Andy Pandy a rag doll, who would appear/come to life when Andy and Teddy weren't around. Looby Loo had her own special song "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 design for the character 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: The 26 episodes were: By 1970, the black
Maria Bird she studied the Dalcroze Eurhythmics music and dance method under Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Dessau. Maria Bird helped found BBC Children's Television with her collaborator and partner Freda Lingstrom with whom she set up Westerham Arts, the production company commissioned by the BBC to produce TV pieces including "The Woodentops" (1955), "Bill and Ben the Flower Pot Men" (1952) and "Andy Pandy" (1950). Westerham Arts was based in Chartwell Cottage (owned by Bird and Lingstom and subsequently bequeathed to the National Trust). It neighbours the Chartwell Estate. Maria and Freda built a shed in their garden where their puppet films were