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{{Infobox television
| image                = Peep and the Big Wide World logo.png
| alt_name             = ''Peep''
| genre                = [[Educational television|Educational]] <br/> [[Adventure fiction|Adventure]] <br /> [[Children's television series]] <br/> [[Television comedy|Comedy]]
| creator              = [[Kaj Pindal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Peep and the Big Wide World|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/peep_and_the_big_wide_world|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=26 April 2014|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629223637/http://www.nfb.ca/film/peep_and_the_big_wide_world/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lerner|first=Loren Ruth|title=Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature, Volume 1|date=1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=0802029884|page=218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwwjSEJSMHQC&q=peep+and+the+big+wide+world+kaj+pindal&pg=PA218}}</ref>
| director             = Rick Marshall
| voices               = Scott Beaudin (seasons 1–3)<br>Shawn Molko (season 4)<br/>Maxwell Uretsky (season 5)<br/>Jamie Watson<br>Amanda Soha
| narrator             = [[Joan Cusack]]
| theme_music_composer = Steve D'Angelo<br>Terry Tompkins
| open_theme           = "Peep and the Big Wide World" <small>performed by [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]</small>
| end_theme            = "Peep and the Big Wide World" (instrumental)
| composer             = Steve D'Angelo<br>Terry Tompkins
| country              = Canada<br>United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 60 (120 segments + 120 live-action segments)
| executive_producer   = Kate Taylor
| producer             = Vince Commisso<br>Marisa Wolsky
| runtime              = 22–25 minutes
| company              = [[9 Story Media Group|9 Story Entertainment]]<br>Eggbox LLC<br>[[National Film Board of Canada]]<br>[[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids Original Productions]] <small>(seasons 1–3)</small><br>[[WGBH-TV|WGBH Boston]]
| network              = [[TVOKids]] (Canada)<br>[[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids]]/[[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] <small>(seasons 1–3)</small> (U.S.)<br>[[PBS Kids]] <small>(seasons 4–5)</small> (U.S.)
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2004|04|12}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2007|09|14}} <small>(seasons 1–3)</small>
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|2010|02|02}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|2011|10|14}} <small>(seasons 4–5)</small>
}}
'''''Peep and the Big Wide World''''' is an [[Animated series|animated]] [[children's television series|preschool television series]] created by [[Danish-Canadian]] animator [[Kaj Pindal]]. It revolves around the lives of three birds named Peep, Chirp, and Quack, as they discover, investigate, and explore the world around them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=447–448}}</ref>

The show was based on the 1988 short film of the same name produced by the [[National Film Board of Canada]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Peep and the Big Wide World |url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=17646 |website=onf-nfb.gc.ca |publisher=National Film Board of Canada |access-date=3 February 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204215310/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=17646 |url-status=live}}</ref> which itself is based on the 1962 short film ''The Peep Show'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The Peep Show|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/peep_show|publisher=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145443/https://www.nfb.ca/film/peep_show|url-status=live}}</ref> also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The series premiered on April 12, 2004, on [[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids]] and on [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] as part of their ''[[Ready Set Learn!]]'' children's block in the United States, and on [[TVOKids]] in Canada. It was produced by [[WGBH-TV|WGBH Boston]] (through its kids division WGBH Kids), [[9 Story Media Group]] (formerly 9 Story Entertainment; in its debut production), Eggbox LLC, the National Film Board of Canada, and [[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids Original Productions]] (seasons 1–3), in association with [[TVO]]ntario and [[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids]], and is distributed by [[Alliance Atlantis]] (through AAC Kids for the first season).

Throughout its run, it was [[Underwriting spot|underwritten]] by the [[National Science Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0104700 - "Peep and the Big Wide World:" A Television Science Series for Three to Five Year Olds |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0104700&HistoricalAwards=false |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0540273 - Peep and the Big Wide World (Season 3) |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0540273&HistoricalAwards=false |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0741644 - Peep and The Big Wide World 'Anywhere Math' Initiative, Season 4 |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0741644&HistoricalAwards=false |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=www.nsf.gov}}</ref> 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. The show is narrated by [[Joan Cusack]] and the background music is produced by Steve D' Angelo and Terry Tompkins.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=Learn about teaching science and math to Preschoolers with PEEP {{!}} Peep |url=http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/about/?section=act-7#act-2 |access-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529151724/http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/about/?section=act-7#act-2 |archive-date=2023-05-29}}</ref>

==Overview== 
Viewers follow Peep, Chirp, and Quack as they investigate and explore the world around them. Following the 9-minute animated episode, there is a 2-minute live-action segment which features children exploring and demonstrating the same topic presented in the episode. The animation consists of bright colors, 2D, 3D and simple shapes, which simulates and reflects a youthful art style.

==Characters==
Attributed to the following sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/about/credits.html|title=PEEP and the Big Wide World: Broadcast Credits|access-date=February 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430073222/http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/about/credits.html|archive-date=April 30, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbR_tWS3WP4|title=Peep and the Big Wide World - Ending Credits (HD Version)|publisher=CANAL F|via=[[YouTube]]|date=May 11, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qojey1qA6uc|title=Peep and the big wide world credits 2010 on pbs kids|publisher=Ni Ki|via=[[YouTube]]|date=September 18, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref><ref name="PeepCredits">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgcJJ9tIF-s|title=4 Peep and the Big Wide World credits|publisher=MUFEU|via=[[YouTube]]|date=May 16, 2024|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8DuDA_5_XQ|title=Peep & the Big Wide World ending|publisher=Becky Saenz|via=[[YouTube]]|date=June 2, 2013|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ittc4|title=Peep and the Big Wide World S4E01|publisher=Peep and the Big Wide World|via=[[Dailymotion]]|access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref>

===Main===
* Peep (voiced by Scott Beaudin in seasons 1–3, Shawn Molko in season 4 and Maxwell Uretsky in season 5) is 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. However, Peep is female in the original short film.
* Chirp (voiced by Amanda Soha) is a female, red [[American robin|robin]] who is also very curious, and attempts frequently to fly, with unsatisfying results, until "A Daring Duck", when she flies to the ground. In "Big Bird", she meets an adult robin for the first time. She is Peep and Quack's best friend. However, Chirp is male in the original short film.
* Quack (voiced by Jamie Watson) is a male, indigo blue [[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 "An Inconvenient Tooth, Part 1".
* The Narrator (voiced by [[Joan Cusack]]) is an omniscient voice who narrates each episode. She usually remains separate from the action, but occasionally, the characters are shown to be able to hear her and will interact with her.

===Minor===
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* Ant (voiced by [[Robert Tinkler]]) is a very busy male ant who is leader of the ants.
* Bat (voiced by [[Ron Rubin (voice actor)|Ron Rubin]] in season 1 and [[Ron Pardo]] in season 2) is a very shy bat.
* Beaver Boy (voiced by Tessa Marshall in seasons 1–3 and Amanda Gryniewski in seasons 4–5) is a young naïve male beaver who lives in an adjoining pond to Quack's pond. 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 Dad (voiced by Phillip Williams) is Beaver Boy's businesslike father.
* Beaver Mom (voiced by [[Kathleen Laskey]] in season 1 and [[Debra McGrath]] seasons 2–3) is Beaver Boy's workaholic mother.
* Blue Jays (voiced by David Huband and [[Kathleen Laskey]] for male and female, resp.) are very silly blue and white birds who love to cause lots of trouble when they see stuff.
* Bunnies (voiced by Melanie Tonello, Raquel Cadilha, [[Alexander Conti]], resp. in seasons 1–2; Avigail Humphreys and [[Riele Downs]] in seasons 4–5) are inhabitants who live in rabbit holes. In season 1, three bunnies who lived in a rabbit hole became Peep's friends in "Peep in Rabbitland". In season 4, five bunnies are aided by Peep and Quack to find their bunnysitter in "You Can Count on Bunnies".
* Bunnysitter (voiced by Jake Sim) is a bunny who babysits the 5 bunnies.
* Dragonfly (voiced by [[Catherine Disher]]) is a quiet dragonfly.
* Fish (voiced by John McGrath in season 1 and [[Robert Tinkler]] in season 2) are cohabitations of Quack's pond.
* Fish Jr. (voiced by Phoebe McAuley in seasons 1–2 and Sarah Commisso in season 3) is the youngest fish in the pond and Quack's best fish friend.
* Frog (voiced by [[Robert Tinkler]]) is a frog who lives in Quack's pond. He rarely talks.
* Groundhog (voiced by [[Rachel Marcus]]) is a young groundhog destined to find her shadow.
* Old Groundhog (voiced by Adrian Truss) is the oldest of all groundhogs.
* Hoot (voiced by [[Corinne Conley]]) is a menacing, but kind purple female owl who lives in the Deep Dark Woods.
* "Me" Tiny Ant<ref name="PeepCredits"/> (voiced by Erica Commisso) is the tiniest ant in the anthill. "Me" was named after a misinterpretation from Peep.
* Nellie (voiced by Marium Carvell) is a red female dog who acts as a seemingly maternal figure for the birds.
* Newton (voiced by [[Colin Fox (actor)|Colin Fox]]) is an old, male, dark-green turtle who lives under an apple tree.
* Quack #2 (voiced by [[Megan Mullally]]) is a female duck who has her own pond, built by Quack, Peep, Chirp, Beaver Boy and his parents, and Quack's pink doppelgänger. Like Quack, Quack #2 is boastful and narcissistic, but unlike Quack, Quack #2 is annoying, cruel, and bad-intentioned.
* Rabbit (voiced by [[Jayne Eastwood]]) is an excitable and somewhat distracted rabbit.
* Raccoon (voiced by [[Jeff Lumby]]) is a gobbo, male brown & black raccoon who has lots of rubbish.
* Robins (voiced by [[Kathleen Laskey]] and [[Holly Hunter]] respectively) are two individual robins with differentiating personalities. One is a blue robin who flies around giving Chirp pep talks and comes from "Chirp Builds a Nest". Another is an adult robin who appears in "Big Bird" and "Chirp Flies the Coop".
* Skunk (voiced by Adrian Truss) is a rather deadpan skunk who lives near Quack's pond.
* Snail (voiced by Laura Lynn) is a pondweller in Quack's pond.
* Spider (voiced by Marium Carvell) is a smart and sneaky spider.
* Splendid Bird from Paradise (voiced by Jabella A. Urrejola-Lugo) is a green bird who was captured from the jungle, adopted by a little girl and found her way in the Big Wide World.
* Squeak (voiced by [[Kathleen Laskey]]) is an anxious pink, female mouse who lives under a brick and always worries a lot about what could go wrong.
* Squirrel (voiced by [[Peter Wildman]]) is a brown squirrel with a long tail who favors acorns.
* Tom (voiced by Alex Hood in season 1 and [[Matthew Knight]] in season 2) is a sly, male blue kitten with black stripes who often tries to eat Peep, Chirp, and Quack. He is the sole antagonist.

==Episodes==

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===Season 1 (2004)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Episode No.
! colspan="2" | Segment names
! colspan="2" | Synopsis
! rowspan="2" | Original airdate
! rowspan="2" | Prod code
|-
! Total
! Season
! First segment
! Second segment
! Plot A and B
|-
| 1 || 1 || Spring Thing || Springy Thingy 
|Peep and his friends attempt to take care of a flower he believes is the "last beautiful living thing in the cold, gray world".<hr>Peep and the trio go to the dump and discover many bouncy objects, such as a [[jack-in-the-box]].
| April 12, 2004 || 110
|-
| 2 || 2 || A Duck's Tale || Quack's Tracks 
| Quack, believing he has no self-defense tactics, is reminded of "The Power of Duck Feet".<hr>Quack and Peep learn about animal tracks.
| April 13, 2004 || 101
|-
| 3 || 3 || Quack and the Very Big Rock || Shadow Play 
| || April 14, 2004 || 102
|-
| 4 || 4 || Current Events || Quack Loses His Hat 
| || April 15, 2004 || 103
|-
| 5 || 5 || Night Light || Sounds Like... 
| || April 16, 2004 || 104
|-
| 6 || 6 || The Windy Day || Peep Feet 
| || April 19, 2004 || 105
|-
| 7 || 7 || Newton's Big Adventure || Peep Crosses the Road 
| || April 20, 2004 || 106
|-
| 8 || 8 || Stormy Weather || Peep in Rabbitland 
| || April 21, 2004 || 107
|-
| 9 || 9 || Quack's Stuck Stick || Peep's Can 
| || April 22, 2004 || 108
|-
| 10 || 10 || Under Duck || All Fall Down 
| || April 23, 2004 || 109
|-
| 11 || 11 || The Perils of Peep and Chirp || Hoop Tricks 
| || April 26, 2004 || 111
|-
| 12 || 12 || Save It for Later || The Red Ballmoon 
| || April 27, 2004 || 112
|-
| 13 || 13 || Chirp Builds a Nest || Stuck Duck 
| || April 28, 2004 || 113
|-
| 14 || 14 || The Real Decoy || Peep's Lost Leaf 
| || April 29, 2004 || 114
|-
| 15 || 15 || Birds of a Feather || The Incredible Shrinking Duck 
| || April 30, 2004 || 115
|-
| 16 || 16 || Go West Young Peep || A Delicate Balance 
| || May 3, 2004 || 116
|-
| 17 || 17 || The Fish Museum || Peep's Night Out 
| || May 4, 2004 || 117
|-
| 18 || 18 || There's No Place Like Home || Flipping Newton 
| || May 5, 2004 || 118
|-
| 19 || 19 || Chirp's Flight Program || Mirror Mirror in the Dump 
| || May 6, 2004 || 119
|-
| 20 || 20 || Bridge the Gap || Meeting Half-Way 
| || May 7, 2004 || 120
|-
| 21 || 21 || Peep Plants a Seed || The Root Problem 
| || May 10, 2004 || 121
|-
| 22 || 22 || Hide and Go Peep || A Peep of a Different Color 
| || May 11, 2004 || 122
|-
| 23 || 23 || That's a Cat || Faster Than a Duck 
| || May 12, 2004 || 123
|-
| 24 || 24 || Quack Hatches an Egg || The Whatchamacallit 
| || May 13, 2004 || 124
|-
| 25 || 25 || Wandering Beaver || Peep's New Friend 
| || May 14, 2004 || 125
|-
| 26 || 26 || The Trip to Green Island || Give Me a Call 
| || May 17, 2004 || 126
|}

===Season 2 (2005–06)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Episode No.
! colspan="2" | Segment names
! colspan="2" | Synopsis
! rowspan="2" | Original airdate
! rowspan="2" | Prod code
|-
! Total
! Season
! First segment
! Second segment
! Plot A and B
|-
| 27 || 1 || Finders Keepers || Quack Quiets the Universe || 2 May 2005 || 201
|-
| 28 || 2 || Peep's Moon Mission || The Many Moons of Quack the Duck || 3 May 2005 || 202
|-
| 29 || 3 || The Mystery of the Thing That Went and Came Back || Peep's Color Quest || 4 May 2005 || 203
|-
| 30 || 4 || Reflection Affection || Peep Deep in the Big Muddy || 5 May 2005 || 204
|-
| 31 || 5 || Chirp Sorts It Out (Sort Of) || Hear Here! || 6 May 2005 || 205
|-
| 32 || 6 || colspan="2" | Dry Duck || 9 May 2005 || 206
|-         Note: When this episode airs reruns, the guide on the cable systems switches the titles of this and the subsequent episode. It hasn't been fixed.
| 33 || 7 || Snow Daze || Flower Shower || 10 May 2005 || 207
|-         Note: When this episode airs reruns, the guide on the cable systems switches the titles of this and the previous episode. It hasn't been fixed.
| 34 || 8 || Who Stole the Big Wide World? || M-U-D Spells Trouble || 11 May 2005 || 208
|-
| 35 || 9 || Finding Time || Smaller Than a Peep || 12 May 2005 || 209
|-
| 36 || 10 || Quack Quack || One Duck Two Many || 13 May 2005 || 210
|-
| 37 || 11 || Count Them Out || Peep Prints || 25 September 2006 || 212
|-
| 38 || 12 || Stick with Me || Tree Feller || 26 September 2006 || 211
|-
| 39 || 13 || A Daring Duck || The Trouble with Bubbles || 27 September 2006 || 213
|}

===Season 3 (2007)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Episode No.
! colspan="2" | Segment names
! colspan="2" | Synopsis
! rowspan="2" | Original airdate
! rowspan="2" | Prod code
|-
! Total
! Season
! First segment
! Second segment
! Plot A and B
|-
| 40 || 1 || The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing But the Tooth || The Winter of Quack's Discontent || 17 April 2007 || 302
|-
| 41 || 2 || Nosing Around || The Last Straw || 18 April 2007 || 303
|-
| 42 || 3 || The Disappearing Drink || Door Tour || 19 April 2007 || 304
|-
| 43 || 4 || In a Bind || Star Light, Star Bright || 20 April 2007 || 305
|-
| 44 || 5 || Bedtime Story || The Deep Duck Woods || 11 September 2007 || 306
|-
| 45 || 6 || I Spy a Spider || Robin in the Bat Cave || 12 September 2007 || 307
|-
| 46 || 7 || Marble Mover || Fair Shares || 13 September 2007 || 308
|-
| 47|| 8 || The Feats of Peep || Quack Goes Nuts || 14 September 2007 || 309
|-
| 48 || 9 || colspan="2"| The Sounds of Silence || 16 April 2007 || 301
|-
| 49|| 10 || Big Bird || Chirp Flies the Coop || 10 September 2007 || 310
|}

===Season 4 (2010)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Episode No.
! colspan="2" | Segment names
! colspan="2" | Synopsis
! rowspan="2" | Original airdate
! rowspan="2" | Prod code
|-
! Total
! Season
! First segment
! Second segment
! Plot A and B
|-
| 50 || 1 || The Lurmies are Coming || Quack's Square Deal || 2 February 2010 || 406
|-
| 51 || 2 || colspan="2" | An Inconvenient Tooth || 1 May 2010 || 401
|-
| 52 || 3 || Bringing Spring || Quack's Pond Party || 13 May 2010 || 403
|-
| 53 || 4 || You Can Count on Bunnies || Falling Feathers || 14 May 2010 || 405
|-
| 54 || 5 || Trading Places || House of Sand and Frog || 26 June 2010 || 402
|-
| 55 || 6 || Magic Duck Dancing || Chirp Chirp Tweet Tweet Chirp || 17 July 2010 || 404
|}

===Season 5 (2011)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Episode No.
! colspan="2" | Segment names
! rowspan="2" | Original airdate
! rowspan="2" | Prod code
|-
! colspan="2" | Episode No.
! colspan="2" | Segment names
! colspan="2" | Synopsis
! rowspan="2" | Original airdate
! rowspan="2" | Prod code
|-
! Total
! Season
! First segment
! Second segment
! Plot A and B
|-
| 56 || 1 || colspan="2" | Two's a Crowd || 10 October 2011 || 501
|-
| 57 || 2 || colspan="2" | The Road Not Taken || 11 October 2011 || 502
|-
| 58 || 3 || Soap Opera || Diva Duck || 12 October 2011 || 503
|-
| 59 || 4 || Quack and the Amazing Sandy Magic || Duckball || 13 October 2011 || 504
|-
| 60 || 5 || Things That Go Peep in the Night || Mud Muddle || 14 October 2011 || 505
|}

==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 blues musician [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/kids/videos/346/peep-theme-song/ |title=Opening video, with lyrics and credits on official page |access-date=2016-11-20 |archive-date=2016-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120084902/http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/en/kids/videos/346/peep-theme-song/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Broadcast==
===United States===
''Peep and the Big Wide World'' was originally broadcast on [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]] and [[Discovery Family|Discovery Kids]] — the latter as part of the ''[[Ready Set Learn!]]'' preschool block — from April 12, 2004, to September 14, 2007. Carriage on the Discovery children's networks ended on October 8, 2010, when Discovery Kids discontinued the block and reruns of the first three seasons to make way for the new network to launch known as [[Discovery Family|The Hub]] on October 10. WGBH began airing the series on August 1, 2004,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-08-01 |title=Peep and the Big Wide World WGBH Premiere |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-peep-and-the-big-wide-w/181000638/ |access-date=2025-09-13 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=319}}</ref> and it was later offered to public television stations via independent public television distributor [[American Public Television]] from April 1, 2007,<ref name="aptstart">{{cite web |title=PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD - American Public Television |url=http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/GenreLookup/41653873E38CD1A485257281007550C7 |website=www.aptonline.org |access-date=18 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106004954/http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/GenreLookup/41653873E38CD1A485257281007550C7 |archive-date=6 November 2009}}</ref><ref name="aptstart1">{{cite web |title=PEEP and the Big Wide World: FAQ |url=http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/about/faq.html |website=www.peepandthebigwideworld.com |access-date=18 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420080633/http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/about/faq.html |archive-date=20 April 2007 |quote=And, starting in April 2007, look for PEEP on your local public television station.}}</ref> to January 3, 2018.<ref name="aptend">{{cite web |title=PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD II/POCOYO {{!}} American Public Television |url=http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/vLinkTitle/PEEP+AND+THE+BIG+WIDE+WORLD+II+POCOYO |website=www.aptonline.org |access-date=18 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910074428/http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/vLinkTitle/PEEP+AND+THE+BIG+WIDE+WORLD+II+POCOYO |archive-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>

The last two seasons were broadcast exclusively on select local [[public broadcasting|public television stations]] with episodes distributed by [[American Public Television|APT]] from January 4, 2010<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/vLinkTitle/PEEP+AND+THE+BIG+WIDE+WORLD+II+POCOYO | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910074428/http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/vLinkTitle/PEEP+AND+THE+BIG+WIDE+WORLD+II+POCOYO | archive-date=2015-09-10 | title=Entry not found in index season NOT FOUND}}</ref> to October 14, 2011, though second-runs of previous episodes began as early as April 1, 2007.<ref name="aptstart" /><ref name="aptstart1" /> APT continued distributing reruns until January 3, 2018,<ref name="aptend" /> well after commercial networks dropped the program. A total of 60 episodes (120 segments) were broadcast.

Beginning on January 1, 2018, distribution and reruns of ''Peep and the Big Wide World'' began airing on the [[PBS Kids#Network|24-hour PBS Kids channel]],<ref name="pbskidsstart">{{cite journal |title=Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine |website=issuu.com |date=15 December 2017 |issue=January 2018 |page=22 |url=https://issuu.com/tampabayparentingmagazine/docs/jan_2018_final_web/22 |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> marking the first time the series aired nationally on PBS Kids. Despite being a production of PBS station [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]], ''Peep and the Big Wide World'' was turned down by PBS in 2003 in favor of developing programming directed at "slightly older children".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finucane |first1=Martin |title=WGBH to Produce Commercial Show for Kids |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/WGBH-to-Produce-Commercial-Show-for-Kids-10585138.php |publisher=Edwardsville Publishing Company |access-date=8 April 2023 |date=27 May 2003 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408161034/https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/WGBH-to-Produce-Commercial-Show-for-Kids-10585138.php |url-status=live}}</ref> (The series was geared toward preschool children ages 3–5; meanwhile, PBS eventually launched the [[PBS Kids Go!]] block in 2004 which was intended for children above the preschool level.) The U.S. broadcasts of the series ended on December 26, 2021, when it was replaced with reruns of ''[[Dinosaur Train]]'' to the 7:30&nbsp;a.m. weekend morning timeslot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TV Schedules - AZPM |url=https://tv.azpm.org/schedules/kuatkids/2021/12/26/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=tv.azpm.org |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211013728/https://tv.azpm.org/schedules/kuatkids/2021/12/26/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

APT and PBS Kids broadcasts of ''Peep and the Big Wide World'' were paired with a short episode from ''[[Pocoyo]]'', which aired immediately after each show from 2010 to 2021.

==Media==
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===Home video===
[[WGBH-TV|WGBH Boston Video]] released the episodes of the first season on [[DVD]] in 2005. The 2005 DVD releases each contained six segments of the specified subject; ''Peep Explores'', ''Peep Finds'', ''Peep Floats'', ''Peep's New Friends'', ''Chirp Flies'', and ''Quack Knows It All''. The 2007 DVD release, ''Peep Figures It Out'' contained six segments as usual, plus two bonus segments. In 2011, [[PBS Distribution|PBS Kids Video]] released two DVDs; ''Seasons of Adventure'', and ''Star Light, Star Bright'', which contains episodes from seasons two and three respectively. In 2012, PBS Kids Video released two more DVDs; ''Finders Keepers'' and ''Bringing Spring''. In 2014, PBS Kids Video released two more DVDs; ''Diva Duck'', and ''Peep Discovers'' (which was once available as a limited release to retail stores). As of 2024, all of these DVDs are now out of print and very hard to find, but commonly found at [[public library|public libraries]]. In [[Canada]], [[Entertainment One]] released four DVDs in both English and French languages; ''Quack Quack'', ''Peep's Moon Mission'', ''Stick With Me'', and ''Flower Shower''.

=== PBS LearningMedia shorts ===
On July 26, 2017, WGBH released ''PEEP and the Big Wide World: Weather Factors'', a media gallery in PBS LearningMedia's ''Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms'' project. ''Weather Factors'' contains 4 animated shorts: "Peep and the Too Windy Day", "Peep and the Chilly Dam", "Peep and the Changing Sky", and "Peep and the Rainy, Snowy Day".<ref>{{Cite web |title=PEEP and the Big Wide World: Weather Factors |url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac17-k2-sci-ess-peepfactors/peep-and-the-big-wide-world-weather-factors/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=PBS LearningMedia |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307022717/https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac17-k2-sci-ess-peepfactors/peep-and-the-big-wide-world-weather-factors/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com}}
*{{IMDb title|0389668|Peep and the Big Wide World|(Current series)}}
*{{IMDb title|0311635|Peep and the Big Wide World|(1988)}}
*{{IMDb name|0683927|Kaj Pindal}}
*[http://www.wgbh.org/ WGBH]
*[http://www.9story.com 9 Story Entertainment]
*[https://www.nsf.gov/news/now_showing/tv/peep.jsp National Science Foundation grant information]
*[http://www.nfb.ca/film/peep_and_the_big_wide_world/ Watch the original ''Peep and the Big Wide World'' at NFB.ca]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171001122148/http://www.grginc.com/Executive%20Summaries/PEEP%20Executive%20Summary.pdf Read Goodman Research Group's executive summary of the Peep website evaluation]
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