Shaun the Sheep
Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated silent comedy children's television series and a spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit franchise. The title character is Shaun, a sheep who previously appeared in the 1995 short film A Close Shave and the Shopper 13 short film from the 2002 Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions series. The series focuses on his adventures on a northern English farm as the leader of his flock.
| Shaun the Sheep | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stop motion Comedy Clay animation Slice of life Cartoon series Slapstick |
| Created by | Nick Park |
| Based on | |
| Developed by | Richard Goleszowski 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 36 (shorts) 2 (specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | For Aardman Animations: Miles Bullough David Sproxton Peter Lord Nick Park For BBC: Michael Carrington Nikki Chaplin |
| Producers | Julie Lockhart Gareth Owen John Woolley |
| Running time | 7–8 minutes |
| Production companies | Aardman Animations BBC Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC (2007–present) CBeebies (2023–present) BBC One (2015–present) Netflix (2020–present) BBC Two (2022–present) |
| Release | 5 March 2007 – 3 December 2021 |
| Related | |
| Wallace and Gromit Timmy Time | |
The series first aired in the UK on the CBBC channel on 5 March 2007 and has been broadcast in 180 countries. It consists of 170 seven-minute episodes. The fifth series has 20 episodes and was first aired in the Netherlands from 1 December 2015 to 1 January 2016 and in Australia on ABC Kids from 16 January 2016 to 1 May 2016. In the United States, a series of Shaun the Sheep shorts aired between commercial breaks on Disney Channel starting on 8 July 2007.
The series inspired the spin-off Timmy Time, a show aimed at younger viewers that follows 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.
In 2020, the series moved to Netflix for a sixth series, with the subtitle Adventures from Mossy Bottom; this series would air on CBBC in 2022. The seventh series is in development.