Towser
An intelligent dog and his friends face whimsical foes.
Tony Ross wrote and illustrated the Towser books, a British children's series from Anderson Press. The stories feature a clever dog named Towser, his friends The King, The Wizard, Dr. Smelly, and Sadie, and foes including the Terrible Thing, the Water Rats, and Goblin Gobble.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Animated series
- Creator
- Tony Ross
- Narrator
- Roy Kinnear
- Theme music
- Duncan Lamont
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Series
- 1
- Episodes
- 26
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- Towser later joined King Rollo Films' other programmes Mr Benn, King Rollo, and Victor and Maria in a 40-minute compilation programme called Play It Again.
- The theme song for Play It Again was sung by jazz and blues singer George Melly.
Television series
The book series was adapted into an animated television series narrated by Roy Kinnear. It was produced by King Rollo Films for ITV Central and consisted of one season of 26 episodes. The series was made in 1982 and aired on ITV as part of Children's ITV from 11 September 1984 to 16 October 1984. It was repeated on ITV in 1988, airing one last time in August of that year as part of summer morning programming. Towser later aired on Channel 4 in 1990 and was included in the classic children's television block Take 5 in 1994 alongside programmes such as Paddington, Mio Mao, The Magic Roundabout, Willo the Wisp, Tales of the Riverbank, Mr Men, Fred Basset, Ivor the Engine, and Roobarb. It also aired on cable via The Children's Channel from 1985 to 1996.
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