The hit kid ’s goggle box showPeppa Pigis under flak again , after upsetting Australian viewers following one of its episode where they shared that spider are “ very , very small ” and “ ca n’t suffer you ” .
" Mister Skinny Legs ” , the controversial instalment written in 2004 , is about Peppa becoming friends with an enormous wanderer and facing her fears . Peppa ’s pappa advance her to befriend the spider and she is later seen playing with it by provide the eight - legged arachnid teatime and tuck it into bed .
The ABC banned it from being televised in the future , due to it being “ inappropriate for Australian audiences . ” However , it seems Nick Jr chose to air it again on August 25 .
Essential Baby , an Australian website , reported that a mother name Jess made a complaint to Nickelodeon about the British telecasting show , after switching off the episode when her daughter was watching it .
She allegedly was tell by Nickelodeon that “ the condom of children arrive on the parent and it ’s not their responsibility . ”
Nick Jr in the beginning did n’t desire to pull the episode from the serial , saying Mr Skinny Legs “ did not search tangible ” .
“ The episode is light - hearted , friendly and very mild in impingement ; the overarching message of the sequence is about respecting all creature , ” their spokespersonsaid .
“ The setting of the way the spider is portrayed in the episode lessen any impact of scariness or peril ; the spider does not look veridical , it has a smiley face and is demonstrate in circumstance of a show with other talking animals . ”
However , it is true that not all spiders are happy - go - lucky creatures . Some spiders are dangerous , such as thefunnel - web spiderandredback wanderer .
Jess also expressed more of her concerns , by adding that her daughter was “ too untried to infer ” and that other kid that watch the plan could resolve to play with spiders too .
The place by and by deepen their mind , tellingEssential babe : " Nick Jr. prides itself in creating a dependable surroundings for its consultation and base all programming decisions upon internal rule of thumb in accordance with all Australian regulatory and legal obligations . While the episode does conform to our standard , after careful consideration we have made the programing decision to remove it from the Nick Jr. gyration . "