Torchy the Battery Boy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Torchy is a battery-powered toy boy with a lamp in his hat, and an on-off switch on his chest. He lives with old Mr Bumbedrop and his straight-haired poodle Pom-Pom in a little cottage with a large garden that's always full of children. Torchy's lamp is magic. He can shine it away into the night and talk to people far away, like the toys who live in Topsy Turvy Land.Mr Bumbledrop has built Torchy his very own space rocket too, which can whisk him away to this amazing realm where the toys frolic in lollipop fields and cream buns grow on trees, and there are lots of exciting things to do and to discover in Frutown, if your battery doesn't run down...

Series details

• Title: Torchy the Battery Boy
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1956-11-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 1960-02-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7633
• IMDb ID: tt0163504
• TVDB ID: 272261

Cast and credited roles

• Kenneth Connor — Bumbledrop / King Dithers
• Olwyn Griffiths — Torchy
• Jill Raymond — Narrator / Flopsy / Bossy Boots

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1956-11-30; final listed air date 1960-02-22; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Torchy the Battery Boy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.