 While the first series was not as popular as its predecessor , the second series was more successful . It was broadcast during the winter months , from September to April , with Fully Booked replacing it during the summer . New episodes of the Rugrats were shown . The series went out opposite ITV 's What 's Up Doc ? but during its third series issues were raised by the ITC , and a number of people left including Don Austen and John Eccleston ( Bro and Bro 's puppeteers ) who defected to Live & Kicking to star as a couple of leprechaun brothers Sage & Onion . 
 While the first series <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>as popular as its predecessor , the second series was more successful . It was broadcast during the winter months , from September to April , with Fully Booked replacing it during the summer . New episodes of the Rugrats <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> shown . The series went out opposite ITV <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>What 's Up Doc ? but during its third series issues <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> raised by the ITC , and a number of people left including Don Austen and John Eccleston ( Bro and Bro <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>puppeteers ) who defected to Live & Kicking to star as a couple of leprechaun brothers Sage & Onion . 
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