# Towser
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{{About||the cat used to catch mice|Glenturret distillery#Towser the mouser|the British racehorse trainer|Towser Gosden|the character in the novel ''Catch-22''|Sergeant Towser}}
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| genre = [Animated series](/source/Animated_series)
| creator = [Tony Ross](/source/Tony_Ross)
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| writer = [Tony Ross](/source/Tony_Ross)
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| narrator = [Roy Kinnear](/source/Roy_Kinnear)
| theme_music_composer = [Duncan Lamont](/source/Duncan_Lamont_(musician))
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| composer = Duncan Lamont
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| num_episodes = 26
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| producer = [Clive Juster](/source/Clive_Juster)
| editor = [David McKee](/source/David_McKee)
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| runtime = 5 minutes
| company = [King Rollo Films](/source/King_Rollo_Films)
| channel = [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))
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'''Towser''' is a British series of children's books created by veteran children's writer and illustrator [Tony Ross](/source/Tony_Ross) and published by Anderson Press. The series is about an intelligent dog, Towser, and his friends The King, The Wizard, Dr. Smelly and Sadie; and a variety of adversaries such as the Terrible Thing, the Water Rats, and Goblin Gobble.
==Television series==
The book series spawned an animated television series narrated by [Roy Kinnear](/source/Roy_Kinnear) and made by British animation studios [King Rollo Films](/source/King_Rollo_Films) (best known for making well known animated works for children such as ''[King Rollo](/source/King_Rollo)'', ''[Mr Benn](/source/Mr_Benn)'' and ''[Spot](/source/Spot_(franchise))'') for [ITV Central](/source/ITV_Central) which ran for one season of 26 episodes. It was made in 1982 and aired on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) as part of [Children's ITV](/source/Children's_ITV) on 11 September 1984 and ending on 16 October on the same year. The series was also repeated on ITV in 1988 for a short while and aired one last time in August of that year as part of the summer morning programming on Children's ITV. Towser later aired on [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) in 1990 and was shown as part of their block of classic children's television series ''Take 5'' in 1994 along with other children's programmes that had previously aired on other networks such as ''[Paddington](/source/Paddington_(TV_series))'', ''[Mio Mao](/source/Mio_Mao)'', ''[The Magic Roundabout](/source/The_Magic_Roundabout)'', ''[Willo the Wisp](/source/Willo_the_Wisp)'', ''[Tales of the Riverbank](/source/Tales_of_the_Riverbank)'', ''[Mr Men](/source/Mr_Men)'', ''[Fred Basset](/source/Fred_Basset)'', ''[Ivor the Engine](/source/Ivor_the_Engine)'' and ''[Roobarb](/source/Roobarb)''. It has also been broadcast on cable television on [The Children's Channel](/source/The_Children's_Channel) and was shown there numerous of times from 1985 to 1996.
==''Play It Again''==
Towser was later joined by King Rollo Films' other television programmes ''[Mr Benn](/source/Mr_Benn)'', ''[King Rollo](/source/King_Rollo)'' and ''[Victor and Maria](/source/Victor_and_Maria)'' and both of them aired with a 40-minute compilation programme called ''Play It Again''. The theme song was sung by jazz and blues singer [George Melly](/source/George_Melly).
==Global broadcasts==
Towser also aired in several different countries such as [ABC TV](/source/ABC_Television_(Australian_TV_network)) in Australia (it first aired on the ABC in early 1984 several months before its UK television debut), [TV One](/source/TV_One_(New_Zealand)) and [TV2](/source/TV2_(New_Zealand)) in New Zealand, [TV2](/source/SABC), [TV3](/source/SABC) and [M-Net](/source/M-Net) in South Africa, [XEIPN-TV 11](/source/Canal_Once_(Mexico)) in Mexico, [ZBC TV](/source/ZBC_TV) in Zimbabwe, [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(Singaporean_TV_channel)) in Singapore (as part of ''Play It Again''), [NTA](/source/Nigerian_Television_Authority) in Nigeria and [Nickelodeon](/source/Nickelodeon_(TV_channel)) (being shown on the [Nick Jr.](/source/Nick_Jr.) series ''[Eureeka's Castle](/source/Eureeka's_Castle)'') and [Cartoon Network](/source/Cartoon_Network) (being shown on the children's anthology series ''[Small World](/source/Small_World_(U.S._TV_series))'') in the US.
==Availability==
All 26 episodes of the show were released on DVD in the UK by Demand DVD in 2013.
==Episodes==
:01. Towser and the Terrible Thing
:02. Towser and Sadie's Birthday
:03. Towser and the Lion
:04. Towser and the Water Rats
:05. Towser and the Smile Machine
:06. Towser and Goblin Gobble
:07. Towser and the Magic Apple
:08. Towser and the Nosey Parker
:09. Towser and Sadie's Robot
:10. Towser and the Holiday
:11. Towser and the Alien Invader
:12. Towser and the Funny Face
:13. Towser and the Secret
:14. Towser and the Wizard
:15. Towser and the Dinner Party
:16. Towser and the Dentist
:17. Towser and Uncle Bosco
:18. Towser and the Snowman
:19. Towser and the Space Shot
:20. Towser and the Flight
:21. Towser and the Black Hole
:22. Towser and the Haunted House
:23. Towser and the Black Knight
:24. Towser and the Dragon
:25. Towser and the Slight Accident*
:26. Towser and the Conjuror**
*This was broadcast as the 26th and final episode
**Despite being the final episode, this was broadcast as the very first one
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010906180915/http://www.toonhound.com/towser.htm Toonhound]
* {{IMDb title|id=28400183}}
Category:1984 British television series debuts
Category:1984 animated television series debuts
Category:1984 British television series endings
Category:1980s British children's television series
Category:1980s British animated television series
Category:Animated television series about dogs
Category:British children's animated television shows
Category:British television shows based on children's books
Category:ITV children's television shows
Category:ITV animated television series
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