21 September (2000-09-21) – 29 October 2000 (2000-10-29)
Preston Pig is a British traditionally 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 television channel shown in Britain, CITV. However, since 2011, it no longer airs on CITV. The show officially went into production in March 1999, to air in September 2000.[1]
Characters
Preston Pig: The main character, a pig who is a football fanatic.
Mr. Wolf: A wolf 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
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Summary
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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
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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!
Preston Pig and Mister Wolf are both on babysitting duties.
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
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3 October 2000
10
The Princess and the Pig
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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
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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
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8 October 2000
15
The Package
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9 October 2000
16
The Good, the Bad and the Porky
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10 October 2000
17
Pigsvillathon
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11 October 2000
18
Boo
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12 October 2000
19
Preston's Pet
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13 October 2000
20
Mr Wolf Learns a Lesson
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14 October 2000
21
Wolf Club
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15 October 2000
22
Dig, Dig, Dig
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20 October 2000
23
Forsakin' Bacon
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21 October 2000
24
Grandpa Wolf
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22 October 2000
25
Snout Snouts
Preston is practising his scouting skills, while Mr Wolf is still scouting around for a pork dinner!
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 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.
