Based on Margaret Clark's young adult fiction novels of the same name, it revolves around the title character Peter Unwin George Wall, "PUGWALL", and his friends as they form a band.
[1] After receiving an electric guitar on his 13th birthday, Pugwall and his friends, Bazza, Orfo, and Stringbean form a band, but they need a lead singer.
Whilst in hospital after a bicycle accident, Pugwall meets a girl called Jenny, they become friends and he asks her if she can sing.
Pugwall (Jason Torrens) is a typical teenage boy, who dreams of being a rock-star and "earning a million dollars before breakfast".
When he receives an electric guitar for his 13th birthday, he thinks his dreams are finally coming true, but his parents did not get him an amplifier.
Jenny (Rebecca Blomberg) meets Pugwall at the hospital at the end of the second episode after he is in an accident after dreaming of stardom while riding his bike.
He works for a real estate agency and generally disapproves of Pugwall's dream of stardom and would rather he was a doctor or lawyer.
She loves Caramello Koalas (a type of chocolate) and is sometimes seen to take payment in these bars in exchange for not telling her parents what Pugwall is up to.
She works at a fish and chip shop and will not hesitate to bribe band members with offers of free food.
At the mere hint of hard work (i.e. dishwashing), Harry makes excuses to leave but ultimately changes his mind whenever dessert is mentioned.
(played by Frank Bren) The principal of Greythorn High who frequently lectures Pugwall and at times praises him.
(played by Roy Edmunds) Bashem is Pugwall's stern teacher who will not hesitate to punish him or any other members of the class.
In one episode he suffers a heart attack during a cross-country race and Pugwall forfeits winning to save his life.