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
The Children's Friend (British magazine) The Children's Friend (British magazine) The Children's Friend was a British journal for children, in monthly parts, first published in 1824. It was founded by Rev. William Carus Wilson (1791–1859), who was based near Kirkby Lonsdale where the journal was initially printed. Wilson is perhaps best known for being portrayed negatively as Mr Brocklehurst in Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" (1847). Especially up to the turn of the century, "The Children´s Friend" was essentially a religious work, promoting a "grim morality", and encouraging in its young audience the reading of the Bible, evangelism and charitable works. In its early years, it