Andy Pandy and Teddy at the Zoo (Little Books)

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The Balloon, The Man from the Moon, Andy Pandy's Band, A Flying Feather, The Birthday Cake, A String in the Tail, The Bubble, Teddy Gets the Wind Up, A Noisy Supper, The Box That Chimed Andy Pandy and Looby Loo make a picture from a jigsaw puzzle, but they can't figure out why there is a hole in the middle. Andy Pandy is a British children's television series that aired on BBC Television in 1950. Originally live, a series of 26 filmed programmes was shown until 1970, when a new series of 13 episodes was made. This series was based upon a comic strip of the same name (made in the style of children's magazines Robin and Pippin). Andy Pandy first aired on Tuesday 11 July 1950 and became very popular straight away. Made on film rather than broadcast live, surviving episodes are therefore now among the earliest relics of British television history.

Teddy tramples on Looby Loo's favourite blue flowers, so he makes decoy flowers with tissue paper, twigs and blue paint. Andy Pandy would pop up again in when a revival of the show was made in 2002. This time the show was the basis for an Andy Pandy comic strip in the children’s magazines Robin and Pippin . Whist the original series had used stringed puppets the revival used stop-motion techniques. These episodes were repeated until 2008. Teddy gets a present of a pair of roller skates, so he challenges Andy Pandy and Looby Loo to a race. Teddy is making a nuisance of himself with two wooden spoons, so Andy Pandy shows him how to make them into wooden puppets. The series was followed by a revival with 26 episodes (52 segments) in 2002. In total, 92 episodes were produced.

I remember being a little bit daunted by Andy Pandy, perhaps it was his brilliant striped rompers or his human likeness, but I was so fond of Teddy that it didn’t matter. Teddy was the star of the show for me.

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In 2002, BBC produced a revival of 52 episodes with the use of stop-motion animation instead of string puppets: the original nursery and garden were expanded to an entire village, with Andy, Teddy and Looby Loo now owning individual houses, as well as four new characters that were introduced in the series: Missy Hissy (and Missy Hissy’s brother, another snake who is never seen); Tiffo, a teal-and-purple dog; Bilbo (vocals performed by David Holt), a sailor; and Orbie (vocals performed by Maria Darling), a yellow-and-blue ball. Tom Conti narrated the new series.

When Bilbo finds a box of bolts, Andy Pandy has the novel idea of using them to make a musical wind chime. The series was parodied by Des O'Connor in his Dandy Sandy sketches with Harry Secombe and Britt Ekland. [13] 2002 revival [ edit ] Stop motion set on display at the National Science and Media Museum, with Andy Pandy, Looby Loo and Teddy McGown, Alistair (2003–2014). "Andy Pandy (1950–1959)". BFI Screenonline . Retrieved 9 December 2021. By 1970, as BBC1 was by then transmitted in colour, 13 new episodes were produced and shown from 5 January 1970. [11] [12]

Teddy is having a hard time of it painting a picture of his house. He is just about to give up when Andy suggests a novel way of getting his house drawn – with some paper and wax crayons. It is claimed that the design for the Andy Pandy character was based on Paul Atterbury, who at the time the young son of the puppeteer behind the character Audrey Atterbury. WATCH WITH MOTHER at televisionheaven.co.uk". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011 . Retrieved 12 April 2011.

Evans, Jeff (1995). The Guinness Television Encyclopedia. Guinness Publishing. pp.23–24. ISBN 0-85112-744-4.There is great excitement in the garden when Looby Loo plans a picnic. When Teddy manages to break her plates, Andy Pandy has a solution. When Teddy is scared by a beetle, Andy Pandy helps him get over his fear by making beetle masks with him.