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| Peep and the Big Wide World | |
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| Also known as | Peep |
| Genre | Educational Children's television series Comedy |
| Created by | Kaj Pindal[1][2] |
| Directed by | Rick Marshall |
| Voices of | Scott Beaudin (1-3) Shawn Molko (4) Maxwell Uretsky (5) Jamie Watson Amanda Soha |
| Narrated by | Joan Cusack |
| Theme music composer | Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins |
| Opening theme | "Peep and the Big Wide World" performed by Taj Mahal |
| Ending theme | "Peep and the Big Wide World" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 60 (235 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kate Taylor |
| Producers | Vince Commisso Marisa Wolsky |
| Running time | 22–25 minutes |
| Production companies | WGBH Boston 9 Story Entertainment Eggbox LLC National Film Board of Canada |
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| Network | TVOKids (Canada) TLC (2004–08) and Discovery Kids (2004–10) (seasons 1-3) (U.S.) PBS Kids Member Stations (seasons 4-5) (U.S.) |
| Release | April 12, 2004 – September 14, 2007 (seasons 1-3) |
| Release | February 2, 2010 – October 14, 2011 (seasons 4-5) |
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Peep and the Big Wide World (PATBWW) is an animated children's television series created by Danish-Canadian animator Kaj Pindal. It revolves around the lives of Peep, Chirp, and Quack, as viewers discover, investigate, and explore the world around them.[3]
The show was based on the 1988 short film of the same name produced by the National Film Board of Canada,[4] which itself is based on the 1962 short film The Peep Show,[5] also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The series premiered on April 12, 2004, on Discovery Kids and on TLC as part of their Ready Set Learn! children's block in the United States, and on TVOKids in Canada. It was produced by WGBH Boston (through its kids division WGBH Kids) and 9 Story Media Group (formerly 9 Story Entertainment; in its debut production), in association with TVOntario and Discovery Kids and is distributed by Alliance Atlantis (through AAC Kids).
Carriage on the Discovery children's networks ended on October 10, 2010 with the discontinuation of Ready Set Learn! and the replacement of Discovery Kids with The Hub, and now, Discovery Family. The series was offered to public television stations via independent public television distributor American Public Television from April 1, 2007,[6][7] through January 3, 2018.[8] Beginning January 1, 2018, the series was distributed by PBS Kids.[9] U.S. broadcasts ended December 26, 2021.
Throughout its run, it has been underwritten by the National Science Foundation,[10][11][12] with Northrop Grumman underwriting season four in 2010.
Each episode consists of two 9-minute stories, which are animated segments, and two 2-minute live action segments, in which children explore and demonstrate the same topic presented in the animated segment. The show is narrated by Joan Cusack.[13]
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- ^ Lerner, Loren Ruth (1997). Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature, Volume 1. University of Toronto Press. p. 218. ISBN 0802029884.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ "Peep and the Big Wide World". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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- ^ "PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD - American Public Television". www.aptonline.org. Archived from the original on 6 November 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "PEEP and the Big Wide World: FAQ". www.peepandthebigwideworld.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
And, starting in April 2007, look for PEEP on your local public television station.
- ^ "PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD II/POCOYO | American Public Television". www.aptonline.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine". issuu.com (January 2018): 22. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0104700 - "Peep and the Big Wide World:" A Television Science Series for Three to Five Year Olds". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0540273 - Peep and the Big Wide World (Season 3)". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0741644 - Peep and The Big Wide World 'Anywhere Math' Initiative, Season 4". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Learn about teaching science and math to Preschoolers with PEEP | Peep". 2023-05-29. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-12-11.