Characters
- Rory - originally the lead character. Played by stage actor Bill Golding. Golding left the series in its middle years.
- O'Brien - a bumbler played by Eugene Lambert, who was also the puppeteer and ventriloquist for the animal characters.
- Godmother - a sensible mother-figure played by Nora O'Mahoney.
- Judge - a dog. He was the voice of reason and good sense, a moral conscience to the rest of them (he also starred in television road safety advertisements). To this day, Judge is held in great affection by people who remember him - many of whom can still sing his song, "I Am the Flying Dog"
- Fortycoats - a gruff, bearded character in a costume made of ragged swatches of many different materials, he owned a flying sweetshop. An occasional character who later had an eponymous spin-off show. Originally played by Bill Golding and later by Fran Dempsey.
- Mr Crow - a crow who lived in a cuckoo clock. Crow was a sarcastic fellow with a cutting sense of humour.
- Foxy - a fox who lived in a barrel on the side of the wagon and spoke with an American gangster style accent.
- Four moon mice who lived in the attic.
- Doctor Astro, a recurring villain played by Frank Kelly
- Sneaky the Snake, Doctor Astro's sidekick, also voiced by Frank Kelly
- Maeve the Witch, a mischievous witch, whose attempts at villainy always ended in failure
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