BBC, France TV and ZDF commission Piggy Builders

Xilam Animation's second CG-animated series is set to deliver in Q3 2025, but buyers will get a sneak-peek at the new preschool show at MIPCOM in October.
April 29, 2024

BBC Children’s, France Télévisions and Germany’s ZDF have ordered Piggy Builders, a new CG-animated preschool show from Oscar-nominated French studio Xilam Animation.

Created by Marie Manand, Julien Hazebroucq and Emmanuelle Leleu, this 52 x 11-minute series stars three pig siblings who are very different individually, but who all share a passion for building projects in their forest home and fending off a meddlesome wolf named Vern.

Romain Villemaine (Ricky Zoom, Maya the Bee) is on board to direct, and Piggy Builders‘ first episodes will be unveiled at MIPCOM in October, followed by premieres on CBeebies, France Télévisions and ZDF in Q3 2025.

The triple commission comes in the wake of Xilam reporting a 21% increase in sales and financing for its new productions and developing projects in 2023.  

Piggy Builders was originally pitched at Cartoon Forum 2021, where it was well-received, according to Xilam founder and CEO Marc du Pontavice. It’s the studio’s second CG-animated series after Oggy Oggy, which has been acquired by the likes of France Télévisions, Discovery (Italy) and Super RTL (Germany) following its global premiere on Netflix in 2021.   

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Jeremy is the Features Editor of Kidscreen specializing in the content production, broadcasting and distribution aspects of the global children's entertainment industry. Contact Jeremy at jdickson@brunico.com.

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