Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion children's television series and a spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit franchise. The title character is Shaun. The series focuses on his adventures on a small farm as the leader of his flock. The series first aired in the UK on the CBBC channel on 5 March 2007 and has been broadcast in 180 countries. The series consists of 170 seven-minute episodes. The fifth series contains 20 episodes and was first aired in the Netherlands from 1 December 2015 until 1 January 2016 and in Australia on ABC Kids from 16 January 2016 until 1 May 2016. In the United States, a series of Shaun the Sheep shorts aired in between commercial breaks on Disney Channel starting on 8 July 2007. However, as of 2018, the series had not been aired on the network for a decade. The series inspired its own spin-off, Timmy Time, which follows the adventures of Shaun's small cousin and is aimed at younger viewers.
| Genre | Comedy, Clay animation, Slice of life |
| Created by | Nick Park |
| Developed by | Richard Goleszowski, Alison Snowden, David Fine |
| Directed by | Richard Goleszowski, Christopher Sadler |
| Voices of | Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Kate Harbour, Richard Webber, Emma Tate (2016), Andy Nyman (2016), Simon Greenall (2016), Jo Allen (2007) |
| 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(s) | Mark Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 170, 36 (shorts), 1 (special) |
| Executive producer(s) | For Aardman Animations, Miles Bullough, David Sproxton, Peter Lord, Nick Park, For BBC, Michael Carrington, Nikki Chaplin |
| Producer(s) | Julie Lockhart (series 1), Gareth Owen (series 2), John Woolley (series 3 and 4) |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Aardman Animations, BBC, Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
| Original network | CBBC (Series 1-5), BBC One (special), Netflix (Series 6) |
| Picture format | 16:9 SDTV (576i) (2007), 16:9 HDTV (1080i) (2009–present) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Related shows | Wallace and Gromit, Timmy Time |
| Netflix ID | 70155567 |
About Shaun the Sheep
Stop-motion animated series chronicling the adventures of Shaun around a small farm as the leader of his flock. The show was a spin-off of the 1995 Wallace and Gromit film, A Close Shave. It also inspired its own spin-off titled Timmy Time.
Achievement of Shaun the Sheep
The series aired in the UK on CBBC and on Nick Jr. It lasted 150 episodes, spawned 36 shorts, two feature films called Shaun the Sheep Movie and Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie, and 1 special called Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas.
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Latest information about Shaun the Sheep updated on July 28 2021.
