Anna Martin loved her job with the Animals’ Protection Society. The town where Anna lived were having their biggest argument for years. The River Board had suggested some of the swans on the river should be shot and there had been a storm of protest following the decision.
Jill Marsh was secretly Geraldine Everitt, heiress to Oaklands. She worked there as a kitchen-maid, in order to help her grandfather, Sir John, against Burrows, his scheming agent who almost ruined him.
A mysterious woman, Miss Travis, took an interest in Pat Trilby’s sporting career. By means of hypnosis, Miss Travis was forcing Pat to take part in the qualifying rounds for the Wimbledon tennis championships. Pat’s friend Judy Todd was trying to help free her from Miss Travis’s influence.
Bonny and Cly, the big Clydsdale horse, had a spell put on them by Whirlin the Wizard. They were banished until they found the Golden Gooseberry. As part of the spell, Bonny could understand what Cly was saying.
Ellen Perkins’ sister, Violet, was fat, lazy and unpopular, until an athletes coach spotted her, and wanted to train her for throwing events in future Olympics. Ellen hoped to help turn her sister into an athlete.
At Ballet School, Paula Marshall had befriended a strange girl known as Anna Fonteyn. Anna was surrounded by mystery and lived alone in a caravan in the woods.
Polly Potts worked in the cosmetics department at Heston’s department store with her friend Ann Hill. Polly was ambitious and longed to do well at her job, but she was so shy she let other people walk all over her. She had a sudden boost of confidence when a new mix of powder accidentally got on her.
Jenna Jones and her friend Lyn Marshall were attending ballet class at the well known Demar School of Ballet, which was run by famous ballerina Madame Alice Demar – when the entire school is abducted by mysterious giant bubbles. They are takenremote island to teach Zuleika, the daughter of a wealthy Sultan, to dance. This is no easy task as Zuleika is not only a spoiled brat but also way too tubby to be a ballerina.
Mabel Merlin lived at the court of King Arthur with her father, Merlin the Magician. Unlike her father, Mabel’s spells had a way of going wrong.
Other Appearances
Annual Appearances
Summer Specials
Stella Jones was manager to her young brother, Sonny, a pop star. Sonny’s American tour was turning out a huge success but proved to be more than Stella could handle alone, and reluctantly she had allowed Humphry Smother’s to become Sonny’s publicity Manager.
