''The Pinky and Perky Show'' is a 2008 revival of

Pinky and Perky ''Pinky and Perky'' is a children's television series first broadcast by BBC TV in 1957, and revived in 2008 as a computer-animated adaptation. Original series The title characters are a pair of anthropomorphic puppet pigs, named Pinky and ...

. It stars the two

anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...

pigs. It is in full CGI and produced by method Films, Picture Production Company, Telegael and in association with Pinky and Perky Enterprises. 52 episodes were produced.

Plot

The show stars the Pigs named Pinky and Perky, together they run their children's show called The Pinky and Perky Show. Together they handle different situations whether being bringing a band back together, trying to get the most stickers and even finding lost treasure. Pinky is the kind hearted pig and animator of the cartoon "The Adventures of Power Pig and Porker" while his other brother Perky is spoilt and takes things for granted.

Setting

Unlike the original puppet series, the show is set in a world of

animals, such as K.T., a cat who serves as the show organizer; Wilberforce, a turtle who works as the security guard; Vera, a fox who hosts a morning show; and Eric, a dog who serves as Vera's co-host. Each episode takes place in the PPCTV Studio.

Cast

* David Holt as Pinky *

Duncan Wisbey Duncan James Wisbey (born 16 December 1971) is an English actor, musician, writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art ...

as Perky *

Teresa Gallagher Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress. Career Gallagher is known for her role as Ellen Smith in ''The Bill'', for her appearances on radio in ''No Commitments'', ''Salem's Lot'', and '' Memorials to the Missing''. She play ...

as KT *

Jimmy Hibbert James Christian Hibbert is an English actor and writer. He is best known for his voice work with the animation studio Cosgrove Hall Films. Early life James Christian Hibbert was born as the eldest of three children of author Christopher Hibbe ...

as Wilberforce *

Ella Kenion Ella Kenion (born 18 June 1969) is an English comedy actress, known for shows such as ''The Catherine Tate Show'', Five's sketch shows ''We Know Where You Live'' and ''Swinging'', and in BBC Four's ''Fear of Fanny''. However she is best known ...

as Tara & Vera * Steve Brody as Eric *

Kevin Bishop Kevin Brian Bishop (born 18 June 1980) is a British actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Jim Hawkins in ''Muppet Treasure Island'', Stupid Brian in ''My Family'', and Nigel Norman Fletcher in the 2016 revival of ''Porr ...

as Powerpig & Porker and various comedy cameos *

Mike Hayley Mike Hayley is a British actor, comedian, impressionist and writer. He starred alongside Susie Blake, Caroline Leddy, James Gaddas, Mike Doyle (comedian) in the BBC's sketch show, ''Something for the Weekend'' (1989) and Shane Richie, David Schne ...

as Sir Percival *

Renton Skinner Daniel Renton Skinner (born 25 January 1973) is an English actor and comedy writer, working in stage, film and television. Skinner often performs as the character Angelos Epithemiou and is also one half of the Brian and Roger podcast. Early li ...

as Morton Frog

Minor

* Niky Wardley as Tamara * Mark Perry as Simon Cow * Jessica Robinson as various comedy cameos *

Lizzie Roper Lizzie Roper (born 1967) is a British actress. Career Trained at the Guildford School of Acting after gaining a degree in drama from Aberystwyth University. Lizzie fell into Comedy whilst performing with Lenny Beige at The Regency Rooms as Sad ...

as various comedy cameos

Production

The show is produced by DQ Entertainment,

Method Animation Method Animation (sometimes called Method Animation Studios or Norman Studios and also known as ON Animation Studios or ON Kids & Family or Mediawan Animation) is a French company which produces CGI-animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the ...

, Picture Production Company, Telegael and in association with Pinky and Perky Enterprises. It is distributed worldwide by

Granada International ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadca ...

. One series has been produced so far with 52 episodes.

Episodes

Home media

A DVD has been released by the

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and the

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called ''Licence to Swill'' and contains 8 episodes from the series. ITV Studios Another DVD will be released in September 2010 entitled ''Cartoon Mashup''.

References

External links

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