Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated television series directed and produced by Astley Baker Davies in association with Entertainment One, Nick Jr. and Channel 5. The show revolves around Peppa, an anthropomorphic female pig, and her family and peers. The show originally aired on May 31, 2004, and there have been six series as of 2019, the most recent of which commenced broadcasting in February 2019 in the UK.