Billy Bean and His Funny Machine
Billy Bean and His Funny Machine is a UK children's TV series which was broadcast by the BBC in 1954. It featured a puppet called Billy Bean who operated a large fantastic machine that could produce anything he drew on the "cartoonorator". Many mistakes were made with humorous results. Peter Hawkins who went on to make a career in children's puppet TV was the voice of Billy Bean. Based upon Chuck Luchsinger's American children's show "Jolly Gene & His Fun Machine", like Jolly Gene, Billy Bean also ran a train and was dressed as an American locomotive engineer (train driver). made the puppets and equipment, the series was written by , and the puppetry was by and Elizabeth Donaldson. The show was produced by Vere Lorrimer.
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- Details of the programme from whirligig-tv.co.uk
- IMDB entry Billy Bean and His Funny Machine
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