Andy Pandy and white films were almost worn out, and as BBC1 was by then transmitted in colour, 13 new episodes were produced and shown from 5 January 1970. The 13 episodes of the 1970 series are: Another set of 52 episodes was made in 2001, using the stop-motion technique instead of string puppeteering. The original nursery and garden were expanded to an entire village, with Andy, Teddy and Looby Loo now owning individual houses, and four new characters were introduced into the series: Missy Hissy; a snake, Tiffo; a teal-and-purple dog, Bilbo (vocals performed by David Holt); a sailor, and Orbie
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;