Shaun the Sheep is from the maker of Wallace and Gromit (Nick Park) and is only aired on the BBC (from what I can tell), however, both are widely available on Netflix streaming or DVD.
The show has everything except the spoken word. The characters have the best expressions and sounds from the flock's side stretching smile to the dog's eye rolling at the farmer's stupidity. Most of these clips are short, 7 to 10 minute long so they fit perfect into a hectic night or that last pre-bedtime show for the little one.
I think my favorite character in the show aside from Shaun and Bitzer (the dog) is "the fat" sheep Shirly. They use this character to achieve so many physics bending scenarios every time she shows up in the scene you don't know what is going to happen. The next runner up goes to the hardcore heavy metal pigs on the other side of the fence, every show needs a common protagonist, the pigs do it with amazing brutality.
I am not sure how the BBC continues to find and produce such great content (if you haven't seen The IT Crowd, do so, and I can't forget to mention Monty Python or Faulty Towers). I would say it has to do with living in such a gloomy place you have to have a sense of humor, but I live in Minnesota and all we have produced is Louie Anderson (although he is hilarious also).
There is also a spin off show my 3 year old can't get enough of called Timmy Time (Timmy does show up in most Shaun episodes). It basically expands on the barnyard animals, but of course they are attending pre-school and learning to share, be good sports, solve problems, and such.
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