Tammy (comics)
Tammy was a weekly British comic for girls published by Fleetway in London from 1971 to 1984. Tammy was closely linked editorially with the fellow Fleetway titles Misty and Jinty. At its height, Tammy sold 250,000 copies per week, more than popular IPC Magazines titles like 2000 AD.
Tammy
Publication history
Tammy published 689 issues from 6 February 1971 to 23 June 1984, at which point it merged with Girl volume 2. Other titles which had merged with Tammy before then include Sally, June, Sandie, Jinty, Misty, and Princess.As well as the weekly comic, Christmas annuals were also published.
Content
Every Tammy issue was a collection of stories, usually serial instalments, that lasted three or four pages. While there were similarities with its Fleetway stablemates Jinty and Misty, each comic magazine had its own focus, with Tammy being known for its bleak variations of Cinderella. Commenting on serial Slaves of Orphan War Farm, Julia Round says that the story is emblematic of TammyTammy
Tammy had more long-running regulars than most girls' comics due to the comic's respective merges. The Tammy and Sandie merger brought Wee Sue and Jeannie and her Uncle "Meanie" in 1973. The Tammy and June merger brought Bessie Bunter, Mam'selle X, and the Storyteller with The Strangest Stories Ever Told in 1974. The Tammy and Misty merger brought Miss T and Misty herself to join the Storyteller, in 1980. The Tammy and Jinty merger brought Pam of Pond Hill in 1981.
Creators
Attribution
In a move unusual for girls' comics, artists and writers were credited in the pages of Tammy.Artists
Artists featured in the pages of Tammy included John Armstrong, who drew the long-running character Bella Barlow. Others included Mario Capaldi, Jose Casanovas, Tony Coleman, Diane Gabbott, Douglas Perry, Eduardo Feito, Giorgio Giorgetti, Juliana Buch, and Miguel Quesada.Writers
Writers featured included Jenny McDade, who wrote Star Struck Sister, the first Bella Barlow story and Come Back, Bindi; Benita Brown, who wrote the science fiction story Tomorrow Town; Gerry Finley-Day, who wrote The Camp on Candy Island; Maureen Spurgeon, who wrote the Molly Mills stories; Pat Mills, who wrote Granny's Town, ''Thursday's Child and Glenda's Glossy Pages; Malcolm Shaw, who wrote E.T. Estate; Ian Mennell, who wrote Namby Pamby and Cuckoo in the Nest; Alison Christie, who specialised in heart-tugging stories such as A Gran for the Gregorys and Cassie's Coach; Jay Over, who wrote Slave of the Clock and Pam of Pond Hill from the Jinty merger; Primrose Cumming, who wrote the later Bella Barlow stories; and Anne Digby, who wrote Olympia Jones; Terence Magee, who wrote The Four Friends at Spartan School, The Witch of Widecombe Wold and Sally in a Shell''.List of strips and stories
All Eyes on 3E — Muriel Monitor is making a film about Form 3E. High comedy ensues as Muriel tries to expose 3E for the bunch of cheats and skivers they are.Amanda Must Not Be Expelled - Amanda Blay has deliberately got herself expelled from every boarding school she has attended. When her parents send her to Haybury Boarding School, Jane and Marty realise they won't win the inter-school gymnastics trophy without her. It isn't long before Amanda is up to her tricks to get herself expelled from Haybury. But Jane and Marty don't want her expelled, so they do everything they can to foil her.Aunt Aggie - Aunt Aggie is the star of a famous down to earth chat show and famous for her kind, generous personality and helping people. However, her adopted daughter Helen Gray knows all too well that off-screen, Aunt Aggie is a hard-hearted, selfish, scheming woman, who only gets involved in charity events in order to turn the event to her own advantage. However, Helen always manages to thwart those schemes and give Aggie's would-be-victims the last laugh without them even realising it. Babe of St Woods - "Babe," daughter of a gangster, is sent to St Woods to learn social graces. Instead, Babe is turning her gangster background to fixing bullies, helping her friends out of trouble and even catching criminals.Backhand Play - Teri Knightly joins a tennis club and finds a special talent for backhand. But her roguish uncle keeps interfering, with his own brand of "backhand."Back-Stab Ballerina — Rita Radley secretly makes trouble for her old friend June Day when they go to ballet school.Ballerina in Blue Jeans The Ballet in the Back Streets Beatie Beats ‘em All - Cockney orphan Beattie lives alone with many stray cats, while competing in various sporting events to make a living.Becky Never Saw the Ball — aspiring tennis star Becky Bates is making a comeback after going blind.Belinda Black-Sheep - Belinda McRea and her father become outcasts in their fishing village after Dad commits a seeming act of cowardice that led the deaths of his fellow fishermen in a storm. But did he really? Or did he lose his mind in some way and was not responsible for his actions?Belinda Bookworm - Belinda Binder is tired of being a bookworm and wants to become a sports champion.Bella Barlow - Bella Barlow slaves away cleaning windows for her uncle's business and doing all the housework on poor feeding and occasional beatings. However it won't stop Bella's passion for gymnastics and she snatches every moment she can to practise.Bessie Bunter — about a pupil of Cliff House School, a fictional girls' school near Greyfriars School. Bessie is essentially a female counterpart to her brother Billy, sharing many characteristics with her brother, including her large size and large appetite. As unappealing as her brother, Bessie is conceited, untruthful, gluttonous and obese, but is rather more domineering than him and usually imposes her will by nagging, or, in the case of her brothers, by administering hefty slaps to the head. Continued from June Betta to Lose - Betta James is the school sports star but finds no joy in it. Her win-crazy headmistress has her whole life revolving around sport and Betta has no life of her own. So Betta starts throwing sports events to escape sports slavery.The Black-and-White-World of Shirley Grey - Shirley blames herself for her friend Trisha's accident because she lied about Trisha's whereabouts — although she did this at Trisha's request. Shirley vows never to lie again, but takes it to the extremes of refusing to tell even a white lie, and this getting her into terrible trouble.The Breaking of Faith - Faith Adams values her new friend Claire Ellerman as she doesn't make friends easily. However, her classmates keep telling her Claire is no good. Is Faith's new friend what she appears to be?A Bus in the Family - Mr Banks buys a bus, but criminals want it for unknown reasons. They end up pursuing it across the Continent when it goes on a school trip.The Button Box - The button box is a Jackson family heirloom, and every single button in the box has a tale to tell. When Beverley "Bev" Jackson becomes unable to walk after a road accident, Gran gives her the box so Bev can use the stories to occupy her mind and cheer herself up whenever she is feeling down. Bev knows all the stories by heart and every week she dips into the box for a story to tell.C.L.A.R.A. - Professor Crichenor offers the services of his computer C.L.A.R.A. to raise the falling academic and sporting performance of Glumthorpe Comprehensive. Although the PTA's response is to throw Crichenor out – literally – he intends to prove himself by making Frances Cummins more organised.The Camp on Candy Island — The holiday camp of Candy Island progressively turns into a prison camp — complete with striped uniforms, numbers, watchtowers, fences and chain gangs.Carol in Camelot Street - Carol Clancy finds King Arthur is being taken a bit far at her new school in Camelot Street. Her school carries on the Round Table and the Camelot tradition, complete with quests and defending the weak and poor against fairytale threats of dragons, ogres, robber barons and such.Cassie's Coach - Cassie Lord and her siblings are thrown out of their home when their mother is wrongly imprisoned in Victorian times. They find a new home — an old coach.Castaways on Voodoo island - A group of twelve schoolgirls from Oak Street secondary school win a TV quiz show, and their prize is a holiday in the Caribbean. When the teacher who was to accompany them falls ill, they are allowed to take the trip with no adult supervision. When a violent storm blows up, the plane then crashes near a desert island. Now the girls must try to survive, and avoid the strange voodoo tribe which haunts the island.The Cat Girl - Cathy Carter's father is a slightly scatterbrained private detective. While he is guarding a building where a break-in is expected, Cathy goes up to the attic to get a telescope to keep an eye on him. While looking for it, she trips over a casket which had been given to her father as a present from a grateful witch doctor in Africa. Inside is a strange costume, which gives her cat-like abilities.The Cat's Eye on Katy — Kathy Kerr falls under the evil spell of a cat sent by a vengeful witchdoctor.The Champion from Nowhere - an aspiring tennis star loses her memory, leaving her open to exploitationCinderella Spiteful - Cousins Emma and Angela are having problems with their relationship. Orphan Emma resents being taken in by her affluent London relatives, and acts against what she sees as Angela's smugness with petty acts of spite.Cindy of Swan Lake - Cindy Grey should be looking forward to pursuing a ballet career at ballet school. Instead she is fraught with worry over her beloved swan, Charlie, who is being poisoned by pollution. And her jealous rival, Zoe, is using this to her full advantage.Circus of the Damned — Ruthless ringmaster Yablonski is out to create "the greatest show on earth" by blackmailing his performers into dangerous stunts.Claire's Airs and Graces - Claire Weston-Jones has her classmates thinking she has a more privileged home life than she actually does because she fears the derision of her more snobby classmates if they discover the truth.The Clock and Cluny Jones - Bully Cluny Jones finds herself on the receiving end when she inherits a grandfather clock. When the clock strikes thirteen, Cluny is pitched into a harsh parallel world, where she's the victim, her kind-hearted aunt is a tyrant, and she is the "swot" of the school. But things don't end there. The world she has been pitched into is different in many ways, and circumstances lead to her being sent to a tough women's prison. Who can save her?The Clothes Make Carol - Carol Carter is nicknamed “Scarecrow” because of her scruffy clothes, which she has to wear because her uncle and aunt give all the best to her cousin Sheila. Then Carol is given a magnificent blazer that's giving her confidence.Come Back, Bindi - Jane Forrest is in a coma and doctors believe only her dog Bindi can wake her. But Bindi blames herself for Jane's condition and has disappeared.Common Cathy - Cathy Sampson wants to pursue athletics, but her horrible parents keep blocking her by lies, deceit, and stealing the money for Cathy's entrance fees from her coach Mrs Mirren.Cora Can't Lose - Cora Street goes on an obsessive binge to win as many sports trophies as she can, in order to win her parents' respect. Danger looms when Cora suffers a head injury which will kill her unless she has an operation, but she is so obsessed with winning trophies that she ignores the warning signs..Courier Carol - Carol Jones' Uncle Ebenezer runs a one-man coach tour business. In order to save the business, Carol persuades him to do a tour of Europe in his old fashioned coach.Crawl, Carrie, Crawl - Carrie Smith is despised as a crawler at school because of the tactics she uses, including sucking up to the new strict teacher, to keep out of detention. But the reason is she can't afford detention – she has to run swimming lessons before and after school to keep her parents afloat while Dad is jobless. On top of that she has a sprained back but is not seeking treatment because she doesn't want to worry her parents.Cross on Court - a tennis player with temper trouble.Crystal who Came in from the Cold — Crystal, a girl found frozen in ice in the Arctic, is brought back to Britain and mysteriously brings the Arctic cold back with her.Cuckoo in the Nest - A unique story in the history of girls' comics in that the main character is a boy who must pretend to be a girl. Leslie Dodds is constantly showered with treats by his Uncle Fred, but the money comes from Great-Aunt Hermione who expects the money to be paid on Leslie's school fees at Nesterfield, "the Nest". When Fred learns Hermione is going to visit Leslie at Nesterfield at the end of term, he must now enrol Leslie at Nesterfield or go to prison when his misappropriation is discovered. Unfortunately, Hermione thinks her nephew is a niece called "Lesley", and Nesterfield is a girls' school! So Uncle Fred disguises Leslie as a girl, and for a whole term Leslie must pass himself off as such. Can he pull off the deception, in spite of his boyish ways?Cut-Glass Crystal - Crystal Manners has lived the good life until her father's business crashes. She now has to adapt to a different way of life.The Dance Dream — In 1938, orphan Diana Watts dreams of becoming a ballerina and she idolises famous ballerina Diana Oberon. She has moved to London to get close to Oberon and whenever she sees Oberon it seems like Oberon acts like a spiritual guide and mentor to Watts, offering encouragement and help, no matter how hard things get.Dancer Entranced - Trina Carr's father is eager to see her follow in the footsteps of her mother, a famous ballerina. However, Trina believes she has the talent of a "fairy elephant" — until she meets a hypnotist.Danger Dog - Beth Anderson rescues her dog, Sammy, when he is mistakenly taken to a research station for experimentation. Her parents insist on returning Sammy, fearing he is somehow contaminated and a danger to people. Beth runs away with Sammy, determined to prove them wrong. But then, weird things start happening to her sight, hearing and muscles. Beth finally realises her parents are right — Sammy IS dangerous. What is she to do?Dara into Danger - Dara Grant and her ski team are kidnapped by the mysterious Madame Jensen and taken on a bizarre mission to the Antarctic.Daughter of the Desert - when an Arabian princess enrols at Greenfields boarding school, the school mysteriously transforms into a desert pattern.Daughter of the Regiment - Tessa Mason's father has been executed for cowardice in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Tessa is out to clear his name but a Mr Cregan keeps blocking her.Dawn and Kerry Double for Trouble - Dawn and Kerry always land in a mystery they have to solve.The Destiny Dolls - Miss Armitage uses voodoo dolls to get revenge on Friendly Lane, which had not been friendly to her when she lived there. As might be expected, her revenge goes too far.Different Strokes - The only thing twins Jackie and Samantha share is their deep, even bitter, rivalry. However, Tracey is determined to bring the twins together.Dog Paddle Doris - Doris Farrell is making her name as the best dog paddle swimmer around.Donna Ducks Out — Donna Desmond can't swim. Then a bathroom duck somehow gives her the ability.Double - or Nothing! — Kate Winter is a tennis player who can't keep a tennis partner because of her foul temper. She finally finds one in Pam Doggett, the granddaughter of the tennis club's charlady.Down-to-Earth Blairs - Betsy Blair's father is opting for “The Good Life”, living off the land and bartering, after being made redundant. Betsy is finding the change very hard and demeaning when she has been used to such a posh, comfortable life.The Dragon of St George's - about an army sports mistress who runs athletics military style at a boarding school.A Dream For Yvonne — Yvonne Laroon comes from a long line of circus performers and her family takes it for granted she will follow in their footsteps. But ever since Yvonne saw Swan Lake on television, she has had other ideas – to become a ballerina. She certainly has talent for it, thanks to her acrobatic circus skills, but her parents do not approve. Yvonne comes across Alexia Company Ballet School and climbs up onto the roof to take a look at a lesson, only to end up crashing through the roof. She is mistaken for a new girl they were expecting, and is accepted into the school. But as her parents still won't hear of her becoming a ballerina, she runs away from the circus to the school. She decides to keep her circus origins secret, fearing expulsion because of it.Dulcie Wears the Dunce's Hat — Dulcie Dobbs is obliged to wear the dunce's hat, but she is not a dunce. Her poor school work is in fact the handiwork of troublemakers in her class. Meanwhile, Dulcie develops a curious love/hate relationship with her hat. While it shames and embarrasses her, she is finding 101 uses for it in helping others.Ella on Easy Street - Ella Rutt claims that she is forced to do all the housework while her parents and sister just lie around idle. As a result, she is excused for her lateness, and has not bothered with homework in an age. The true picture is very different and, when her struggling parents aspire to better themselves and move house, Ella realises that her indolent, idle existence is at risk.Ella's Ballet Boat - ballet on a barge.E.T. Estate - Keats Estate is renamed E.T. Estate after it is badly hit by a meteorite shower. However worse is to come — the shower was the launch of an alien invasion. Jenny Holmes is the only one who knows about it, but nobody believes her. Can she foil the aliens single-handed?Eva's Evil Eye – Eva Lee is being bullied because she is a gypsy. She pretends to have the evil eye to stop the bullying, but things get out of control.Fairground of Fear — Julie Whitland discovers the new fair is not as fun as it seems. The clown is an ex-scientist who really hates her adoptive father for some reason...First Term at Trebizon — adaptation of the Anne Digby book.Foul Play - Katie is badly injured at hockey. Her friends and family are convinced one of her own team fouled her, because they resented her as an usurper. Someone launches a vendetta against the team and Katie turns detective to find out who.The Four Friends at Spartan School - Judy Jenkins likes to play jokes to liven things up a bit. Unfortunately she keeps doing it in class, which gets her into the trouble that sends her to Spartan School, a special school run by Miss Bramble, designed to instil discipline into problem pupils. Unfortunately, Miss Bramble's ideas of discipline include beatings, feeding the pupils poor food, and locking them in dungeons, the pillory, and even iron masks. But Judy refuses to be broken and her courageous defiance singles her out for the worst treatment.Gail at Windyridge - Gail's father was sacked for nobbling a racehorse, and she is determined to prove him innocent.Get Your Skates On, Katie - Battered ice skates turn Katie Brown into a brilliant skater.Gina – Get Lost - Gina's cruel relatives the Randalls exploit her talent for making toys.A Girl Called Midnight — Midnight Meredith is plagued by strange "moods" which cause her to wander off in a trance.The Girl in the Window - Dale Rogers has an unusual friend — a window dummy that can come alive!The Girls of Liberty Lodge - Hardington Hall is a very strict school, where pupils who infringe the rules are put through a show trial in front of the entire school, with Miss Steele the headmistress playing judge and prosecution. Sally Valentine, a new, young teacher speaks out against their cruel measures. She resigns before she can be fired, and takes the opportunity to start a different type of school. Miss Steele takes against Miss Valentine and Liberty Lodge, and the story then focuses on the rivalry between the two schools.Glen - Lonely Dog on a Quest - June rescues Glen from being beaten by his cruel owner, but is told that she can't keep him, as the flat they are moving to does not allow pets. So June gets a week of bittersweet happiness playing with Glen before she has to leave him in the care of neighbours. However, as soon as she leaves with her parents, Glen escapes from the neighbours to follow, and travels around the country doing good deeds while trying to find her.Glenda's Glossy Pages - Glenda Slade is given a mysterious mail order catalogue. To her astonishment and delight, everything she marks in the catalogue turns up for real on her doorstep. And Glenda never has to pay — or does she? The glossy pages start causing trouble for Glenda.Goldie Alone - Goldie Gibbs is living with a foster family, the Stringers, while her mother is in hospital. The Stringers are out to stop Goldie beating their daughter Emma at an ice-skating event. Goldie is resorting to secret skating at the rink, which starts stories about a “phantom skater” haunting the rink at night.Good as New Goodbye, Jo... — Jo Dalby has been Dad's best pal, but now she is finding new interests.A Gran for the Gregorys - Ruth Gregory seeks a gran to adopt.Granny's Town - A fanatical eccentric sets out to turn her hometown into a place where grannies rule and young people are banned.The Greek Girl - Rose Banks has no confidence in herself, and it shows in her appearance and schoolwork. She wishes upon the statue of Penelope, the Greek goddess of confidence, to become more confident. Soon after, a girl and a cat who are dead ringers for the goddess and her cat come into Rose's life.Guitar Girl - Jacey Jones is determined to break into the music world with her beloved guitar.The Gypsy Gymnast - Ann Rudge is tired of being overshadowed by her sister Kim. She adopts the persona of "the gypsy gymnast" to win a trophy, but she soon discovers her teacher has a double life as well — a sinister one.Halves in a Horse The Happiest Days - Only Sunny Smyles is merry at Sobersides School. The grim portrait of her Great-Aunt Aggie is casting a shadow of gloom over the whole school. Sunny must get rid of the portrait before the gloom sees the school close down.Here Comes Trouble — A comic strip about a trouble-making girl named Mitzi Trouble.Hidebound Hayley — a girl is forced to wear a strange harness-like corset.High-Rise Hazel - Hazel is keeping secret pets in her apartment, which forbids pets.Hit the Headlines, Hannah! - Hannah Hilton must hit the headlines as part of a wager and prove herself equal to her more successful sisters — but not if they can help it.A Horse Called September - adaptation of the Anne Digby book.I'm Her – She's Me! - Nice Paula Holmes and delinquent Natalie Peters swap bodies.Into the Fourth at Tebizon — adaptation of the Anne Digby book.It's a Dog's Life! - Rowan is shoved around in the children's home. Her only friend is Riley, a mistreated mongrel from next door.Jeannie and her Uncle "Meanie" — continued from Sandie Jill's Only Joy - Jill Carter is striving to be a ballerina, not only in the face of cruel step-parents but also because she wears glasses.Jolly's Hockey Stick - Jolly owns a very special hockey stick.Julie's Jinx - Romany Julie Lee gives her friend Gloria a Romany charm, but her horse has been acting strangely ever since. Julie is trying to find a way to deal with the problem quietly while not knowing what to make of it herself. Is the gift really “Julie's Jinx”?Jumble Sale Jilly - Jilly Burridge is struggling to be an artist in the face of a family who scorn such things and don't treat her so well either.Jump, Jump, Julia — horse-jumping story.Karina and Khan The Lame Ballerina Lara the Loner - Lara Wolfe has ochlophobia, the fear of crowds. Her phobia causes a string of misunderstandings which makes her very unpopular and earns her the nickname "Lara the Loner."A Lead Through Twilight — Carol is going blind but won't say anything because she is afraid her uncle will send her away from her beloved home. She befriends a dog called Twilight, but there are some nasty people after him.Leaves in the Wind - It is autumn at Laurel and Hester's school, and the headmistress decides to cut down the trees in the school drive to make things more tidy. Laurel and Hester are upset at this and a lot of other people are too, but none more so than a strange woman who is obsessed with her love of the trees...Lights Out for Lucinda - Lucinda becomes trapped in a district where people still think it is World War II, due to her father drugging them so he may use them as slave labour.Lill Waters Run Deep - Crafty schemer Lill Waters gets away with everything.Linda Left-Out - Linda is always being left out.Linda's Fox - Linda Barnes' policeman father is imprisoned on the perjured testimony of a crooked policeman. Linda befriends a family of foxes who become embroiled in a train of events that lead to Mr Barnes' release.Little Miss Nothing - Annabel Hayes longs to be a dressmaker, but is forced by her family to toil all day at her father's market stall, while spoilt sister Dora gets all the encouragement she needs for her modelling ambitions. When Annabel takes a risk by selling on the stall some handbags she has made, she receives the opportunity to work at a grand fashion house. However, the Hayes family do everything they can to sabotage things, while scheming to advance Dora's ambitions at Annabel's expense.Little Sisters - The exploits of Carol and her kid sister, "Sam".The Loneliest Girl in the World - is Karen going mad or is the world around her?The Lonely Ballerina — What's happened to the ballet teacher at Tall Trees Ballet School, a school now in shambles?The Lonely Dancer - a promising ballerina is trying to find her missing mother.Lonely Romy Lord of the Dance - ballet story.Lucky by Name - Lucky Starr blames herself for the accident that put her father out of work and turns to her show-jumping to raise money to cover the family's financial shortfall from his redundancy, but finds herself dogged by fickle fortune.Lucky by Name… – A foal has mysterious powers.Lucky's Living Doll, later known as Lucky and Tina — continued from June ; originally from School Friend.Maggie's Menagerie - Maggie Crown has to live on her gran's houseboat, and gran does not like animals. So what is Maggie to do with her beloved pets?Make Your Mind Up, Maggie - Maggie has to choose between giving up riding or ballet. If she gives up riding, her pony will be sold to a cruel owner, but riding is bad for her ballet.Maisie of Mo Town Maisie's Magic Eye — Gag strip about a schoolgirl who wears a brooch with magic properties.Mam'selle X — actress Avril Claire is not very popular in Occupied France, as she performs for the German troops. But what nobody knows is that she is in fact Mam'selle X, a member of the French Resistance — continued from June ; originally from School Friend.Mask for Melissa - Aspiring actress Melissa Mappin receives a facial disfigurement in a road accident. She resumes her career by hiding behind a facial mask and changing her name to Gaye Traynor. But the deceit is bringing its own problems – like not able to have people touch her face because they'll find out it's a mask – which leads to misunderstandings and unpopularity.Melanie's Mob - Melanie Newton hates her new snob school and the snooty girls looking down on her former lower class origins. She turns to secretly training a gang of rough girls as an athletics team.A Million Pounds to Give Away! - Biddy Lenton has to give away her late great uncle's entire fortune under the terms of his will, but it's proving harder than expected and it's getting Biddy into all sorts of scrapes.Miss High-an’-Mighty - Bill Fletcher, a convict made good, is taking a spoiled, arrogant Victorian girl named Ursula Thorndike on a tour to see how the other half live in the hopes it will change her. Ursula's had to agree, as it is the only way to save her family from bankruptcy, but so far none of it is making any impression or improvement on her.Molly Mills - In 1926, Molly Mills travels from the East of London to take up a maidservant post at the Devonshire home of Lord and Lady Stanton. On arrival, she inadvertently makes an enemy of the cruel butler Pickering and from then on endures all manner of hardship in her struggles to keep her job and send enough money home to her large family.Monster Tales — tales of assorted monsters.Mouse - Mary "Mouse" Mallone is kidnapped in a custody dispute. Her father belongs to a powerful Sicilian family who want Mouse for only one reason — an arranged marriage.My “Brother” George — Giggles galore with Gemma and George the Gorilla. George has been humanised and thinks he is Gemma's kid brother.My Shining Sister — The constellation of the Pleiades has suddenly vanished, and a mysterious glowing girl appears on Earth.My Terrible Twin – Moira and Lindy are fraternal twins. Moira is plain, Lindy is beautiful, but Moira is the pleasant twin while Lindy is the problem one. So problematic, that she has been sent to a remand home for shoplifting. Now out on parole, Moira is faced with helping Lindy to rehabilitate, but her efforts to keep her sister out of trouble often end up with Moira getting into trouble herself.Namby Pamby - Pamela Beeton has lived a very sheltered existence with her over-protective parents. This comes to an abrupt end when her reluctant parents are obliged to send her to school for the very first time. The overgrown baby must now learn to fend for herself.Nanny Young - Tina Young is qualified as a nanny, but being "young" in both looks and name is proving a barrier to finding a job.Nell Nobody - Nell slaves at her uncle's hot dog stand. Can her skill with puppets turn the nobody into a somebody? Not if her cousin can help it.Neville's Island - Thirty girls from St Edburgha's are lured to a mysterious island by the mysterious Miss Neville, who plans to get revenge for the suffering she endured while she was at the school.Nightmare at Grimm Fen - Patty and Mark Stephens are enthusiastic brass rubbers. At Grimm Fen, Grimmford, they go to a 12th century church, St. Frideswide's, in search of brass rubbings. Inside the church they make a rubbing of an ominous-looking brass of a Frenchman named Robert le Mal, which brings him back from beyond the grave. The ghost has powers over birds, animals, people, telephone wires and airwaves to spread his influence and make everyone do his bidding, and Patty, Mark and their father are being surrounded by it.No Haven for Hayley - Mrs Moore's home is known as "the Haven" because she works so tirelessly for charity. Unfortunately Mrs Moore is so busy and over-zealous with charity projects that she is neglecting her own daughter, Hayley.No Hope for Cathy - Cathy is kidnapped and forced to impersonate a missing girl.No Love for Lindy - Lindy Allen is fostered by the Westons but begins to wonder what their motives are.No Love for Liza - Liza Bruce battles to be an artist against the odds piled on by a nasty stepfamily.No Place for Children No Use to Anyone! - When Kirsty goes to live with farming relatives she doesn't seem to fit in or be useful for anything, and farm demands that everyone and everything be useful.Nurse Grudge - Greta Jones causes damage at a hospital because she thinks the staff had her father wrongly dismissed.Odds on Patsy — race-horses.Olympia Jones - Horse rider Olympia Jones dreams of following in her father's footsteps and winning an Olympic gold medal for Britain. After her parents are killed in a crash she is reduced to animal trainer at Rotts' circus where she is exploited by Rott and his daughter Linda. Eventually the Rotts frame and dismiss Olympia for the ill-treatment Linda inflicted on her favourite horse, Prince, so they can escape prosecution from Animal Welfare. However, Olympia cannot abandon Prince to the mercy of the Rotts, so she runs away with him. Her adventures are only just beginning...One Girl and his Dog - adventures with Kim and her big, dopey dog Rumpus, who are making their way to London so that Kim can claim an inheritance.“Our Janie” – Little Mum - Janie Greaves is "little mum" to her siblings after her mother's death.Palomo - The story of a girl and her horse.Pam of Pond Hill — Pam Watts brings us stories of what happened when she was a first-year at Pond Hill Comprehensive. These usually deal with bullies, problem pupils, teachers, family and friendship problems, brushes with the law, accidents and catastrophes, school trips, Christmas chaos, and even the occasional hint of the supernatural, all told in Pam's own words and her own language. Continued from Jinty Peggy in the Middle - Peggy is caught in a custody battle between her mother and her father and his new wife Mitzi.Plain as Pearl - Pearl Kent has considered herself plain until she discovers that she has what it takes to be a model. She takes a modelling job to raise enough money to send her sick mother on holiday. However she must keep her job a secret from the people she is staying with, because their daughter will be jealous.Portrait of Doreen Grey — Shy Doreen Grey has a portrait painted. Similar to the story The Picture of Dorian Gray, the portrait makes her more confident, but it is making her more unpleasant as well.Prince of the Wild - A girl befriends a wild horse.Proud as Punch Push-along Patti - Patti Collins wants to be accepted into the biker club at her school, but they just tell her to "push along".Queen Rider - adaptation of the book of the same name.Rae Rules OK - Rae has been a shy girl until she finds a mysterious ruler.The Revenge of Edna Hack — Actresses playing convicts on an island film set find themselves real prisoners.Rhona's Rainstones — Sacred stones will cause water-related disasters until they are returned to their rightful place.Rita, My Robot Friend - Lonely Jenny James finds herself a complete outcast at her new school because of her grandfather-scientist. Jenny's only friend is "Rita," a girl-like robot created by her grandfather. The whole story revolves around Jenny keeping the truth about Rita from her arch-enemy, Angelina.Roberta's Rebels - Roberta Russell decides she will do something about her hierarchal school system where the "Serfs" slave to the sporty "Supremos."Romy's Return - Linda has always been happy being second fiddle to her best friend, Romy. Then Romy moves and Linda becomes Number 1. She is determined to stay that way when Romy suddenly returns — even though it means playing tricks on Romy.Room for Rosie - Pauline Wheeler is trying to find a home for her late gran's beloved pram, Rosie.Rosie of Ragged Row! — Rosie Fields, daughter of a rag-and-bone man, longs to get out of Ragged Row someday. Her chance comes when supernatural ballet teachers come into her life. In a sequel "Rosie at the Royalty," Rosie is admitted to a prestigious ballet school, but is constantly battling snobbish prejudice from both the headmistress and the pupils.Rowena of the Doves - In medieval times, Rowena's father, King Guthlac, has dispatched her to fetch her brothers to help him face his old enemy, the Black Earl. Rowena's companions are her doves and her horse Silvermane.Running Rosie Lee - Rosie Lee becomes a super fast runner once she's had a cup of tea, to the consternation of the snobs at her new boarding school.Run, Rabbit, Run! Sadie in the Sticks – The amnesic Sadie Wade's only joy as she slaves in the Scraggs’ household and chip shop is a talent for making matchstick models - ironically, she has a fear of fire.Sally in a Shell - At Eastport holiday resort, the Shores run a deckchair hire business – with the younger daughter Sally doing all the work. Sally is the family drudge, mistreated and unloved by her father and her elder sister Dora. Sally has a talent to help keep her spirits up — making ornaments and jewellery out of seashells. She tries to keep it a secret from her abusive family and find ways to fit it around all the drudgery, hoping to make a living out of it in time and be able to leave her horrible home life.Sandy and Steve - Sandy Rawlings meets her first boyfriend. Unfortunately her snobby father disapproves and keeps trying to pair her off with an incompatible boy.Sandy, A Girl Like You - sequel to Sandy and Steve.Sara's Kingdom - In the Himalayan state of Hunzir, the dying Emir names the daughter of his sister Uzura as his successor. The Emir's friend Omar Khan heads off to Britain to search for the heiress, along with Mari who would be the princess' lady in waiting and advisor, while the Mir's evil cousin plots to waylay her so that he will gain the throne. The princess turns out to be Sara Nairn, who is at school in the Scottish highlands. After arriving in Hunzir, Sara is taught to be a ruler by the dowager Queen Shasti, who serves as regent until Sara is sixteen.Sarah in the Shadows - In Victorian times Sarah is thrown out into the street after her unfortunate uncle is thrown into debtor's prison. All she has to survive on is her gift for paper cutouts and shadow play.Sarita in Uniform - Romany Sarita attends school secretly because her guardians disapprove.Saving Grace - Sue Blackstone returns from abroad to find her former best friend, Grace Clarke, has become the school bully. Why has Grace changed so much and can Sue save Grace from herself?School for Snobs - The School for Snobs is a special school designed to cure girls of snobbery. The headmistress is Hermione Snoot, who wears a nightie and slippers with a mortar board, is seldom seen without a cigarette, and talks Cockney.The Sea Spirit - Sheena Barrett is a brilliant swimmer, but her fear of diving is a handicap. Then she meets Marina, a sea spirit who gives her the confidence to dive.The Sea Witches - Kate discovers that a flock of geese called "the Sea Witches" are exactly that. The Sea Witches are angry with a military aircraft base because their noisy aircraft are disturbing their grounds. They are going to drown the base in a flood — can Kate stop them?The Secret of Angel Smith - Abby Fox longs to join the family trapeze act, but her father doesn't want to lose her like he lost her mother. Abby is furious when another girl, Angel Smith, is hired instead. But there is something strange about Angel.The Secret Ballerina - Karen yearns to be a ballerina, but her aunt and legal guardian Edith does not approve of ballet, so she must practise in secret.Secret Ballet of the Steppes — Ballet pupils are kidnapped and taken to Siberia. They must dance for the last of the imperial rulers, who still lives in a pre-revolutionary lifestyle — but not for much longer. Continued oppression is fuelling its own revolution, and the dancers get caught right up in the conflict.Secret of the Skulls - Prudence Sylvester and her pastor father reside in a small parish in London. A winter storm unearths a crypt in the graveyard filled with skulls. Israel Quist the parish gravedigger tells Prudence the story of the skulls. They are the skulls of witches executed by the parish witch-finder, and Quist is really Jacob Stave, the witch-finder's apprentice who buried the skulls in the crypt as an act of remorse. One of the two true witches burned in the witch hunt swore that the people of London would burn as she had. The Sylvesters' housekeeper Mrs. March is possessed by the spirit of the executed witch and seeks that retribution.The Secret of the Stables The Secret of Trebaran - Trudy Smith is staying with her aunt in a desolate part of Cornwall. An encounter with a strange girl results in Trudy acquiring a magical medallion which enables her to travel back in time to 1671. She then gets involved in a fight against an evil sorcerer.Selena Sitting Pretty - Selena has always been top girl in class. But when her school combines with another, she comes up against serious competition for top of the class and can't take it. Then, by fluke, they see her in a wheelchair and think she has been in a road accident. All of a sudden the big fuss is pushing out her rivals and Selena thinks she has found the way to be sitting pretty at school again.Serfs of the Swamps The Shadow of Sherry Brown - Katy Bishop is adopted by the Browns — but the shadow of their late daughter, Sherry, is very jealous.Shadow on the Stage - A girl with outstanding acting ability finally gets her big break — but a jealous, spiteful shadow figure keeps threatening her very life.Sheena, So Shy - Sheena Willcox is a shy, bullied girl who longs to prove herself and have a few friends. But her spiteful cousin Sabrina keeps sabotaging her every attempt.Sister in the Shadows - Wendy Weekes joins the school where her sister Stella was once the star pupil and now enjoys success as an actress. Her over-expectant parents and teachers expect Wendy to be living up to Stella's reputation. But Wendy is not an all-round winner like her sister and bullies start calling her "Weak sister Wendy."Sit It Out, Sheri — Timid Sheri becomes more confident when she acquires a strange chair. Soon, however, the chair is giving Sheri the shivers.Skimpy Must Ski! - Skimpy Shaw wants to learn to ski.Skivers’ School - a special school teaches ill-mannered girls to behave.Slave of the Clock - Allison Thorne is a talented ballerina but isn't dedicated. She falls foul of an over-zealous ballet teacher whose idea of instilling dedication is to hypnotise pupils into dancing whenever they hear the ticking of a clock.Slaves of the Hot Stove - Carol becomes a victim of the Hot Stove — a top restaurant which kidnaps top cooks.Slaves of Orphan War Farm - At a lonely farm in 1942, Kate Dennison and a group of war orphans find themselves prisoners of the evil owner, Ma Thatcher, and her cronies, and forced to work all day in a dangerous quarry while spending every night locked in a barn. Dangers threaten at every turn, with attempts at defiance or escape punished by periods of starvation and confinement in cages; treacherous swamps surround the area, and a couple of vicious Doberman guard dogs are at hand to be sent after any fugitive. Despite this, however, nothing can break Kate's spirit, and her minor victories against the villains – helped by a mysterious masked figure, Mad Emma – help raise the morale of the other children.Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Sour Grapes for Sophie — new girl Sophie Drew snubs every offer of friendship. What is her problem?Spell of Fog - A film crew want to make a film about Alice Compton, a victim of the witch hunts. Sally Groves, who has been deeply affected by the Compton case, protests when the director announces he is making a sensationalized version that depicts Alice as an actual agent of the Devil, not a hapless victim of superstition and hysteria. Then a strange fog appears, cuts the village off from the outside world and has the village progressively reverting to a 17th-century pattern in technology, dress and people's thinking. Hysteria erupts in the village as the fog takes hold and people think it's Alice's revenge.Stella Stirrer - Stella takes a job as a kitchenmaid at a top boarding school. She finds the kitchen an ideal place to stir up revenge for a snobby girl who keeps pestering her.Star Struck Sister - Lesley and Stella Ross are in Rome making their first film. Lesley is jealous of Stella because she believes she should have the starring role.The Stranger in My Shoes - Lucy Townsend is kidnapped and switched with delinquent Sandra Sage. Unless Lucy can convince someone of her identity, she will be serving Sandra's time while Sandra commits more crimes under Lucy's identity.The Strangest Stories Ever Told — spooky stories told by The Storyteller, a pipe-smoking host ; later adding Miss T and Misty.The Sungod's Golden Curse — The town of Pueblo del Oro feels the wrath of the Sungod.Swim for Your Life, Sari The Swimmer Slave of Mrs Squall – Sue Briggs is a difficult pupil at school who seems no good at anything or even try. Then, when she trespasses at the reclusive Mrs Squall's house, her talent for swimming is discovered and Mrs Squall offers to train her as a champion. But Mrs Squall's motives and methods are not as noble as they seem.Tag-Along Tania - Tania is so put-upon that she has earned the nickname "tag-along." Finally, Tania decides enough is enough, but shedding the "tag-along" tag is proving far from easy.TEAM in Action - Four girls, whose initials spell TEAM, form a team of newshounds for the school newspaper, Action.Temper, Temper, Tina! - Tina Summers has temper trouble.Those Jumps Ahead of Jaki - Jaki is the only rider who stands a chance of winning a top trophy for her friend, who lies in a coma. But the riding instructor, who was responsible for the accident, is determined to see Jaki doesn't win.Thursday's Child - Thursday Brown finds a strange girl called Julie in her bed, then learns that Julie is her future daughter, who has come back to the past to ruin Thursday's life with the help of a cursed Union Jack.Time Trap! — Leonie Page becomes an experimental subject in a Past life regression hypnotic regression to a previous existence. The experiment goes awry when the hypnotist suddenly collapses, leaving Leonie trapped in time — and it is a very dangerous time.Tina on a Tightrope - an aspiring model with a talent for tightrope walking.Tina's Telly Mum Tina Mason regrets persuading her mother to apply for a job as a television announcer because now she is being neglected as Mum is putting her new job first. And the nasty, jealous housekeeper is not helping matters.Tomorrow Town - a Japanese electronics company sets up a town with the very latest in computers, gadgets, and state-of-the-art technology. Tomorrow Town is a little too technical and the human touch is disappearing.Towne in the Country - Valerie Towne and her veterinarian father have moved to a new post in the country. Valerie soon realises she is going to be deeply involved in her father's work, but she is not all that confident around animals.The Town Without Telly - the town of Boxless has no T.V. because of reception problems. Recepta's father is out to turn the people of Boxless into telly addicts. They become so addicted that they neglect their duties and Recepta must find a way to cure them.Two-Faced Teesha - Teesha is a devious, spiteful girl who has just moved to the country. She surprises her father when she opts for the country school over a snob school, the type of school she used to attend in the past, but she only wants to attend because she thinks it will be easy to stir up trouble for them.The Upper Crust - a super-snobby district finds its upper crust image cracking when the mysterious Carrington-Crusts move in.The Uxdale Urchins — A group of girls save coal mine ponies from being put down and start a riding club with them, “The Uxdale Urchins”, but they soon find they have to contend with the snobs from another riding club.Vision of Vanity Fayre - Ann Shaw is hired to play the young Vanity Fayre, a famous novelist, in a television series. However, Ann becomes embroiled in a real-life drama that is far more exciting and dangerous than any TV series.Waifs of the Wigmaker - Moira must escape the slavery of a Victorian wigmaking business.— Moira must escape the slavery of a Victorian wigmaking business.Wars of the Roses - Comedy with two families feuding over the same hobby.What's Wrong with Rhona? - Rhona French starts acting strangely after she picks up a mysterious doll on the Salisbury Plain.Wee Sue — Sue Strong is the midget of Milltown, but what she lacks in height she more than makes up for in brains and generosity. Sue's brains are regularly called upon when it comes to dodging her grumpy, vain, bullying, slave-driving teacher Miss Bigger and the tons of homework she always dishes out. Continued from Sandie Witch Hazel - a witch called Hazel comes into the 20th century to learn witchcraft at a 20th-century school.The Witch of Widecombe Wold - when the Halifaxes move into the village of Widecombe Wold, they find they have a very witchy ancestress.Wolf at our Door — Are wolves threatening the kennels owned by a widowed mother and her daughter?