Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
GenreChildren's Animated Series
Adventure
Comedy
Created by
  • Denise Fitzpatrick
  • Mike Young
  • Liz Young
  • Sindy McKay-Swerdlove
  • John Over
Developed by
  • Mike Young
  • Liz Young
  • Sindy McKay-Swerdlove
  • John Over (season 3)
Directed by
  • John Over (seasons 1–2)
  • Jeff Gordon (season 3)
Voices of
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Jakers! Theme"
Ending theme"Jakers! Theme" (instrumental)
Composers
Country of origin
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Mike Young (seasons 1–2)
  • Stephanie Gougeon (seasons 1–2)
  • Louisa Stretton (seasons 1–2)
  • Liz Young (season 3)
  • Bill Schultz (season 3)
  • Daniel Isman (season 3)
Producer
  • John Over
Running time23 minutes
30 minutes (original PBS broadcast)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 7, 2003 (2003-09-07) 
January 23, 2007 (2007-01-23)

Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, or Jakers in Europe, is an animated children's television series created and developed by Mike Young, Liz Young, Sindy McKay-Swerdlove and John Over based on an original idea by Denise Fitzpatrick and produced by Entara in association with Mike Young Productions with the animation provided by Crest Communications. The series was broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States, and on CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom. It was also broadcast in Australia on ABC Kids. The series ran for three seasons and 52 episodes total from September 7, 2003, to January 23, 2007, with reruns airing through August 31, 2008. Reruns aired on the Qubo television network from June 30, 2012 to March 26, 2017.

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 modern day. Many of the stories takes place on the Winks family's farm, Raloo Farm, located in the village of Tara. Piggley and his father use the word “Jakers” express their delight when they discover something on their adventures. Notably, the show contains voiceover work by the actors Joan Rivers and Mel Brooks.