The Pingwings: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Pingwings was an animated black-and-white children's television series of 18 ten-minute episodes broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV in 1961. Created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin of Smallfilms, it starred a family of penguin-like creatures who lived at the back of a barn on Berrydown Farm. The Pingwing characters were knitted by Firmin's wife Joan and the animation was achieved using the stop-motion technique.

Series details

• Title: The Pingwings
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1961-08-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1961-08-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV London
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 10 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 87708
• IMDb ID: tt0823164
• TVDB ID: 299068

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1961-08-01; final listed air date 1961-08-01.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Pingwings on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.