It was adapted by Steve Attridge from the novel The Queen's Nose written by Dick King-Smith.

[1] Harmony Parker, a twelve-year-old girl who loves animals, receives a magical 50 pence coin from her Uncle Ginger that can grant wishes when Queen Elizabeth II's nose is rubbed.

The first series by Steve Attridge, directed by Carol Wiseman and edited by Sue Robinson, won the Royal Television Society 1996 award for best Children's Drama,[2] and the third series also by Steve Attridge winning the Indie Awards 1999 prize for Digital Cinematography.

[3] According to a podtail interview with Victoria Shalet in February 2021, the director Carol Wiseman was responsible for her being cast in the role of Harmony Parker after she had been impressed with the actress after working with her on the TV series Goggle-Eyes in 1993.

Many viewers felt that the departure from the novels and the loss of the main character, played by Shalet, diminished the series.