TV Series

Series Name:	Andy Pandy
Format:	TV Series
Years:	1950 - 1952
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Animation, Children & Family
Rating:	5.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	9 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	Vera McKechnie as Narrator (voice) [1950]
	Maria Bird as Narrator (voice) [1952]

Notes

Childrens puppet show initially broadcast live, then recorded in 1952 to allow repeat screenings. the show had regular repeated screenings through the fifties and sixties. The show was broadcast as part of the "For The Children" and later "Watch With Mother" programme strands.

Production and Original Broadcaster:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

A new colour series was made in 1970, and a revived, "stop-motion" version of the show was launched in 2002, running for four series until 2009.

Comments and Reviews


RadoxTheGreen 14th Jul 2015		That might be their official "excuse" harley, but I suspect it had a lot more to do with trying to get people to buy colour TVs. When they first came out they didn't sell that well due to their high price and lack of colour programmes. Most of the country couldn't get the all colour channel BBC2 for about 5 years after its launch. The BBC brought back several popular shows for just one or two series to get people to buy a new set. I suspect this was revived for that reason more than worn out tapes, and it wouldn't surprise me if they still showed the b/w episodes even after the colour series debuted.



harley 14th Jul 2015		The 1970s was a new series in color this was due to the old black and white 50's episodes being nearly worn out. I've taken this information from the BFI Screenonline and there information is from the BBC: Andy Pandy



zabadak 13th Jul 2015		Definitely repeated into the 70s in Britain! :wink:



Monolith 11th Jul 2015		Well it wouldn't be the first (or last) time IMDB got their facts wrong.



RadoxTheGreen 11th Jul 2015		Well,as general consensus is all of us remembering it from the 60s, I'll ignore Wiki and imdb and edit the entry accordingly.



Monolith 11th Jul 2015		I was born in 1957 and was too old to watch it in the 70s so it was definitely shown in the UK in the 60s.



the Flea 11th Jul 2015		I remember Andy Pandy, with Looby Lou and Ted. Was in black and white but that was all we had in those days. Was in the late 60's I believe with Bill & Ben (the Flowerpot Men) at around the same period of time.



Record Collector 11th Jul 2015		This was repeated over and over again until 1976 on abc television here in Australia



RadoxTheGreen 10th Jul 2015		Well, I thought the same actually, but imdb and Wiki both say not. I thought I was maybe confusing it with the 1970 show but I would have been too old to watch that out of choice. Maybe I was off sick from school and just watching whatever was on, although I can remember regularly watching all of those shows you mentioned too.



Monolith 10th Jul 2015		I remember watching this in the 60s. So it must have been repeated beyond 1957. I seem to recall Andy, The Woodentops, Tales Of The Riverbank and Bill & Ben.

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