Rod 'n' Emu was an animated series shown on CITV

CITV

CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...

 around 1991. It starred the voices of the late Rod Hull

Rod Hull

Rodney Stephen Hull , better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet of the flightless emu bird...

 who created and wrote all the episodes, starring as himself, Carol Lee Scott starred as Grotbags and Freddy Stevens was her assistants; Croc the crocodile and Redford the robot. This was the last series to feature Hull, Emu and Scott before she starred in her own TV series Grotbags

Grotbags

Grotbags is the name of a fictional witch who was a popular fixture on British children's television during the 1980s and early 1990s. A character sculpted very much in the mould of the traditional pantomime villain, Grotbags has always been played by actress and singer Carol Lee Scott in a...

. The show was made by FilmFair

FilmFair

FilmFair was a British production company and animation studio that produced stop motion children's television series and animated cartoons from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s...

 for Central Independent Television

Central Independent Television

Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central is the Independent Television contractor for the Midlands, created following the restructuring of ATV and commencing broadcast on 1 January 1982. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc, under the licensee of ITV Broadcasting...

. Thirteen episodes were aired.

The plot

The show followed the fortunes of Rod and his pet Emu whose lives are in danger of Grotbags and her companions.

Crew

• Created by: ROD HULL
• Written by: ROD HULL & IAN SACHS
• Voice Talents: ROD HULL, CAROL LEE SCOTT and FREDDY STEVENS
• Animations by: MALCOLM BOURNE and GEOFF LOYNES
• Backgrounds: GEOFF CHENNELL
• Tracers: ANGELA BRISTOW CHRISTINE ANDERS ALMA SACHS MARIE TURNER
• Painters: JO BEHEIT LYNNE SACHS TESSA FARRINGTON
• Checkers: DEBRA THAINE DAVID SCHWARTZ
• Cameras: ANDREW COATES ISABELLE PERRICHON CRAIG SIMPSON ROY WATFORD
• Studio Assistant: DAVID BIRCH
• Editors: ANDI SLOSS ALEC JEAKINS and SIMON COX
• Music by: KEITH HOPWOOD
• Directed by: DICK HORN and IAN SACHS
• Assistant Producer: PETER LEWIS
• Executive Producer: DAVID YATES
• A FilmFair Production for Central TV
• © FilmFair/Rod Hull 1991
• A CENTRAL PRESENTATION

Transmission Guide

• Series 1: 13 editions from 8 January 1991 - 15 January 1991 & 24 May 1991 - 2 August 1991