1. Plot

2. Characters

3. Episodes

4. Feral TV

5. After the Ferals

6. Ferals Funtastic Fanbook

7. The Ferals Podcast

8. See also

9. References

10. External links

• Wendy Gray
• Claire Henderson

• Kylle Hogart
• Miguel Ayesa
• Brian Rooney
• Mal Heap
• Emma deVries
• David Collins
• Terry Ryan
• Tina Bursill
• Tina Matthews
• Taylor Owens
• Robert Hughes

• Emma De Vries as Mixy
• Mal Heap as Modigliana
• Terry Ryan as Derryn
• David Collins as Rattus
• Taylor Owyns as Fat Cat

• ABC TV (Australia)
• Nick (UK and Ireland)

Plot

There were also the 'Bogans From The Bush' as Modigliana liked to call them, Keith, a koala and Kylie, a kangaroo. These two characters often clashed with the Ferals, thinking they were above them due to their status as native Australian animals. They were also quite nasal and whiney in their characteristics. Other characters included White Ants (Tina Bursill, Robert Hughes), Rock Wrangler (Tina Matthews) and Fat Cat (Taylor Owens)

Characters

• Rattus P. Rattus (He's the leader of the bunch) Puppeteer - David Collins:^[2] The leather-jacket wearing leader of the ferals, Rattus is a black rat with a mischievous sense of humour and a love of foul odours. He enjoys taunting the cat Modigliana ("fur ball"), but is often thumped in return. He is obsessed with procuring a car of his own, often concocting several outlandish schemes to acquire one and jumping at any opportunity that will provide even the slightest chance of getting one. Rattus Rattus is also the scientific name for the common household rat.
• Modigliana (She's fluffy, but she's tough) Puppeteer - Mal Heap:^[1][3] A preening cat, Modigliana is also self-confident, tough and forceful, frequently clashing with Rattus as the only other particularly intelligent animal. She has parallels with the Muppets character Miss Piggy, albeit with more manginess and violence.
• Derryn (A Dopey Dog) Puppeteer - Terry Ryan:^[1][4] Derryn is a dog who is not the brightest of the bunch and has a habit of forgetting where he buried his bone, but does occasionally show flashes of brilliance, such as when he won a contest to win money for charity by training his fleas.
• Mixy (A Muddled up, mixed up Bunny) Puppeteer - Emma DeVries:^[1][5] Mixy is a sweet, cute carrot-loving pink rabbit, but can sometimes be neurotic, and is generally only slightly smarter than Derryn. In line with the subversive black humour of the show, Mixy is named after the myxomatosis disease, introduced to Australia to reduce the population of feral rabbits.
• Joe King (played by Mig Ayesa^[1]): The Ferals' conceited, self-centered landlord who is forever trying to evict the Ferals from the shed. He is also often trying to get high-flying jobs, ranging from head of publicity at a pizza delivery place or acting as a guard at a cake factory. This attitude eventually works against him in the final episode in the series when his attempts to open a dinosaur-themed park after Derryn discovered a dinosaur bone drove him to destroy the shed and Robbie and Leonard's flat trying to find more bones, prompting the others to destroy his house and leave him lying under the original bone.
• Leonard (played by Brian Rooney^[1]): Leonard is a science student who is always coming up with inventions, which rarely work. He has also demonstrated other skills, such as demonstrating magic tricks and hypnotizing Derryn to be smart by accident. In the finale after the destruction of his flat, he mentions that he is going to the Antarctic for a few months to gather samples as part of a science expedition.
• Robbie (played by Kylle Hogart^[1]): Robbie is a medical student, who loves playing the guitar, and dreams of travelling the world with a rock band. She is generally portrayed as the most tolerant of the Ferals of the three humans, often acting as their 'doctor' when they are hurt, such as when Mixy had amnesia. In the finale, she mentions that she is moving in with a new band following the destruction of her original flat.
• Keith Puppeteer - Mal Heap:^[1] Keith is a koala, who loves eating gum leaves, sleeping, and playing his mum's old harmonica.
• Kylie Puppeteer - Kelly Wallwork (Season 1), Danielle Baker (Season 2):^[1] Kylie is a kangaroo, who often has to help Keith out of trouble. She also fights frequently with Modigliana.

Episodes

Feral TV

Later in 1995 a five-minute show called Feral TV was launched. The Ferals had been exploring the sewers, and had discovered the cable to a TV station. They started their own TV channel, calling it Feral TV, running under the TV boss Kerry, a loud gruff toad with an explosive temper,^[6] and his obsequious assistant the cockroach Rodney.^[7] Kerry's character is modelled on the Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, who at the time, was the owner of Channel Nine. Keith from the original show also returned for this show.

After the Ferals

Although few of the human actors went on to achieve successful television careers, some of the puppet characters continue to feature regularly in ABC programming. Mixy, in particular, was used as a host introducing the shows on the ABC Kids programming block (Mixy), as well as having her own show and website.^[8] Rattus and Modigliana were featured in the ABC School's education maths program, Numbers Count. Also Modigliana went on to feature as co-host of the show Creature Features.^[9]

Ferals Funtastic Fanbook

1996 saw the publication of The Ferals Funtastic Fanbook by Garth Frost, Wendy Gray, David Witt and Tina Matthews.^[10]

The Ferals Podcast

On May 17th 2015, the first episode of an unofficial podcast simply titled *The Ferals Podcast* was released.

On January 10th 2016 they posted their last episode.

In the podcast, hosts Monkey Boy, Swinny & Mike took an in-depth look at the cult-classic children’s television show.

See also

• List of Australian television series

References

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20020207235901/http://www.abc.net.au/children/feral/ Official the ferals website] Archived From The Wayback Machine
• The Ferals at the National Film and Sound Archive
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• MiG (aka Miguel Ayesa)'s Official website
• The Unofficial Ferals Podcast

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