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Pictures: Shaun the Sheep voted best Â鶹ԼÅÄ children's character

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Shaun the Sheep and Blitzer the sheepdog
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Shaun the Sheep has been named the best children's Â鶹ԼÅÄ TV character of the last 70 years in a Radio Times vote. Here he is with Blitzer the sheepdog...

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The poll asked 410,000 people to vote for their favourite character from a shortlist of 50 Â鶹ԼÅÄ children's TV characters.

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Even the legendary construction worker Bob the Builder couldn't beat Shaun, but he was named the favourite of the 1990's.

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Shaun the Sheep has beaten the likes of Postman Pat in the vote.

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Shaun the Sheep has pipped Sooty and Sweep to the post.

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The farmyard favourite made his first appearance in the 1995 film Wallace and Gromit, before bagging his own CÂ鶹ԼÅÄ show 12 years later.

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Sheep celebrate with a ice cream scoop or two as the winners of the vote!

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Pingu is NOT happy! Another classic TV character that Shaun shaved to the finishing post.