Pinky and Perky

Pinky and Perky
Pinky and Perky as they appeared on their original BBC TV show
GenreChildren's television series
Created by
Presented by
  • Jan Dalibor
  • Vlasta Dalibor
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyThames Television (1970–71)
Original release
NetworkBBC1 (1957–68)
ITV (1970–71)
Release1957 (1957) –
1971 (1971)

Pinky and Perky is a children's television series first broadcast by BBC TV in 1957, and revived in 2008 as an animated adaptation.

Background

The title characters are a pair of anthropomorphic singing puppet pigs, named Pinky and Perky. Pinky and Perky spoke and sang in high-pitched voices, created by re-playing original voice recordings at twice the original recorded speed; the vocals were sung by Mike Sammes.[1] One episode of the series, "You Too Can Be a Prime Minister", was banned by the BBC for being too political; public outcry caused them to reinstate it.[2][3]

In 1993, Pinky and Perky appeared regularly on The Pig Attraction, a CITV puppet-focused talk show, performing a song every week. The Pinky and Perky segments were made in collaboration with Jan and Vlasta Dalibor.[4]

A CGI reboot of the show, titled The Pinky and Perky Show, was released in 2008.[5] A comic strip based on the TV series was drawn by Jim Turnbull.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Sammes". The Independent. 10 June 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Tibballs, Geoff (1991). The Golden Age of Children's Television. Titan Books. ISBN 978-1-85286-407-1.
  3. ↑ "Pinky & Perky – Nostalgia Central". nostalgiacentral.com. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Ricketts, Ben. "The Pig Attraction". curiousbritishtelly.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "PINKY & PERKY at televisionheaven.co.uk". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jim Turnbull". lambiek.net. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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