Pingu

Pingu is a - children's comedy television series 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 named Pingu.

A Japanese revival of the series, titled ピングー in ザ・シティ, began broadcast on NHK-E on October 7, 2017.

Broadcast
The series originally ran for four seasons from March 7, 1990 to April 9, 2000 on SF DRS and BBC Two. It was renewed for two more seasons from August 1, 2003 to March 3, 2006 on CBeebies.

Cast

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International versions

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Title translations

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