![]() “Not all Australian spiders are 'very, very small' and some can hurt you,” warns The Guardian. In fact, Australia is home to some of the most venomous spiders in the world, including the redback and wolf spider.Īccording to the Australian Museum, around 2,000 people are bitten each year by red back spiders, but fatalities are extremely rare.Ī man reportedly died from a redback spider bite in April last year in “the first fatality from a spider bite in more than 30 years”, says the Evening Standard. “The context of the way the spider is portrayed in the episode lessens any impact of scariness or danger the spider does not look real, it has a smiley face and is shown in context of a show with other talking animals,” it said.īut after being contacted by Australian media, Nick Jr said it would remove the episode from programming rotation, despite continuing to maintain that it “does meet our criteria” for broadcast. ![]() Nick Jr originally defended the decision to air the episode, saying the episode is “light-hearted, friendly and very mild in impact”. This advice from the British show was deemed to be “inappropriate for Australian audiences” and the Australian Broadcasting Company banned it from future broadcast.ĭespite the ban, the episode was accidentally published online before being aired again on Nickelodeon channel Nick Jr on August 25 this year.Īccording to Australian website Essential Baby, a Sydney mother watching Peppa Pig with her daughter switched the episode off and complained to pay TV provider Foxtel about the programme. Spiders are very, very small and they can’t hurt you.” The cartoon show ends with Peppa declaring: “We are all going to have tea with Mister Skinny Legs”.ĭuring the episode Peppa’s father tells her: “There’s no need to be afraid. The episode, Mister Skinny Legs, written by Alison Snowden, is about a large spider “which an initially fearful Peppa befriends, before picking the giggling arachnid up, feeding him tea and cake and tucking him into bed in her doll house”, says the Daily Telegraph. Sign up for free Log in Peppa Pig English Episodes New Compilation Movies Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. An episode of the children’s cartoon Peppa Pig has been banned in Australia after the message “spiders can't hurt you” was deemed inappropriate for Aussie audiences. Search Metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search archived websites Advanced Search.
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