Peep and the Big Wide World (PATBWW) is a 2004â€"2011
American-Canadian animated children's television series created by
Canadian animator Kaj Pindal. It revolves around the lives of Peep,
Chirp, and Quack, as viewers discover, investigate, and explore the
world around them.The show was based on the 1988 short film Peep and
the Big Wide World (of the same name) produced by the National Film
Board of Canada, which itself is based on the 1962 short film The Peep
Show, also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The series
premiered on April 12, 2004, on Discovery Kids and on TLC as part of
their Ready Set Learn children's block, and on the same day on TVOKids
and PBS Kids. It was produced by WGBH Boston (through its kids
division WGBH Kids) and 9 Story Media Group (formerly 9 Story
Entertainment), in association with TVOntario and Discovery Kids and
is distributed by Alliance Atlantis (through AAC Kids).Carriage on the
Discovery children's networks ended on October 10, 2010 with the
discontinuation of Ready Set Learn and the replacement of Discovery
Kids with The Hub, and now, Discovery Family. It continues to be
offered to public television stations via independent public
television distributor American Public Television to the present day.
Since January 1, 2018, the series is distributed by both PBS Kids and
APT. Throughout its run, it has been underwritten by the National
Science Foundation, with Northrop Grumman underwriting season four in
2010.Each episode consists of two 9-minute stories, which are animated
segments, and two 2-minute live action segments, in which children
explore and demonstrate the same topic presented in the animated
segment.
American-Canadian animated children's television series created by
Canadian animator Kaj Pindal. It revolves around the lives of Peep,
Chirp, and Quack, as viewers discover, investigate, and explore the
world around them.The show was based on the 1988 short film Peep and
the Big Wide World (of the same name) produced by the National Film
Board of Canada, which itself is based on the 1962 short film The Peep
Show, also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The series
premiered on April 12, 2004, on Discovery Kids and on TLC as part of
their Ready Set Learn children's block, and on the same day on TVOKids
and PBS Kids. It was produced by WGBH Boston (through its kids
division WGBH Kids) and 9 Story Media Group (formerly 9 Story
Entertainment), in association with TVOntario and Discovery Kids and
is distributed by Alliance Atlantis (through AAC Kids).Carriage on the
Discovery children's networks ended on October 10, 2010 with the
discontinuation of Ready Set Learn and the replacement of Discovery
Kids with The Hub, and now, Discovery Family. It continues to be
offered to public television stations via independent public
television distributor American Public Television to the present day.
Since January 1, 2018, the series is distributed by both PBS Kids and
APT. Throughout its run, it has been underwritten by the National
Science Foundation, with Northrop Grumman underwriting season four in
2010.Each episode consists of two 9-minute stories, which are animated
segments, and two 2-minute live action segments, in which children
explore and demonstrate the same topic presented in the animated
segment.
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