Children’s TV series Peppa Pig featured its first ever same-sex female couple in the programmes 18 year history. The episode, titled ‘Families’, aired on Channel 5 on 6 September.
Penny Polar Bear introduced her two mums to main character Peppa. During the episode, Penny sketched a picture of her family with her friends.
She said: “I’m Penny Polar Bear. I live with my mummy and my other mummy. One mummy is a doctor and one mummy cooks spaghetti.
I love spaghetti.” Over the years, Peppa Pig has made references to the LGBTQ+ community in the show and through her albums.