Bing
Watch on CBeebies
Bing is an authentic pre-schooler and he loves playing with his friends. He’s enthusiastic to try new things, and he’s passionate about discovering life! Bing is curious, positive and sincere, and because he’s young, he's often experiencing things for the very first time. It’s true that he sometimes runs into a small bump, or a spillage or an unpredictable disappointment, and in those moments, it’s usually pretty clear what he is feeling! By Bing’s side is Flop, who brings patience, warmth and kindness, and who always makes things better.
Bing is a co-production with Acamar Films and Tandem Films, based on the popular book series "Bing" by author and illustrator Ted Dewan.
Bing is written and produced by an internationally award-winning team, with input from specialist educational and child-development experts. The series focuses on the big stories in life’s little moments, and is designed to help young children enjoy healthy social and emotional development.
Bing mirrors a pre-schooler’s real-life experience. From the joy of a new daily discovery to the disappointment of things not going quite as planned, Bing tells the small stories that make up those first experiences which can feel so big and shape our children’s understanding of the world and their potential within it.
In each episode of Bing, pre-schoolers and their grown-ups will find situations that are familiar to them – small stories that centre around the experience and reactions of Bing – a curious, enthusiastic and inexperienced three-year-old boy.
The stories told in Bing are timeless and universal. Episodes are regularly revisited by grown-ups and young children as a way to explain and explore complex feelings or new experiences.
Inspired by Montessori teaching methods, each episode of Bing has been developed with educational and developmental experts to ensure that the stories shared support healthy child development – helping young audiences grow their emotional, language and reasoning skills as well as their understanding of the world around them.
Bing premiered on BBC's pre-school channel, CBeebies, in June 2014.
Director: Nicky Phelan
Producer and Series Voice Director: Mikael Shields
Art Directors: Stephen O'Connor, Stephen Robinson
Producers: Lorraine Morgan, Rick Bland
Executive Producers: Lucy Murphy, Howard Litton, Philip Bergkvist, Cathal Gaffney, Gillian Higgins, Darragh O'Connell, Nigel Pay
Series Story Director: Jeroen Jaspaert
Music: Julian Nott
Duration: 78 x 7 min
Year of Production: 2013/2014
