20 Most Hated Characters In TV History

Those of us with little kids to raise have cause to loathe and despise so many - so very, very many - of the kids TV shows we’re forced to watch alongside the delightful fruit of our loins. For every Adventure Time, equally entertaining to sproglet and parent alike, there’s a Caillou, a Horrid Henry or a Peppa bloody Pig.

But let’s be clear - the problem with Peppa Pig isn’t the show, although its sheer ubiquity has forced many mums and dads to banish it from their home, lest they go stark raving loony. It’s harmless enough, with plenty of voice actors we recognise - Brian Blessed! Alexander Armstrong! - and sly little grown-up jokes to keep us amused during the endless repetition of the episodes on TV and DVD.

No, it’s bloody Peppa, the rudest, most obnoxious little piglet in all of God’s creation. This bacon sandwich with an attitude is the dirt worst. She’s sarcastic and incredibly insolent, cruelly mocking her father’s weight and mercilessly teasing her toddler brother, and she gets away with it every single time - capping it all off with that incessant giggling, because the insufferable little pork scratching also finds herself endlessly amusing.

Quite apart from her personality issues: depending on your point of view the creature also resembles either a giant pink hairdryer or (and you’ll never be able to unsee this) a large, amiable set of male genitalia in a red dress.

Every day, for hours on end, our daughter insists on watching Peppa Pig, and I’m beginning to find a correlation between some of her naughtier behaviour and the terrible f*cking role model that Peppa represents. But it’s too late for us now. The pig cannot be stopped. All we can do is pray that our little girl grows out of the show before it’s too late, and she becomes too hoglike to be saved.

I suppose if the worst happens, we can always eat her.