Andy's Adventures

**Andy's Adventures** is a series of 14 minute television programs starring Andy Day, made by BBC Natural History and aired on CBeebies since February 2012. Each series is slightly different but follows the same format and name "*Andy's [ ] Adventures*". Six series have currently been produced as of 2023.

Most related content, not on television, is called **Andy's Amazing Adventures**.

## Andy's Television Adventures

### Andy's Wild Adventures

Andy works at Pickles Zoo with Kip the Cat and Mr Pickles his boss. He takes care of the Animals there. Whenever Andy needs something to take care of the zoo's animals, he and Kip use the Kip Mobile to fly around the world to collect it and they encounter many animals in the wild.

There were 40 episodes over two series. The first broadcast from 13 Febuary to 23 March 2012 and the second from 2 July to 31 August 2012.

### Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

Andy now works at the National Museum in the Dinosaur Gallery with Hatty. After part of an exhibit is damaged or need replacing, Andy travels back in time to age of Dinosaurs using the Old Museum Clock to find a replacement piece. He encounters many Dinosaurs and other creatures that lived at the same time.

There were 20 episodes released. It was broadcast from 17 February to 28 March 2014.

### Andy's Prehistoric Adventures

Following the same story as ADA, Andy is now the head of the (renamed) Prehistoric Gallery at the National Museum as Hatty no longer works there, but Andy has a new assistant Jen and a new boss Mrs Pickles and the Janitor. Andy continues to use the Old Museum Clock to find a replacement piece for damaged exhibits however he now travels back to find other prehistoric creatures from different eras, not just Dinosaurs.

There were 25 episodes released. It was broadcast from 8 Febuary to 17 June 2016.

### Andy's Safari Adventures

Andy now works at Safari World, the biggest and best wildlife park on the planet, with boss, Mr Hammond, and tech wizard Jen. When trouble strikes Andy jets off in his Safari Mobile to visit animals around the world in search of a solution.

There were 40 episodes over two series. The first broadcast from 12 Febuary to 18 May 2018 and the second from 11 February to 22 March 2019.

### Andy's Aquatic Adventures

Following the same story as ASA, Andy still works at Safari World, with Mr Hammond and Jen. However Andy now jets off in his Aqua-sub or the Safari-mobile to visit aquatic animals around the world in search of a solution.

There were 30 episodes over two series. The first broadcast from 10 February to 28 February 2020 and the second from 15 February to 5 March 2021.

### Andy's Global Adventures

Andy, Jen and their new teammate Scout, a flying robot, travel the world in their eco-friendly, hi-tech expedition truck, The Explorer. The trio go on a series of non-stop adventures, solving nature’s mysteries and discovering incredible animal behaviour across all seven continents of our planet.

There will be 30 episodes over two series. The first broadcast from February to March 2020.

## Andy's Amazing Adventures

### YouTube Channel

Clips, songs, spin-offs and episodes can be found on Andy's official Youtube Channel. Andy's Amazing Adventures was created 27 November 2019. @AndysAmazingAdvantures

### Live on Stage

Andy's Amazing Adventures Live on Stage is an Australian stage performance by Andy and others, based on the CBeebies television series of Andy's Adventures. Both the 2019 and 2023 tours were written and directed by Phil Gallagher (Mister Maker).

### Magazine

Andy's Amazing Adventures Magazine is a children's magazine released monthly, starting in February 2016. It features content and toys based on Andy's Wild Adventures/Dinosaur/Prehistoric/Safari/Aquatic Adventures. The magazines have a retail price of £2.75-4.99.

## Other Media

### Spin-offs

There are several related shorts that feature Andy doing similar activities (but not adventures).

* Andy's Secret Hideout
* Andy's Dinosaur Toybox
* Andy's Wild Workouts
* Andy's Baby Animals

### Other

Several games based on the shows have been released on the BBC website. Complete series releases of each series are available on DVD as well as assorted DVDs with a selection of episodes.

## Characters

* Andy Day as Andy
* Puja Panchkoty as Jen

* Harriet Carmichael as Kip the Cat
* Adam Astill as Mr Hammond
* Kate Copeland as Hatty
* Elaine Claxton as Mrs Pickles
* Alex Winters as Mr Pickles
* Les Bubb as. The Janitor
* Schoolchildren
* Ferne Corrigan as Scout

## Trivia

* All series of Andy's Adventures:
	+ Begin airing in February in their respective broadcast years.
	+ Use the same intro music and sequence (with altered lyrics and footage).
* There have been two series that follow a previous series' story with minor differences. Prehistoric Adventures and Aquatic Adventures which followed Dinosaur Adventures and Safari Adventures respectively.
* Wild, Safari, Aquatic, Global Adventures all had 2 series each. Dinosaur and Prehistoric Adventures only had a single series each.
* There has been a new series of Andy's Adventures every year since 2012 except in 2013, 2015 and 2017.