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
The Late Show (UK TV programme) The forty and sometimes fifty-minute programmes were presented mostly live from a bare black set in Lime Grove Studio D until 14 June 1991, when it transferred to BBC Television Centre in White City, west London. The regular format was for a single presenter to provide links for a number of filmed features and hold an interview or panel discussion in the studio. In some editions there would be a live music act that would perform a set during the programme. Some editions were given over to in-depth coverage of a single topic, for example a whole programme on National