Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated children's television series. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic piglet, and her family and friends portrayed as other animals. The first series of 52 five-minute episodes began on Channel 5 on 31 May 2004. In the United States, the series first aired as part of Cartoon Network's Tickle-U preschool programming block from 22 August 2005 to 2007. It moved to Noggin the same year as a series of interstitial shorts aired in between full shows.
