Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Developed by
  • Mike Young
  • Liz Young
  • John Over (season 3)
  • Sindy McKay-Swerdlove
Directed by
  • John Over (seasons 1–2)
  • Jeff Gordon (season 3)
Starring
Theme music composer
Composers
Country of origin
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Mike Young (seasons 1–2)
  • Stephanie Gougeon (seasons 1–2)
  • Louisa Stretton (season 1)
  • Daniel Isman (season 3)
  • Liz Young (season 3)
Producer
  • John Over
Running time23 minutes
30 minutes (original PBS broadcast)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 7, 2003 (2003-09-07) –
January 23, 2007 (2007-01-23)[1]
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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, or Jakers in Europe, is an animated children's television series. The series was broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States, and on CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom.[2] It was also broadcast in Australia on ABC Kids.[3] The series ran for three seasons and 52 episodes total from September 7, 2003, to January 23, 2007, with reruns airing through August 31, 2008. Reruns aired on the Qubo television network from June 30, 2012 to March 26, 2017.

The show chronicles the boyhood adventures of Piggley Winks, an anthropomorphic pig from Ireland, and how he relates these stories to his grandchildren as a grandfather in the modern day.[4] Many of the stories takes place on the Winks family's farm, Raloo Farm, located in the village of Tara. The word "jakers" was originally a euphemism for "Jesus" in much of Ireland during the 1950s and 1960s, and was an exclamation of surprise, delight, dismay, or alarm. Piggley and his father exclusively use it to express their delight when they discover something on their adventures. Notably, the show contains voiceover work by the actors Joan Rivers and Mel Brooks.

  1. ^ "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks". TV Guide. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Jakers!: The Adventures of Piggley Winks". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 439–440. ISBN 978-1476665993.