Pippin

Pippin, Peppin, Pepin or Pipin may refer to:

People

Carolingians

Pippin, Peppin, and Pepin (Latin: Pippinus, Pipinus, and Pepinus) are variants of a single Frankish given name borne by the following figures in the Carolingian family that ruled the Frankish Empire in what is now France and the western parts of Germany in the Middle Ages:

Come Outside

Come Outside is a British educational children's television series that ran from 23 September 1993 to 18 March 1997 and was repeated on CBeebies until late 2012. The series aims to encourage young children to learn about the world around them. The starting point for each programme is something with which children are already familiar, such as wood, paper, boots, spiders, buses, soap, street lamps. The two main characters are Auntie Mabel (played by Lynda Baron of Open All Hours and the sequel "Still Open All Hours"), and her dog Pippin. Pippin was initially played by a female dog called Pippin, but the role was later inherited by this dog's grandson, Mr. Higgins. They go on adventures in Auntie Mabel's aeroplane, travelling far and wide across the UK, and occasionally further afield, to find out more. Music, rhymes and stories enrich the programme topics.

The episode entitled Bricks won the Royal Television Society Educational Television Award 1997 in the Pre-school and Infants category.

Pippin (comics)

Pippin was a UK children's comic, published by Polystyle Publications between 24.09.1966 and 26.09.1986, featuring characters from British pre-school television programmes. Stories were generally of four or eight numbered panels, with a short sentence below each illustration (similar to Rupert), although some stories did appear in prose form.

Regular stories included The Pogles (whose Pippin character gave the comic its name), Bizzy Lizzy, Joe, The Woodentops, Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben, Camberwick Green, Trumpton and Chigley, Titch and Quackers, Toytown, Mary Mungo & Midge, The Moonbeans, Tales of the Riverbank, The Herbs, Mr Benn, Teddy Edward, Barnaby the Bear, Ivor the Engine, Rubovia and Sooty and Sweep. Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben also appeared regularly in Robin.

Each issue was around 16 pages in colour and black and white, and also featured a puzzle page, readers letters & photographs, and a bible story.

Each year a hardback annual was published, containing new stories and puzzles, and regular holiday specials. Around 1983 a special winter holiday edition reprinted some old strips from the past 15 years ("ask your older brothers or sisters").