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). The series was followed by a revival with 26 episodes (52 segments) in 2002. In total, 92 episodes were produced. Original 1950 and 1970 versions The original version of Andy Pandy premiered on BBC TV in 1950, on either 11 July or 20 June, as part of the For the Children strand (later Watch with Mother) narrated by Maria Bird who also narrated the black & white 1950s original broadcasts of Flower Pot Men, The Woodentops and Bizzy Lizzie. Initially it was broadcast live, but it was realised that if the programmes were filmed, they could be repeated. 26 fifteen-minute episodes were filmed on 16mm around 1952 and repeated continuously until 1969. In 1970, 13 new episodes were made in colour with Vera McKechnie as narrator. A marionette who lived in a picnic basket, Andy was later joined by Teddy, a teddy bear, and Looby Loo, a rag doll, who came to life when Andy and Teddy were not around. Looby Loo sang Here we go Looby Loo. All three lived in the same picnic basket. Each episode ended with a variation on the song: "Time to go home / Time to go home / Andy is waving goodbye." It is claimed that the character's design was based on Paul Atterbury, the then young son of puppeteer Audrey Atterbury. A comic-strip version was published in Robin. The production staff for the original series were: Producer: Freda Lingstrom. Narrator: Maria Bird and later in the 1970 remakes Vera McKechnie. Writer/composer: Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird. Singers: Gladys Whitred, Julia Williams [voiced the 'Little Weed'] and Maria Bird (in the 1970 colour series). Puppeteers: Audrey Atterbury, Molly Gibson, Martin Grainger, The Stavordales and Christopher Leith (in the 1970 colour series). Episode list The 26 episodes were: "Tea Party" (20 June 1950) "Presents" (27 June 1950) "Music" (4 July 1950) "Hand Bells" (11 July 1950) "ABC" (18 July 1950) "Bricks" (25 July 1950) "Playing School" (1 August 1950) "Play Shops" (8 August 1950) "Leaning House" (15 August 1950) "Pram" (22 August 1950) "Farm" (29 August