His next goal was to create an environment for the tractor, and this led to him introducing the character of Scarecrow (with the two crows, Dandelion and Burdock, perching on his arms).
Celia Bonner, who produced and directed the series, later became involved in its live touring stage show, while the animation was done by Lyndon Evans Graphics.
[1] The first six episodes were originally broadcast on BBC1 as part of the Children's BBC strand on Tuesdays at 3.50 pm, but after a two-week break for Christmas and New Year, the seven remaining episodes were broadcast on Mondays instead in the same time slot.
It first aired on 11 June 1992 in the afternoons at 4:45pm after TUGS, the sister series of the long running children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and then at 10:15am during the summer and school holidays from 30 December 1993 to 17 January 1994 and 1 to 15 July and 9 to 27 December 1996.
The series has also aired on Premiere 12 in Singapore, ATV World in Hong Kong, BBC Entertainment in various countries such as Malta, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Turkey, Belgium, Portugal, France and Thailand and BFBS and SSVC Television in a variety of countries such as Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands.