BBC iPlayer: The Flying Penguins!

April 3rd, 2008 by Lisa McGarry.

Film maker and writer Terry Jones discovers a colony of penguins, which are unlike any other penguins in the world…… Flying penguins.

What a great April Fools joke!

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6 Responses to “BBC iPlayer: The Flying Penguins!”

  1. Trudy says:
    April 1, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    No I do not believe you, not on April Fools day anyway.

  2. Maureen says:
    April 3, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Hello Trudy, what a fabulous April fool. Yes I watched the past ones on one of the mornings this week before going to work and was stunned by the pranks and quality of the tricks the BBC had broadcast. i’d like them to do some more.

    Maureen
    Newcastle

  3. Samantha Peace says:
    April 4, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    Who makes this ad you may ask?

    • Advertising Agency: RKCR/Y&R
    • Creative Director: Mark Roalfe
    • Writer: Paul Silburn
    • Director: Vince Squibb
    • Planner: Megan Thomson
    • Account Director: Fiona Richards
    • Media Company: BBC Media Planning
    • Media Planner: Helen Weeks
    • Production Company: Red Bee
    • Producer – Sarah Caddy

  4. Samantha Peace says:
    April 4, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Key People
    • Client(& job title): David Bainbridge – Head of Marketing Future Media and Technology
    • Advertising Agency: RKCR/Y&R
    • Creative Director: Mark Roalfe
    • Writer: Paul Silburn
    • Director: Vince Squibb
    • Planner: Megan Thomson
    • Account Director: Fiona Richards
    • Media Company: BBC Media Planning
    • Media Planner: Helen Weeks
    • Production Company: Red Bee
    • Producer – Sarah Caddy
    • Post production house / animation house – Passion Pictures

  5. Get Fooled Again: April 1 Classics - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com says:
    April 1, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    [...] sad to note that, for all their technical sophistication, more recent efforts from the BBC, like last year’s Terry Jones report on flying penguins, or this year’s report on the shark-whale, just don’t seem to rise to the same [...]

  6. Horace For President » Wombat Diet says:
    April 1, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    [...] Update: hah, the BBC has a fine video on flying penguins! [...]