Nick Jr. UK's "Peppa Pig" Voted As One Of The Greatest Children’s TV Shows

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's preschool channel, Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, has announced in a Tweet (post) on their official Twitter profile page (@NickJrUK) that Nick Jr. UK and Eire megastar and popular cartoon character "Peppa Pig", who has starred in over 200 five-minute TV episodes, has been voted as one of the greatest children's television shows by staff and readers of the popular British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, Radio Times! Congratulations, Peppa!!

Nick Jr.'s Peppa Pig has been voted as one of the greatest children’s TV show by @RadioTimes. Well done Peppa! - Tuesday 30th July 2013.

In a separate Tweet, Tina McCann, the Managing Director of Nickelodeon UK and Ireland, has announced the fantastic Nick Jr. UK news in a Tweet on her official Twitter feed (@TinaMcCannTV) that "Peppa Pig" has had 8.1m viewers on Nick Jr. UK year to date!:

8.1m viewers on Nick Jr. year to date can’t be wrong - Peppa Pig is on the Radio Times shortlist for the greatest kids TV show ever! - Tuesday 30th July 2013.

Below is the longlist of all the shows nominated (in alphabetical order), from the British national morning newspaper The Independent:

Bill And Ben (Flower Pot Men)
Blue Peter
Bob The builder
Clangers
Grange Hill
Horrible Histories
In The Night Garden
Jackanory
The Magic Roundabout
Mr Benn
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
Peppa Pig
Play School
Record Breakers
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Story Of Tracy Beaker
Teletubbies
Thunderbirds
Tiswas
Wallace & Gromit