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 News (UK TV programme) Etchingham. After two months, "The Late News" was realigned with ITV News branding and presented by one newscaster, although continued to be introduced by continuity announcers and billed in television listings as "The Late News" until its demise. Following an increase in viewing figures for "News at Ten", ITV cancelled "The Late News" in February 2009 in order for the 10:00pm programme to air every weeknight at that time. The Late News (UK TV programme) The Late News is a British late evening news programme that was broadcast on ITV television network on Friday at 11:00pm between 18 January 2008