 Coudrill appeared on Lime Grove Studios' 1950s BBC children's television show "Whirligig" with Peter Hawkins, Peter Butterworth and writer Peter Ling (all of whom were later involved in Doctor Who).His son is the artist Jonathon Coudrille.Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector and Vice Provost of the Royal College of Art and Chairman of the Arts Council said about him