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It was the kids' TV catchphrase copied by millions of children in the 1980s, as they excitedly chanted it whenever someone knocked as they came to visit. "There's somebody at the door! There's somebody at the door!" And with it came a larger-than-life green witch, a strange pink windmill full of children and the infamous TV puppet-and-master duo, Rod Hull and Emu.The TV show the catchphrase came from is ITV's Emu's World, while the strange green witch in the cape who we loved to hate is Grotbags – played by actress by Carol Lee Scott. She lived in a castle, Gloomy Fortress, and haplessly tried to use her powers to control the children, also keeping a servant called Croc in line by hitting him with her bazazzer, an umbrella-shaped stick with a pointing finger on the end.

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Sir Michael Parkinson dead: BBC chat show legend dies aged 88

Sir Michael Parkinson, the veteran broadcaster considered the king of British chat show hosts, has died aged 88, his family has told the BBC.

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Sir Michael Parkinson dies aged 88 as tributes pour in for TV legend

Broadcasting legend Sir Michael Parkinson has died aged 88. He was on television for decades and has interviewed some of the world's biggest stars. A statement from Sir Michael's family said: "After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family.

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Rainbow’s Zippy backs calls to 'free' Orville and Emu and put them in a museum

We told yesterday how the bird puppets are at the centre of a legal battle, after the widows of TV legends Keith Harris and Rod Hull stopped them being auctioned off by claiming ownership.Seven months on, both are “determined to have the birds returned to their rightful owners” – but the puppets are “trapped in captivity”.Now the man behind Zippy has joined calls for them to be set free.Ronnie Lew Drew, 72, who has given Zippy his voice since 1973, said: “A museum is the best place for them rather than an independent buyer.“It gives people the chance to see them.“They are so iconic.

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Zippy calls for Orville and Emu to be freed from 'captivity' and put in a museum