Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated silent comedy children's television series and a spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit franchise. The title character is Shaun, a sheep who previously appeared in the 1995 short film A Close Shave. The series focuses on Shaun's adventures on a northern English farm as the leader of his flock. First aired in the UK on the CBBC channel in 2007, the show has been broadcast in 180 countries.