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
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is a British animated preschool television series aimed at pre-school children originally broadcast on Nickelodeon UK. It is broadcast across Nickelodeon's channels throughout Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The show is created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, and produced by Astley Baker Davies and Entertainment One (the companies responsible for "Peppa Pig"). Many of the actors who lend their vocal skills to characters in "Peppa Pig" also work on "Little Kingdom". These include John Sparkes, Sarah Ann Kennedy, David Rintoul and David Graham.