Pingu information

*Pingu*
Pingu
Genre	Animated sitcom; Children's television series; Clay animation; Stop motion; Comedy
Created by	Otmar Gutmann; Erika Brueggemann
Written by	Erika Brueggemann; Silvio Mazzola
Voices of	Carlo Bonomi; David Sant; Marcello Magni
Composers	Antonio Conde (1990–1994); Andy Benedict (1995–2000); Amin Bhatia (1995–2000); Keith Hopwood (2003–2006)
Country of origin	Original series:; Switzerland ; Revival series:; United Kingdom
Original languages	Silent; Interjection; Grammelot;
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	156 (+1 special) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Theresa Plummer-Andrews (2003–2006); Jocelyn Stevenson (2003–2006); Christopher Skala (2005–2006);
Producers	Otmar Gutmann (1990–1993); Seishi Katto (1993–2000); Javier Garcia (1993–2000); Jackie Cockle (2003–2006); Bella Reekie (2003–2006);
Running time	5 minutes; 25 minutes (special)
Production companies	Original series:; Pingu Filmstudio; Revival series:; HOT Animation; HIT Entertainment
Original release
Network	SF DRS (Switzerland); ZDF (Germany); CBeebies; CBBC
Release	7 March 1990 –; 9 April 2000 (Switzerland)
Release	1 August 2003 –; 3 March 2006 (United Kingdom)
Related
	Pingu in the City;
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Pingu is an animated children's television series co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann that first aired in Switzerland.^[1] It was produced from 1990 to 2000 by Swiss companies The Pygos Group (originally called Editoy AG, then later Pingu BV) and Pingu Filmstudio (originally Trickfilmstudio) in Switzerland. It was later revived from 2003 to 2006 by British companies HIT Entertainment and HOT Animation. The series focuses on a family of anthropomorphic emperor penguins who live in the South Pole; the main character is the family's son and title character, Pingu.

The series originally ran for four series from 7 March 1990 to 9 April 2000 on SF DRS, with the revival run of two more series from 1 August 2003 to 3 March 2006 on CBeebies. It was nominated for a BAFTA award^[2] in 2005.

Pingu became popular outside of Switzerland, particularly in the United Kingdom and Japan, in part due to its lack of a real spoken language: Nearly all dialogue is in an invented grammelot "penguin language" referred to as 'Penguinese' or 'Pinguish',^[3] consisting of babbling, muttering, and the titular character's characteristic sporadic honking sound, which can be popularly recognized as "Noot noot!" or other variants (stated to be "Noo, noo!" by the defunct Pingu website's trivia page),^[4] accompanied by turning his beak into a megaphone-like shape.^[5] In the first four series, all the characters were performed by Italian voice actor Carlo Bonomi, using a language of sounds he had already developed and used earlier for Osvaldo Cavandoli's La Linea. In series 5–6, the cast was jointly voiced by David Sant and Marcello Magni.^[5]

A Japanese reboot of the series, Pingu in the City, began airing on NHK on 7 October 2017 and ended on 30 March 2019; it was later shown in the United Kingdom on ITVBe's children's block LittleBe.

^ ^a ^b Pingu season 5 end credits. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Originated by: Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann
^ "2005 Children's Pre-School Animation | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ Stevens, Dana (1 February 2008). "The March of the Pingu". Slate. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ "Pingu Fact #5 (viewable in webpage source code)". Archived from the original on 2 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b Dickson, Andrew; Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (11 January 2016). "How we made Pingu". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

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[Creator-credits-1] Pingu season 5 end credits. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Originated by: Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggemann

[3] "2005 Children's Pre-School Animation | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[4] Stevens, Dana (1 February 2008). "The March of the Pingu". Slate. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[5] "Pingu Fact #5 (viewable in webpage source code)". Archived from the original on 2 February 2007.

[guardian_interview-6] Dickson, Andrew; Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (11 January 2016). "How we made Pingu". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

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Pingu

Genre	Animated sitcom Children's television series Clay animation Stop motion Comedy
Created by	Otmar Gutmann Erika Brueggemann^[1]
Written by	Erika Brueggemann Silvio Mazzola
Voices of	Carlo Bonomi David Sant Marcello Magni
Composers	Antonio Conde (1990–1994) Andy Benedict (1995–2000) Amin Bhatia (1995–2000) Keith Hopwood (2003–2006)
Country of origin	Original series: Switzerland Revival series: United Kingdom
Original languages	Silent Interjection Grammelot
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	156 (+1 special) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Theresa Plummer-Andrews (2003–2006) Jocelyn Stevenson (2003–2006) Christopher Skala (2005–2006)
Producers	Otmar Gutmann (1990–1993) Seishi Katto (1993–2000) Javier Garcia (1993–2000) Jackie Cockle (2003–2006) Bella Reekie (2003–2006)
Running time	5 minutes 25 minutes (special)
Production companies	Original series: Pingu Filmstudio^[a] Revival series: HOT Animation HIT Entertainment
Original release
Network	SF DRS (Switzerland) ZDF (Germany) CBeebies CBBC
Release	7 March 1990 (1990-03-07) – 9 April 2000 (2000-04-09) (Switzerland)
Release	1 August 2003 (2003-08-01) – 3 March 2006 (2006-03-03) (United Kingdom)
Related
Pingu in the City
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