The Forgotten Toys

11min

Animation

Kids

Family

The Forgotten Toys is an animated series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment, featuring the voices of Joanna Lumley and Bob Hoskins. The voice of Andrew Sachs is also featured. It is a poignant tale of abandoned toys who are searching for a child to love them.

Production Companies

BBC Television Centre

Hibbert Ralph Entertainment

LINK Entertainment

Episodes

Cast

Forgotten Again

1. Forgotten Again

1st Jan 1997

Teddy and Annie are packed in a holdall on an airport luggage carrousel. Their holiday has finished before its begun - their children have forgotten them.

Toys That Go Bump In The Night

2. Toys That Go Bump In The Night

8th Jan 1997

Teddy and Annie shelter in a small church on a cold, dark night. Teddy is frightened by some mysterious noises. The noises turn out to be burglars, not ghosts. Annie and Teddy manage to thwart the criminals.

Not Fair!

3. Not Fair!

15th Jan 1997

Teddy loves fun fairs. Annie is not so sure, but Teddy drags her along anyway. They meet a puppy who's lost his people. Annie and Teddy reunite the puppy with his family, but not without getting themselves into some perilous scrapes.

New Zoo

4. New Zoo

22nd Jan 1997

Teddy wants to see the bears at a zoo - "They're family!" They meet all manner of animals at the zoo, but it soon becomes apparent that all is not well. The toys hatch a plan, and lead an escape to a nice new zoo.

Toy Boy

5. Toy Boy

29th Jan 1997

Annie falls into a drain and is rescued by a toy soldier. Annie falls in love with him. He has muscles, rugged good looks and an impressive array of equipment. Teddy is sceptical about the toy boy's talents.

Toy Stars

6. Toy Stars

5th Feb 1997

Teddy and Annie stumble into a puppet theatre. They are dressed up to be the main stars for that evening's performance. They realise that a life on the stage is not for them.

Cowboy Toys

7. Cowboy Toys

12th Feb 1997

Sitting around a campfire, Teddy tells Annie a story about his Great Grand-Teddy who lived in the Wild West.

Toys On Trial

8. Toys On Trial

19th Feb 1997

Whilst Annie and Teddy are sheltering in the doorway of a jewellery shop two burglars use Teddy to muffle the alarm. With the help of a friendly police dog, Annie brings the criminals to justice.

Hospital Toys

9. Hospital Toys

26th Feb 1997

Once again Teddy's arm drops off and he decides he has to go to hospital. He hitches a ride in an ambulance with a little girl called Flora.

Chicken

10. Chicken

5th Mar 1997

Teddy and Annie spend the night in a hen house at a city farm. Teddy unintentionally hatches a chick who thinks that Teddy is his mother.

Dolled Up

11. Dolled Up

12th Mar 1997

Annie is fed up with living rough. She wants new clothes and a little luxury in her life. She thinks her wish has been granted when a little girl adopts her. However, Teddy discovers that terrible things happen to toys who don't meet the little girl's exacting standards.

On The Road

12. On The Road

19th Mar 1997

Annie and Teddy find themselves in a spot of bother when they taken on a road trip by truck to a construction yard. And the two toys also find themselves in trouble when the truck driver's Bull Terrier dog - Spud, makes several attempts to catch them.

Blazing Toys

13. Blazing Toys

26th Mar 1997

Teddy and Annie rescue Eddie the Teddy Bear from a blazing block of flats.

First air date

1st Jan 1997

Last air date

26th Mar 1999

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks