock Too Far"	Neil Richards	23 May 2016 (2016-05-23)	142
Messy and his friends go camping with a robot who can do anything.
43	43	"Rumbly Tummy"	Gabby Dawnay	24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)	143
Messy's tummy is rumbling and so is Lofty the giant's!
44	44	"Rub-a-Dub Messy"	Sean Carson	25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)	144
Messy and friends discover how levers work.
45	45	"Splish Splash Splosh"	Rebecca Stevens	26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)	145
Messy and his friends must help to wash OKIDO clean of all the bad germs flying around.
46	46	"Eye Spy"	Sean Carson	27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)	146
Messy and friends explore the forest with Tweedy.
47	47	"Snowflakes"	Neil Richards	30 May 2016 (2016-05-30)	147
Messy wants to chill out in the snow, so he's lucky when the snowflakes come out to play!
48	48	"Wiggly Worms"	Emma Boucher	31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)	148
When Mayor Oki's pumpkins aren't big enough Messy and his friends muck in to save the day!
49	49	"Second Chances"	Andrew Barnett Jones and Ciaran Murtagh	1 June 2016 (2016-06-01)	149
Messy helps his friends find Zoe's lost communicator, which has ended up in the recycling.
50	50	"Messy Races"	Neil Bennun	2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)	150
Messy and friends enter a race in OKIDO and the various vehicles speed off!
51	51	"Giant Messy"	Jon Groves	3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)	151
Messy and friends go to the funfair and they end up in a giant mess with mini Mini!
52	52	"Tick Tock Messy"	Neil Richards	6 June 2016 (2016-06-06)	152
Messy goes to OKIDO to play with Zim and Zam's new discovery.

Series 2 (2018-2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
53	1	"Glow Messy"	Neil Richards	22 October 2018 (2018-10-22)	201
Messy, Felix, Zoe and Zoom go in search of a light that never goes out.
54	2	"Vote OKIDO"	Neil Bennun	23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)	202
Mayor Oki and Geoffrey make a lot of noise in an election for the next mayor of OKIDO.
55	3	"Snowden's Ear-mergency"	Neil Bennun	24 October 2018 (2018-10-24)	203
Snowden has lost his pine cone ears and he can't hear a thing!
56	4	"A Touch of Sock"	Neil Bennun	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)	204
Messy and his friends try to help a robot who has no sense of touch.
57	5	"Messy Has a Hoot"	Emma Boucher	26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)	205
Messy and his friends go camping in OKIDO Forest and meet some nocturnal animals.
58	6	"Sparkly Messy"	Neil Richards	29 October 2018 (2018-10-29)	206
An amazing cave may contain the perfect material for OKIDO's most famous sculptor, Zinnie.
59	7	"Journey to Socktropolis"	Emma Boucher	30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	207
Zam tries out her new navigator, which the friends use to find Socktropolis.
60	8	"Messy Migration"	Gabby Dawnay	31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)	208
A little turtle gets stranded on the beach in OKIDO.
61	9	"The Sun in a Bucket"	Neil Richards	1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)	209
When the sun mysteriously disappears, Messy zooms up to space to find out what's going on.
62	10	"Ex-Static Messy"	Rebecca Stevens	2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)	210
Messy's fur is all spikey and everything's getting stuck together!
63	11	"Nimby Goes to Cloud Club"	Gabby Dawnay	5 November 2018 (2018-11-05)	211
Messy and his friends come up with a plan to help Nimby overcome his nerves.
64	12	"A Touch of the Fogs"	Neil Bennun	6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	212
Everyone in OKIDO wants to see the dolphins dance at Vivienne Volcano's island.
65	13	"Geoffrey Kneads a Hand"	Neil Richards	7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)	213
A spot of baking with Geoffrey goes awry when Messy gets the quantities wrong.
66	14	"A Mayor Too Far"	Neil Bennun	14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)	214
Strawberries, mayors and Zam's latest invention help Messy find out more about himself.
67	15	"Blue Skies Ahead"	Neil Bennun	15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)	215
The friends go on a trip in the rocket to find out why OKIDO's sky has turned so red.
68	16	"Sweet Sticky Messy"	Emma Boucher	16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)	216
Why are the bees upset about Mayor Oki's popular new perfume?
69	17	"Messy Moves a Mountain"	Gabby Dawnay	17 October 2019 (2019-10-17)	217
Rocky Mountain wants to visit the beach, so Messy and his friends come up with a plan.
70	18	"Carroty Carrots"	Neil Bennun	18 October 2019 (2019-10-18)	218
Things go wrong when Messy and his friends help make the biggest birthday cake ever.
71	19	"Bubble Trouble"	Dan Haythorn	21 October 2019 (2019-10-21)	219
Things start to go a bit wrong when Zam invents a super-strong bubble machine.
72	20	"Supersonic Messy"	Rebecca Stevens	22 October 2019 (2019-10-22)	220
Jealous of the new RoboCar and its super-fast speeds, Okidoodle tries to catch up with it.
73	21	"Muscly Messy"	Emma Boucher	23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)	221
Messy and Zam race each other at the OKIDO Oki-lympics.
74	22	"Messy Mega Power"	Rebecca Stevens	24 October 2019 (2019-10-24)	222
When OKIDO's electricity runs out, can Messy find a way of powering an Oki-dokis concert?
75	23	"Messy's Pixel Power"	Dan Haythorn	25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)	223
How do pictures and cartoons get onto screens and TVs? OKIDO holds the answers.
76	24	"Sneezy Wheezy"	Gabby Dawnay	28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)	224
Messy and his friends investigate the mysterious sound keeping everyone in OKIDO awake.
77	25	"The Gloria Express"	Rebecca Stevens	29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	225
With OKIDO's trains halted by leaves on the line, can the mayor get to his lunch in time?
78	26	"Zoom Has a Dream"	Neil Richards	30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)	226
Zam invents a machine that makes it possible to enter other people's dreams.

Series 3 (2022-2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date
79	1	"Tummy Flutters"	Emma Boucher	21 November 2022 (2022-11-21)
Can Messy conquer his tummy flutters so he can perform a triple flip at the OKIDO circus?
80	2	"Hiccups"	Emma Boucher	22 November 2022 (2022-11-22)
Messy's hiccups cause a landslide while out on a nature walk. Will he find his way home?
81	3	"Pongberry"	Neil Bennun	23 November 2022 (2022-11-23)
Messy has to deliver a giant pongberry to the Pongberry Pie Festival before it goes off.
82	4	"Weather Balloons"	Dan Haythorn	24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)
Messy, Zoom and Zim fly through the skies to track down Zim's missing weather balloons.
83	5	"Musical Statues"	Mariama Ives-Moiba	25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)
Messy gets pins and needles and causes chaos at the OKIDO musical statues competition.
84	6	"Monster Popcorn"	Dilpreet Kaur Walia	28 November 2022 (2022-11-28)
A giant popcorn is on the loose in OKIDO. Will Messy and Zoom be able to stop it?
85	7	"Down the Drain"	Emma Boucher	29 November 2022 (2022-11-29)
Messy and his friends go on a white-water adventure down the drain.
86	8	"Memory Game"	Dan Haythorn	30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)
Messy goes to OKIDO and learns how to jog his memory.
87	9	"Rise of the Vacubots"	Neil Bennun	1 December 2022 (2022-12-01)
Messy goes to OKIDO to find out why vacuum cleaners are so noisy.
88	10	"Itchy"	Rebecca Stevens	2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
Vivienne Volcano has an itch, and it's up to Messy to help before she blows her top.
89	11	"The Great Okido Challenge"	Sara Daddy	5 December 2022 (2022-12-05)
Messy wants to run further, but he keeps getting out of breath.
90	12	"Messy Needs a Fur Cut"	Adam Redfern	6 December 2022 (2022-12-06)
Messy accidentally sets Farmer Fuddle's sheep loose.
91	13	"Full of Beans"	Neil Bennun	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
Messy learns how food gives us energy.
92	14	"Chattering Teeth"	Mariama Ives-Moiba	2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
After causing a mini avalanche, Messy must help Lofty dig out the entrance to his cave.
93	15	"Messy's Missing Treasure"	Dilpreet Kaur Walia	3 January 2023 (2023-01-03)
Mayor Oki wants to dress to impress the visiting mayor with a gemstone-encrusted chain.
94	16	"The Okido Fizz War"	Neil Bennun	4 January 2023 (2023-01-04)
Mayor Oki and Geoffrey get competitive. Whose fizzy water will come out on top?
95	17	"Rusty Robot"	Mariama Ives-Moiba	5 January 2023 (2023-01-05)
When Stan Tall starts to develop rust, it's up to Messy to help.
96	18	"Messy Cake Off"	Gabby Dawnay	6 January 2023 (2023-01-06)
It's the Great OKIDO Cake Off, and Messy is sure he knows how to bake the best cake.
97	19	"Micro Okido"	Neil Bennun	9 January 2023 (2023-01-09)
Zim and Zam have discovered the lost city of Micro OKIDO.
98	20	"Sleepless in Okido"	Liam Swann	10 January 2023 (2023-01-10)
It's the Great OKIDO Sleepover, but there is a loud noise keeping Messy awake.
99	21	"Wobbly Tower"	Dan Haythorn	11 January 2023 (2023-01-11)
Mayor Oki wants to build a new tower and hires Messy to be his master builder.
100	22	"Messy Gets Clean"	Emma Boucher	12 January 2023 (2023-01-12)
Messy learns just how much soap is too much when he travels to the Okido launderette.
101	23	"Space Cucumber"	Neil Bennun	13 January 2023 (2023-01-13)
Can there ever be such a thing as too much Messy? OKIDO is about to find out.
102	24	"Messy Breaks the Brakes"	Adam Redfern	16 January 2023 (2023-01-16)
Will Messy be able to stop a runaway float?
103	25	"Slippery Messy"	Dan Haythorn	17 January 2023 (2023-01-17)
OKIDO is covered in ice, and Messy must find a way to melt it before it's too late.
104	26	"The Big Bang"	Emma Boucher	18 January 2023 (2023-01-18)
Messy travels back to the start of the universe to find out where everything came from.

References

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External links

• OKIDO website
• OKIDO Official YouTube
• Messy goes to Okido at IMDb  
• HBO Max Still Purging Content