📺 'Torchy the Battery Boy' premiere. Tuesday 23 February 1960 - ITV: 16:45 First of a new series of puppet films about Torchy, the Battery Boy, who wears a helmet with a bulb in it and whose beam turns out to be a magic one. Torchy travelled by rocket to Topsey Turvey Land where cakes grew on trees. Torchy's pals included Pom Pom, a French poodle, Flopsey, Pilliwig, Squishand Pongo. Gerry Anderson directed the first twenty-six episodes before giving way to Associated British Pathe. Despite the

Torchy the Battery Boy meets King Dithers, the ruler of Topsy Turvy Land, but will this muddled monarch be able to help him find some cardboard to repair his rocket? #torchy #torchythebatteryboy #gerryanderson #robertaleigh #king #coronation | Official Gerry Anderson

📺 'Torchy the Battery Boy' Sunday 11 January 1959 -- ITV: 17:00 'Pom-Pom and The Toys' - the first episode of a new series of puppet films about Torchy, the Battery Boy, who wears a helmet with a bulb in it whose beam turns out to be a magic one. With him is his friend Pom Pom, a French poodle. Torchy travelled by rocket to Topsey Turvey Land where cakes grew on trees. Torchy's pals included Pom Pom, Flopsey, Pilliwig, Squish and Pongo. Gerry Anderson directed the first twenty-six episodes befo

Whatever can Torchy the Battery Boy and his chums possibly be up to with all this cheese? Suggestions in the comments! #torchythebatteryboy #torchy #robertaleigh #kennethconnor #gerryanderson #moon #cheese | Official Gerry Anderson