Andy Pandy and Ben', all having a similar format-filmed marionettes, there was also an animated drawn character called 'Busy Lizzy' incorporated into the "Picture book" series. All the filmed black and white 1950s original transmissions were narrated by Maria Bird, who was to become a co-producer, with Freda Lingstrom, who worked for the BBC. Bird was a prolific writer of books for the very young, notably Andy Pandy, but it was for her distinct BBC English" enunciation that she is best remembered. A marionette who lived in a picnic basket, Andy was later joined by Teddy, a teddy bear, and Looby Loo,
Rostov State Puppet Theatre to establish a puppet theater. The theater first opened its doors in 1935. Several generations of young spectators of the Don land grew watching its performances. And today, already adult, they bring their children and grandchildren to the puppet theater. In different time the puppet theater was headed by famous directors: Boris Sakhnovsky is disciple of Konstantin Stanislavsky, Leonid Stelmakhovich is disciple of Vsevolod Meyerhold. For over 35 years the art director of the puppet theater was Vladimir Bylkov, disciple of Sergei Obraztsov. The history of theater remembers all the actors at its origins: S. Isaeva, Merited Artist of Russia;