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
Peppa Pig changes. The third series started broadcasting on the Channel 5 kids block, "Milkshake!" on 4 May 2009 with Harley Bird replacing Cecily Bloom and Lily Snowden-Fine as Peppa. There is a line of personalised books in which any child can be added into the story with Peppa and her friends. There is also a series of books based on "Peppa Pig", one of which, "Peppa Meets the Queen", was written to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. A 15-minute film called "Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots" was released on 14 February 2015 alongside several episodes of the TV series. As