Roberta Leigh, who has died aged 87, wrote romantic novels and children's stories under a variety of noms de plume and in the 1960s was successful as a creator and producer of popular puppet series on ITV
Fiftysomething women who were little girls in the early 1960s will probably remember Sara and Hoppity (1962-63), a 50-episode television series about a little girl and her mischievous doll with one leg shorter than the other. Men of a similar vintage will recall Space Patrol (1963, Planet Patrol in America), a 39-episode science fiction series incorporating elements of Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation techniques. It sold around the world, achieving the highest ratings of any children's show up to that time, and even featured on the cover of Variety magazine.
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