"made out of stockinette, felt, or velvet. Rag dolls have featured in a number of children's stories, like the 19th century character Golliwogg, ""Raggedy Ann"" in the 1918 book by Johnny Gruelle and the British children's television series ""Bagpuss"" and ""Ragdolly Anna"". The character of Sally from ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" is also a rag doll. In the ""Lilo & Stitch"" franchise, Lilo Pelekai owns a rag doll that she made herself named Scrump, who she holds onto as a comfort object. Rag doll A rag doll is a children's toy. It is a cloth figure, a doll traditionally home-made"
"dyeing the material made a mistake and it turned out pink and cream. It was the best thing that ever happened,"" said Firmin. Madeleine the rag doll was made by Firmin's wife, Joan, with an extra long dress to hold their children's nightdresses, but Postgate asked Joan to make a new version as one of the characters. Gabriel the Toad was the only character in the series who could move freely without the use of stop-frame animation. Scenes featuring him playing the banjo and singing would have taken quite a bit of time if filmed with the stop-frame method, so"
"Gabrielle and the Doodleman Gabrielle and the Doodleman is a children's film, that was released in 1984 and directed and written by Francis Essex. It was produced by the Elstree (Production) Company Ltd and the Children's Film and Television Foundation. The story is about a wheelchair bound little girl who gets involved with characters from her computer game that help her though a difficult time. Matthew Kelly played a James Bond like character ""Doodleman"", with Eric Sykes as the Genie, Windsor Davies as the characters Ringmaster, Black Knight and an Ugly Sister. Prudence Oliver played the main character Gabrielle and"
"rag doll called Madeleine. The wooden woodpecker bookend became the drily academic Professor Yaffle (based on the philosopher Bertrand Russell, whom Postgate had once met), while the mice carved on the side of the ""mouse organ"" (a small mechanical pipe organ that played rolls of music) woke up and scurried around, singing in high-pitched voices. Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner provided the voices of Madeleine and Gabriel respectively, and put together and performed all the folk songs. All the other voices (including the narrator and one out-of-tune mouse) were provided by Postgate, who also wrote the stories. The toys discussed"
"He could speak no English and was joined by Dog, who loved nothing more than bones and playing hide and seek and Arabella, a frog who would sometimes come across a little bossy but loved to try new things. The buddets were flowers who were known for their singing. Tiny was later joined by presenters Sarah Davison and Sophie Aldred, then-in 1999-a lifelike doll named Tammy (Tam). The last series was created two years later. In its day, TCC created some original programming. ""Connect 4"" and ""The Super Mario Challenge"" were popular tea-time quiz shows. Some other 'in-between' show segments"
"Tots TV Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The programme featured three ragdoll friends: Tilly, a French girl, with red hair and white skin, who speaks in basic French (changed to English in French broadcasts), Tom, a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses, and Tiny, the youngest Tot, who is smaller than the others and has green hair and white skin. It also featured their pet Donkey who lived in a stable next to the tots' secret house and a mischievous little dog named Furryboo that the tots never knew about."
"Mary, Mungo and Midge Mary, Mungo and Midge is a British animated children's television series, created by John Ryan and produced by the BBC in 1969. The show featured the adventures of a girl called Mary, her dog Mungo, and her pet mouse Midge, who lived with Mary's parents in a tower block in a busy town. BBC newsreader Richard Baker narrated the episodes, with John Ryan's daughter Isabel playing Mary. The theme tune and other music for the series was provided by Johnny Pearson. This show was one of the first children's shows in the UK to reflect urban"
"Kaj & Andrea Kaj and Andrea is a Danish children's television show about two puppet characters, a male frog named Kaj and a female parrot named Andrea. They sing, play and talk with the human presenters. The show ran on DR TV 1971–1975 (83 episodes) and again 1996–2007 (100 episodes). Andrea started out as a character on the children's programme ""Legestue"" and first appeared on March 8, 1971. Kaj was introduced to the show later on after Jimmy Stahr, the head of pre-school programmes at Danmarks Radio, had seen the American TV children's show ""Sesame Street"". He was generally unimpressed"
"Elephant, Giraffe) (Little Kittens, Cuddly Bunnies, A Happy Dog) In 1997, four special VHS tapes were released under the name Tots Video. The four titles were re-released by Carlton Video in 2000 with the same titles. The four titles were: Tots TV Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. The programme featured three ragdoll friends: Tilly, a French girl, with red hair and white skin, who speaks in basic French (changed to English in French broadcasts), Tom, a blue-haired boy with dark skin and glasses, and Tiny, the youngest Tot, who is smaller"
"21-year-old adult dwarf actor named Master Gabriel (1882–1929), born Gabriel Weigel. Photos of Master Gabriel in the role show him very convincing as a child. Gabriel appeared in another children's-oriented play in 1908 ""Little Nemo"" and a return engagement as Buster Brown in 1913. It also featured famous animal actor George Ali as Tige. A Buster Brown radio series began in 1943 with Smilin' Ed McConnell on the West Coast NBC Radio Network. It included such characters as Froggy the Gremlin (""Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!"") and Midnight the Cat (""What do you say to the kids, Midnight?"" ""Nice.""). McConnell"
"Princess Toadstool and Toad fighting against Bowser and his Koopalings, who went by different names on the show. Like the previous Mario cartoon series, the animation was done by Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd, however this show was co-produced by Reteitalia S.P.A., hence the slight differences in character design. ""Super Mario Challenge"" was a show which aired on The Children's Channel. It ran from 1990 to 1991 and aired at 4:30 p.m. every weekday. The presenter, John Lenahan, was a lookalike of Mario, and dressed in his clothes. Two guest players had to do tasks, all of which involved playing"
"Romuald the Reindeer Romuald the Reindeer was a British children's animated series, created by Robin Lyons and Andrew Offiler, and produced by Siriol Productions and La Fabrique in association with EVA Entertainment. It aired on the BBC on 24 September 1996 and focuses on the adventures of a Christmas reindeer named Romuald, a character who had previously appeared in Siriol Productions and La Fabrique's thirty-minute specials ""Santa and the Tooth Fairies"" and ""Santa's First Christmas"" and an episode of their television series ""Tales of the Tooth Fairies"". The series ran for a single season, consisting of thirteen ten-minute episodes. The"
"Rag, Tag and Bobtail Rag, Tag and Bobtail was a BBC children's television programme that ran from 1953 to 1965 as the Thursday programme in the weekly cycle of ""Watch With Mother"". The scripts were written by Louise Cochrane, and the series was produced by Freda Lingstrom and David Boisseau. Narration was by Charles E. Stidwell, David Enders, and James Urquhart. The three main characters were Rag, a hedgehog; Tag, a mouse; and Bobtail, a rabbit; five baby rabbits also appeared occasionally. All the characters were glove puppets, created and operated by Sam and Elizabeth Williams. The stories were simple"
"Tales of the Tooth Fairies Tales of the Tooth Fairies is a French-German-British children's television programme created by Françoise Caspan. It was co-produced by Siriol Productions, Scott Dahls Productions, La Fabrique, and Les Films du Triangle, in association with JEP-Animation. It was aired on BBC1 from 7 September until 14 December 1993, along with ""Noddy's Toyland Adventures"" and BBC Two on 20 October 1994. In the series, Gisele and Martin are ""tooth mice"": mice who perform the duties of tooth fairies. When a child in need loses a milk tooth, the two mice (assisted by their friend Arthur), retrieve the"
"by the programme's content and decided not to buy it, but liked Kermit the Frog and suggested ""Legestue"" should have a frog of its own. Kaj & Andrea Kaj and Andrea is a Danish children's television show about two puppet characters, a male frog named Kaj and a female parrot named Andrea. They sing, play and talk with the human presenters. The show ran on DR TV 1971–1975 (83 episodes) and again 1996–2007 (100 episodes). Andrea started out as a character on the children's programme ""Legestue"" and first appeared on March 8, 1971. Kaj was introduced to the show later"
"The Riddlers The Riddlers is a British children's programme produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV between 1989 and 1998. The series centred on Marjorie Dawe and the two Riddlers (small humanoid creatures, portrayed by puppets, whose main aim in life was to ""riddle things out"") named Mossop (voiced by Richard Robinson) and Tiddler (female, but voiced by Mike Gallant), who inhabited her garden at Riddleton End. It would later be revealed that Tiddler was an orphan and had no other next of kin, so Mossop adopted Tiddler as an infant. Tiddler was not the latter's real name, but a title"
"and Tidyup""-esque sounds were made by analog synthesizers. Bump (TV series) Bump was a television programme aimed at young children, created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain (also responsible for ""The Trap Door"" and ""Stoppit and Tidyup""), produced by Queensgate Productions and originally aired on BBC1. It was a cartoon that featured an elephant named Bump and a bluebird named Birdie. The first series was aired from 14 September to 7 December 1990, and the second from 10 January to 4 April 1993. The two series ran a total of twenty-six episodes, each 5 minutes long. In 1993 there was"
"Bump (TV series) Bump was a television programme aimed at young children, created by Charles Mills and Terry Brain (also responsible for ""The Trap Door"" and ""Stoppit and Tidyup""), produced by Queensgate Productions and originally aired on BBC1. It was a cartoon that featured an elephant named Bump and a bluebird named Birdie. The first series was aired from 14 September to 7 December 1990, and the second from 10 January to 4 April 1993. The two series ran a total of twenty-six episodes, each 5 minutes long. In 1993 there was a Christmas special which was 10 minutes in"
"Roland Rat Roland Rat is a British television puppet character. He was created, operated and voiced by David Claridge, who had previously designed and operated Mooncat, a puppet in the Children's ITV television programme ""Get Up and Go!"" He worked for Jim Henson, then the second series of ""The Young Ones"". Claridge would later operate and voice Brian the Dinosaur for BBC's ""Parallel 9""; create and direct ""Happy Monsters"", a preschool series for Channel 5; and shoot a CGI series ""Mozart's Dog"" for Paramount Comedy. Roland lives beneath King's Cross railway station in The Ratcave and also in Ratcave2 under"
"pool and had turned black. He was unable to clean them, but in the end the mud was washed off. Notes Bibliography Rag, Tag and Bobtail Rag, Tag and Bobtail was a BBC children's television programme that ran from 1953 to 1965 as the Thursday programme in the weekly cycle of ""Watch With Mother"". The scripts were written by Louise Cochrane, and the series was produced by Freda Lingstrom and David Boisseau. Narration was by Charles E. Stidwell, David Enders, and James Urquhart. The three main characters were Rag, a hedgehog; Tag, a mouse; and Bobtail, a rabbit; five baby"
"Havakazoo Havakazoo is an award-winning, British pre-school series which aired on Channel 5's Milkshake strand. It was one of the first original programs to air when it launched in 1997. The show centres around a puppet dog called Watch Dog and two fleas, Tic and Toc. The fleas live inside Watch Dog's fur, without his knowledge Watch Dog keeps a lookout for things outside a window, and tells the time. The show also featured a character called Messy, a spin dryer made out of unused material, and Nosey, a camcorder who would show clips from the outside world. Gabrielle Bradshaw"
"TV Colosso TV Colosso (also known as The Hot Dog Channel) was a Brazilian children's television series produced by Rede Globo, that began on April 19, 1993, and finished on January 3, 1997. The show utilized puppets, body puppets, remote-controlled animatronics and bluescreen puppets. It stars a group of working dogs in a TV station that struggle to put her TV shows on air. The show presented the fictional programs ""Jornal Colossal""; ""Clip-Cão""; ""Pedigree"", a parody of Rede Globo's soap operas; ""As Aventuras do Super-Cão""; ""Olimpíadas de Cachorro""; ""Acredite Se Puder"" (""Believe it if you can"") satirizing the Ripley's Believe"
"Barking! Barking! is a British children's TV series that produced two series between October 2004 & February 2006. The show was originally broadcast on ITV1's children's slot CITV. It stars Katy McGowan as Jezza, a teenage girl with a talking dog named Georgie, voiced by Will Mellor, who was given as a welcome gift by Stepfather Greg (Charles Dale) when Jezza moved with her family to Devon. Jezza is the only person that knows that Georgie could talk, as they go out on adventures around the fictional town of Stonemoor in Devon, but Georgie always causes mischief and gets Jezza"
"The Adventures of Abney & Teal The Adventures of Abney & Teal is a British-Canadian, mildly surreal children's television programme which uses a mixture of 2D and CGI animation based on the works of writer and illustrator Joel Stewart. The show, which follows the adventures of two friends, is set on a series of small islands on a lake in a park in an unnamed city. The show was first broadcast on Cbeebies in the United Kingdom in September 2011, and is produced by Ragdoll Productions. ""The Adventures of Abney & Teal"" centres on two animated rag dolls named Abney"
"the name of a show for children, with TV shows for young viewers. A plush mouse called Bino served as ""announcer"" between the different TV series often consisting of animated shows, which included ""He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"", ""Bobobobs"", ""The Raccoons"", ""Filmation Ghostbusters"", ""Around the World with Willy Fog"", ""The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin"", ""Alvin and the Chipmunks"", ""The Smurfs"", ""Fantastic Max"", ""Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics"", ""Saber Rider"", ""Queen Millennia"", ""Captain Future"", or ""Anne of Green Gables"". At the time, most of the other channels had a few weekly or daily series for children. Some channels had ""double"
"Doodle Do Doodle Do was a British television programme designed for pre-school children. It aired on the CBeebies channel between 2006 and 2010. The programme features three ""Doodle Doers"" — puppets called ""Dib-Dab"", ""Scribble"" and ""Stick"" — who interact with a human presenter, Chris (played by Chris Corcoran, a Welsh stand-up comedian). The programme first aired on the 30 January 2006 on the CBeebies channel at 9am and again at 1pm and 5pm. Dib-Dab, Stick and Scribble are literal glove puppets, as they consist of colourful knitted gloves decorated with eyes, noses, and hair. They are operated by three puppeteers"
"Hi Diddle Day Hi Diddle Day was a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1976. This puppet show was set in the community of Crabgrass, with mayor Gertrude Diddle, Basil (a beagle), Durwood (a 900-year-old dragon), Wolfgang (a wolf) and Chico (a crow). The programme's songwriter, Wyn Canty, was featured in the role of a music teacher. The series was produced in Ottawa. Noreen Young created the puppets for the series and operated these with Johni Keyworth and Stephen Braithwaite. ""Hi Diddle Day"" was initially limited to the Ottawa, Montreal and Maritime CBC stations,"
"tooth and give the child a fitting gift. This they do on orders from their Queen Elisa. Tales of the Tooth Fairies Tales of the Tooth Fairies is a French-German-British children's television programme created by Françoise Caspan. It was co-produced by Siriol Productions, Scott Dahls Productions, La Fabrique, and Les Films du Triangle, in association with JEP-Animation. It was aired on BBC1 from 7 September until 14 December 1993, along with ""Noddy's Toyland Adventures"" and BBC Two on 20 October 1994. In the series, Gisele and Martin are ""tooth mice"": mice who perform the duties of tooth fairies. When a"
"Time for Sunday School Time for Sunday School was a Canadian children's religious television series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1966. The series consisted of Bible stories and music with episodes of the US animated series ""Davey and Goliath"". The series also featured Canadian-produced Crabapple Island segments whose leading characters were Mayor Basil Bullfrog and Myopia Mole. By late 1964, the series featured elements of comparative religion, for example featuring the subject of Hallowe'en and the historic contributions of Druids to that festival. Series hosts included Gloria Chetwynd, Ann Graham and Helene Nickerson. Nickerson left the series"
"Emily (TV series) Emily (""Émilie"" in the original French) is a cartoon that often aired on the Nickelodeon children's variety show, ""Pinwheel"". The cartoon follows the adventures of Emily, a little girl who wears only red. Emily has a pet hedgehog named Humphrey (Arthur in the French version). Other characters include Emily's cousins Alexander and Nicholas, her English friend Gregory, her friend Chloe, her little sister Pat (Elise in France), her big brother Stephen and his friends William and Sydney. The episodes show Emily facing her fears (fear of the dark, bed-wetting, and the hospital), managing relationships (jealousy of her"
"McLeod), who had a duo of mariachi ticks named Hector & Hugo, collectively known as ""The Brain Ticks"", living on his head. The characters also made their debuts on the CBBC website, when they were featured on its 2007 Christmas Advent Calendar (the episodes were also watchable on it when the series was new, but they have since been taken down). The series comprises ten five-minute episodes, which were originally transmitted on the CBBC Channel on weekdays at 4:30pm. However, the second episode, ""Sleep, Guinea Pig, Sleep"", first appeared on YouTube on 10 January 2008, a month before it premiered."
"was released on CBeebies. It has some similarities to Barking. Barking! Barking! is a British children's TV series that produced two series between October 2004 & February 2006. The show was originally broadcast on ITV1's children's slot CITV. It stars Katy McGowan as Jezza, a teenage girl with a talking dog named Georgie, voiced by Will Mellor, who was given as a welcome gift by Stepfather Greg (Charles Dale) when Jezza moved with her family to Devon. Jezza is the only person that knows that Georgie could talk, as they go out on adventures around the fictional town of Stonemoor"
"Mander) is rather anxious (similar George from ""Rainbow"", whom Mark Mander has also ""played""), and often needs to be reassured by Chris. Stick enjoys chanting the word ""Blob"" whilst painting or glueing, and seems to get into a trance-like state doing so. Doodle Do Doodle Do was a British television programme designed for pre-school children. It aired on the CBeebies channel between 2006 and 2010. The programme features three ""Doodle Doers"" — puppets called ""Dib-Dab"", ""Scribble"" and ""Stick"" — who interact with a human presenter, Chris (played by Chris Corcoran, a Welsh stand-up comedian). The programme first aired on the"