It was created by Wendy Gray and Claire Henderson and featured a mixture of people and animal puppets known as the "Ferals".

The Ferals had been exploring the sewers, due to Joe demolishing the shed in the final episode, and had discovered the cable to a TV station.

[10] From July to August 2023, Modigliana and Keith's actor, Mal Heap uploaded a long lost second series of the show on his YouTube account, That Puppet Bloke.

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.

[12] Rattus and Modigliana were featured in the ABC School's education maths program, Numbers Count (Mixy and Derryn were mentioned in one scene).

In 2000, the puppeteer Mal Heap, who played Modigliana the cat and Keith the koala from The Ferals, introduced the role of Joe the Kangaroo alongside Mixy.

Clicking on the character's image would present options of games, videos, fan messages and Joe the Kangaroo's corner.

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