Pingu was a comfort blanket for ’90s and ’00s kids everywhere growing up. “I remember watching it on Saturday mornings, around 7am, when my parents were still asleep.

Pingu was rescued by workers from Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation that same day. "That penguin does not belong here," one of the rescuers says after loading Pingu into a car. New Zealand's ...

Pingu originally ran until 2000, and was briefly revived on British TV between 2003 and 2006. The new series will be stop-motion animation, in the same vein as the original.

Pingu was originally created during the 1980s, and its popularity is attributed to the show’s unique way of speaking. A language called “Penguinese,” which is universally understandable.

Hello, Pingu Hello, Pingu showed the title character being smacked on the head by his mother Pingg. Although the scene originally aired on the BBC, in the VHS it was cut out due to violence concerns.

Pingu’s mom then waddles into the frame, and with motherly resolve, takes the teapot off the boil, hangs up the phone in a nonnegotiable tone and gives the blubbering Pingu a pat on the head.

And as Maynard points out, there’s still a lot of new stories, new voices and new perspectives in TV shows that broadcasters and streamers compete for: from The Traitors, The Bear to Slow Horses. But ...

The original voice actor for Pingu who coined the penguin's iconic "noot noot" phase has died aged 85. Carlo Bonomi, from Milan, was the voice of the playful emperor penguin on the popular ...

Pingu ran from 1986-2006 Credit: Hit Entertainment Italian Carlo Bonami was the original voice of the much-loved penguin – in fact he voiced the whole cast until 2000.

Pingu, co-created by Otmar Gutmann and Erika Brueggeman at a 1987 film festival, was last aired onscreen in 2006. However, a Japanese spin-off, titled Pingu in the City, aired from 2017 to 2019.