Tiny Planets
| Tiny Planets | |
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| Genre | Children, Animated |
| Created by | Casey Dobie |
| Directed by | Alastair McIlwain |
| Voices of | Dashiell Tate Kim Goody |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 65 + 1 pilot |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul J. Michael Nina Elias-Bamberger |
| Producer(s) | Richard Morss |
| Editor(s) | Samantha Hatton-Brown |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Sesame Workshop Pepper's Ghost Productions Ltd. |
| Distributor | ITV |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CITV (UK) Noggin (U.S.) |
| Original release | 10 June 2001 – 21 December 2002 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Tiny Planets is a British television series created by Casey Dobie. It is a co-production between Sesame Workshop and Pepper's Ghost Productions. The television series consists of 65 five-minute, dialogue-free episodes featuring two furred extraterrestrials travelling their universe and solving a specific problem each episode.
Deep in the heart of the Tiny Universe lies the Home Planet where the main characters, Bing and Bong, make their home. These two explorers are catapulted to the surrounding worlds in their solar system on a flying white sofa where they explore, learn about the inhabitants, develop friendships and have fun.
Bing is older and much larger than Bong. His enormous appetite for exploring is dwarfed only by the endless supply of useful gadgets in an ever-present pouch. Wise and determined, he often takes the lead in adventures. Patient and thoughtful, he loves nothing more than a problem to be solved or a job to be done. He likes to help others and has an optimistic approach to life and its problems. He doesn’t speak, but communicates with body language, expressive eyebrows, and humming sounds.
Bong, the smaller one, is appealing, coy, impulsive, and a bundle lover of energy. Impish, playful, gregarious and incredibly compassionate, he is especially miserable when on bad terms with Bing. He loves to join in games and be the center of attention. He doesn’t speak but has an expressive face and body, a high-pitched sound (which is cross between a grunt and a squeak), and a multi-decibel cry of joy.
Flockers live on each of the Tiny Planets, each with its own distinctive population. More often than not, it’s these social creatures that Bing & Bong are helping out of a jam. Whether it’s cleaning out-of-reach windows or fortifying a house to withstand wind, Flockers are a perpetual source of problems begging to be solved. They do not speak, but communicate with body language and call sounds. Their design varies depending on the planet; they have either one or two heads and either one or two legs. Only a few have arms.
Locals are smaller inhabitants of the planets and can appear in greater numbers than the Flockers but are just as dim. They are mostly globular in shape with blinking eyes and little antennae on top of their heads. They communicate by bouncing, blinking and squeaking. On certain planets, the Locals are geometric shapes: squares, circles and triangles. Locals are always colorful, appealing and friendly.
Robots are segmented spherical creatures with mechanical arms and either wheels or helicopter rotors. Found mostly on the Planet of Technology, like all robots, they are linear thinkers attempting to multitask. They are there to help but do not always take instructions well. Thus they are a challenge and Bing and Bong learn to work with them to get the best out of them.
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