old sitcom

[waiglet]

Does anyone remember the name of a sitcom back in the fifties or sixties which featured a successful female writer of kid's stories. The premise was that she hated the puppet-like character she wrote about but had to keep on churning them out to make a living. The opening sequence featured an animated version of the puppet thing - which the writer promptly squashes with a whisky bottle. No, I can't remember the actress who played the lead. Grateful for any guesses.

[The Nugget]

Sounds a bit like "Bonny" to me, especially with the whisky bottle connection, it was made in 1974.

This is the write-up from the BBC Comedy website  -

A Scottish fantasy sitcom for younger viewers featuring Una McLean as Flora Havers: by day, the meek, mild-mannered postmistress in the Highlands village of Ballikillern, but by night the writer of exciting adventure stories. Her secret writings come to life and Flora, in her alter ego as Captain Bonny, becomes locked in a battle with the evil Mr Black. By the second series, Flora's writings were no longer secret and had been turned into a successful TV show, earning her money and fame. She then found herself able to live out real-life adventures in the style of her Bonny creation.

If this doesn't sound right there was a one-off in 1965 called Betsy Mae with a similar theme Try searching the BBC comedy website - good luck !