List of Pingu episodes

A total of 157 five-minute Pingu episodes were originally made, from 1986 to 2000, and then again from 2003 to 2006. The episodes were written by Silvio Mazzola and were directed and animated by Otmar Gutmann using clay animation, at Trickfilmstudio in Russikon, Switzerland. A special twenty-minute episode "Pingu at the Wedding Party" (also known by its home video title A Very Special Wedding) was also produced, in 1997, which introduced a family of green penguins.

The leading numbers identify the series and episode number (e.g. 5.10 is episode 10 of series 5). Where applicable, it is denoted whether the title shown is an alternative rather than the main. Titles used by the BBC in television broadcasts or on BBC videos are indicated by the comment "BBC" at the end of the entry for a title. Titles used in North America on DVDs are similarly indicated, by "NA". This page lists all the episodes.

Original series

Series 1 (1986–1990)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code
1	1	"Hello Pingu" "Pingu is Introduced"	May 28, 1986 (1986-05-28) (series premiere)	S01E01
Pingu and his family are having lunch, but Pingu doesn't want to eat his spinach. After a comical lunch, Pingu goes outside to play with his red rubber ball, but it is stolen by two bullies named Pingo and Pingg.
2	2	"Pingu Delivers the Mail" "Pingu Helps to Deliver the Mail/Pingu Helps to Deliver Mail"	June 4, 1986 (1986-06-04)	S01E02
Father takes Pingu to the post office and along the way, they deliver parcels and envelopes to everyone in the South Pole.
3	3	"Pingu Looks After the Egg" "Pingu Helps With Incubating"	June 11, 1986 (1986-06-11)	S01E03
Pingu's family has an egg and Pingu is in charge of incubating it. Soon, he becomes bored and decides to listen to music, causing the egg to wreak havoc in the igloo.
4	4	"The New Arrival" "Pinga is Born"	June 18, 1986 (1986-06-18)	S01E04
After being incubated for a while, the egg starts to crack. Father phones the doctor and Pingu is desperate to see his new sibling. When the egg is finally opened, it turns out to be a girl and the family decide to call her Pinga.
5	5	"Pingu Goes Fishing"	June 25, 1986 (1986-06-25)	S01E05
Pingu is going fishing. He manages to catch a fish, but a seal named Robby eats his bait. When the seal gets his hand hurt, Pingu has remorse and he and Robby become friends.
6	6	"Jealousy" "Pingu is Jealous"	July 2, 1987 (1987-07-02)	S01E06
Pingu is upset when his Mother pays attention to his little sister, Pinga. He tries everything to get Mother's attention, but unfortunately, he doesn't succeed. Mother soon makes up with a tearful Pingu.
7	7	"Hide and Seek" "Pingu and the Snowball Fight"	October 15, 1987 (1987-10-15)	S01E07
Pingu has a playdate with Robby. They play games around abandoned igloos and have a snowball fight.
8	8	"Barrel of Fun" "Pingu and the Avalanche Accident/Pingu and the Avalanche Incident"	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)	S01E08
Pingu and Robby are tobogganing using an old broken barrel. However, things backfire when Pingu ends up inside an ice pillar. Robby goes for help and the doctor helps Pingu out of the pillar
9	9	"Pingu Plays Fish Tennis" "Fish Tennis"	October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)	S01E09
Robby brings a large fish and he and Pingu have fun playing with it. Unfortunately, it gets stuck on the washing line, but Pingu gets it down by walking on stilts.
10	10	"Skiing" "Pingu Goes Skiing/Pingu On Makeshift Skis"	December 16, 1988 (1988-12-16)	S01E10
Pingu is admiring a penguin friend's fantastic new skis. He is even allowed to stand on the back of them and ski along with him. However as they go he spots a broken barrel and has an idea. He soon has a pair of home-made skis and they set off again. But when they start showing off it all ends up in a heap of broken skis both old and new.
11	11	"Sledging" "Pingu's Tobogganing"	December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16)	S01E11
Pingu and two friends meet for a toboggan race. They all race down the mountain but Pingu's toboggan doesn't seem to be working properly and he just can't keep up. Pingu knows just what to do and makes a few adjustments. However, his new speedy descent lands him up inside his snowman, and his friends have to melt back out of it.
12	12	"Lost Baby" "Pinga is Left Out"	December 17, 1989 (1989-12-17)	S01E12
Pingu has a playdate with Pingo, but he has to take Pinga along. He forbids Pinga from playing with him and Pingo. As a result, Pinga runs away and Pingu and Pingo search for her, only to find her back at home.
13	13	"Ice Hockey" "Pingu Plays Ice Hockey"	December 18, 1989 (1989-12-18)	S01E13
Pingu and his friends, Robby and Pongi, arrive to see some professionals play ice hockey. They decide to join, but as the game progresses, the professionals suddenly become violent. After that, Pingu, Pongi and Robby move on to do some good clean harmless fun, like figure skating, to which the professionals join in.
14	14	"Pingu Runs Away" "Pingu Runs Away from Home"	January 14, 1990 (1990-01-14)	S01E14
Pingu and his family are having dinner, but Pingu is feeling grumpy because he is forced to eat his greens. After unintentionally ruining the dinner, he decides to run away and never come back home. When Pingu is frightened by some scary ice statues, his parents search for him and all is forgiven.
15	15	"Building Igloos" "Pingu Builds an Igloo"	January 21, 1990 (1990-01-21)	S01E15
Pingu and his friend decide to build an igloo. They search for a place to build the new igloo but cannot agree on the spot. They end up fighting over the ice blocks and decide to build their own igloos. However they soon realise that the only way to succeed is by working together.
16	16	"Pingu and Pinga Stay Up" "Pingu and Pinga Don't Want to Go to Bed"	April 7, 1990 (1990-04-07)	S01E16
The two penguin children try everything in order not to have to go to bed. First they need to go to the loo again, then they're thirsty, then they have to have the light on, and then the door has to be left just a little bit ajar. Their mother is worn out, and falls asleep on the chair and when they see this the children realise what they have done help their mother to bed.
17	17	"Music Lessons" "Pingu Has Music Lessons From His Grandfather/Pingu Has Music Lessons"	April 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)	S01E17
Pingu spots an accordion in his toybox and has fun playing with it. The noise is so disturbing that Pingu is sent outside, so he goes to his paternal grandfather's house to be taught how to play the accordion.
18	18	"Little Accidents" "Pingu's Lavatory Story"	April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21)	S01E18
Pingu has to rush to the loo because he drank too much. When he gets home however, his father is in the bathroom, and then when he does get in the toilet, it's simply too high. Pingu has to clean up the mess he has made but then, with his mother's help he manages to overcome the problem with stairs round the loo.
19	19	"School Time" "Pingu at School"	April 28, 1990 (1990-04-28)	S01E19
Pingu meets Robby on the way to school and Robby slips into the school ice-hole. During their lesson the class all have to dive into the ice-hole in order to find out what types of fish live beneath the ice. But Pingu 'knows' that not only fish live in the ocean and Robby catches all sorts of creatures for them to learn about.
20	20	"Pingu's Ice Cave" "Pingu in the Ice Cave"	May 5, 1990 (1990-05-05)	S01E20
During a game of catch with a friend, Pingu's ball rolls out of sight. Whilst trying to retrieve it, the two friends get trapped in an ice tunnel. Although at first despairing with a little ingenuity on Pingu's part, they manage to get out and back home.
21	21	"Pingu's Dream" "Pingu Dreams"	May 12, 1990 (1990-05-12)	S01E21
When his mother reads him a bedtime story, Pingu falls asleep and dreams about the igloo floating away like an alien spaceship and his bed walking and galloping like a horse. Pingu finds this fun, but his dream becomes bad when an enormous walrus tortures him.
22	22	"Grandpa is Ill" "Pingu's Grandfather is Sick"	May 26, 1990 (1990-05-26)	S01E22
Grandfather is sick! Pingu and Pinga set off with their mother right away. While mother is looking after grandfather, brother and sister play together, but their noise and nuisance soon means their mother sends them home. There, they paint their faces to look as if they too are ill and Mother comes rushing back only to discover their trick.
23	23	"Pingu and Pinga at Home" "Pingu's Parents Go to a Concert"	October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)	S01E23
Mother and Father are going out to a concert, leaving Pingu and Pinga to manage themselves. They make a mess in the igloo, but clean everything up when their parents are coming back home.
24	24	"Noise" "Pingu and His Friends Play Too Loudly"	October 13, 1990 (1990-10-13)	S01E24
Pingu and his friends are playing ball. They are so excited that they do not notice how loud they are. A neighbour is annoyed at the noise the youngsters are making and keep chasing them away, but they refuse to let themselves be driven off so easily.
25	25	"Pingu and the Barrel Organ" "Pingu and the Organ Grinder"	October 20, 1990 (1990-10-20)	S01E25
Pingu feels sorry for the poor organ grinder. He puts some money in his hat and wants the adult penguins to do the same but they all look the other way. Pingu takes the poor man to his run-down igloo. Then he takes the barrel-organ and plays outside the baker's, the fishmongers', the tailor's and in front of the drinks store. In turn, each shopkeeper donates some goods.
26	26	"Pingu's Circus" "Pingu and Pinga Play Circus"	October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27)	S01E26
Pingu, Pinga and Robby play at putting on a circus. Their performances meet with a huge applause, even though not all of them go to plan, in fact the more they go wrong the funnier they seem to be.

Series 2 (1991–1994)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Prod. code
27	1	"Pingu at The Doctors"	November 3, 1991 (1991-11-03)	S02E01
The two penguin children are left at home and while playing a game, Pinga accidentally knocks over the table, which causes Pingu's beak to be maimed. To make up, Pinga takes her big brother to the doctor's office, where Pingu is afraid of the medical instruments. Note: This episode was banned everywhere (except the UK and the US) due to the realistic appearance of blood. This episode was also originally planned as a season one episode, but it was pushed to the second season following the Little Accidents episode controversy.
28	2	"Pingu's Admirer" "Pingu's Female Admirer"	November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04)	S02E02
At school, Pingu is irritated to find that the new girl penguin seems to have taken a shine to him and is insisting on following him. However, when a snowball misses its target, they are united in being the culprits and become friends as well.
29	3	"Pingu and the Seagull"	January 5, 1992 (1992-01-05)	S02E03
Pingu is plagued by a mischievous seagull that becomes a constant irritation. Nevertheless, he helps it to get rid of a lobster which has attached itself to its beak. The seagull, however, gives him small thanks as it poos on his head.
30	4	"Pingu Goes Ice Surfing" "Pingu Surfing on the Ice"	January 12, 1992 (1992-01-12)	S02E04
Pingu's mother has just hung the clean washing on the line when a strong wind blows up. Pingu then hits on the idea of ice-surfing and combines the clean sheet and his sledge to fit the purpose. Although he has great fun, the result is also a dirty sheet which does not please Mother one bit and she makes Pingu rectify the situation, but Robby helps him.
31	5	"Pingu's First Kiss"	January 19, 1992 (1992-01-19)	S02E05
Pingu and Pingi want to have their first kiss. However, their friends have other ideas and think up ideas of interrupting them. Eventually, however, they take pity and the two are allowed some privacy.
32	6	"Pingu's Curling Game" "Pingu's Curling Party"	January 26, 1992 (1992-01-26)	S02E06
Pingu and Robby are curling, Pingu is using Mother's bed bottle as a curling stone, but there is small mishap. The neighbour, who has had his reading interrupted, wants to show the two troublemakers how it is done. But to the amusement of the two youngsters, it turns out that the adults can't do any better themselves.
33	7	"Pingu's Family Celebrate Christmas"	December 25, 1992 (1992-12-25)	S02E07
Pingu and his family are preparing for Christmas. Pingu and Pinga can scarcely wait for the handing out of presents. Whilst Mother and Father are decorating the tree outside an argument arises. The children make sure that their parents kiss and make up.
34	8	"Pingu the Icicle Musician" "Pingu as an Icicle Player"	February 2, 1992 (1992-02-02)	S02E08
Pingu and his friends, Pingo and Robby are playing hide-and-seek. But Pingu appears to have vanished. However when Pingu taps the icicles as if they were bells and the sound makes his curious friends come and see the amazing ice cavern for themselves.
35	9	"Pingu the Chef" "Pingu as a Chef"	February 9, 1992 (1992-02-09)	S02E09
Pingu and Pinga are once more at home alone. They are hungry and practise cooking. Although their culinary skills almost always end in a disaster they do manage to get the mess they have made cleared up before Mother and Father get back.
36	10	"Pingu Goes Away" "Pingu's Outing"	March 2, 1993 (1993-03-02)	S02E10
Pingu decides to visit his aunt for the weekend and after a long journey, he reaches her house. But, before he goes to bed, he becomes homesick, but Mother tells him that she is still in her son's heart.
37	11	"Pingu the Photographer" "Pingu and the Camera"	March 9, 1993 (1993-03-09)	S02E11
Pingu is playing at being a photographer with his friend Robby. In the process, Pingu also wants to capture a hot-air balloon on film. A photojournalist who comes rushing along takes a picture of the two friends with the balloon. When they go to get the film developed, however, it transpires that Pingu had forgotten to take off the lens cap and none of the photos come out.
38	12	"Pingu's New Kite" "Pingu's Parents Have No Time"	May 9, 1993 (1993-05-09)	S02E12
Pingu's kite ends up in pieces after getting stuck on the roof, so he and Pinga ask for their parents' help, but they are very busy. The duo give up and go to Grandfather's house to make a new kite.
39	13	"Pingu and the Many Packages" "Pingu and the Packaging Material"	June 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)	S02E13
It is Grandfather's birthday and Pingu wants buy him the best gift of all. Unfortunately, his plans foil when Pinga brings Grandfather a bigger present. To make him proud, he places the present in bigger boxes.
40	14	"Pingu the Conjurer's Apprentice" "Pingu the Apprentice Magician"	June 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)	S02E14
Pingu proudly presents Pingi and Pinga with his magic tricks. Everything works until Pinga recognises the trick with the flying carpet, whereupon Pingu is very put out. He goes away and practises so that he can impress his friends once again.
41	15	"Pingu's Birthday"	July 6, 1993 (1993-07-06)	S02E15
Pingu is celebrating his birthday with his friends. The place is decorated and they have all sorts of games to play. As he is the birthday boy, Pingu has to join in all the game and begins to be rather miserable when he loses. Luckily the situation is rescued by Mother arriving with the birthday cake.
42	16	"Pingu at the Funfair" "Pingu at the Fairground"	July 13, 1993 (1993-07-13)	S02E16
Pingu is allowed to go to the fair ground together with the family. There is a lot going on, and Pingu wants to try everything. He overdoes things somewhat and does not feel well at all. Finally, however, he is happy again, thanks to Pinga.
43	17	"Pingu the Babysitter" "Pingu as Babysitter"	July 27, 1993 (1993-07-27)	S02E17
Mother and her sister are having their portraits done and Pingu has the job of looking after his twin cousins. But he soon realises that taking care of two infants are harder than he expected.
44	18	"Pingu Cannot Lose"	August 3, 1993 (1993-08-03)	S02E18
Pingu has some bad luck while bowling. He doesn't get any points. His bowl seems to be playing up and he cannot understand it. But all the others enjoy Pingu's funny throws and in the end Pingu enjoys himself too.
45	19	"Pingu and the Game of Fish" "Pingu and the Disabled Penguin"	August 10, 1994 (1994-08-10)	S02E19
With his friend, Pingu is playing a practical joke using a fish on a string. But when it comes to playing a trick on someone in a wheelchair, Pingu is not so sure. To his surprise, however, having been the brunt of the joke the disabled penguin joins in the joke, but in the end, it is Pingu that needs the wheelchair home when the joke backfires.
46	20	"Pingu Gets a Bicycle" "Pingu Gets a Bike/Pingu and the Gift"	August 17, 1994 (1994-08-17)	S02E20
Pinga is miserable and is unable to stop crying when her father drives over her teddy and toy pram. She spreads misery through the household, until Pingu gives her his scooter.
47	21	"Pingu's Visit to the Hospital" "Pingu's Hospital Visit"	August 24, 1994 (1994-08-24)	S02E21
With his mother, Pingu visits the injured Pinga in hospital. Pingu manages to cheer up the whole ward by pretending to be the surgeon in a shadow play he puts on. The nurse and real surgeon look on and are so impressed they give Pingu a prize when he is finished.
48	22	"Pingu on the School Excursion" "Pingu on the School Trip"	August 31, 1994 (1994-08-31)	S02E22
The class outing takes them to see a sculptor, where a huge whale is being hammered and chiseled. During the visit a classmate climbs on the sculpture, which even Pingu can see is going too far. When part of the sculpture breaks, the young penguin is left hanging high in the air. By the time they get him down, he has certainly learnt his lesson.
49	23	"Pingu and Pinga at the Kindergarten" "Pingu and Papa at the Kindergarten/Pingu at the Nursery/Pingu Visits the Kindergarten"	September 7, 1994 (1994-09-07)	S02E23
Pingu accompanies little Pinga to the kindergarten. On the way there, his friends laugh at him. Unexpectedly helps Pingu out of his embarrassment and in fact Pingu has a great day at the kindergarten.
50	24	"Pingu and the Strangers"	September 14, 1994 (1994-09-14)	S02E24
When the strangers pass through the village every door is closed. Only Pingu is curious, and he discovers their strange way of fishing. The rest of the village are fascinated and impressed with what Pingu has just learnt and showed them.
51	25	"Pingu Helps His Mother" "Pingu Helps Around the House"	September 21, 1994 (1994-09-21)	S02E25
52	26	"Pingu Builds a Snowman"	December 20, 1994 (1994-12-20)	S02E26
Pingu, Pinga and Robby build an enormous snowman using the signpost, used by hikers as a support. But in the end the sign is uncovered and the snowman reveals his secret much to the relief of the hiker who would otherwise have become lost.

New series

Special episodes

• 7.1 Pingu at the Wedding Party (1997)
• eskimo disko 7-11 (2006)

Notes

No official episode title appears on screen, so the lists were initially created from the titles used on various official DVD releases. The main episode titles for series 1 to 4 were taken from the official Japanese DVD releases and the alternative titles from the official European DVD releases. Episode titles for series 5 and 6 were taken from the European DVD releases. Changes have subsequently been made to these titles to bring them more into line with English usage and practice (e.g. to correct spelling and grammar) and to relate them to the titles used on UK DVDs produced by HIT Entertainment. Alternative titles have also been appropriately added, amended, etc. Title data have also been supplemented with information from other sources, such as the titles used by the BBC for television broadcasts and on video tapes.

In the UK, the BBC appears never to have broadcast any of the normal 5-minute episodes from the latter half of series 3 (3.14 – 3.26) or from series 4 (4.1 – 4.26). However, all the episodes from the latter half of series 3 (3.14 - 3.26) have been featured on BBC produced videos. Of the episodes that have been broadcast, all have been broadcast since 4 September 2006 inclusive.

Since 2007, in addition to standalone episodes the BBC, Nick Jr and APTN in Canada have been showing The Pingu Show ("Pingu welcomes viewers to his secret whale-shaped funhouse for a show packed with brand new sketches, two classic episodes, narrated by Marc Silk and the chance to learn more about the amazing world of penguins in Penguin Facts").