Shaun the Sheep is a British-German stop-motion animated silent children's television series. A spin-off in the Wallace & Gromit franchise, the series focuses on the adventures of Shaun, the eponymous sheep previously starring in A Close Shave (1995) The series premiered on 5 March 2007 on CBBC in the UK, also airing on BBC One and BBC Two. With 187 episodes over 7 series, it is one of the longest-running animated series in British and German television.
