

The Adventures of Twizzle is the very first television show produced by AP Films and specifically Gerry Anderson, after being approached by author Roberta Leigh and her colleague Suzanne Warner. Sources vary as to who directed the series. In addition to his production duties, Anderson also directed the action whilst photography was directed by Arthur Provis, Anderson's founding partner at AP Films. The music for the songs were written by Leslie Clair, the music was scored by Barry Gray, art direction came from Reg Hill and special effects were by Derek Meddings, all of whom would become long-time collaborators with Anderson.
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.
Aired: 11/13/1957Twizzle and Footso meet a nasty old man who makes them work for him, but they manage to escape.
Aired: 11/20/1957When a doll’s house catches fire, Twizzle saves the doll and she gives him a racing car.
Aired: 11/27/1957Twizzle has an accident with his racing car and exchanges it for a breakdown van.
Aired: 12/4/1957Footso 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.
Aired: 12/11/1957Twizzle and Chawky the white-faced golliwog go skating and fall into a lake.
Aired: 12/18/1957Jiffy the Broomstick Man quarrels with Chawky the white-faced golliwog and loses his twigs.
Aired: 12/31/1957Footso the cat tries to steal some fish and gets into trouble.
Aired: 1/7/1958Twizzle goes to a toy factory and meets Candy Floss, a Mama doll that cannot say “Mama”.
Aired: 1/14/1958Twizzle builds a town of log cabins so that all of the stray toys in the world can come and live there.
Aired: 1/21/1958Candy Floss makes a flag and when Twizzle puts it on the flag-pole, something exciting and magical happens.
Aired: 1/28/1958Twizzle builds Jiffy the Broomstick Man a log cabin of his own, but Jiffy does not like it very much.
Aired: 2/4/1958Twizzle and Footso the cat have a picnic but Footso swallows a bee.
Aired: 2/11/1958Footso is so greedy that he eats Twizzle’s lunch so Twizzle decides to play a trick on him.
Aired: 2/18/1958Candy Floss decides to make some toffee but Chawky the white-faced golliwog falls into the mixture.
Aired: 2/25/1958Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
Aired: 3/4/1958Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
Aired: 3/11/1958Jiffy wants to earn money to buy acorns so he decides to open a barber’s shop.
Aired: 3/18/1958Twizzle is tired of driving slowly in his breakdown van so he borrows a racing car.
Aired: 3/25/1958Twizzle and the toys decide to take a trip to the circus and Footso has a go on the trapeze.
Aired: 4/1/1958None of the toys can read or write so Twizzle decides to become a teacher.
Aired: 4/8/1958Bouncy the ball likes living in Stray Town but he does not like being kicked around.
Aired: 8/15/1958Twizzle feels jealous when all of the toys make a fuss of Jack-in-the-Box, so he leaves him out in the rain.
Aired: 4/22/1958Twizzle 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.
Aired: 4/29/1958Twizzle has to rescue the China Doll when she is stolen and locked in a toy cupboard.
Aired: 5/6/1958Jiffy’s twigs wear out so the toys go in search of new ones.
Aired: 5/13/1958Sign in to share your thoughts with the community.