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,
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich felt that the filmmaker's changes made to the franchise had "dramatically reduce[d] the film's entertainment value, and arguably rob[bed] these iconic puppets of the very characteristics that made them special." Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich is a 2018 horror-comedy film written by S. Craig Zahler and directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund and is the thirteenth entry in the long-running "Puppet Master" franchise. It is a reboot of the series and it stars Thomas Lennon, Kennedy Summers, Barbara Crampton, Udo Kier. It was released on August 17, 2018 by RLJE Films. In "Puppet Master: