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
John Pickard (British actor) John Pickard (British actor) John Pickard is a British actor, best known for playing 'David Porter' in the BBC One 1991 TV series "2point4 Children" and playing Dominic Reilly (brother of Tony Hutchinson, played by Pickard's own brother Nick Pickard) in Channel 4's "Hollyoaks". He trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He has performed on stage, in films and on TV. Between 1990 and 1991, he appeared in Series 12 of the children's BBC drama series 'Grange Hill' as the character 'Neil Timpson'. In 1991 he was cast as David Porter, alongside Gary Olsen and Belinda Lang in BBC