Andy Pandy and Teddy at the Zoo (Little Books)

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I remember being a little bit daunted by Andy Pandy, perhaps it was his brilliant striped rompers or his human likeness, but I was so fond of Teddy that it didn’t matter. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins.

In 2002, BBC produced a revival of 52 episodes with the use of stop-motion animation instead of string puppets: the original nursery and garden were expanded to an entire village, with Andy, Teddy and Looby Loo now owning individual houses, as well as four new characters that were introduced in the series: Missy Hissy (and Missy Hissy’s brother, another snake who is never seen); Tiffo, a teal-and-purple dog; Bilbo (vocals performed by David Holt), a sailor; and Orbie (vocals performed by Maria Darling), a yellow-and-blue ball. They question the “relationship” between the three stars in between knowing winks and nudges and it’s all terribly tedious.Teddy is making a nuisance of himself with two wooden spoons, so Andy Pandy shows him how to make them into wooden puppets. citation needed] Initially it was broadcast live, but it was realised that if the programmes were filmed, they could be repeated. Originally the series was broadcast live until it was realised recording episodes meant they could be repeated.

The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. The original black and white episodes – perhaps fewer than forty in total are thought to have been made up until 1959. Each episode ended with a variation on the song: "Time to go home / Time to go home / Andy is waving goodbye.When Andy Pandy finds that Bilbo's old sea-chest is full of sand, he has a seaside holiday on his very own beach. It is said that the character's design was based on Paul Atterbury, the then young son of puppeteer Audrey Atterbury. He is just about to give up when Andy suggests a novel way of getting his house drawn – with some paper and wax crayons. Andy was later joined by Teddy, a teddy bear, and Looby Loo, a rag doll, who would appear/come to life when Andy and Teddy were not around.