Corgi Toys Show" were also issued in 1980. These included "Kermit's" car (2030), "Fozzie Bear's truck" (2031), "Miss Piggy's Sports Coupe" (2032) and "Animal's Percussionmobile" (2033). By the mid-1970s some of the most popular series shown on British television were American police dramas, and Corgi decided to model several of the vehicles featured in these shows. In 1976 the Buick Regal (296) from the series "Kojak" was issued, complete with figures of 'Lieutenant Kojak' and 'Detective Crocker' shooting from the rear seat, and a year later the Ford Gran Torino from "Starsky & Hutch" (292) was released also with figures of "David
The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee After being broadcast in several European countries, the show was translated into English as "Honeybee Hutch", and re-edited in the 1990s, by Saban Entertainment. A sequel, "The New Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee", and numbering 26 episodes, was produced in 1974. The original series was remade in 1989 under the same Japanese title, "Minashigo Hutch". The original show (1971) is notable for its frequently sad and cruel scripts. In many episodes, Hutch would befriend another insect, only to see his new friend die a violent and painful death. In one, he befriended a female