Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestArtful Penny could indeed draw anything she wanted with her magic crayon and it would spring into life. A fantastically useful toy to have. Only her best friend friend Dennis knew her secret so the two had acres of fun winding up adults, nosey-parkers, bullies, bad guys, teachers and ne'er-do-wells with her creations, or solving problems for folk, or sketching their way out of tricky situations. Penny would scribble away, her arm becoming a blurr as she worked and then - hey presto! - her line drawing would leap off the drawing surface as a fully-formed 3D object.
Creator
Peter Maddocks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Su Pollard was already famous for 'Hi-de-Hi!' when she took this children's role, making her casting delightfully unhinged.
The show quietly predicted every 'creative tool as superpower' cartoon from Blue's Clues to Hilda, but with way more attitude.
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