The adventures of a boy doll who runs away from a toyshop and, together with his feline friend Footso, builds Stray Town, a haven for toys.
AP Films/Banty Books/Associated Rediffusion
Produced: 1957-58
First UK broadcast: 13th November 1957
52 episodes x 13 minutes
Producer: Roberta Leigh
Director: Gerry Anderson
Director of Photography: Arthur Provis
Art Director: Reginald E. Hill
Music: Leslie Clair
Lyrics: Roberta Leigh
Music Arranged and Conducted by Barry Gray
| Episodes List | |
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| 1 |
Twizzle And Footso Twizzle, the twizzley toy, runs away from a toy shop and meets Footso, a big black cat with enormous paws. Together they decide to go looking for adventure. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 13th November 1957, 4.30pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 2 |
Twizzle And Footso Get Caught Twizzle and Footso meet a nasty old man who makes them work for him, but they manage to escape. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 20th November 1957, 4.30pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 3 |
Twizzle Saves The Doll When a doll’s house catches fire, Twizzle saves the doll and she gives him a racing car. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 27th November 1957, 4.30pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 4 |
The Breakdown Van Twizzle has an accident with his racing car and exchanges it for a breakdown van. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 4th December 1957, 4.30pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 5 |
Footso Is Stolen Footso is stolen by an old woman who makes him drink some magic milk. In the meantime, Twizzle meets a new friend and together they try to save Footso. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 11th December 1957, 4.30pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 6 |
Twizzle And The Golliwog Twizzle and Chawky the white-faced golliwog go skating and fall into a lake. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 18th December 1957, 4.30pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 7 |
Jiffy And The Chawky Quarrel Jiffy the Broomstick Man quarrels with Chawky the white-faced golliwog and loses his twigs. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 31st December 1957, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 8 |
Footso Disappears Footso the cat tries to steal some fish and gets into trouble. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 7th January 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 9 |
Twizzle And The Broken-Down Toy Twizzle goes to a toy factory and meets Candy Floss, a Mama doll that cannot say “Mama”. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 14th January 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 10 |
Twizzle Builds Stray Town Twizzle builds a town of log cabins so that all of the stray toys in the world can come and live there. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 21st January 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 11 |
A Flag For Stray Town Candy Floss makes a flag and when Twizzle puts it on the flag-pole, something exciting and magical happens. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 28th January 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 12 |
Jiffy's New House Twizzle builds Jiffy the Broomstick Man a log cabin of his own, but Jiffy does not like it very much. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 4th February 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 13 |
Twizzle And Footso Go Fruit Picking Twizzle and Footso the cat have a picnic but Footso swallows a bee. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 11th February 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 14 |
Twizzle Has Some Fun Footso is so greedy that he eats Twizzle’s lunch so Twizzle decides to play a trick on him. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 18th February 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 15 |
Twizzle And Candy Floss Open A Cake Shop Candy Floss decides to make some toffee but Chawky the white-faced golliwog falls into the mixture. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 25th February 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 16 |
Twizzle Saves The Broken-Down Toys Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 4th March 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 17 |
Twizzle Gets Lost Twizzle goes shopping to Tweedle Town and gets lost in the dark, but he is saved by all the broken-down toys. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 11th March 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 18 |
Jiffy Opens A Barber's Shop Jiffy wants to earn money to buy acorns so he decides to open a barber’s shop. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 18th March 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 19 |
Another Racing Car Twizzle is tired of driving slowly in his breakdown van so he borrows a racing car. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 25th March 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 20 |
Twizzle And His Friends Go To The Circus Twizzle and the toys decide to take a trip to the circus and Footso has a go on the trapeze. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 1st April 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 21 |
The Toys Go To School None of the toys can read or write so Twizzle decides to become a teacher. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 8th April 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 22 |
Bouncy The Ball Bouncy the ball likes living in Stray Town but he does not like being kicked around. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 15th April 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 23 |
Jack-In-The-Box Twizzle feels jealous when all of the toys make a fuss of Jack-in-the-Box, so he leaves him out in the rain. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 22nd April 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 24 |
Twizzle Catches Cold Twizzle feels very miserable when he has to go to bed with a cold, but all of the toys cheer him up by bringing him presents. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 29th April 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 25 |
The Naughty Girl Twizzle has to rescue the China Doll when she is stolen and locked in a toy cupboard. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 6th May 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 26 |
Jiffy's New Twigs Jiffy’s twigs wear out so the toys go in search of new ones. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 13th May 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 27 |
Twizzle And The Snowman Twizzle and Footso build a snowman but don’t like it when he comes to stay with them. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 20th May 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 28 |
Twizzle And The Thin Teddy Bear Twizzle and Footso decide to find the angry Teddy Bear something to eat. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 3rd June 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 29 |
The Lazy Broomstick Man Jiffy refuses to clean the streets of Stray Town until Twizzle thinks of a plan. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 10th June 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 30 |
Twizzle And The Polly Moppet Twizzle meets a new toy and brings it to Stray Town to help Jiffy the Broomstick Man. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 17th June 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 31 |
Footso And The Magic Seeds Chawky the white-faced golliwog doesn’t like Footso sleeping in his garden so he plants some magic seeds to give him a fright. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 8th July 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 32 |
Footso Has Toothache Footso has a sore tooth but he doesn’t want Twizzle to take him to the dentist. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 15th July 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 33 |
Jiffy And The Polly Moppet Quarrel Jiffy the Broomstick Man gets up to mischief once again. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 22nd July 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 34 |
Footso Gets A New Tail When Footso catches his tail in a door, the toys decide to knit him a new one. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 29th July 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 35 |
Twizzle Is Naughty Twizzle teases the toys and makes them angry. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 5th August 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 36 |
Twizzle Is Stolen Footso sets out to rescue Twizzle when he is stolen and locked in a bird cage. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 12th August 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 37 |
Twizzle And The Naughty Breakdown Van Twizzle decides to build a garage for his breakdown van. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 19th August 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 38 |
Twizzle And The Toy Inspector Twizzle and Footso make a new friend. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 26th August 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 39 |
Chawky Gets A Present Chawky the white-faced golliwog has a surprise when the toys give him a present. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 2nd September 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 40 |
Jiffy's Birthday Jiffy the Broomstick Man decides to host a birthday party and all of the broken down toys are invited. UK Broadcast Premiere: Tuesday, 9th September 1958, 5.00pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 41 |
Orange And The Banana Tree Both oranges and bananas grow on a tree in Stray Town so Twizzle and the toys all have some lovely fruit. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 17th September 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 42 |
Stray Town Thief There seems to be a thief at large in Stray Town, but the toys manage to clear up the mystery. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 24th September 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 43 |
Footso And The Naughty Girl Footso the cat is in trouble again, but it is not his fault. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 1st October 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 44 |
Naughty Polly Moppet Twizzle is angry when Polly Moppet misbehaves. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 8th October 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 45 |
Polly Moppet Disappears Polly Moppet has gone missing, so all the toys go to look for her. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 15th October 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 46 |
Twizzle Goes Fishing Twizzle, Footso and Chawky the white-faced golliwog go fishing in the lake, with surprising results. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 22nd October 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 47 |
Twizzle Goes To The Fair Twizzle and Candy Floss are glad that Jiffy can fly when they visit the fair. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 29th October 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 48 |
Twizzle Goes To The Seaside Twizzle and Footso go to the beach and Footso gets sand in his whiskers. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 5th November 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 49 |
Twizzle Goes Camping Twizzle and Footso go off to camp and have some trouble with their tent. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 12th November 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 50 |
Twizzle Goes To The Zoo Twizzle visits the zoo and the thin Teddy Bear gets into trouble. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 19th November 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 51 |
Twizzle Papers The Cabin Twizzle tries his hand at decorating and Jiffy gets into a sticky situation. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 26th November 1958, 4.45pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| 52 |
Candy Floss Has A Birthday Twizzle and the broken-down toys help Candy Floss to celebrate her birthday. UK Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, 10th June 1959, 12.47pm (Associated-Rediffusion) |
| Cast List | |
|---|---|
| Twizzle | Nancy Nevinson |
| Footso | Denis Bryer |
| Narrator | Nancy Nevinson |