An Italian woman has launched a €100,000 lawsuit against British cartoon show Peppa Pig, claiming a goat which featured in the show has caused her embarrassment at work as she shares the same name.

While the hugely popular British preschool animated television series, Peppa Pig, portrays the father in the family as a lazy bumbler, his redeeming qualities do offer an alternative view to kids.

BBC Worldwide has appealed to Doctor Who fans for help after scripts from the new series were leaked online.

A survey suggests the way fathers are portrayed in popular culture may be eroding their status as role models — so maybe it’s apt that, as I begin writing this piece, I am drinking a yoghurt from the carton because I couldn’t be bothered trying to find a spoon.

Pippa Middleton is being beaten by Peppa Pig in the book sales charts despite a massive publicity campaign and a £400,000 (€500,000) advance paid by publishers Penguin.

From Peppa Pig to books on psychology, Munster’s James Coughlan explains to Michael Moynihan the importance of downtime between high intensity matches