Havakazoo is a British pre-school television series which aired on Channel 5's Milkshake strand.
[1] Originally, Havakazoo was created as a flagship show for Channel 5's strand for children, Milkshake!.
Folk musician Vo Fletcher was approached to write a number of songs after his successful children's album 'Spaceman Sid'.
The presenters would frequently invite the younger viewers to participate at home by showing them how to make something.
A half-hour episode also aired on weekends with the character Messy acting as a mascot introducing a selection of shows from the strand, telling jokes, questions, and showing a picture of any Havakazoo or non-Havakazoo characters that was drawn by a child with Vo playing with his guitar at a background in each link.
A segment showing a cartoon style camcorder called 'Nosey' was introduced to show clips from the outside world as to how things worked (e.g. a steam train or a washing machine), how things were made (e.g. pre-packaged sandwiches or bread) or children doing activities (eg.
Presenter, Naomi Wilkinson was introduced as "Patrica" and comedian and pantomime actor Andy Ford as Patrick the baker.
Vo Fletcher appeared regularly with his guitar in series One having also written the title music for the show.
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