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Peep and the Big Wide World
Created byKaj Pindal[1][2]
Voices ofScott Beaudin
Jamie Watson
Amanda Soha
Narrated byJoan Cusack
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes55 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producerKate Taylor
ProducerMarisa Wolsky
Running time25 minutes (Canada)
22 minutes (United States)
Production companiesWGBH Boston
9 Story Entertainment
TVOntario
Discovery Kids
Original release
NetworkTLC
Discovery Kids
ReleaseSeptember 4, 2004 (2004-09-04) –
January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)

Peep and the Big Wide World is a American-Canadian animated series is an Ready Set Learn from September 4, 2004 until January 2, 2010.

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. It continues to be offered to public television stations via independent public television distributor American Public Television to the present day. Throughout its run, it has been underwritten by the National Science Foundation, with Northrop Grumman underwriting season four in 2010.

Overview

Viewers follow Peep, Chirp, and Quack as they investigate and explore the world around them. Following the 9-minute animated segment, there is a 2-minute live-action segment with children exploring and demonstrating the same topic presented in the animated segment. Animation consists of bright colors and simple shapes..

Episodes

Main article: List of Peep and the Big Wide World episodes

Characters

Main characters

  • Peep (Voiced by Scott Beaudin): A male, yellow chicken who is very curious. The show's title is derived from his name. Peep is female in the original short film.
  • Chirp (Voiced by Amanda Soha): A red, female robin who is also curious, and attempts frequently to fly, with unsatisfying results. She is Peep's friend. Chirp is male in the original short film.
  • Quack (Voiced by Jamie Watson): A male, blue duck who wears a white sailor's hat. He frequently boasts about himself and ducks as a whole, and unwittingly makes many discoveries. Quack is purple in the original short film
  • The Narrator (Voiced by Joan Cusack): The Narrator tells the episode's story, although the characters rarely have any interaction with her. In the episode "Dry Duck Part 1" the birds did have a short interaction with her (mainly Quack.)

Minor characters

  • Ant (Voiced by Robert Tinkler): A busy male ant who appears in some episodes.
  • Beaver Boy (Voiced by Tessa Marshall): A young naïve male beaver lives in an adjoining pond to Quack's. He appears in several episodes.
  • Beaver Mom: Beaver Boy's workaholic mother.
  • Beaver Dad (Voiced by Phillip Williams): Beaver Boy's businesslike father.
  • Dragonfly (Voiced by Catherine Disher): A quiet dragonfly.
  • Fish: Cohabitants of Quack's pond.
  • Hoot (Voiced by Corinne Conley): A menacing, but kind purple female owl who lives in the Deep Dark Woods.
  • Nellie (Voiced by Marium Carvell): A red female dog who acts as a seemingly maternal figure for the birds.
  • Newton (Voiced by Colin Fox): An old, male dark-green turtle who lives under an apple tree.
  • Quack #2 (Voiced by Megan Mullally): An annoying pink female duck who has her own pond, built by Quack, Peep, Chirp, Beaver Boy and his parents.
  • Rabbit (Voiced by Jayne Eastwood): An excitable and somewhat distracted rabbit.
  • Robin: An adult robin (Voiced by Holly Hunter).
  • Skunk (Voiced by Adrian Truss): A grumpy skunk who lives near Quack's pond.
  • Bat (Voiced by Ron Rubin): A mischievous bat
  • Squeak (Voiced by Kathleen Laskey): An anxious pink, female mouse who lives under a brick and always worries about what could go wrong.
  • Tom: A sly, male blue-and-black kitten who often tries to eat Peep, Chirp, and Quack. He is the sole antagonist.
  • Sporty: The strongest and fittest who is eldest, with a trampoline and a conveyor belt.

Music composition

Music for Peep and the Big Wide World is composed by Terry Tompkins and Steve D'Angelo, from Eggplant. The opening theme is performed by Taj Mahal.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Peep and the Big Wide World". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ^ Lerner, Loren Ruth (1997). Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature, Volume 1. University of Toronto Press. p. 218. ISBN 0802029884.
  3. ^ Opening video, with lyrics and credits on official page
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