| Shaun the Sheep | |
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| Genre | Comedy Slice of life Slapstick |
| Created by | Nick Park |
| Based on | |
| Developed by | Richard Starzak Alison Snowden David Fine |
| Voices of | Justin Fletcher John Sparkes Kate Harbour Richard Webber Emma Tate Andy Nyman Simon Greenall Jo Allen |
| Theme music composer | Mark Thomas |
| Opening theme | "Life's a Treat" by Mark Thomas and Vic Reeves |
| Ending theme | "Life's a Treat" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Mark Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original languages | Silent Interjection Grammelot |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 170 (regular) 36 (shorts) 2 (specials) (list of episodes) |
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| Producers | Julie Lockhart (series 1) Gareth Owen (series 2) John Woolley (series 3–present) |
| Running time | 7–8 minutes |
| Production companies | Aardman Animations BBC Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC BBC One (special) Kika (Germany) |
| Release | 5 March 2007 – present |
| Network | Netflix CBBC (2022–present) CBeebies (2023) BBC One (short film) BBC Two (2022–present) |
| Release | 16 March 2020 – present |
| Related | |
| Wallace & Gromit Timmy Time | |
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Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated silent children's television series which is developed by Aardman Animations. A spin-off in the Wallace & Gromit franchise, the series focuses on the adventures of Shaun, the eponymous sheep previously starring in A Close Shave, as the leader of his flock on an English farm. The series premiered on 5 March 2007 on CBBC in the UK, also airing on BBC Two. Since 2020, the series is streamed globally on Netflix. In March 2024, it was announced that the seventh series is in development and will premiere in 2025.[1] With 170 episodes over 6 series, Shaun the Sheep is one of the longest-running animated series in British television.
The series inspired the spin-off Timmy Time, a show aimed at younger viewers that follows Timmy, Shaun's younger cousin. A feature-length film, Shaun the Sheep Movie, was released theatrically on 6 February 2015. A 30-minute short film, Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas, was aired in 2015 as a Christmas TV special. A second feature-length film, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, was released theatrically on 18 October 2019. A second short film, Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas, was released on Netflix on 3 December 2021.