47 Fun Facts About Peppa Pig

What is the name of Peppa's little brother?

George is Peppa's little brother, known for his fountains of tears; in series 9 a hospital check-up finds he has moderate hearing loss, and he starts wearing a hearing aid.

What is the name of the beloved toy Peppa's little brother carries everywhere?

Mr. Dinosaur is the toy Peppa's little brother takes everywhere; in the second episode ever shown, 'Mr Dinosaur Is Lost', the whole family searches the house and garden for him.

What do Peppa and her family love jumping in?

Muddy puddles are the family's favourite thing to jump in, and Peppa's rule is that you must wear your boots; the very first episode, in May 2004, is named after them.

Who is Peppa's best friend at playgroup?

Suzy Sheep is Peppa's best friend; when Peppa, who can't whistle, phones her hoping she can't either, Suzy manages it at the first try and Peppa hangs up on her.

Which member of the Rabbit family came to the fancy dress party dressed as a carrot?

Rebecca Rabbit came as a carrot, her favourite food, to the party where Peppa was a fairy princess and Danny Dog a pirate; her family lives in a burrow, not a house.

Which Peppa Pig character holds dozens of jobs at once, from bus driver to helicopter pilot?

Miss Rabbit works so many jobs that when she twists her ankle in 'Miss Rabbit's Day Off', it takes her sister and the other parents to cover the checkout, the ice cream stall and the bus.

Who is the teacher at Peppa's playgroup?

Madame Gazelle runs Peppa's playgroup and plays guitar for its songs; in one episode the children wrongly decide she is leaving and give her a farewell party.

What kind of animal is Tiddles, the pet of Peppa Pig's vet Doctor Hamster?

A tortoise: Tiddles has a habit of climbing trees and getting stuck, and in 'Naughty Tortoise' his rescue ties up every emergency service at once.

What does Daddy Pig get teased about?

His big tummy is the family's running joke; in the series 1 episode 'Daddy Gets Fit' the teasing pushes Daddy Pig to take up exercise.

Besides working from home on her computer, what does Mummy Pig do?

She is a volunteer firefighter and an author: in 'The Fire Engine' her all-mums crew races to put out the daddies' barbecue, and a later episode sees her story published as a book.

What is the name of Grandpa Pig's little train?

Gertrude is Grandpa Pig's little train, and she needs no tracks; in 'Grandpa Pig's Train to the Rescue' she saves the day when the town's full-size train breaks down.

Which garden ornaments make Peppa's Grandpa Pig angry?

Gnomes and plastic wells: in 'The Wishing Well' Granny Pig fills his beloved garden with them, he wishes they would vanish, and Peppa goes home wishing for a set of her own.

What pets does Granny Pig keep that annoy Grandpa Pig?

Four chickens, Jemima, Sarah, Vanessa and the cockerel Neville, live in Granny Pig's coop; Peppa first meets them after they have eaten Grandpa Pig's lettuces.

In Peppa Pig, what does Granny Pig's pet parrot squawk at her, followed by a piggy snort?

'I'm a noisy parrot!' is Polly copying what she hears: left to play with the bird, Peppa and her brother teach her to grunt like a noisy little piggy.

What is the name of Peppa's pet fish?

Goldie is Peppa's pet goldfish; in the episode 'Goldie the Fish' the family take her to the vet, Doctor Hamster, when she seems unwell.

Which friend of Peppa's is a French penpal?

Delphine Donkey is Peppa's penpal from France; when she comes to stay she speaks French and, to Peppa's surprise, English too.

Which Kangaroo is the friend Peppa plays with in the Australia episodes?

Kylie Kangaroo first comes to visit Peppa with her family; later the Pigs fly out to Australia, where Kylie takes them surfing and out to the Great Barrier Reef in her mother's submarine.

Which child joined Peppa's playgroup as the new boy in the episode named after him?

Gerald Giraffe, the tallest child at playgroup, arrived as the new boy in the episode 'Gerald Giraffe', where the children learn that being tall has its uses.

Which friend of Peppa's has an excellent sense of smell?

Freddy Fox can sniff out anything: in his first episode Peppa is losing at hide and seek until Freddy tracks down every hidden friend by smell.

Which sleepy, often-late friend of Peppa's wears glasses?

Pedro Pony is the sleepy, often-late friend in glasses; his father is the optician, and in 'The Eye Test' Peppa, fascinated by them, has her own eyes checked.

Which vegetable-themed amusement park do Peppa and her family visit?

Potato City is fronted by Mr. Potato, the TV celebrity who urges children to exercise and eat well; he greets visitors with the promise that 'the magic of vegetables never ends'.

What is Mr. Bull's favourite job?

Digging up the road is what Mr. Bull loves best; in the episode of that name his roadworks to mend a leaking pipe hold up the Pig family's drive to the playground.

Who voices the loud, banjo-playing Grampy Rabbit in Peppa Pig?

Brian Blessed gives Grampy Rabbit what the narrator calls the loudest voice in the world, a joke on the actor's own famously booming delivery.

Who voices Mummy Pig and the playgroup teacher?

Morwenna Banks voices both, so she plays opposite herself whenever Mummy Pig talks to the teacher; she and the show's narrator were castmates in the sketch show Absolutely.

Who narrates Peppa Pig?

John Sparkes has narrated Peppa Pig since it began in 2004 and voices several of its fathers too, among them Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox, so he often narrates over his own characters.

Who created Peppa Pig?

Neville Astley and Mark Baker created Peppa Pig and made it at their own London studio until 2021, when they stepped back and handed production on as the show was renewed to 2027.

On which UK broadcaster did Peppa Pig first air in 2004?

Channel 5 took the show the BBC let slip away, and Peppa Pig grew into one of the most lucrative children's franchises in the world.

Roughly how long is each Peppa Pig episode?

Five minutes is the standard running time of a Peppa Pig episode, most of which end with everyone falling on their backs laughing.

Harley Bird won which award in 2011 for voicing Peppa?

BAFTA: Bird, cast at five, won the children's Performer award while still at primary school, then kept the role for 13 years, stepping down at 18 as the voice of a preschool pig.

Which company bought Peppa Pig's owner, Entertainment One, in 2019?

Hasbro paid about $4 billion for Entertainment One, then put its film and TV arm up for sale three years later while keeping Peppa Pig for itself.

In 2010, Peppa Pig was pulled from an election campaign event for which British political party?

Labour: Peppa had fronted the government's Sure Start scheme for young families, but her owners withdrew her from the party's families manifesto launch 'to avoid any controversy'.

Which friend, who joined Peppa's playgroup in 2019, uses a wheelchair?

Mandy Mouse arrived in 2019 and, far from being held back, turned out to be the sporty one of the class: she is a keen basketball player.

What changed in Peppa Pig's first two series after viewers complained?

Characters were reanimated wearing seat belts after parents worried that children would copy the unbelted pigs; the makers had left belts out for fear of limiting the characters' expressions.

Australia's ABC pulled a Peppa Pig episode for telling children not to be afraid of which creatures?

Spiders: 'Mister Skinnylegs' calls them harmless, a risky lesson in a country with dangerously venomous ones, so a 2012 complaint was upheld and the episode kept off the ABC.

According to the so-called 'Peppa effect', American toddlers who watch the show pick up what?

British accents and words: parents reported toddlers saying 'mummy', 'biscuit' and 'petrol', though linguists doubt that a cartoon can really change a child's accent.

Which UK prime minister lost the thread of a speech to business leaders and praised Peppa Pig World instead?

Boris Johnson, addressing the CBI in November 2021, shuffled his notes for 20 seconds saying 'forgive me', then praised Peppa Pig World and called Peppa a 'Picasso-like hairdryer'.

At which Hampshire attraction did the world's first Peppa Pig World open in 2011?

Paultons Park opened Peppa Pig World in April 2011; a prime minister later lost his place in a speech to business leaders and filled the gap by praising his visit there.

Where did the first standalone Peppa Pig Theme Park open in 2022?

Legoland Florida's resort gained the separately ticketed park in February 2022: Legoland's owner, Merlin, holds the licence to build Peppa attractions across most of the world.

What was released in the UK on 16 May 2024 to mark the show's 20th anniversary?

Lego Duplo also launched a Peppa theme that year.

What is the name of the baby sister who joined the Pig family in 2025?

Evie, named after Mummy Pig's aunt, arrived on 20 May 2025; the pregnancy had been announced that February on Good Morning Britain and, in the US, on Kylie Kelce's podcast.

Which real monarch appeared as a character in the episode 'London'?

Elizabeth II appears as 'the Queen' in 'London', giving the playgroup a tour of the city aboard a red double-decker bus; she had earlier starred in the episode 'The Queen'.

What was the lead single from the 2021 album Peppa's Adventures?

'Bing Bong Champion' came out in June 2021, weeks before the album; one tongue-in-cheek review called the sporting anthem 'ambitiously maximalist' and compared it to Taylor Swift.

A viral live-action trailer about a rural grandfather promoted which Peppa Pig film in 2019?

Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year opened in China for the Year of the Pig; in its five-minute trailer a village grandfather tries to work out what a 'Peppa' is, and it went viral before the film opened.

A tongue-in-cheek 2017 British Medical Journal article said which Peppa Pig character gives patients unrealistic expectations?

Doctor Brown Bear: the article noted that he makes instant home visits for coughs and colds, and joked that such devotion to the Pig family was pushing him towards burnout.

After a short-lived 2005 run on Cartoon Network, Peppa Pig found its US home in 2011 on which channel?

Nick Jr.: the first US run, in Cartoon Network's Tickle-U block, was redubbed with American actors, but American airings since then have kept the original cast.

Europe's first standalone Peppa Pig park opened in 2024 beside a Legoland resort in which country?

Germany: Peppa Pig Park Günzburg opened in Bavaria beside Legoland Deutschland, timed to arrive for the show's 20th anniversary.

In 2021, music site Pitchfork scored Peppa Pig's second album above a new record by which rapper?

Kanye West: Pitchfork's tongue-in-cheek review hailed Peppa as a four-year-old 'pop phenom' and gave her album 6.5 out of 10; a month later it rated his Donda 6.0.