Bingo & Molly
A puppet-filled woodland adventure teaching valuable lessons and social skills.
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Bingo & Molly is a live-action children's television series from 1997, co-produced by the United States and New Zealand. It used puppets and was recorded at Avalon Studios in New Zealand. The main characters are a brother-and-sister pair of rabbits, Bingo and Molly, performed by American puppeteers Brian Narelle and Robin Goodrow.
Each episode teaches them lessons and social skills. Goodrow, who previously worked at San Francisco's KRON-TV, helped develop the show, edited stories, wrote songs, and designed sets. Filming at Avalon took eight weeks, from March to May 1997.
The series had one season of 26 episodes in its home countries and aired on TLC's Ready Set Learn! block in the U.S. It won a Parents' Choice Award for its soundtrack and a CINE Golden Eagle. Critics and audiences liked it during its original run and when Anchor Bay Entertainment released it on home video in 1999. In 2022, Questar of Chicago brought it back for streaming.
Lore & Background
Bingo and Molly, a brother-and-sister rabbit duo residing in the woodlands, learn valuable lessons and social skills. Recurring characters in their adventures include Duck, a duck who wears a rabbit suit, Gladys the Goose, Rosa the Bear, Mr. Gruff the dog, and Zigger the Mole; the rabbits' parents are not seen or mentioned. A fox named Mr. Growl tells stories relating to the rabbits' lessons, while carrots and sunflowers provide some musical numbers.
Reader's Guide
Brian Narelle as Bingo and Mr. Growl; Robin Goodrow as Molly; Larissa Matheson.
Did You Know?
- Robin Goodrow used the same 'distinctive, squeaky voice' for Molly as she had for her Buster ape character, Vanilla, from the 1980s series Buster and Me.
- The title characters were designed by Wētā Workshop's Richard Taylor.
- The show's tie-in soundtrack album, You Can Do It!, won a Parents' Choice Award.
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