Peppa Pig
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| Peppa Pig | |
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| Genre | Children |
| Created by | Neville Astley Mark Baker |
| Written by | Neville Astley Mark Baker Phillip Hall |
| Directed by | Neville Astley Mark Baker Phillip Hall (2011) Joris van Hulzen (2011) |
| Starring | Harley Bird (2009-2011) Cecily Bloom (2006) Lily Snowden-Fine (2004) John Sparkes Morwenna Banks Richard Ridings George Stoyle Alice May David Graham Frances White David Rintoul Hazel Rudd (2004) Bethan Lindsay (2006) Meg Hall George Woolford Harrison Oldroyd Sian Taylor Julia Moss Eloise May Zoe Baker Emma Watson Sarah Ann Kennedy Andy Hamilton Brian Blessed Dominic Byrne |
| Theme music composer | Julian Nott |
| Composer | Julian Nott |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 196 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Phil Davies |
| Production location | Animated in London |
| Running time | 182 x 5 minutes 1 x 10 minutes |
| Production companies | Astley Baker Davies Ltd Rubber Duck Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | UK: Channel 5, Nick Jr. USA: Nick Jr. |
| Release | 31 May 2004 – present |
Peppa Pig is a British animated television series created directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies and distributed by E1 Kids. To date, three series have been aired. It is shown in 180 territories.[1]
Background
Peppa Pig is a children's television programme broadcasting on Channel 5/Nick Jr. in the UK and Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. in USA. 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. Peppa's friends are the same age as her, and Peppa's younger brother George's friend Richard is the same age as him. Episodes tend to feature everyday activities such as attending playgroup, going swimming, visiting their grandparents, going to the play ground or riding 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, the other animals make their respective noises when they talk, with some exhibiting other characteristics, such as the Rabbit family's 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. Although most animals are anthropomorphic, some are not, for example, the ducks and Tiddles the tortoise.
The first series of 52 five-minute episodes started on Channel 5 on 31 May 2004, and had its American premiere as part of Cartoon Network's Tickle-U preschool television programming block on 22 August 2005, and Noggin in December 2007 and January 2008, re-dubbed with American voices. In the United Kingdom, it can also be seen on Nick Jr., the same with Portugal, Italy, Benelux, Scandinavia and Australia. In Taiwan, the show can be seen on Playhouse Disney. The second series of 52 episodes began on Channel 5 on Monday 4 September 2006, with Cecily Bloom replacing Lily Snowden-Fine as Peppa, amongst other cast changes. The third series started broadcasting on the Channel 5 kids block, Milkshake! on 4 May 2009 with Harley Bird replacing Cecily Bloom and Lily Snowden-Fine as Peppa. Today in the U.S., Peppa Pig currently airs on Nick Jr.
The Pigs
| Granny Pig | Grandpa Pig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mummy Pig | Daddy Pig | Uncle Pig | Auntie Pig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peppa Pig | George Pig | Chloé Pig | Alexander Pig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Peppa Pig
- George Pig - George Pig is Peppa Pig's little brother. Is most often seen in possession of his toy dinosaur, Mr Dinosaur.
- Mummy Pig - She works at home on her PC.[2]
- Daddy Pig - He works with Mrs Cat and Mr Rabbit in a top floor office. He says his job is, "quite complicated - I take big numbers, transmute them and calculate their load-bearing tangents."[3] He appears to be a structural engineer or an architect, as in two episodes he is shown to be working on plans for domestic housing.,[4][5] whilst in another has an overdue library book about concrete.[6] Daddy Pig often claims to be "an expert" at many things, only some of which are proven to be the case. For example, Daddy Pig claims to be an expert at diving, and indeed is shown to be so in "Swimming", and is the reigning Olympic Puddle Jumping champion. He also claims to be an expert at speaking French, but is unable to understand Papa Donkey or read the letter sent by Delphine in "Pen Pal".
- Grandpa Pig (Mummy Pig's dad)
- Granny Pig (Mummy Pig's mum)
- Uncle Pig - Uncle Pig is Daddy Pig's brother.[7]
- Auntie Pig
- Chloé Pig - Chloé Pig is Peppa and George's cousin.
- Baby Alexander Pig - Baby Alexander Pig is Chloé's baby brother - first word ' Puddle. '[8] He cries all the time.
The Sheep
| Suzy Sheep | Mummy Sheep | ||||||||||||
Cast and global versions
| Version | Programme Title | Cast | Channels |
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| UK Version | "Peppa Pig" | Cast displayed above. | Milkshake! Nick Jr. Australia Nick Jr. UK Nick Jr. US RTÉjr Ireland |
| US Version | "Peppa Pig" | Nick Jr. | |
| Chinese Version | "Miss Pink Pig" | ||
| Croatian-language Version | "Praščić Pepa" | Nova TV | |
| Czech-language Version | "Prasátko Peppa" | ||
| Danish-language Version | "Gurli Gris" | DR | |
| Dutch-language Version | "Peppa Big" | ||
| Finnish-language Version | "Pipsa Possu" | Ursula Salo, Petri Summanen, Riitta Havukainen and Puntti Valtonen | |
| French-language Version | "Peppa Pig" | Aaricia Dubois, Michel Hinderyckx, Stéphane Escoffier, Félix Deepen and Pascal Racan | France 5 Tiji |
| Gaelic-language Version | "Peppa" | Eilidh Jenkins (Peppa), Iain MacRath (narrator), Ailig Dòmhnallach (Dadaidh Muc), Patsi NicChoinnich (Mamaidh Muc), Carina NicLeòid (Deòrsa) | BBC Alba |
| German-language Version | "Peppa Wutz" | Carolin von der Groeben (Peppa Wutz), Thomas Krause (narrator), Reinhard Schulat-Rademacher (Papa Wutz), Petra Glunz-Grosch (Mama Wutz), Ernst August Schepmann (Opa Wutz), Anke Tegtmeyer (Oma Wutz) | KI.KA and Die Maus |
| Italian-language Version | "Peppa Pig" | Tatiana Dessi (Peppa Pig), Gianni Bersanetti (narrator), Paolo Marchese (Papà Pig), Monica Gravina (Mamma Pig), Barbara Pitotti (George Pig) | Rai Yoyo Disney Junior (Italy) |
| Maltese Version | "Peppa l-Ħanżira" | ||
| Polish-language Version | "Świnka Peppa" | Magdalena Wasylik, Lucyna Malec, Robert Tondera and Krzysztof Mielańczuk | TVP1, MiniMini |
| Serbian-language Version | "Pepa Prase" | Voices: Jelena Đorđević, Ana Popović, Darko Tomović, Ana Marković, Marko Mrđenovic, Zoran Ćosić, Valentina Pavličić, Jelena Stoijljković, Ivana Aleksandrovic Ivee; Synchornization and sound: Studio Loudworks | TV ULTRA |
| Slovenian-language Version | "Pujsa Pepa" | Gregor Gruden, Barbara Cerar, Jernej Šugman and Maja Sever | |
| Spanish-language Version | "Diviértete con Pepa" | ||
| Swedish-language Version | "Greta Gris" | ||
| Welsh-language Version | "Peppa Pinc" | Translates into English as "Pink Peppa". All voices and narration by Caren Brown | S4C |
| Catalan-language Version | "Pepa, la porqueta" | Super3 | |
| Portuguese-language Version | "A Porquinha Peppa" | RTP1, RTP2, Canal Panda |
Episodes and DVD releases
Peppa Pig World Theme Park
Peppa Pig World opened on 9 April 2011 at Paultons Park, Hampshire, UK.
Merchandise
Peppa Pig, the Entertainment One (eOne) brand, grossed over £200 million in UK merchandise sales in 2010, far exceeding the 2009 figure of £100 million. Additionally, for the first time in the brand’s history, NPD figures for the year reveal that Peppa Pig was the number one pre-school property in the total toy market for 2010 - moving up four places from its previous position in 2009. Now in its seventh year, new licensees continue to join the Peppa Pig licensing programme, which currently has 63 licensees on board.[9]
In addition to episode DVDs, a variety of licensed Peppa Pig products is available, including video games and other toys such as playsets, playing cards, vehicles, and stuffed toys. There is also a series of books based on the character, one of which, Peppa Meets the Queen was written to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The line has also been expanded to include household items such as bathroom products, bed-linens, food, drink, clothing, and jewellery. Licensees include Holland Publishing in the United Kingdom.
Controversy
Peppa and her family did not wear seat belts in the first two series. After receiving several complaints, Astley Baker Davies announced that all future animation would include characters wearing seat belts, and that the relevant scenes in the first two series would be re-animated to include them.[10] Similar changes were also made to early episodes with characters riding bicycles to add cycle helmets, which were not included in the original versions. [11]
In April 2010, during the UK General Election campaign, E1 Entertainment confirmed Peppa would not be attending the launch of the UK Labour Party's families manifesto "in the interests of avoiding any controversy or misunderstanding". Peppa has been previously used to promote the Labour government's Sure Start programme.[1]
Awards
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- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2011 Winner for Best Pre-School Animation series
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2011 Winner for Best Performer (Harley Bird)
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2010, Nomination for Best Pre-School Animation
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2010, Nominated for Best Writing
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2009 Nomination for Best Pre-School Animation
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2009 Nomination for Best Writing
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2008 Nomination for Best Pre-School Animation
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2007 Nomination for Best Pre-School Animation
- Annecy Animation Festival 2005, Winner of the Grand Prize, The Crystal for Best TV Production
- Bradford Animation Festival 2005, Winner of Best Children’s Animation Series
- Cartoons on the Bay Festival 2005, Winner of Pulcinella Award for Best European Programme of the Year
- Cartoons on the Bay Festival 2005, Winner of Pulcinella Award for Best Pre-School Series
- Cartoons on the Bay Festival 2005, Children’s audience award for Best Pre-School series
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2005 Winner for Best Pre-School Animation series
- BAFTA Children’s Awards 2004 Nomination for Best Pre-School Animation
References
- ^ a b "Peppa Pig moved from Labour event". BBC News. 27 April 2010.
- ^ "Mummy Pig at Work", series 1, first broadcast 2004
- ^ "Daddy Pig's Office", series 2, first broadcast 2006
- ^ "Paper Aeroplanes", series 3, first broadcast 24 November 2010
- ^ "The New House", series 4, first broadcast 23 May 2011
- ^ "The Library", series 3, first broadcast 7 May 2009
- ^ "Chloe's Puppet Show", series 1, first broadcast 2004
- ^ "The Baby Piggy", series 2, first broadcast 2006
- ^ http://www.ltwmag.com/news/recordbreaking_year_for_peppa_pig.aspx
- ^ "Peppa Pig in seatbelt safety row". BBC. 15 January 2009.
- ^ http://www.licensing.biz/news/6467/ABD-adds-seatbelts-to-Peppa-Pig-episodes
External links
Channels
- Peppa Pig on Milkshake!
- Peppa Pig on Nick Jr. Australia
- Peppa Pig on Nick Jr. UK
- Peppa Pig on Nick Jr. US
Others
