It centers around a fictional kingdom ruled by King Rufus XIV and Queen Caroline, assisted by Albert Weatherspoon and the Lord Chamberlain.
The show takes place within a small, fictitious kingdom named Rubovia, ruled by King Rufus XIV and Queen Caroline.
Due to its small size, Rubovia is easily managed, with a chicken named Henrietta, who lays golden eggs, negating the need for high taxes.
Kim Allen designed the puppets used in this series, which were 1/5 in size,[6] and they were operated by Audrey Atterbury, Bob Bura, John Hardwick, Molly Gibson, Elizabeth Thorndike and Joan Garrick.
[6] A twenty-sixth play, entitled The Giddy Ghost, was never broadcast, due to colour television being just a few weeks away, with the BBC abandoning many of its black-and-white programmes.
[8] In 1976, following the success of Gordon Murray's Trumptonshire trilogy, A Rubovian Legend was remade in a similar style, simply renamed Rubovia, and vastly watered down in its writing compared to its predecessor.