Pugwall

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Pugwall Pugwall's summer (season 2 title)
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Margaret D. Clark
Starring	Jason Torrens Troy Beckwith Ricky Fleming Jay McCormack Gareth Morley Rebecca Blomberg Louise Hall Ken James Emma Snow Elspeth Ballantyne Maurie Fields
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	42
Production
Running time	25 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	Nine Network
Original run	1989 – 9 August 1991
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Pugwall is an Australian children's television series. It revolves around the title character Peter Unwin George Wall, PUGWALL, and his friends as they form a band called the Orange Organics.

Contents 1 Premise 2 The Orange Organics 3 Character profiles 3.1 Pugwall 3.2 Jenny 3.3 Bazza 3.4 Orfo 3.5 Stringbean 3.6 Hughesy 3.7 Margaret "Supes" Wall 3.8 Frank "Herohead" Wall 3.9 Marion "Marmaloid" Wall 3.10 Con and Wazza 4 External links

[edit] Premise

Pugwall and friends, Bazza, Orfo, Stringbean are forming a band, but they need a lead singer. Whilst in hospital with a broken leg, Pugwall meets a girl called Jenny, they become friends and he asks her if she can sing. She tells him she can and he asks her to join the band, she agrees and the Orange Organics is formed. Each episode follows Pugwall's trials and tribulations as he goes about his family life, and follows the band as they attempt to secure a recording contract with a record company.

[edit] The Orange Organics

• Peter Unwin George Wall (Pugwall) - Guitar & vocals
• Jenny - Lead vocals
• Jeremy Bazlington (Bazza) - Keyboard
• Yuri Orfonzinski (Orfo) - Drums
• (Stringbean) - Bass guitar

[edit] Character profiles

[edit] Pugwall

Pugwall is a typical teenage boy, who dreams of forming a band with his friends and finding fame. When he receives a guitar for his birthday, he thinks his dreams are finally coming true, but his parents didn't get him an amplifier.

[edit] Jenny

Jenny meets Pugwall at the hospital after he is in an accident after dreaming of stardom while riding his bike. Jenny is a shy girl who finds herself having feelings for Pugwall, but doesn't know how to act on her feelings.

[edit] Bazza

Bazza is the Keyboard player in the band. His real name is Jeremy James Bazlington. His father is frequently absent on business trips.

[edit] Orfo

Orfo is the Organics' drummer. His real name is Yuri Orfonzinski and is of Russian descent and lives with his mother.

[edit] Stringbean

Stringbean is the band's bass guitarist. He gets his nickname because he is tall and thin.

[edit] Hughesy

Hughesy is responsible for the band's sound and is in charge of the recording equipment.

[edit] Margaret "Supes" Wall

Supes is Pugwall's mother. Pugwall calls his mum Supes because when she cleans the house she is like Superman, speeding around the house at super-speed.

[edit] Frank "Herohead" Wall

Herohead is Pugwall's father.

[edit] Marion "Marmaloid" Wall

Marion is Pugwall's bratty younger sister. She is a constant thorn in Pugwall's side. She keeps pestering her brother to let her join the band. He keeps telling her that she can't join the band. She loves Caramello Koalas (a chocolate bar) and is sometimes seen to take payment in these bars in exchange for not telling her parents what Pugwall is up to.

[edit] Con and Wazza

Pugwall's primary antagonists who try invariably to make Pugwall's life a misery.

[edit] External links

• Pugmania
• Pugwall at the National Film and Sound Archive