What's Up, Doc?

1992 - 1994 (ITV Winter)

You might think that Motormouth couldn't possibly have been improved upon, but TVS had other ideas.
Their masterplan consisted mainly of throwing Fun House presenter and novelty-record making DJ Pat Sharp into the mix. "What better way to push on into the 1990's", they must have thought, "than with this 80's coiffured twat".
A more welcome addition - faint praise if ever we gave it - was ex-Blue Peter poppet Yvette Fielding (perhaps the Maggie Philbin of her day).
What's Up Doc was a co-production between TVS and Warner Brothers, and was built around the latter's cartoons. Halfway through the first series TVS were replaced on the credits by Scottish TV (TVS having lost their franchise), though the series was still made in Maidstone.
Also featured two comedy wolves - 'Bro' and 'Bro' - who later got their own series. The puppetting duo responsible for this lupine hilarity later defected to Live and Kicking, where they did exactly the same act, but this time in the form of a couple of Leprechauns.
"Abysmal," says Philip Prise.