Pedro and Frankensheep


Pedro and Frankensheep is an animated BBC television series set in Lake Poopó, Bolivia, that was aired on CBBC from 25 February to 7 March 2008. It was created by BBC producer Philip T. Cooper for Children's BBC, who worked closely with filmmakers The Brothers McLeod to design, co-write, and animate the series. The series follows the misadventures of Pedro, a super-smart guinea pig scientist who was raised in a laboratory but escaped after the experiments he underwent made his brain too big, and his home-made cyborg sheep, Frankensheep, who had a duo of mariachi ticks named Hector & Hugo, collectively known as "The Brain Ticks", living on his head. The characters also made their debuts on the CBBC website, when they were featured on its 2007 Christmas Advent Calendar.
The series comprises ten five-minute episodes, which were originally transmitted on the CBBC Channel on weekdays at 4:30pm. However, the second episode, Sleep, Guinea Pig, Sleep, first appeared on YouTube on 10 January 2008, a month before it premiered. Part of the third episode, What a Nugget, also appeared on a TV in the Doctor Who episode Silence in the Library on 31 May 2008.
EpisodeNameAir date
1In Deep Poopó25 February 2008
2Sleep, Guinea Pig, Sleep26 February 2008
3What a Nugget27 February 2008
4Fool Moon28 February 2008
5Icky Sticky Web29 February 2008
6Red Hot Poopó3 March 2008
7The Sheepinator4 March 2008
8The Big Sneeze5 March 2008
9Pedro's Bright Idea6 March 2008
10Flower Power7 March 2008