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Peep and the Big Wide World
Created by	Kaj Pindal
Directed by	Rick Marshall
Voices of	Scott Beaudin Jamie Watson Amanda Soha
Narrated by	Joan Cusack
Theme music composer	Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins
Opening theme	"Peep and the Big Wide World" performed by Taj Mahal
Ending theme	"Peep and the Big Wide World" (instrumental)
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	60 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Kate Taylor
Producer	Marisa Wolsky
Running time	22–25 minutes
Production companies	WGBH Boston 9 Story Entertainment TVOntario Discovery Kids Eggbox LLC Alliance Atlantis National Film Board of Canada
Original release
Network	TVOKids (Canada) TLC (2004–2008) (U.S.) Discovery Kids (2004–2010) (U.S.) PBS Kids (U.S.)
Release	April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12) – October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)

Peep and the Big Wide World is an American-Canadian 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. It was based on the 1988 short film Peep and the Big Wide World (of the same name) produced by the National Film Board of Canada, which itself is based on the 1962 short film The Peep Show, also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. 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. 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 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.

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

Peep and the Big Wide World
Created by	Kaj Pindal
Directed by	Rick Marshall
Voices of	Scott Beaudin Jamie Watson Amanda Soha
Narrated by	Joan Cusack
Theme music composer	Steve D'Angelo Terry Tompkins
Opening theme	"Peep and the Big Wide World" performed by Taj Mahal
Ending theme	"Peep and the Big Wide World" (instrumental)
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	60 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Kate Taylor
Producer	Marisa Wolsky
Running time	22–25 minutes
Production companies	WGBH Boston 9 Story Entertainment TVOntario Discovery Kids Eggbox LLC Alliance Atlantis National Film Board of Canada
Original release
Network	TVOKids (Canada) TLC (2004–2008) (U.S.) Discovery Kids (2004–2010) (U.S.) PBS Kids (U.S.)
Release	April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12) – October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)

Peep and the Big Wide World is an American-Canadian 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. It was based on the 1988 short film Peep and the Big Wide World (of the same name) produced by the National Film Board of Canada, which itself is based on the 1962 short film The Peep Show, also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. 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. 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 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.

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

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Characters

Main

• Peep (Voiced by Scott Beaudin in the first 3 seasons, Shawn Molko in Season 4 and Maxwell Uretsky in Season 5): A male, yellow chicken who is very curious. He is the youngest bird of the group. The show's title is derived from his name. Peep is female in the original short film.
• Chirp (Voiced by Amanda Soha): A female, red robin who is also curious, and attempts frequently to fly, with unsatisfying results, until A Daring Duck, when she flies from the ground. In "Big Bird" she meets a real robin for the first time. She is Peep and Quack's friend. Chirp is male in the original short film.
• Quack (Voiced by Jamie Watson): A male, blue-purple duckling who wears a white sailor's hat. He is older than Peep and Chirp, as they are still chicks. He frequently boasts about himself and ducks as a whole, and unwittingly makes many discoveries. Quack is purple in the original short film and is now referred to as blue, but is still quite indigo. He also seems to have a hoarding issue, as evidenced in the episode "The Tooth, The Whole Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth, Part 1."
• The Narrator (Voiced by Joan Cusack): The Narrator tells the episode's story, although the characters rarely have any interaction with her. In the episodes "Dry Duck, Part 1" the birds did have a short interaction with her and in "Quack Quiets the Universe" she and Quack interact as well.

Minor

• 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 who lives in an adjoining pond to Quack's. He appears in several episodes. His desire to please his mom and dad often results in him chewing down too many trees. He often calls Quack "Blue Sailor" Peep "Yellow Guy" and Chirp "Red Round".
• Beaver Mom: (Voiced by Debra McGrath) 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 (Voiced by Holly Hunter): An adult robin.
• Skunk (Voiced by Adrian Truss): A rather deadpan skunk who lives near Quack's pond.
• Bat (Voiced by Ron Rubin): A shy 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 (Voiced by Alex Hood and Matthew Knight): A sly, male blue & black kitten who often tries to eat Peep, Chirp, and Quack. He is the sole antagonist.
• Racoon (Voiced by Jeff Lumby): A gobbo, male brown & black racoon who often tries to wear his sun glasses in A Peep of a Different Color
• Blue Jays(Voiced by David Hudson): silly, blue and white birds who love to cause trouble when they see stuff

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.

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. "The Peep Show". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
4. "Peep and the Big Wide World". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
5. 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.
6. "The Peep Show". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
7. . Retrieved 15 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
8. Opening video, with lyrics and credits on official page

External links

• Official website
• Peep and the Big Wide World (Current series) at IMDb
• Peep and the Big Wide World (1988) at IMDb
• Kaj Pindal at IMDb
• WGBH
• 9 Story Entertainment
• National Science Foundation grant information
• Watch the original Peep and the Big Wide World at NFB.ca
• Read Goodman Research Group's executive summary of the Peep website evaluation
• Watch some of the harder to find episodes of Peep and the Big Wide World on Emmaton Entertainment®.
• Watch the ONLY remaining copy of I Spy A Spider here

v t e GBH
Television stations	WFXZ-CD WGBH-TV WGBX-TV WGBY-TV
Radio stations	WCAI WCRB WGBH WNAN WZAI
Media accessibility| efforts	Media Access Group (closed captioning and audio description) Descriptive Video Service
Television productions	American Experience Antiques Roadshow Arthur Ask This Old House Basic Black Between the Lions Cook's Country Curious George Decoding COVID-19 Design Squad Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman Food Trip with Todd English French in Action Frontline Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie Greater Boston High School Quiz Show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Martha Speaks Masterpiece Molly of Denali Nova Nova ScienceNow Peep and the Big Wide World Pinkalicious & Peterrific Postcards from Buster Religious America Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking Simply Ming The New Yankee Workshop The Victory Garden This Old House Time Warp Trio Work It Out Wombats! Zoom 1972–1978 1999–2005
Radio productions	Innovation Hub The World
Distributions	PBS Distribution Public Radio International
WFXZ-CD maintains a channel sharing agreement with WGBH-TV. Merged into Public Radio Exchange

Characters

Main

• Peep (Voiced by Scott Beaudin in the first 3 seasons, Shawn Molko in Season 4 and Maxwell Uretsky in Season 5): A male, yellow chicken who is very curious. He is the youngest bird of the group. The show's title is derived from his name. Peep is female in the original short film.
• Chirp (Voiced by Amanda Soha): A female, red robin who is also curious, and attempts frequently to fly, with unsatisfying results, until A Daring Duck, when she flies from the ground. In "Big Bird" she meets a real robin for the first time. She is Peep and Quack's friend. Chirp is male in the original short film.
• Quack (Voiced by Jamie Watson): A male, blue-purple duckling who wears a white sailor's hat. He is older than Peep and Chirp, as they are still chicks. He frequently boasts about himself and ducks as a whole, and unwittingly makes many discoveries. Quack is purple in the original short film and is now referred to as blue, but is still quite indigo. He also seems to have a hoarding issue, as evidenced in the episode "The Tooth, The Whole Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth, Part 1."
• The Narrator (Voiced by Joan Cusack): The Narrator tells the episode's story, although the characters rarely have any interaction with her. In the episodes "Dry Duck, Part 1" the birds did have a short interaction with her and in "Quack Quiets the Universe" she and Quack interact as well.

Minor

• 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 who lives in an adjoining pond to Quack's. He appears in several episodes. His desire to please his mom and dad often results in him chewing down too many trees. He often calls Quack "Blue Sailor" Peep "Yellow Guy" and Chirp "Red Round".
• Beaver Mom: (Voiced by Debra McGrath) 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 (Voiced by Holly Hunter): An adult robin.
• Skunk (Voiced by Adrian Truss): A rather deadpan skunk who lives near Quack's pond.
• Bat (Voiced by Ron Rubin): A shy 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 (Voiced by Alex Hood and Matthew Knight): A sly, male blue & black kitten who often tries to eat Peep, Chirp, and Quack. He is the sole antagonist.
• Racoon (Voiced by Jeff Lumby): A gobbo, male brown & black racoon who often tries to wear his sun glasses in A Peep of a Different Color
• Blue Jays(Voiced by David Hudson): silly, blue and white birds who love to cause trouble when they see stuff

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.

References

1. . Retrieved 15 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
2. Opening video, with lyrics and credits on official page

External links

• Official website
• Peep and the Big Wide World (Current series) at IMDb
• Peep and the Big Wide World (1988) at IMDb
• Kaj Pindal at IMDb
• WGBH
• 9 Story Entertainment
• National Science Foundation grant information
• Watch the original Peep and the Big Wide World at NFB.ca
• Read Goodman Research Group's executive summary of the Peep website evaluation
• Watch some of the harder to find episodes of Peep and the Big Wide World on Emmaton Entertainment®.
• Watch the ONLY remaining copy of I Spy A Spider here

v t e GBH
Television stations	WFXZ-CD WGBH-TV WGBX-TV WGBY-TV
Radio stations	WCAI WCRB WGBH WNAN WZAI
Media accessibility| efforts	Media Access Group (closed captioning and audio description) Descriptive Video Service
Television productions	American Experience Antiques Roadshow Arthur Ask This Old House Basic Black Between the Lions Cook's Country Curious George Decoding COVID-19 Design Squad Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman Food Trip with Todd English French in Action Frontline Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie Greater Boston High School Quiz Show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Martha Speaks Masterpiece Molly of Denali Nova Nova ScienceNow Peep and the Big Wide World Pinkalicious & Peterrific Postcards from Buster Religious America Rough Cut with Fine Woodworking Simply Ming The New Yankee Workshop The Victory Garden This Old House Time Warp Trio Work It Out Wombats! Zoom 1972–1978 1999–2005
Radio productions	Innovation Hub The World
Distributions	PBS Distribution Public Radio International
WFXZ-CD maintains a channel sharing agreement with WGBH-TV. Merged into Public Radio Exchange

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