Shaun the Sheep

Also known as The Home of Shaun the Sheep

animated television series

Key facts

Genre: Comedy , Slapstick , Slice of life
Created by: Nick Park
Based on: Characters , by Nick Park and Bob Baker
Developed by: Richard Starzak , Alison Snowden , David Fine
Voices of: Justin Fletcher John Sparkes Kate Harbour Richard Webber Jo Allen Emma Tate Andy Nyman Simon Greenall
Theme music composer: Mark Thomas
Opening theme: "Life's a Treat", by Mark Thomas and Vic Reeves
Ending theme: "Life's a Treat" (instrumental)
Composers: Mark Thomas Dave Newby
Countries of origin: United Kingdom Germany
Original languages: Silent , Interjection , Grammelot
Number span no of episodes: 190 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Peter Lord Nick Park David Sproxton Miles Bullough Alix Wiseman Sarah Cox Jacqueline White Carla Shelley Allison Taylor Michael Carrington Nikki Chaplin Melanie Halsall Lucy Pryke Brigitta Mühlenbeck Dorte Hanke Henrike Vieregge Annette Walther Jens Opatz
Producers: Julie Lockhart Gareth Owen John Woolley Danny Gallagher
Running time: 7–14 minutes
Production companies: Aardman Animations BBC Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Network: CBBC (United Kingdom) Kika (Germany) Netflix (2020–2021) BBC iPlayer (2025–present)
Release: 5 March 2007 ( 2007-03-05 ) –, present

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Welcome to the official Shaun the Sheep website! Find out about Aardman's iconic sheep, star of animation films, TV shows, games, commercials and more.

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Wikidata facts

Genre: comedy television series
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English language
Followed by: Timmy Time
Based on: Wallace & Gromit
Creator: Nick Park
Production company: Aardman Animations
Duration: 7
Distribution format: video on demand
Official website: www.shaunthesheep.com
Image: Richard Goleszowski.jpg

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title: Shaun the Sheep
list of episodes: list of Shaun the Sheep episodes
original broadcaster: BBC Children's and Education
Commons category: Shaun the Sheep
number of seasons: 7
number of episodes: 188
aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9
start time: 2007-03-05
fabrication method: stop-motion
topic's main category: Category:Shaun the Sheep
topic has template: Template:Shaun the Sheep
audio system: stereo sound
social media followers: 49772
distributed by: Netflix
publication date: 2007-04-10
end time: 2025-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Shaun the Sheep is an animated comedy television series created by Nick Park. Produced by Aardman Animations, it is a spin-off of the Wallace & Gromit franchise, focusing on the adventures of Shaun the Sheep, who previously appeared in A Close Shave (1995), as the leader of his flock on a British farm. The series premiered on 5 March 2007 on CBBC in the UK. In 2020, the sixth series, titled Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom streamed globally on Netflix. In March 2024, it was announced that a seventh series was in development, which premiered on 24 May 2025. With 190 episodes over 7 series, Shaun the Sheep is one of the longest-running animated series in British and German television.

The series inspired the spin-off Timmy Time, a show aimed at younger viewers that follows Timmy, Shaun's younger cousin. A first feature-length film, Shaun the Sheep Movie, was released in 2015. A short film, Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas, was aired in 2015 as a Christmas TV special. A second feature-length film, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, was released in 2019, and a second short film, Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas, was released in 2021. A two-part episode titled "Shirleyverse" premiered on 24 May 2025 on CBBC and BBC One. A third feature-length film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, is due to be released on 18 September, 2026.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shaun the Sheep” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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