Janey Scott
Director
The Adventures of Twizzle (1948)
Season 1
The Adventures of Twizzle is the very first television show produced by AP Films and specifically Gerry Anderson, after being approached by author Roberta Leigh and her colleague Suzanne Warner. Sources vary as to who directed the series. In addition to his production duties, Anderson also directed the action whilst photography was directed by Arthur Provis, Anderson's founding partner at AP Films. The music for the songs were written by Leslie Clair, the music was scored by Barry Gray, art direction came from Reg Hill and special effects were by Derek Meddings, all of whom would become long-time collaborators with Anderson.
Released Sept. 30, 1948
Episode 15 min
None+
Genres: Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Keywords: imdb.character-name-as-series-title, imdb.swizzle-character, imdb.four-word-series-title, imdb.puppet
Production Companies: AP Films
Network: Rediffusion London
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Twizzle And Footso
Twizzle, the twizzley toy, runs away from a toy shop and meets Footso, a big black cat with enormous paws. Together they decide to go looking for adventure.
Nov. 13, 1957, midnight
S1E2 - Twizzle And Footso Get Caught
Twizzle and Footso meet a nasty old man who makes them work for him, but they manage to escape.
Nov. 20, 1957, midnight
S1E3 - Twizzle Saves The Doll
When a doll’s house catches fire, Twizzle saves the doll and she gives him a racing car.
Nov. 27, 1957, midnight
S1E4 - The Breakdown Van
Twizzle has an accident with his racing car and exchanges it for a breakdown van.
Dec. 4, 1957, midnight
S1E5 - Footso is Stolen
Footso is stolen by an old woman who makes him drink some magic milk. In the meantime, Twizzle meets a new friend and together they try to save Footso.
Dec. 11, 1957, midnight
S1E6 - Twizzle and the Golliwog
Twizzle and Chawky the white-faced golliwog go skating and fall into a lake.
Dec. 18, 1957, midnight
S1E7 - Jiffy and the Chawky Quarrel
Jiffy the Broomstick Man quarrels with Chawky the white-faced golliwog and loses his twigs.
Dec. 31, 1957, midnight
S1E8 - Footso Disappears
Footso the cat tries to steal some fish and gets into trouble.
Jan. 7, 1958, midnight
S1E9 - Twizzle and the Broken-Down Toy
Twizzle goes to a toy factory and meets Candy Floss, a Mama doll that cannot say “Mama”.
Jan. 14, 1958, midnight
S1E10 - Twizzle Builds Stray Town
Twizzle builds a town of log cabins so that all of the stray toys in the world can come and live there.
Jan. 21, 1958, midnight
S1E11 - A Flag for Stray Town
Candy Floss makes a flag and when Twizzle puts it on the flag-pole, something exciting and magical happens.
Jan. 28, 1958, midnight
S1E12 - Jiffy's New House
Twizzle builds Jiffy the Broomstick Man a log cabin of his own, but Jiffy does not like it very much.
Feb. 4, 1958, midnight
S1E13 - Twizzle and Footso Go Fruit Picking
Twizzle and Footso the cat have a picnic but Footso swallows a bee.
Feb. 11, 1958, midnight
S1E14 - Twizzle Has Some Fun
Footso is so greedy that he eats Twizzle’s lunch so Twizzle decides to play a trick on him.
Feb. 18, 1958, midnight
S1E15 - Twizzle and Candy Floss Open a Cake Shop
Candy Floss decides to make some toffee but Chawky the white-faced golliwog falls into the mixture.
Feb. 25, 1958, midnight
S1E16 - Twizzle Saves the Broken-Down Toys
Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
March 4, 1958, midnight
S1E17 - Twizzle Gets Lost
Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
March 11, 1958, midnight
S1E18 - Jiffy Opens a Barber Shop
Jiffy wants to earn money to buy acorns so he decides to open a barber’s shop.
March 18, 1958, midnight
S1E19 - Another Racing Car
Twizzle is tired of driving slowly in his breakdown van so he borrows a racing car.
March 25, 1958, midnight
S1E20 - Twizzle and his friends go to the Circus
Twizzle and the toys decide to take a trip to the circus and Footso has a go on the trapeze.
April 1, 1958, midnight
S1E21 - The Toys go to School
None of the toys can read or write so Twizzle decides to become a teacher.
April 8, 1958, midnight
S1E22 - Bouncy the Ball
Bouncy the ball likes living in Stray Town but he does not like being kicked around.
Aug. 15, 1958, midnight
S1E23 - Jack-in-the-Box
Twizzle feels jealous when all of the toys make a fuss of Jack-in-the-Box, so he leaves him out in the rain.
April 22, 1958, midnight
S1E24 - Twizzle Catches Cold
Twizzle feels very miserable when he has to go to bed with a cold, but all of the toys cheer him up by bringing him presents.
April 29, 1958, midnight
S1E25 - The Naughty Girl
Twizzle has to rescue the China Doll when she is stolen and locked in a toy cupboard.
May 6, 1958, midnight
S1E26 - Jiffy's New Twigs
Jiffy’s twigs wear out so the toys go in search of new ones.
May 13, 1958, midnight
Network: Rediffusion London
Episode Runtime: 15 min.
Season Runtime: 15 min.
Released: Sept. 30, 1948
Last Air Date: June 10, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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