The Adventures of Twizzle

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1957-11-13

Last Air Date: 1959-06-10

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 52

Created By: Roberta Leigh

Networks: ITV1, Rediffusion London

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Top Cast

Denise Bryer as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (1957)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: Twizzle And Footso (1957-11-13)

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.
Ep. 2: Twizzle And Footso Get Caught (1957-11-20)

Twizzle and Footso meet a nasty old man who makes them work for him, but they manage to escape.
Ep. 3: Twizzle Saves The Doll (1957-11-27)

When a doll’s house catches fire, Twizzle saves the doll and she gives him a racing car.
Ep. 4: The Breakdown Van (1957-12-04)

Twizzle has an accident with his racing car and exchanges it for a breakdown van.
Ep. 5: Footso is Stolen (1957-12-11)

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.
Ep. 6: Twizzle and the Golliwog (1957-12-18)

Twizzle and Chawky the white-faced golliwog go skating and fall into a lake.
Ep. 7: Jiffy and the Chawky Quarrel (1957-12-31)

Jiffy the Broomstick Man quarrels with Chawky the white-faced golliwog and loses his twigs.
Ep. 8: Footso Disappears (1958-01-07)

Footso the cat tries to steal some fish and gets into trouble.
Ep. 9: Twizzle and the Broken-Down Toy (1958-01-14)

Twizzle goes to a toy factory and meets Candy Floss, a Mama doll that cannot say “Mama”.
Ep. 10: Twizzle Builds Stray Town (1958-01-21)

Twizzle builds a town of log cabins so that all of the stray toys in the world can come and live there.
Ep. 11: A Flag for Stray Town (1958-01-28)

Candy Floss makes a flag and when Twizzle puts it on the flag-pole, something exciting and magical happens.
Ep. 12: Jiffy's New House (1958-02-04)

Twizzle builds Jiffy the Broomstick Man a log cabin of his own, but Jiffy does not like it very much.
Ep. 13: Twizzle and Footso Go Fruit Picking (1958-02-11)

Twizzle and Footso the cat have a picnic but Footso swallows a bee.
Ep. 14: Twizzle Has Some Fun (1958-02-18)

Footso is so greedy that he eats Twizzle’s lunch so Twizzle decides to play a trick on him.
Ep. 15: Twizzle and Candy Floss Open a Cake Shop (1958-02-25)

Candy Floss decides to make some toffee but Chawky the white-faced golliwog falls into the mixture.
Ep. 16: Twizzle Saves the Broken-Down Toys (1958-03-04)

Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
Ep. 17: Twizzle Gets Lost (1958-03-11)

Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
Ep. 18: Jiffy Opens a Barber Shop (1958-03-18)

Jiffy wants to earn money to buy acorns so he decides to open a barber’s shop.
Ep. 19: Another Racing Car (1958-03-25)

Twizzle is tired of driving slowly in his breakdown van so he borrows a racing car.
Ep. 20: Twizzle and his friends go to the Circus (1958-04-01)

Twizzle and the toys decide to take a trip to the circus and Footso has a go on the trapeze.
Ep. 21: The Toys go to School (1958-04-08)

None of the toys can read or write so Twizzle decides to become a teacher.
Ep. 22: Bouncy the Ball (1958-08-15)

Bouncy the ball likes living in Stray Town but he does not like being kicked around.
Ep. 23: Jack-in-the-Box (1958-04-22)

Twizzle feels jealous when all of the toys make a fuss of Jack-in-the-Box, so he leaves him out in the rain.
Ep. 24: Twizzle Catches Cold (1958-04-29)

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.
Ep. 25: The Naughty Girl (1958-05-06)

Twizzle has to rescue the China Doll when she is stolen and locked in a toy cupboard.
Ep. 26: Jiffy's New Twigs (1958-05-13)

Jiffy’s twigs wear out so the toys go in search of new ones.

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The Adventures of Twizzle (1957)