Towser: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Towser was a British series of children's books created by veteran children's writer and illustrator Tony Ross and published by Anderson Press. The series focused on a clever dog called Towser and his friends The King, Dr. Smelly, Sadie the cat and the owl who is always seen in the background and their arch enemies the Terrible Thing a black beaky monster who loves eating dogs and scaring people, the Water Rats two tyrannous rodents from the Water Rats Shipping Company who wanted to buy Towser's summer house and turn it into an office, Goblin Gobble a horrible green goblin who hides in the woods and kidnaps passers by before taking them back to his tower to be eaten (he also has a problem with his guard who is deaf and lazy), a lion who stole Sadie's hat, the Nosey Parker a blue creature with a long nose who sniffs at things for no reason and the Alien Invader an alien from outer space who wants to take Towser to a leader and fires chocolate bars from his gun.

Series details

• Title: Towser
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1984-09-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-10-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 5 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37636
• IMDb ID: tt28400183
• TVDB ID: 333949

Cast and credited roles

• Roy Kinnear — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-09-11; final listed air date 1984-10-16; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Towser 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.