Toby Hull is the son of 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...

, a popular entertainer who appeared with an arm-length puppet known as Emu

Emu (puppet)

Emu is a puppet emu given to Rod Hull in the 1960s while he was presenting a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Hull adopted the mute puppet for his cabaret act, and took it with him to the United Kingdom when he returned in 1970...

. He is one of three children from Hull's second marriage.

After the death of Rod in 1999, Toby brought Emu out of retirement during the 2003 pantomime season
after interest from a fan, appearing in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Windsor

Theatre Royal, Windsor

The Theatre Royal, Windsor is located in the town of Windsor, Berkshire, England, directly across the road from Windsor Castle.The present building was opened on 17 December 1910 after the previous theatre had burned down on 18 February 1908, under the ownership of Sir William Shipley.With the...

. Toby Hull and a refurbished Emu now appear in their own series 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...

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