Episode guide
Pingu: Season 4
26 episodes · premiered Jan 5, 1998
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.
- Episode 1: Pingu's Disadvantage Jan 5, 1998 · 5m Pingu is out on his sledge. He sees some skis and an ice hockey stick lying at the bottom of an ice tower, stops to investigate and finds Pinga, Robby and Pingg playing hide and seek…
- Episode 2: Pingu Refuses To Help Jan 6, 1998 · 5m Pingu and Pinga are in their bedroom. Pingu is reading, and nibbling on some cereal in a bowl, while Pinga plays with the bricks. Mother is in the kitchen, feeling a bit harassed. First…
- Episode 3: Pingu the Mountaineer Jan 7, 1998 · 5m Father is cleaning the motorized sled, and asks Pingu to go and find him a clean cloth from the shed. Pingu goes to look and isn’t having much success, but then he comes across an old…
- Episode 4: Pingu and the Big Fish Jan 8, 1998 · 5m Mother is rolling out dough in the kitchen. Pinga is playing nearby. Pingu comes over and sees Pinga’s trumpet on the floor. He picks it up and blows it. Pinga tries to get her trumpet…
- Episode 5: Pingu Shows What He Can Do Jan 9, 1998 · 5m Pingu and Pinga are playing outside the igloo with the bricks, seeing how high they can get a pile without them falling over. Pingi arrives on her scooter, and, unseen by Pingu, watches…
- Episode 6: Pingu Clears the Snow Jan 9, 1998 · 5m When Pingu and Pinga get up and go outside, they discover that it’s snowed during the night, and everything outside is covered in snow. Father is clearing off the motorised sledge, and…
- Episode 7: Pingu Has a Day Off Jan 13, 1998 · 5m Pingu is at school, and the class are given the rest of the day off. As they set off home, Pingu asks if they’d like to play, but they’re all going to go home. When Pingu arrives home…
- Episode 8: Pingu the Archer Jan 14, 1998 · 5m Mother is cleaning and Pingu is playing when the phone rings. Mother asks Pingu to answer it; it’s Grandfather, who has found a bow and arrows outside his igloo. Pingu rushes over, and…
- Episode 9: Pingu Gets a Warning Jan 17, 1998 · 5m Mother is in the kitchen mixing a cake. Pingu walks past carrying his kite, and tells her he’s going out to fly it. Mother pats him on the head, and he goes out. Outside, he pauses briefly…
- Episode 10: Pingu and the Magnet Jan 20, 1998 · 5m Pingu is rummaging in the toy box, and finds a horseshoe magnet with a metal ball attaching. Holding the magnet he pulls the ball off with his other hand. He’s surprised when he lets go of…
- Episode 11: Pingu Gets Help Jul 19, 1998 · 5m Pingu comes out of the igloo pulling an empty trolley while the snowman watches him (with its carrot nose fallen down). He puts some snow into it and takes it back into the igloo. He then…
- Episode 12: Pingu in Paradise Nov 20, 1998 · 5m Pingu and Pinga are playing hide-and-seek. Pingu hides in the toy box while Pinga is counting. Pinga looks for Pingu inside, can’t find him and goes to look outside. She can’t find him…
- Episode 13: Pingu's Dangerous Joke Jan 21, 1999 · 5m Pingu is out walking. As he goes past a neighbour’s igloo he hears snoring. He throws a snowball at the igloo which lands on the bell, making it ring. Pingu then hides behind a nearby…
- Episode 14: Pingu the Pilot Jan 22, 1999 · 5m Pingu is telling Pinga all about the plane in the book he is looking at when he hears a buzzing sound. They run outside, and wave excitedly at a plane as it flies overhead. Pingu rushes…
- Episode 15: Pingu Teases Pinga Jan 23, 1999 · 5m Mother comes out to inspect the washing, and checks on Pingu and Pinga who are playing outside, Pingu with his train and Pinga with her rabbit. Pingu is a little bored, and decides to…
- Episode 16: Pingu's Wish Jul 26, 1999 · 5m When Pingu is out, he sees a poster fr a magic show and pretends that he’s the magician performing. On the way home he finds a magic wand, and conjures up a hat and four flowers. Pingo…
- Episode 17: Pingu is Curious Nov 27, 1999 · 5m Pingu is asleep in bed, and is woken by Mother and Pinga singing “Happy Birthday”. When he gets up and goes into the kitchen he finds a large parcel waiting for him. He wants to open it…
- Episode 18: Pingu Gets Organized Dec 8, 1999 · 5m There’s nobody in when Father gets home from work. The igloo is in a mess, with toys all over the floor and cooking stuff not put away. As he starts to tidy up, Pingu comes in. Father asks…
- Episode 19: Pingu Builds a Tower Jan 1, 2000 · 5m Pingu, Pinga and Robby are looking at a picture of the Tower of Babel in a book. He spots some ice bricks nearby, and decides he wants to build a tower. Robby and Pinga agree to help…
- Episode 20: Pingu The King Jan 30, 2000 · 5m Pingu is shovelling snow outside the igloo when he has an idea. He’ll build a castle. Pingu builds castle like ramparts round the igloo, and a nearby abandoned door becomes a drawbridge…
- Episode 21: Pingu the Baker Feb 2, 2000 · 5m Pingu walks past a shop with a large cake on display, sees it is a bakery and decides to have a look. He looks in the keyhole in surprise, and sees the baker mixing something in a bowl…
- Episode 22: Pingu and the Doll Mar 3, 2000 · 5m Pingu is pretending to be a Red Indian, and is outside doing a dance round a pole, to which he’s tied his teddy bear. He goes in, and sees Pinga playing with her teddy bear. Pinga puts her…
- Episode 23: Pingu Helps Grandfather Mar 4, 2000 · 5m Pingu’s family are all at home. Pingu is reading a comic, Pinga is playing doctors, with her teddy as the patient, Father is reading the paper and Mother is knitting. The phone rings…
- Episode 24: Pingu on a Bad Day Apr 5, 2000 · 5m Pingu is woken by the alarm clock, and knocks it off the table trying to turn it off. The clock breaks, and Pingu huddles back under the blanket. Mother calls to Pinga and him to come to…
- Episode 25: Pingu Loses the Bet Apr 7, 2000 · 5m Pingu is going out on his sledge, but before he gets very far Mother calls to him to stop, and asks him to take Pinga with him. He’s not happy about this but does so reluctantly. They stop…
- Episode 26: Pingu and His Cup Apr 9, 2000 · 5m Pingu is competing in the sports day, and has already failed in his first event. He runs up for the high jump, trips on a bump in the snow and crashes into the jump, dislodging the bar…