Classic children’s TV series to be rebooted – 34 years after first episode

A HIT children's TV amusement looks acceptable to beryllium revived 34 years aft it archetypal debuted connected screens.

The creators of the iconic Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run franchises, Aardman Animations, volition beryllium reviving Pingu arsenic a caller stop-motion benignant series.

Pingu made its debut successful 1990 and released episodes steadily implicit the adjacent 10 years earlier being revived erstwhile again for 2 further bid which aired betwixt 2003 and 2006.

Now, for the archetypal clip successful much than 18 years, marque caller episodes of Pingu look acceptable to beryllium unleashed to the world.

The determination to bring backmost the quality comes amid caller viral occurrence of clips of Pingu connected societal media.

The caller bid volition beryllium a co-production betwixt animation greats Aardman and classical artifact shaper and accumulation company, Mattel.

John Silverman, the main franchise serviceman astatine Mattel said of the determination to revive the classical show: "When we acceptable retired to bring Pingu back, partnering with the top-tier originative squad astatine Aardman was a must.

“With Aardman’s stop-motion magic and Pingu’s cosmopolitan charm that has made him a societal media hit, we are excited to make caller snow-filled stories astir our favourite penguin that are definite to lukewarm hearts worldwide.”

While Aardman caput honcho Sarah Coc confessed that she and the institution felt an "immediate and beardown connection" to the show.

She said: "At Aardman, we emotion collaborating with IP that shares our committedness to humour, charm and large storytelling.

“From our earliest conversations with Mattel, we felt an contiguous and beardown transportation successful our shared emotion of 'Pingu', the authentic entreaty of the archetypal IP, and comedy that transcends connection barriers to talk to audiences everywhere.

"Aardman and Pingu is specified a earthy and enticing combination.

"The charm of the halt framework animation on with the quirky irreverence and quality driven storytelling aligns perfectly with our originative approach. There are truthful galore stories yet to tell, we can’t hold to get started.”

Pingu became well-known for his iconic catchphrase "Noot Noot," which has sparked a raft of online content.