Shaun the Sheep

Shaun the Sheep
Genre	Comedy Slice of life Slapstick
Created by	Nick Park
Based on	Characters by Nick Park Bob Baker
Developed by	Richard Starzak Alison Snowden David Fine
Voices of	Justin Fletcher John Sparkes Kate Harbour Richard Webber Emma Tate Andy Nyman Simon Greenall Jo Allen
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	Mark Thomas
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original languages	Silent Interjection Grammelot
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	170 (regular) 36 (shorts) 2 (specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	For Aardman Animations: Peter Lord David Sproxton Nick Park Miles Bullough (series 1–3) Alix Wiseman (series 5) Sarah Cox (series 6–present) For BBC: Michael Carrington (series 1) Nikki Chaplin (series 1–2) Melanie Halsall (series 3) Lucy Pryke (series 4–present) For Westdeutscher Rundfunk: Brigitta Mühlenbeck (series 1–3) Dorte Hanke (series 3–4) Henrike Vieregge (series 5–present) Annette Walther (series 6–present)
Producers	Julie Lockhart (series 1) Gareth Owen (series 2) John Woolley (series 3–present)
Running time	7–8 minutes
Production companies	Aardman Animations BBC Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Original release
Network	CBBC BBC One (special) Kika (Germany)
Release	5 March 2007 (2007-03-05) – 18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)
Network	Netflix CBBC (2022–present) CBeebies (2023) BBC One (short film) BBC Two (2022–present)
Release	16 March 2020 (2020-03-16) – present (present)
Related
Wallace & Gromit Timmy Time
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Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated silent children's television series which is developed by Aardman Animations. 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, as the leader of his flock on an English farm. The series premiered on 5 March 2007 on CBBC in the UK, also airing on BBC Two. Since 2020, the series is streamed globally on Netflix. In March 2024, it was announced that the seventh series is in development and will premiere in 2025.^[1] With 170 episodes over 6 series, Shaun the Sheep is one of the longest-running animated series in British television.

The series inspired the spin-off Timmy Time, a show aimed at younger viewers that follows Timmy, Shaun's younger cousin. A feature-length film, Shaun the Sheep Movie, was released theatrically on 6 February 2015. A 30-minute 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 theatrically on 18 October 2019. A second short film, Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas, was released on Netflix on 3 December 2021.