Bing (TV series)

Bingis an animated children's television series based on the books byTed Dewanand produced by Acamar Films. The series follows a preschool bunny boy named Bing as he experiences everyday issues.
Bingairs onCBeebiesin the United Kingdom and Ireland andS4Cin the Welsh language. In January 2024, Acamar Films announced that Bing had been requested over one billion times onBBC iPlayer.RAI inItalypremiered the series in 2018 on its RAI YoYo platform.InThe United States, the series started airing on theCartoonitoblock in September 2021 onCartoon Network,with an American voice cast, replacing their original British voices.Bingpremiered inFranceon the France 5 channel in January 2023.Bingairs in 130 countriesand is available onYouTubeacross a network of 25 localized channels.
Binghas won numerous awards including anInternational Emmy Kids Awardand a Writers' Guild Award.The Peek-a-Boo Bing soft toy has won a 2023 Made For Mums Gold Award.
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".
Bingwas based on theBing Bunnybook series, written and illustrated byTed Dewan.Acamar Films acquired the rights toBing Bunnyand produced the programme in conjunction with Brown Bag Films and Tandem Films.Acamar Films CEO, Mikael Shields selectedBingfor development because he believed that the stories withinBinghad potential to support young-children and help them to develop life-long resilience.The series was developed forCBeebiesthough initial episodes were viewable atMIPTV.
Acamar Films CEO, Mikael Shields was voice director for the seriesand served as a writer on the programme.
23 external writers, 5 internal writers, 3Montessoriteachers, American educators, and English language development experts were involved in the production of each series.
DVDs of the series are released byStudioCanalin the UK.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 2014. 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.
HarperCollinsChildren's Books signed a deal with Acamar and The Licensing Company to re-publish the stories to link with the TV programme.The books were re-issued in 2013–14.Approximately 5.2 millionBingbooks have been sold worldwide with over 70Bingbooks published in the UK.HarperCollins and Acamar Films renewed their publishing agreement in 2023.
Fisher Priceinitially developed a range ofBingtoys, which were released in July 2015, including "play sets, figurines, role play items, ride-ons, musical toys, wooden toys, and soft toys".At some point Fisher Price lost the license and now toys are currently manufactured byGolden Bear Toyswho produce a variety of Bing toys including soft toys as well as plastic play sets.
Costume characters of Bing and Flop have been present in CBeebies Land at theAlton Towerstheme park since 2018.Specially-decorated Bing rooms were launched in the CBeebies Hotel at Alton Towers in 2022.Bing and Flop costume characters also appear regularly at theGulliver's Landtheme park inMilton KeynesandRotherhamand take part in various limited-time appearances at venues across the UK includingChester Zoo,London Zoo,andWoburn Safari Park.Bing has also appeared at the UK's GlowormandCarFestsummer festivals. In Italy, Bing and Flop form part of the entertainment at theLeolandiatheme park since 2019.
An English-language theatre show, 'Bing Live' toured across 50 locations in the UK in 2018.Inthe Netherlands, a Dutch-language touring theatre show, 'Bing is jarig' ('Bing's Birthday') premiered in October 2021 with many performances selling out.A Polish-language version of the show began touringPolandin November 2023.
In November 2022, a limited-time Bing store was opened in theGlasgow Fortshopping 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.
Acamar Films has produced four Bing cinema packages. The first, 'Bing at the Cinema' debuted across 83 cinemas in the United Kingdom in 2019.In 2023, 'Bing's Christmas and Other Stories' was distributed across 118 UK cinemas.Bing cinema packages have premiered in local languages in UK, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.