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Torchy the Battery Boy is a British television series, the second produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson, running from 1959 to 1961. Directed by Anderson, it was a collaboration with author Roberta Leigh, with music scored by Barry Gray, art direction from Reg Hill and special effects by Derek Meddings .
- Children's Fantasy Adventure
Torchy, the Battery Boy: Created by Roberta Leigh. With Kenneth Connor, Olwen Griffiths, Jill Freud, Patricia Somerset. A mechanical boy with a magical flashlight on his head has adventures on earth and in Topsy Turvy Land, which is located on a distant star.
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- 1960-02-23
- Family, Fantasy
- 15
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Soon after arriving back on earth, Torchy's battery runs down. He's discovered by Mrs. Meanie-Mouth, who takes him home as a gift for her rotten son, Bogey.
Overview. Torchy the Battery Boy was the second television series produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson, running from 1960 to 1961. It was another collaboration with author Roberta Leigh and was directed by Anderson, with music scored by Barry Gray, art direction from Reg Hill and special effects by Derek Meddings.
Episode Number. Ascending. Descending. Air Date. Ascending. Descending. 1. Pom-Pom and the Toys. 0 % February 23, 1960 • 15m. After his poodle and the neighborhood kids' toys are blown into outer space on kites, Mr. Bumble-Drop builds a robotic boy and a rocket ship for the lad to retrieve the lost playthings and pooch from a distant star.
Torchy returned to Earth every now and then, helping Mr Bumble-Drop with his problems and teaching naughty children how to behave themselves. 26 episodes were filmed – like The Adventures of Twizzle – in the small ballroom of a large mansion house (Islet Park) on the banks of the River Thames at Maidenhead.
