About this season
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.
Episodes (26)
1. Twizzle And Footso
Aired 13 November 1957 • 14 min
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.
2. Twizzle And Footso Get Caught
Aired 20 November 1957 • 14 min
Twizzle and Footso meet a nasty old man who makes them work for him, but they manage to escape.
3. Twizzle Saves The Doll
Aired 27 November 1957 • 14 min
When a doll’s house catches fire, Twizzle saves the doll and she gives him a racing car.
4. The Breakdown Van
Aired 4 December 1957 • 14 min
Twizzle has an accident with his racing car and exchanges it for a breakdown van.
5. Footso is Stolen
Aired 11 December 1957 • 14 min
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.
6. Twizzle and the Golliwog
Aired 18 December 1957 • 14 min
Twizzle and Chawky the white-faced golliwog go skating and fall into a lake.
7. Jiffy and the Chawky Quarrel
Aired 31 December 1957 • 14 min
Jiffy the Broomstick Man quarrels with Chawky the white-faced golliwog and loses his twigs.
8. Footso Disappears
Aired 7 January 1958 • 14 min
Footso the cat tries to steal some fish and gets into trouble.
9. Twizzle and the Broken-Down Toy
Aired 14 January 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle goes to a toy factory and meets Candy Floss, a Mama doll that cannot say “Mama”.
10. Twizzle Builds Stray Town
Aired 21 January 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle builds a town of log cabins so that all of the stray toys in the world can come and live there.
11. A Flag for Stray Town
Aired 28 January 1958 • 14 min
Candy Floss makes a flag and when Twizzle puts it on the flag-pole, something exciting and magical happens.
12. Jiffy's New House
Aired 4 February 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle builds Jiffy the Broomstick Man a log cabin of his own, but Jiffy does not like it very much.
13. Twizzle and Footso Go Fruit Picking
Aired 11 February 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle and Footso the cat have a picnic but Footso swallows a bee.
14. Twizzle Has Some Fun
Aired 18 February 1958 • 14 min
Footso is so greedy that he eats Twizzle’s lunch so Twizzle decides to play a trick on him.
15. Twizzle and Candy Floss Open a Cake Shop
Aired 25 February 1958 • 14 min
Candy Floss decides to make some toffee but Chawky the white-faced golliwog falls into the mixture.
16. Twizzle Saves the Broken-Down Toys
Aired 4 March 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
17. Twizzle Gets Lost
Aired 11 March 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle visits the Toy Inspector and saves all of the broken-down toys. He takes them back with him to live in Stray Town.
18. Jiffy Opens a Barber Shop
Aired 18 March 1958 • 14 min
Jiffy wants to earn money to buy acorns so he decides to open a barber’s shop.
19. Another Racing Car
Aired 25 March 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle is tired of driving slowly in his breakdown van so he borrows a racing car.
20. Twizzle and his friends go to the Circus
Aired 1 April 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle and the toys decide to take a trip to the circus and Footso has a go on the trapeze.
21. The Toys go to School
Aired 8 April 1958 • 14 min
None of the toys can read or write so Twizzle decides to become a teacher.
22. Bouncy the Ball
Aired 15 August 1958 • 14 min
Bouncy the ball likes living in Stray Town but he does not like being kicked around.
23. Jack-in-the-Box
Aired 22 April 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle feels jealous when all of the toys make a fuss of Jack-in-the-Box, so he leaves him out in the rain.
24. Twizzle Catches Cold
Aired 29 April 1958 • 14 min
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.
25. The Naughty Girl
Aired 6 May 1958 • 14 min
Twizzle has to rescue the China Doll when she is stolen and locked in a toy cupboard.
26. Jiffy's New Twigs
Aired 13 May 1958 • 14 min
Jiffy’s twigs wear out so the toys go in search of new ones.