Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show Series 2, Emu's Pink Windmill Show series 1 Alistair Smith: 1985: 13 episodes: Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show series 2 Alex Brennan: 1985: 13 episodes: Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show series 2 Daryl Peck: 1986–1988: 27 episodes: Emu's Pink Windmill Show series 1, Emu's Wide World Helen Neil: 1986: 10 ...
The character Grotbags originally appeared in the Rod Hull television show Emu's World in 1982 and she remained the principal antagonist throughout the rest of the decade in the programme's various other incarnations (Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show, Emu's Wide World, and 1989's EMU-TV), plus the subsequent animated series Rod 'n' Emu. [1]
Hull first used Emu as a puppet in this show. There are conflicting reports as to how this came about. The 2003 Channel 4 documentary Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand states that "In fact, Emu was a Channel Nine creation". [3] Other sources cite a Channel Nine producer, Jim Badger, who said that he had requested a reluctant Hull to use Emu. [1]
Legendary presenter incurred the wrath of ‘that bloody bird’ on his BBC series
Freddie Stevens born as Frederick William Humphreys was an English actor best known for his role in Tin Men in 1987, and various roles in Emu's TV programmes alongside Carol Lee Scott and Rod Hull. He played the role of Croc, Grotbags long suffering assistant from 1982 to 1984, the role of Robot Redford, Grotbags replacement assistant from 1984 ...
13 July – Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1984–1989) 17 July – The Lonelyhearts Kid (1984) 26 July – Starstrider (1984–1985) 27 July –I Thought You'd Gone (1984) 30 July – V (1983–1985, 2009–2011) 10 August – Annika (1984) 31 August Me and My Girl (1984–1988) Mitch (1984) Inspector Gadget (1983–1986) 1 September ...
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) [1] is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Mannequin, and Weekend at Bernie's.
A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV. In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime. [4] He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty.