Scripted series · SRF 1
Pingu
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pingu actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pingu reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Playful penguin Pingu lives with his family in Antarctica, where he often finds himself caught up in mischievous high jinks with his pal Robby.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 156 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
19971 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
198626 episodes
This is an list of episodes with synopses for Series 1 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu.
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
199126 episodes
This is an list of episodes with synopses for Series 2 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu, which ran from August 20, 1991 to April 19, 1994.
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
199526 episodes
This is an list of episodes with synopses for Series 3 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu, which ran from June 15, 1995 to September 5, 1996.
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
199826 episodes
This is an list of episodes with synopses for Series 4 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu, which was broadcast in January 5, 1998 to April 9, 2000.
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
200326 episodes
This is an list of episodes with synopses for Series 5 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu, which was broadcast from August 1, 2003 to February 6, 2004.
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
200526 episodes
This is an list of episodes with synopses for Series 6 of the stop motion animated television series Pingu, final broadcast from January 3, 2005 to March 3, 2006.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Where to watch
Streaming
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