Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas is a British stop-motion animated television special based on the television program Shaun the Sheep by Nick Park. Produced by Paul Kewley and John Woolley and directed by Jay Grace, the programme made its debut on Amazon Video in the United States on 13 November 2015 and on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2015, Boxing Day. The special follows Shaun the Sheep as he gets the Farmer to bring home three Llamas from the County Fair. Like the television series, there is no significant dialogue, as the majority of the screenplay takes place through visual implications or implied dialogue.
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Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated silent comedy children's television series which is developed by Aardman Animations. A spin-off in the Wallace and Gromit franchise, the series focuses on the adventures of Shaun, the eponymous sheep previously starring in A Close Shave, as the leader of his flock on a northern English farm. The series premiered on 5 March 2007 on CBBC in the UK, also airing on BBC Two. Since 2020, the series is streamed globally on Netflix. In March 2024, it was announced that the seventh series is in development and will premiere in 2025. With 170 episodes over 6 series, Shaun the Sheep is one of the longest-running animated series in British television.
Series director Richard Goleszowski at Canterbury's Anifest 2008 with Series 1 models of a generic sheep, Bitzer, Timmy, and Shaun