Yukee: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The show is a series about the sheer joy of making a noise with friends and reminds us that ‘music is for everyone', as well as having themes of community, friendship, and cooperation at its heart. Yukee offers young audiences a gentle, child-centred introduction to music education and exposes them to simple, yet fundamental musical concepts that will form a strong foundation for lifelong learning and enjoyment of music - beat, rhythm, pitch, tempo, timbre, form, dynamics, expression and style.

Yukee herself is of Northern Ireland and Chinese heritage - and in every episode takes her own beloved red ukulele into a magical garden filled with instrument playing animal friends. Music adventures are never far away, and song ideas can come from anywhere in the garden - be it the rhythmic pitter patter of raindrops, or a gang of passing ants stomping their tiny feet to a steady beat.

Series details

• Title: Yukee
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children, Music
• Premiere date: 2024-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-01-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 7 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 74501
• IMDb ID: tt31317324
• TVDB ID: 446124

Cast and credited roles

• Nina He — Yukee
• Penelope Rawlins — Taptap
• Dominique Moore — Twinkle
• Ben Bailey Smith — Toad
• Phillip Sacramento — Stripes
• T.J. Ramini — Sonny

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-02-05; final listed air date 2025-01-01; episode order: 52.

Source and licence

Adapted from Yukee on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.