Animated 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. Father is trying to make a table but spends most of his time keeping Pingu out of the toolbox. When Pingu is left alone in the shed, he cannot resist trying DIY himself - but his efforts only make the table collapse.