Twelve years after his debut, Aardman launched the Shaun the Sheep television series in 2007. Directed by Richard Starzak (also known as "Golly"), the show reimagined Shaun as the clever leader of a flock on Mossy Bottom Farm .
Shaun made his screen debut on December 24, 1995, in A Close Shave . He was named "Shaun" as a play on the word "shorn" after being accidentally put through Wallace's "Knit-o-Matic" machine. Shaun the Sheep
The franchise has grown to include seven television series, two theatrical films— Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)—and a third film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom , scheduled for release in September 2026. 2. Key Characters and Setting Twelve years after his debut, Aardman launched the