Peppa Pig and her family have announced a new addition to the family, with the safe arrival of a baby girl.
Mummy Pig broke the internet back in February when she revealed live on Good Morning Britain that she was pregnant with her third piglet.
Since then, the anticipation has only grown stronger as fans were thrilled by a grand gender reveal celebration at London’s Battersea Power Station last month.
The exciting news was shared on Good Morning Britain that Mummy Pig welcomed a baby girl named Evie at 5:34 AM – a sweet tribute to Mummy Pig’s aunt, Evie.
The exclusive maternity ward at St. Mary’s Hospital in Paddington offers a range of packages starting at £5,900 for a single night, with deluxe options available for £7,500.
The birth was announced with a royal-inspired twist on the classic royal birth announcement, complete with a town crier, a scroll-style proclamation, and the unveiling of an official Peppa Pig birth certificate.
Big siblings Peppa and George are said to be over the moon and excited to meet their new baby sister, while Mummy and Daddy Pig are ‘looking forward to lots of happy snorts and sleepless nights.’
GMB revealed that ‘understandably, Mummy Pig is resting but Daddy Pig has let me know he will be free to catch up next week for his first ever TV interview and another glimpse of the new baby.’
Last month the Battersea Power Station chimneys were lit up pink to reveal Mummy and Daddy Pig are expecting a baby girl.
The global smash hit cartoon celebrated the gender reveal news with a VIP party at the world’s first-ever permanent Peppa Pig store at Battersea, featuring fundraising in support of NCT, the UK’s leading charity for pregnancy and parents.
NCT (National Children’s Trust) was announced earlier this month as the official ‘Pregnancy and Parenting Charity Partner’ for Peppa Pig in the UK.
And the excitement doesn’t stop there as fans can join the Pig family on the big screen with Peppa Meets the Baby, a brand-new cinema experience launching May 30 in over 2,600 cinemas across 19 countries.
The hour-long, song-filled screening features 10 brand-new episodes, as Peppa and George prepared for the arrival of their baby sister.
Peppa Pig first aired in 2004 and has since been broadcast in 180 territories and translated into 40 languages. It’s spawned books, toys and even two theme parks, with the global Peppa empire now worth over £1billion.
Creators Neville Astley and Mark Baker admitted they were worried the idea would never get off the ground, and that people were initially bored of the idea.
People in the pub would ask us, “What are you drawing?” We’d say, “A pig, called Peppa, it’s going to be big.” They’d lose interest and wander off’, explained Astley.
The pair created Peppa and her family working in each other’s houses or at the local pub.
They told the Radio Times they were inspired by 1970s cartoon classics including Roobarb and Pingu, after realising that children ‘like stories about animals’.
We’d made this little trailer for Peppa but hadn’t got anywhere,’ recalled Baker.
‘It’s very difficult to sell your own creative work. The good thing about Phil is he’s quite thick-skinned.’
They soon found an energetic little girl, Lily Snowden-Fine, to voice Peppa – despite her being only four years-old and unable to read, instead repeating lines spoken by her mother.
When her family moved to Canada, the job went to Cecily Bloom, followed by current incumbent Harley Bird.
The creators explained that the secret to Peppa’s long-lasting appeal is the show’s simplicity, as well as ensuring the piglet is never the butt of the jokes.
‘We put a lot of work into making everything look as effortless as possible, said Baker.
‘We can laugh at the adults, but children don’t like it if we laugh at the children in the show.’
All new episodes of Peppa Pig will be launching on Milkshake from September.
