Orville and Harris had a short appearance on the sketch comedy series Little Britain as themselves in a group of entertainers waiting to meet the royal family.

In 2005, both Harris and Orville appeared in the Channel 5 reality TV show, The Farm and went on to win it.

Harris, in an attempt to broaden the horizons of his original stage show, also toured with a more adult offering entitled Duck Off.

[6][7] Harris died of cancer on 28 April 2015 and his agent confirmed that Orville would be retired and will never appear in public again.

[8][9] The puppet was left to Harris' long time friend, ventriloquist Steve Hewlett, who subsequently donated it to the Grand Order of Water Rats Museum.