Pingu

Pingu is a - children's comedy television  created by Otmar Gutmann and produced from 1990 to 2000 for Swiss television by The Pygos Group and from 2003 to 2006 for British television by HiT Entertainment and Hot Animation. It focuses on a family of anthropomorphic emperor penguins who live at the South Pole; the main character is the family's son and title character, Pingu.

A Japanese revival of the series, titled ピングー in ザ・シティ (Pingu in the City) began broadcast on NHK-E on.

Broadcast
The series originally ran for four seasons from to  on SF DRS and BBC Two. It was renewed for two more seasons from to  on CBeebies.

Cast
All the characters in Pingu are voiced by Carlo Bonomi for the first four seasons, and by David Sant and Marcello Magni in the fifth and sixth seasons.

International versions

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Title Translations

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