One of Rod Hull’s last surviving Emu puppets has gone to live with Orville the Duck and George from Rainbow. The puppet, made in the mid-to-late 1980s for TV production company Endemol, was bought at ...

Orville, a cheeky green duckling wearing a nappy, was a regular on television during the 1980s and 1990s, alongside ventriloquist Keith Harris. Harris and Orville's success followed in the footsteps ...

Comedy icon Rod Hull led a troubled life – one you might not have been able to glimpse from watching him with his emu puppet on TV over the years. Best known for his appearances in the 70s and 80s, ...

They were once two of prime-time TV's biggest stars - one best known for the catchphrase "I wish I could fly", the other for an infamous attack on Michael Parkinson. Now, the original puppets for Emu ...

Orville the Duck and George from Rainbow have a new housemate after one of Rod Hull's last surviving Emu puppets was sold at an auction for almost nine times its estimate. Puppeteer Phil Fletcher - ...

Following the news that Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, a number of the presenter’s most famous interviews have been re-shared by fans. Parkinson’s death was announced on Thursday (17 ...

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