Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestAndy Pandy is a British children's television series that premiered on BBC TV in June or July 1950. Originally live, a series of 13 filmed programmes was shown until 1970, when a new coloured series was made. The show was the basis for a comic strip of the same name in the children's magazine Robin.
Practical Effects
Charming marionette puppetry from 1950s BBC.
Production
Pioneering live-to-filmed children's television format.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original 1950 live broadcasts were so primitive that puppeteers often had visible strings and occasionally dropped characters mid-scene.
Andy Pandy pioneered the 'watching time' and 'tidy-up time' structure later copied by countless preschool shows including Teletubbies.
