He is later assisted by his mate, a female sheep named Shirley (in earlier seasons, Shirley had no lines also, in the episode "Growing Pains" gave birth to a lamb, later named Little Baa).Ī running gag on the show is that Wiley's subplot and Piggley's plot would collide (e.g. As the only sheep in the flock who can talk, he believes he is their natural leader, and tries to get the other sheep to do all kinds of different things (singing, racing, playing sports, acting, etc.), with varying degrees of success. He has always been interested in stories and legends, and his fertile mind and mischievous spirit put him in many unpredictable situations, like believing fairies turned Ferny into a bug, trying to hatch a supposed dragon's egg, using the Salmon of Knowledge to pass the school exam, and even trying to capture the legendary Fir Darrig.Įach story also features a subplot featuring a sheep named Wiley (voiced by Mel Brooks), who lives at Raloo Farm with his flock. Piggley lives his everyday life on the farm as a normal child, going to school, helping his parents, taking care of his sister, and having adventures, almost always followed by his friends. Piggley's rival is the main antagonist, Hector McBadger. His best friends are Dannan O'Mallard, a duck who lives in a hut by a pond with her rarely seen grandmother, and Fernando "Ferny" Toro, a young bull who lives with his widowed father, the Spanish blacksmith Don Toro in the village of Tara. Piggley Winks lived with his parents Pádraig and Elly and his younger sister Molly at Raloo Farm in Ireland during the 1950s. However, there are normal, non-anthropomorphic animals in the show as well. Most of the main characters are anthropomorphic animals-including Piggley and his family, who are all pigs. In flashbacks, he is seen as a child, playing with his friends and going to school in the mid-1950s. In the present time (the frame story), Piggley Winks lives in the United States (or Great Britain, according to different versions) and tells stories of his childhood in a rural area in the rural south of Ireland to his three grandchildren. Jakers! takes place in two different settings, in two different time periods. Notably, the show contains voiceover work by the actors Joan Rivers and Mel Brooks. Piggley and his father exclusively use it to express their delight when they discover something on their adventures. The word "jakers" was originally a euphemism for "Jesus" in much of Ireland during the 1950s and 1960s, and was an exclamation of surprise, delight, dismay, or alarm. Many of the stories takes place on the Winks family's farm, Raloo Farm, located in the village of Tara. The show chronicles the boyhood adventures of Piggley Winks, an anthropomorphic pig from Ireland, and how he relates these stories to his grandchildren as a grandfather in the modern day. Reruns aired on the Qubo television network from J(alongside Taste Buds, Artzooka! and Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs) to March 26, 2017. The series ran for three seasons and 52 episodes total from September 7, 2003, to January 24, 2007, with reruns airing through August 31, 2008. It was broadcast in Australia on ABC Kids. The series was broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States, and on CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom. Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Jakers in Europe, is a computer-animated children's television series.
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