This is an incomplete list of home video releases for the stop motion animated television series Pingu.
In the US, Pingu was released on DVD on four single-disc sets from 2003 onwards. Although the original episodes are contained, there are some omissions:
The original versions are not included in the sets, due to HiT Entertainment lending their own versions instead of the old versions.
Some controversial episodes, most notably "Pingu's Lavatory Story", which was banned everywhere except the UK, are not included in the sets due to their perceived offensive material.
However, the frequently banned episode "Pingu Dreams" is present on the Antarctic Antics compilation.
No episodes from seasons 3 or 4 are on the DVDs, but on the Antarctic Antics US tape, there is one season 3 episode, "Pingu's Long Journey". The episodes from those seasons were eventually released on Digital in America. Antarctic Antics was released on DVD, but is very hard to find on DVD, although it is easier to find in Canada.
Notes -
For the UK VHS tapes and DVDs listed below, those that were released up to the year 1997 inclusive were produced by the BBC, all the subsequent ones were produced by Hit Entertainment from 2003.
The UK VHS tapes produced by the BBC cover all the episodes of series 1, 2 and 3 (except for episodes 1.21 “Pingu’s Dream”, and 3.8 “Pingu and the Mother Bird” for unknown reasons). The VHS tapes / DVDs produced to the end of July 2007 by HIT for the UK market cover thirty-four episodes of the 78 in series 1, 2 and 3, four episodes of the 26 in series 4, all fifty-two of the episodes for seasons 5 and 6, and the “wedding” special episode.
BBC Video (1991-2001)
HiT Entertainment (2003–present)
