Peep and the Big Wide World (also known as Peep) is an 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 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. Since 2004, 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 (alongside Pocoyo, which is seen after the program) 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.
Cast
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Peep
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Scott Beaudin (seasons 1–3) | |
| Shawn Molko (season 4) | |||
| Maxwell Uretsky (season 5) | |||
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Chirp
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Amanda Soha | |
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Quack
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Jamie Watson | |
Narrator
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Joan Cusack | ||
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International versions
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Arabic (Almajd Network) |
كوكو صوصو و بطوط | Almajd Network Basma HADIF.TV |
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Arabic (Media Link International) |
بيب والعالم الكبير | MBC3 (formerly)[1] Qatar TV (formerly) |
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Croatian | Pipi i prijatelji otkrivaju svijet | HRT 2 (formerly) |
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Danish | Pip og den store vide verden | DR1 (formerly) DR Ramasjang (formerly) |
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Dutch | Peep en de wijde wereld | NPO Zappelin (formerly) |
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French | Pouic explore le monde | France 5 (formerly) TiJi (formerly) Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly) |
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Hindi | Peep and the Big Wide World | Hungama TV (formerly)[2] |
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Korean | 호기심 대장 삐악이 | KBS (formerly) |
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Mandarin (China) | 小皮大世界 | MOMO Kids iQiyi |
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Mandarin (Taiwan) | 皮皮看世界 | Disney Channel (formerly) |
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Persian | پیپ و دنیای وسیع بزرگ | IRIB TV2 (formerly) Digitoon |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | O Mundo Divertido de Peep | Discovery Kids (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | O Curioso Mundo de Pio | 2: (formerly) [3] |
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Spanish (Latin America) | El mundo divertido de Peep | Discovery Familia (formerly) Discovery Kids (formerly) V-me (formerly) Vale TV |
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Swedish | Pip och den stora vida världen | SVT1 (UR block) SVT Barnkanalen (formerly) |
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Tamil | குக்கு வும் அவனுடைய பெரிய உலகமும் | Chutti TV (formerly) Hungama TV (formerly)[2] |
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Telugu | కుకుల్కన్ టైమ్ | Hungama TV (formerly)[2] Kushi TV (formerly) |
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Ukrainian (voice-over) |
Піп відкриває світ | UA:Перший (formerly) |
