Peppa Pig is a
British preschool animated television series directed and produced by
Astley Baker Davies, which originally aired on 6 May 2004, and is distributed by E1
Kids. To date, four series have been aired. It went on a hiatus for 2 years and 2 months before re-premiering on
14 February 2015. It is shown in
180 territories.
Peppa Pig is a childrens television programme broadcasting on
Channel 5 and
Nick Jr. in the UK,
Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. in the
USA,
ABC 4 Kids in
Australia and
Discovery Kids in
Latin America, including
Brazil. Each episode is approximately 5 minutes long. The show revolves around
Peppa, an anthropomorphic female pig, and her family and friends. Each of her friends is a different species of mammal. Peppas friends are the same age as she is, and Peppas younger brother
Georges friends are the same age as him.
Episodes tend to feature everyday activities such as attending playgroup, going swimming, visiting their grandparents, cousins, going to the playground or riding their bikes.
The characters wear clothes, live in houses, and drive cars, but still display some characteristics of the animals on which they are based. Peppa and her family snort like pigs during conversations in which they are speaking in
English, the other animals make their respective noises when they talk, with some exhibiting other characteristics, such as the
Rabbit familys communications of squeaking sounds and their enjoyment of carrots.
The Rabbits are also the sole exception to the rule of human-like habitation, in that they live in a burrow in a hill, although it does have windows and is furnished in the same way as the other houses. The characters also blush when embarrassed and their mouths are used to express other emotions such as sadness, happiness, irritation, bewilderment and confusion. Although the mammals are anthropomorphic, other animals are not, for example, the ducks, Tiddles the tortoise, and
Polly Parrot. In addition, the narrator of the series
John Sparkes reinforces the action and humour, saying things like Oh, dear when something unfortunate happens (such as
George starts crying) or
Look out! when a character is doing something unsafe (such as Peppa riding her bicycle without looking where shes going).
- published: 21 Feb 2016
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