Orville the Duck Orville the Duck Orville the Duck was the most famous puppet often used by the ventriloquist Keith Harris (1947–2015) and was named after Orville Wright (one of the Wright Brothers). Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front. He speaks with a falsetto voice. Orville appeared on BBC television from 1982 to 1990 on "The Keith Harris Show", which featured assorted puppets such as Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey. At the peak of their popularity in December 1982, Harris and Orville released the single "Orville's Song", reaching
Alan Taylor (television presenter) host a regular children's magazine programme called "Tinker and Taylor" and on which he would often play the Melodica with the puppet. In the early 1970s he presented a Saturday morning children's programme on HTV called "Orbit", which featured an alien puppet called "Chester". He later hosted several quiz and game shows on ITV, including "Three Little Words" and "Mr. & Mrs.". He retired in 1982, ran an antique shop in Bath for a time, and then moved to Spain, where he died. Alan Taylor (television presenter) Alan Taylor (1924–1997) was a television presenter, popular in Wales and the West