Rod Hull On Roof

A 2003 channel 4 documentary rod hull.

Rod hull on roof. He was married to cher hylton hull and sandra carter. Rod hull the entertainer and creator of psychotic puppet emu has died after falling from the roof of his house while adjusting a television aerial. Hull drew 11million viewers at his peak with the rod hull and emu show before dying broke in 1999 aged 63 after he fell off his roof. Rod hull was born on august 13 1935 in isle of sheppey kent england as rodney stephen hull.

Television entertainer rod hull famed for his partnership with obstreperous puppet emu has died after falling from the roof of his home while trying to adjust his tv aerial. The 63 year old who entertained generations of children with his double act with emu fell off the roof of his cottage while adjusting his tv aerial. East sussex coroner alan craze recorded a verdict of accidental death six weeks after mr hull died following a fall from the roof of his home at winchelsea near rye. Rod hull s most famous victim michael parkinson led the tributes yesterday after news broke that the 63 year old puppeteer had fallen from the roof of his home and died.

Rod hull and his sidekick puppet emu. Skip to main content. The pink windmill kids are joined by rod hull as they sing this song originally by the supremes. This is from the episode of emu s wide world that was first broadcast on 24th april 1987.

In his book eric also admits to a violent past as part of a. Their antics entertained generations of children the entertainer rod hull has died in an accident at his home in east sussex. He slipped from the roof and fell through an adjoining greenhouse. He died on march 17 1999 in hastings east sussex england.

A bird in the hand suggested that hull nursed an increasing resentment towards his puppet. On 17 march 1999 hull climbed onto the roof of his bungalow in winchelsea in east sussex to adjust his television aerial. Hull died in 1999 after falling off the roof of his house as he tried to adjust his tv aerial to improve the reception for a champions league football match.