Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is a children's television series. The show is animated using Computer-generated imagery and broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids (English) from 2003-2008 and Univision (dubbed in Spanish as of April 2008); in Ireland on RTÉ Two, as part of The Den; in Australia on ABC; in Ontario on TVOKids; in the UK on BBC Two, and Cbeebies; in Poland on TVP and in Brazil on TV Cultura and Discovery Kids. It has be...
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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is a children's television series. The show is animated using Computer-generated imagery and broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids (English) from 2003-2008 and Univision (dubbed in Spanish as of April 2008); in Ireland on RTÉ Two, as part of The Den; in Australia on ABC; in Ontario on TVOKids; in the UK on BBC Two, and Cbeebies; in Poland on TVP and in Brazil on TV Cultura and Discovery Kids. It has been translated into Scottish Gaelic for viewers watching BBC Two Scotland, as well as into German, Gaelic, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Italian.
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 present day.
The word "Jakers!" is based on an Irish expression used back in the 1950's and means "wow!" or "amazing!" - Piggley and his father use it to express their delight when they discover something on their...
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