Shaun the Sheep

*Shaun the Sheep*
Shaun the Sheep
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	John Sparkes; Justin Fletcher; 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;
Country of origin	United Kingdom; Germany;
Original languages	Silent; Interjection; Grammelot
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	190 (list of episodes)
Production
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;
Original release
Network	CBBC (United Kingdom); Kika (Germany); Netflix (2020–2021); BBC iPlayer (2025–present);
Release	5 March 2007 –; present
Related
	Wallace & Gromit; Timmy Time
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Shaun the Sheep is an animated children's television series, produced by Aardman Animations. A spin-off of the Wallace & Gromit franchise, the series focuses on the adventures of Shaun the Sheep who previously starred 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 September 18, 2026.