''Preston Pig'' is a British

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children's television series which aired on

CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...

. It was based on a series of books, published by Colin McNaughton. It was shown at weekdays from 3pm until 3:15pm, on the television channel shown in Britain,

. However, since 2011, it no longer airs on CITV. The show officially went into production in March 1999, to air in September 2000.

Characters

* Preston Pig: The main character, a

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who is a football fanatic. * Mr. Wolf: A

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who always unsuccessfully tries to catch Preston for dinner. * Pumpkin: is Preston's best friend. * Granny: Preston's grandmother. * Billy: A bully who is rude to little pigs.

Episodes

Voice Cast

*Nicky Croydon as Preston *

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as Mr Wolf *

Adam Godley Adam Godley (born 22 July 1964) is a British-American actor. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards and four Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances on the New York and London stages which include, ''Private Lives'' in 2001, ''The Pillo ...

as Preston's Dad * Ada Posta as Preston's Mum *Neil McCaul as Additional Voices * Susan Sheridan as

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/Additional Voices The music was composed by

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Home Media

''Preston Pig'' was released on VHS in the United Kingdom in 2000 and tapes were released in Australia, these video tape releases are called ''Pig School'' and ''Ham of the Match'', and then the show was released on

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in the United Kingdom. The DVD release of ''Preston Pig'' is called ''Football Champion''.

Broadcast

''Preston Pig'' aired on

in the United Kingdom. However, the programme itself no longer airs on CITV, but can apparently be found on

, VHS and online.

References

External links

* 2000 British television series debuts 2000 British television series endings 2000s British children's television series 2000s British animated television series British children's animated television shows British television shows based on children's books English-language television shows ITV children's television shows Animated television series about pigs Television series about wolves {{Child-tv-prog-stub