Peter Rabbit (TV series)

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Peter Rabbit
Based on	Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Developed by	Cathal Gaffney
Directed by	Darragh O'Connell
Voices of	See below
Theme music composer	Peter Lurye
Opening theme	"Let's Go!" by Chris Madin
Ending theme	"Peter Rabbit" by Chris Madin
Composer	Stuart Kollmorgen
Country of origin	United Kingdom Ireland
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	56
Production
Executive producers	Paula Rosenthal[1][2] Cathal Gaffney Darragh O'Connell Mary Durkan (for Silvergate Media) Ronnie Fairweather (for Frederick Warne) Francesca Dow (for Frederick Warne)
Producers	Karen Ialacci Gillian Higgins Erik Vignau
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Brown Bag Films Penguin Books Silvergate Media
Original release
Network	CBeebies (UK) Nickelodeon (United States)
Release	14 December 2012 (2012-12-14) – 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
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Peter Rabbit is an animated comedy children's television series for preschool children that debuted on the Nick Jr. Channel on 14 December 2012, in the United States and on CBeebies and BBC One on 25 December 2012, in the United Kingdom.^[3][4] It is based on the character of the same name from Beatrix Potter's children’s books. The series debuted on American TV and iTunes on 14 December 2012, with the pilot episode debuting as a Christmas holiday special, titled Peter Rabbit's Christmas Tale. The show became a regular series on 19 February 2013, in the USA.^[5] The first official DVD of Peter Rabbit was released on 28 May 2013, as a Walmart exclusive. It contains the programme's first eight episodes on a single disc.^[6] On 11 October 2013, Nickelodeon ordered a second series of 26 episodes.^[7] In Wales the series is known as Guto Gwningen and is dubbed into Welsh on S4C.

A springtime holiday special episode, titled Peter Rabbit's Springtime Tale (with the actual episode titled "The Tale of the Start of Spring"), aired on 29 March 2013, on iTunes in the USA.

Season 1 concluded on 7 October 2014. The programme ran for a total of two series before concluding on 6 May 2016. It was produced for Nickelodeon in the US by Brown Bag Films, Penguin Books and Silvergate Media.^[8] The programme still airs reruns on CBeebies in the UK.

The series features and revolves around the titular character Peter Rabbit (voices of Colin DePaula and L. Parker Lucas in the US version and Connor Fitzgerald, and Harry Henty in the UK version) and his younger cousin Benjamin Bunny (voice of Peter Steve Harris in the US version, and Danny Price in the UK version), along with the new character of Lily Bobtail (voice of Michaela Dean in the US version, and Harriet Perring and Poppy Labrosse in the UK version).

The programme features educational goals that encourage preschoolers to learn problem-solving, interpersonal skills, being aware, self-efficacy, resilience, positive re-framing and fostering an interest in and respect for nature.