Preston Pig

Preston Pig is an animated children's television series which aired on CITV. It was based on a series of books, published by Colin McNaughton. It was shown at weekdays from 3pm until 3:15pm, on the British television channel CITV. However, since 2011, it no longer airs on the channel CITV. A feature-length film based on the show was released in Spring 2019 in the United Kingdom.

Preston Pig
Created by	Colin McNaughton
Starring	Adam Godley Nicky Croydon Hugh Laurie Susan Sheridan Neil McCaul Ada Posta Jimmy Hibbert
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	15 minutes per episode (approx.)
Original release
Network	CITV
Release	21 September (2000-09-21) – 29 October 2000 (2000-10-29)

Characters

• Preston Pig: The main character, a pig who is a football fanatic.
• Mr Wolf: A wolf whom 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

#	Title	Summary	Air Date
1	Goal	Preston the world's most brilliant football player, is on his way to the store. He takes his ball and dribbles right through a flower garden, shoots hitting Billy the Bully, and scores knocking off a police officer's hat. But Preston doesn't realise that Mr Wolf, who keeps getting blamed for the pig's messes, is in hot pursuit - and getting closer every minute!	21 September 2000
2	Splash	Preston Pig goes for a swim in the Synchronised Swimming Class with his teacher, Miss Mioa, but, as usual, things don't turn out quite as expected.	22 September 2000
3	Saturday Job	TBA	23 September 2000
4	Mr Wolf's Own Goal	Preston's football mania nearly lands him in hot water.	24 September 2000
5	Wolf on the Run	An unexpected encounter with Mr Wolf leads Preston to believe in magic.	25 September 2000
6	Ham of the Match	Football is the name of the game when Preston sets out to win the cup, and Mr Wolf pitches in to save the day.	26 September 2000
7	Pooh!	Mr. Wolf knows he that babysitting when Preston takes the baby for the park.	27 September 2000
8	Quiz Show	Preston and Mr Wolf go head to head on a television quiz show.	2 October 2000
9	Fancy That	TBA	3 October 2000
10	The Princess and the Pig	TBA	4 October 2000
11	Whee!	Pumpkin helps Preston to become a skateboard champion when Billy thinks he's going to win the Skateboarding Competition but Will Mr. Wolf catch Preston before he wins?	5 October 2000
12	Marrows	TBA	6 October 2000
13	Oops!	Preston takes the basket full goodies to visit Granny and Mr. Wolf follows him when his mother tells the story the "Little Red Riding Hood" and Preston's father got woodcutter to chase that wolf away.	7 October 2000
14	Parp	TBA	8 October 2000
15	The Package	TBA	9 October 2000
16	The Good, the Bad and the Porky	TBA	10 October 2000
17	Pigsvillathon	TBA	11 October 2000
18	Boo	TBA	12 October 2000
19	Preston's Pet	TBA	13 October 2000
20	Mr Wolf Learns a Lesson	TBA	14 October 2000
21	Wolf Club	TBA	15 October 2000
22	Dig, Dig, Dig	TBA	20 October 2000
23	Forsakin' Bacon	TBA	21 October 2000
24	Grandpa Wolf	TBA	22 October 2000
25	Snout Snouts	Preston is practising his scouting skills, while Mr Wolf is still scouting around for a pork dinner!	24 October 2000
26	Robopig	TBA	29 October 2000

Voice Cast

• Nicky Croydon as Preston
• Hugh Laurie as Mr Wolf
• Adam Godley as TBA
• Ada Posta as TBA
• Neil McCaul as TBA
• Susan Sheridan as Pumpkin/Additional Voices
• Jimmy Hibbert as Additional Voices

The music was composed by Keith Hopwood.

Home Media

Preston Pig was released on VHS in the United Kingdom in 2000 in Australia, these video tape releases are called Pig School and Ham of the Match, and then on DVD in the United Kingdom. The DVD release of Preston Pig is called Football Champion.

Broadcast

Preston Pig aired on CITV in the United Kingdom. However, the programme itself no longer airs on CITV, but can apparently be found on DVD, VHS and online.

Feature-Length Film

A special feature-length movie, titled The Preston Pig Movie, was released on 22 February 2019 in the United Kingdom. The movie's plot is about Preston Pig and his best friend, Pumpkin, travelling to a race track in Edinburgh, where they have to complete a number of races to be crowned champions. The races themselves are not at all easy, as the pig contestants have to collect acorns, strawberries, apples, hearts and carrots while avoiding obstacles, such as other animals and vehicles as well as other objects like cows, mermaids, pumpkins and haystacks.

External links

• Preston Pig at IMDb