Peppa Pig such as sadness, happiness, irritation, bewilderment and confusion. Although the main characters - mostly mammals - are anthropomorphic, other animal characters are not, for example, Tiddles the tortoise, Polly Parrot, and the ducks. In addition, the narrator of the series John Sparkes reinforces the action and humour, saying things like "Oh, dear" when something unfortunate happens (such as George starts crying) or "Look out!" when a character is doing something unsafe (such as Peppa riding her bicycle without looking where she's going). The first series of 52 five-minute episodes started on Channel 5 on 31 May 2004, and had its
Stunting (broadcasting) Network, for example, aired a continuous loop of baseball highlights and promos as a "soft launch" in the weeks before its formal debut on January 1, 2009, while Canada's Sun News Network employed an on-screen countdown clock graphic in the hours before its April 18, 2011 launch. Nick Jr. Too, a sister to the British Nick Jr. channel, has occasionally aired long-term marathons of "Peppa Pig", during which it has branded as "Nick Jr. Peppa". Stunting (broadcasting) In radio broadcasting, stunting occurs when a station abruptly airs content that is seemingly uncharacteristic compared to what they normally play. The tactic