Tinga Tinga Tales

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Animation

Children's: Entertainment & Comedy

Learning: Pre-School

Stories telling a modern, young audience how animals got their distinctive parts.

Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened

Series 1

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Eugene Muchiri

Lenny Henry

Shaun Parkes

Johnnie Fiori

Tameka Empson

Edward Kwach

Meera Syal

Patrice Naiambana

Faraaz Meghani

Ben Spybey

Patrick Kanyeki

Eric Wainaina

Claudia Lloyd

Richard Jeffery

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1: Episode 1: Why Elephant Has a Trunk

Why Elephant Has a Trunk

Episode 1

Episode 1: Why Elephant Has a Trunk

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How Crocodile gave Elephant his long nose.

Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. The story of how Elephant got his trunk.

Why do zebras have stripes and leopards spots, rhinos horns and camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened. 

There was a time when Elephant had no nose. He could not swat away the flies, or scrub his belly - he could not even blow his nose. Then one day snappy Crocodile snapped!

Tinga Tinga Tales: Series 1

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

Why do Zebra have stripes and Leopard spots, Rhinos horns and Camels humps? Tinga Tinga Tales tells a modern, young audience what really happened.

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Episode 1: Why Elephant Has a Trunk

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