When the huge comic set was scrapped, it was bought by a farmer in Norfolk as a present for his grandson.
Cuthbert Lilly and the Handymen are the only characters to have appeared in every episode.
There have been 131 episodes of ZZZap! Including ZZZap! Christmas and summer annuals.
Smarty Arty lasted for seven series until he was replaced by Minnie the Mini Magician in the final three series. The reasons why he was replaced was because the producers felt the program needed refreshing, and Neil Buchanan had commitments to both Art Attack (1990) and It's a Mystery (1996).
The links between the sketches (zooming to each square on the comic) are obviously filmed backwards: Smoke is moving the other way, Cuthbert Lilly magically bursting backwards into his paper burst square, and it would be impossible to get the perfect camera angle once the square is found.