This new series remains very true
to its source. We still have a narrator (here it's Tom Conti), and the frolics
are very much on the gentler side of life. The gang have five-minutes of fun
with balloons and birthday cakes, kites and paints, and any mishaps are quickly
sorted so we can end with a smile. The new toybox characters blend well too
- Missy Hissy being a particular favourite.
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With its candyland colours, and toe-tapping theme, this is perfect toddler fodder for today's bright young things...
"Andy Pandy" premiered on CBeebies and BBC2 in March 2002. That
toe-tapping theme was composed by Cosgrove Hall regulars, Keith Hopwood and
Phil Bush of Pluto Music. If you listen closely, their clever
tune appears to incorporate elements of that old nursery favourite, "Round
and Round the Garden" - like a teddy bear, geddit? 
