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Bing | |
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Based on | Bing Bunny by Ted Dewan |
Developed by | Acamar Films |
Voices of | Elliot Kerley Trystan Tomos Thurtle Mark Rylance David Threlfall |
Composer | Julian Nott |
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Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 105 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Mikael Shields |
Running time | 7 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | CBeebies (UK) S4C (in Welsh language only) |
Release | 9 June 2014 – 11 December 2019 |
Bing is an animated children's television series based on the books by Ted Dewan and produced by Acamar Films.The series follows a preschool bunny boy named Bing as he experiences everyday issues.
Bing airs on CBeebies in the United Kingdom and Ireland and S4C in the Welsh language. In January 2024, Acamar Films announced that Bing had been requested over one billion times on BBC iPlayer. [1] RAI in Italy premiered the series in 2018 on its RAI YoYo platform. [2] In The United States, the series started airing on the Cartoonito block in September 2021 on Cartoon Network, [3] [4] with an American voice cast, replacing their original British voices. [5] Bing premiered in France on the France 5 channel in January 2023. [6] Bing airs in 130 countries [7] and is available on YouTube across a network of 25 localized channels. [8] [9]
Bing has won numerous awards including an International Emmy Kids Award and a Writers' Guild Award. [10] The Peek-a-Boo Bing soft toy has won a 2023 Made For Mums Gold Award. [11]
Every episode starts off with Flop saying "Round the corner not far away". Whatever Bing is doing at the start of the episode. At the end, Bing summarizes what he has learnt in the episode, with Flop intoning "It's a Bing thing". [12]
Bing was based on the Bing Bunny book series, written and illustrated by Ted Dewan. [17] [18] Acamar Films acquired the rights to Bing Bunny [19] and produced the programme in conjunction with Brown Bag Films and Tandem Films. [14] [17] Acamar Films CEO, Mikael Shields selected Bing for development because he believed that the stories within Bing had potential to support young-children and help them to develop life-long resilience. [20] The series was developed for CBeebies though initial episodes were viewable at MIPTV. [21]
Acamar Films CEO, Mikael Shields was voice director for the series [22] [23] and served as a writer on the programme. [24]
23 external writers, 5 internal writers, 3 Montessori teachers, American educators, and English language development experts were involved in the production of each series. [25]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Refs |
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2014 | British Academy Children's Awards | Pre-School Animation | Bing | Nominated | [26] |
2015 | Annecy International Animated Film Festival | TV series | For episode "Bye Bye" | Nominated | [27] |
2015 | Pulcinella Awards | TV series for PreSchool | Bing | Nominated | [28] [29] |
2015 | Writers Guild Award | Best Children's TV Episode | Denise Cassar & the Bing Writing Team (for episode "Bye Bye") | Won | |
2016 | International Emmy Kids Award | Kids: Pre-School | Bing | Won | |
2020 | BANFF Rockies World Media Festival | Children & Youth: Pre-School Category | Bing | Nominated | [30] |
2020 | Palm Springs International Animation Festival | 3D Kids Animated Shorts | Bing | Nominated | [31] |
2020 | PRIX ROYAL Paris Animation Awards | Best Animation (Short) | Bing | Won | [32] |
2021 | Findecoin - Independent International Short Film Festival | Animated Short Film | Bing | Nominated | [33] |
2021 | Animation Celebration Fest | Animated TV or Web-series Episode | Bing | Won | |
2021 | ANIMAFILM International Film Festival | Short Animated Film for Children | Bing | Nominated | |
2021 | San Diego International Film Festival | Short Film | Bing | Nominated |
DVDs of the series are released by StudioCanal in the UK. [34] [35] The first DVD "Swing... and other episodes" was released on 31 March 2015 and features 10 episodes - Bye Bye, Swing, Blocks, Ducks, Smoothie, Frog, Car Park, Shadow, Musical Statues, and Voo Voo. A second DVD was released on 15 June of the same year and is titled "Storytime... and other episodes", featuring a further 10 episodes - Storytime, Growing, Atchoo, Hide & Seek, Bake, Train, Say Goodbye, Lost, Picnic, and Balloon.
The Bing app, "Bing: Watch, Play, Learn" was first released in September 2019. Available on iOS, Android and Amazon platforms, the app features full episodes as well as games, audio and activities. Certain features may be restricted due to location and existing distribution rights. The app has been downloaded 2.8 million times since launch. [36]
HarperCollins Children's Books signed a deal with Acamar and The Licensing Company to re-publish the stories to link with the TV programme. [37] [38] [39] The books were re-issued in 2013–14. [21] Approximately 5.2 million Bing books have been sold worldwide with over 70 Bing books published in the UK. [40] HarperCollins and Acamar Films renewed their publishing agreement in 2023. [41]
Fisher Price initially developed a range of Bing toys, which were released in July 2015, including "play sets, figurines, role play items, ride-ons, musical toys, wooden toys, and soft toys". [42] At some point Fisher Price lost the license and now toys are currently manufactured by Golden Bear Toys who produce a variety of Bing toys including soft toys as well as plastic play sets. [43]
Costume characters of Bing and Flop have been present in CBeebies Land at the Alton Towers theme park since 2018. [44] Specially-decorated Bing rooms were launched in the CBeebies Hotel at Alton Towers in 2022. [45] Bing and Flop costume characters also appear regularly at the Gulliver's Land theme park in Milton Keynes [46] and Rotherham [47] and take part in various limited-time appearances at venues across the UK including Chester Zoo, [48] London Zoo, [49] and Woburn Safari Park. [50] Bing has also appeared at the UK's Gloworm [51] and CarFest [52] summer festivals. In Italy, Bing and Flop form part of the entertainment at the Leolandia theme park since 2019. [53]
An English-language theatre show, 'Bing Live' toured across 50 locations in the UK in 2018. [54] In the Netherlands, a Dutch-language touring theatre show, 'Bing is jarig' ('Bing's Birthday') premiered in October 2021 with many performances selling out. [55] A Polish-language version of the show began touring Poland in November 2023. [56]
In November 2022, a limited-time Bing store was opened in the Glasgow Fort shopping centre. The Bing Store Pop-Up sold a range of Bing products while also offering free storytelling sessions, craft activities and meet and greets with the Bing and Flop costume characters. [57]
Acamar Films has produced four Bing cinema packages. The first, 'Bing at the Cinema' debuted across 83 cinemas in the United Kingdom in 2019. [58] In 2023, 'Bing's Christmas and Other Stories' was distributed across 118 UK cinemas. [59] Bing cinema packages have premiered in local languages in UK, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy. [58]
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