Willo the Wisp beech wood in Oxfordshire, near the director's home. Kenneth Williams provided voices for all of the characters. The principal narrator, Willo the Wisp, was a blue, floating creature drawn as a caricature of him, while the name refers to the ghostly light will-o'-the-wisp from folklore. The other main characters were Arthur the caterpillar (as a gruff cockney), Mavis Cruet, a plump, clumsy fairy with an erratic, magic wand, and the principal antagonist, Evil Edna, a witch in the form of a walking, talking television set who could zap people with her aerials. Other characters included Carwash, a snooty bespectacled cat
Wheat Improvement Strategic Programme the germplasm to cross with their existing lines, while academics will be able to make use of it to understand the mechanistic basis of key traits in bread wheat. The WISP website gives access to current research outcomes and available resources. Wheat Improvement Strategic Programme The Wheat Improvement Strategic Programme (WISP) is a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded collaborative programme for wheat improvement, which brings together experts from five UK institutions: John Innes Centre, Rothamsted Research, the National Institute for Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and the University of Nottingham, and the University of Bristol. The programme is divided