Toytown

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For other uses, see Toytown (disambiguation).
Larry was the “little guy who always came out on top”
Larry was the “little guy who always came out on top” [1]

Toytown[2] was a British radio series for children, based around a set of puppets created by S.G. Hulme Beaman[3], broadcast by the BBC for Children's Hour, which ran from 17:00 to 18:00 on the Home Service. There were also some short films made during the 1970s which were broadcast on ITV[4]. The series starred Larry the Lamb[5] ("I'm only a little lambkin"), the perpetually inquisitive ovine central character and his eternally clever canine sidekick, Dennis the Dachshund, a German sausage dog.[6], and later Colonel Danby in The Archers. In each story a misunderstanding, often arising from a device created by the ineventor, Mr. Inventor, occurs which sends the officious Ernest the Policeman[7], the perpetually disgruntled Mr Growser[8] or the narcissistic Mayor[9] into complete panic.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Hartley,I Goodnight Children Everywhere (New York, Hippocrene: 1993) ISBN 0882548921
  2. ^ Further information about the series
  3. ^ Other examples of his work
  4. ^ See examples of 1970s annuals
  5. ^ Brief characterisation
  6. ^ Who was played by Norman Shelley, the actor who (questionably) claimed to have read out some of Churchill's wartime speeches.[1]
  7. ^ Episode revolving around his officiousness
  8. ^ Explanation of his catch phrase
  9. ^ For example in Be careful what you wish for he tells the wizard "I wish to be big!"...and inevitably is turned into a porcine burgher.
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