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Peppa Pig-Flying a Kite and Other Stories (2004)

Peppa Pig-Flying a Kite and Other Stories (2004)

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Released 2-Mar-2006
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Main Menu Introduction Main Menu Audio & Animation Game-Meet The Characters Game-Play Your Own Music
Rating
Year Of Production	2004
Running Time	50:50
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Neville Astley Mark Baker
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Neville Astley Mark Baker Alison Snowden Morwenna Banks Richard Ridings Lily Snowden-Fine
Case	Handle	Starring
RPI	$19.95	Music	Julian Nott Jake Roberts Barnaby Templer

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.78:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.78:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No	Miscellaneous
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

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Plot Synopsis

Title of Show : Peppa Pig

Title of Disc : Flying A Kite and other Stories

Year of Production : 2004

Country of origin : UK

What's included? : 10 episodes.

Episode Length : 5 minutes each (annoyingly the disc does not have time coding)

Details of episodes : The title are fairly self-explanatory so I won't bother with a plot synopsis for each one.

Flying A Kite
My Cousin Chloe
Daddy Loses His Glasses
Hiccups
Picnic
Mummy Pig's Birthday
Dressing Up
The School Fete
Musical Instruments
Babysitting

Style of Production : 2 dimensional animation

Premise of show : Peppa is a young female pig who lives with Mummy & Daddy Pig and her younger brother George. They are a fun loving family who spend a lot of time oinking, rolling around on the ground laughing and jumping in muddy puddles. Other than the oinking they pretty much act like human beings. They live in a house and drive around in a car, attend school and go on picnics. This show won a 2005 BAFTA award for best Pre-school animation show.

Age Group : 2-6

Related to any other children's shows? : Not really

Adult's view : Very amusing show, even for adults. The way the parents and kids interact is funny and will remind you of your own children and how they are with you. Cute animation and great oinking. One of the most watchable pre-schooler shows.

Child's view : My kids love Peppa Pig and laugh and smile throughout.

Other Releases of this show available? : This is the second Region 4 release of Peppa Pig. The other one is called Muddy Puddles.

Overall : Heartily recommended.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The video quality is very good.

The feature is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio 16x9 enhanced which is probably the original aspect ratio. The case lists it as 4:3.

The picture was very clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise.

The colour was wonderful, rich and solid throughout.

The only noticeable artefact was some very mild aliasing.

There are no subtitles.

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Audio

The audio quality is good.

This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 192 Kb/s.

Dialogue was clear and easy to understand and there was no problem with audio sync.

The music and theme song by Julian Nott are fun and very suitable to the show.

The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Extras

Games

Two interactive games are included:

Meet The Characters - Select the character you are interested in and they tell you something about themselves.
Play Your Own Music - Mummy, Daddy, Peppa & George have instruments and you can choose for them to play separately or all together.

R4 vs R1

NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.

This disc has been released in the same format in Region 2 and is not available in Region 1.

Summary

A really fun animated series for pre-schoolers.