 Each episode co-starred Francis Wright and Richard Coombs in multiple puppet roles.The character Grotbags originally appeared in the Rod Hull television show "Emu's World" in 1982, and she remained the principal 'baddie' 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".In 1991, Central Independent Television awarded Grotbags her own solo spin-off, which was created by Carol Lee Scott and puppeteer Richard Coombs, written by Bob Hescott, and directed by Colin Clews.