Children’s TV in the UK has always skewed weird. Which is why you might expect Pingu, the eccentric children’s animation following a cheeky five-year-old penguin, to have come from our irreverent ...

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Mattel exec Josh Silverman spoke to THR about the company's mission to create shows that resonate with both adults and children, something he calls "new-stalgia." By Lily Ford Barbie giant Mattel is ...

The original voice of Pingu who coined the penguin's iconic 'noot, noot' phrase has died aged 85. Carlo Bonomi, from Milan, lent his voice to the South Pole emperor penguin from its creation in 1990 ...

PINGU actor Carlo Bonomi – the iconic voice behind the beloved children’s TV character who invented the “noot noot” catchphrase – has died aged 85. Bonomi was the voice of the cartoon animal from its ...

“Pingu” teaches everyone, even adults, to find meaning in made-up language. By Gabriel Rom In the unreal early days of the pandemic, when it seemed foolish to try to comprehend the enormity of what we ...

Mattel and Aardman are developing a Pingu animated television series, and I, for one, am ecstatic. As a cute animal fanatic and sassy children’s character lover (looking at you, D.W. from Arthur), it ...

I know there are parents out there whose toddlers never watch a minute of TV. I admire their purity and salute them as they sip nectar from a glass slipper on Mount Olympus. But my own parenting, and ...

Beloved children’s TV series Pingu is set to be revived in a new adaptation from Barbie company Mattel and Wallace & Gromit creators Aardman. The original Pingu launched on BBC One in 1990. A ...

Wallace & Gromit studio Aardman and Mattel Television Studios are teaming up to bring kids series Pingu back to screens after 18 years. The companies are co-developing a stop motion 3D animated series ...