Peppa Pig. Peppa Pig. Peppa Pig. Peppa Pig. All I watched all year was Peppa Pig. And Bluey. And Paddington. And Blue’s Clue And You. And The Wiggles. And Ms Rachel. And Peppa Pig, again.

But the best of the lot was Hey Duggee. If you’ve not seen Hey Duggee it involves five kids and their child minder, a dog, named Duggee. Who doesn’t speak, even though all the other characters are animals and do speak. Except Duggee’s pet cat, Enid, who doesn’t speak either. Which is very dark when you think about it. The lions speak. The tigers speak. But if you’re a cat, you are the pet of a childminder that doesn’t speak but does run a kids playgroup, even though the minder to child ratios are illegal, and he’s a dog.

But every episode involves the kids getting a badge to find out something new and the jokes are smart, the graphics are surreal and colourful, and you can’t helping thinking at the end of every episode when the narrator, Alexander Armstrong, says “Well, that was fun, Duggee!”, he’s being sarcastic. Sly and funny and too good to be on a loop like Peppa. Duggee is saved for just before bedtime (daughters), I get to stay up later.

What I watched when not watching Peppa:

The Gentlemen – Worth it just for “you’re a chicken”

Penguin – Worth it just for Colin Farrell’s makeup

For All Mankind Season 2 – Worth it for one of the actors saying “Oi Colin, I don’t need a fatsuit” after eating lots of ice cream to show what happens when their character gives in, pigs out and then tries to become an astronaught again. Less a show and more adult onset diabetes in 10 episodes.

Race Around The World – Almost makes 16 hours on a bus look attractive

Silo – only programme I’ve watched this year where I have to watch the next episode as soon it comes out