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Last updated 10/7/2025

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'Origami' was a Yorkshire TV series by Robert Harbin which consisted of 32 ten minute episodes broadcast between 1968 and 1971, in each of which he demonstrated how to fold objects such as birds, animals and flowers.

According to Nostalgia Central, and somewhat unfortunately, from today's perspective, 'The show also featured a “Japanese” girl – who was, in fact, Leeds actress Anita Kay in a wig and kimono with lots of makeup.'

According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFcwK-upu8, Anita Kay was subsequently succeeded in the role by Cherry (surname not known) and Me Me Lay (who may also have been a British actress).

There is also a clip of an episode featuring Cherry here.

Harbin also contributed a number of related articles about paperfolding to ITV's 'Look-In' magazine during this period.

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The information about the individual episodes on this page comes largely from the pages about Robert Harbin on the IMDb site, which also contains two images:

The date of the episode this image advertises is currently unknown.

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The date of the episode this image shows is currently unknown. Note that the designs on display incluse the Flapping Bird, Yoshizawa's Pigeon and Mooser's Train.

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Episodes

The first of the 32 episodes was broadcast on Mon, Sep 16, 1968 - Content unknown

Inter alia, other episodes were broadcast on:

Thu, Apr 9, 1970 - The Flapping Bird / The Table / The Lotus - Full episode available to watch here.

Thu, Apr 16, 1970 - Content unknown

Thu, Apr 23, 1970 - Content unknown

Thu, Apr 30, 1970 - Content unknown

Thu, Nov 12, 1970 - The Lover's Knot

Thu, Nov 19, 1970 - Snappers

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