The adventures of Pingu, the clumsy young penguin who is always up to mischief in his snowy world. His companions are his baby sister Pinga, his best friend Robby the Seal, his caring mother and his father who is the local postman. Pingu and Pinga are driving Mother crazy with their incessant banging - they will use any surface as a drum. When she sends them out, they try to interest Father in their penguin percussion, but the Post Office is no place for such a racket, so he sends them to Grandfather. When Grandfather inspires Pingu to make real music with icicles and a fish skeleton, Mother and Father realise what talented kids they have.