Ragdoll Productions

The following are some of Ragdoll's productions before the company was founded, accompanied by a brief description and vital statistics:

• Puzzle Party - First broadcast in 1977. Hosted by Gyles Brandreth and featuring characters Gnigel and Gnu, the show was one of Anne Wood's earliest TV shows for BBC.
• The Book Tower - first broadcast in 1979, hosted by Tom Baker and Stephen Moore.
• Ragdolly Anna - first broadcast in 1979; based on the children's books by Jean Kenward.
• Roland Rat - first broadcast in 1983.

All of the following shows (except Pob's Programme and Playbox) are not connected to Ragdoll and are now owned by DHX Media (now WildBrain).

• Pob's Programme — first broadcast in 1985, 5 series, 82 episodes. The company's first official production featuring Pob, who has large ears and wears a woolly jumper. The show aired on Channel 4 in the UK.
• Playbox — first broadcast 1987, 6 series and 24 episodes. The show is about a dog and a cat who live in a box. Co-produced by Central Television and aired on Children's ITV.
• Storytime - An educational literacy children’s programme. — Aired on BBC Two (Ragdoll only produced the 5th and 6th Series of this show alongside BBC Bristol).
• Rosie and Jim — first broadcast in 1990, 8 series, 175 episodes. Children's comedy featuring two mischievous ragdolls who magically come to life when the narrowboat owner is away. Co-produced by Central Television and aired on CITV in the UK.
• Brum — first broadcast in 1991. 6 series, 78 episodes. The show is about a small car that lives in a motor museum that comes to life and goes around helping the inhabitants of the Big Town. Broadcast by the BBC the UK.
• Tots TV — first broadcast in 1993, 8 series, 276 episodes. The adventures of Tilly, Tom, and Tiny Tot who live in their magic secret Tot house in the middle of the woods with their favourite friend and pet Donkey and unbeknown to the Tots, Furryboo, a small dog-like puppet. Tilly speaks a second language (such as French, Spanish, or English, depending on the country) thus introducing children to other languages. The show earned two BAFTA awards. Co-produced by Central Television, it aired on CITV in the UK originally but moved to CBeebies in 2004. It premiered on PBS in the US in 1996.
• Open a Door — first broadcast in 1994 on CBBC. An international project producing 5-minute children's films from different countries around the world without words. It moved to CBeebies in 2002 and was repeated until 2007.
• Teletubbies: (Original series) — first broadcast in 1997, production of Teletubbies ended in 2001 after 365 episodes but the show has been revived since November 2015.[3] A show about the adventures of the four little creatures, the Teletubbies, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po who live over the hills called "Teletubbyland" with their blue living vacuum cleaner Noo-Noo. The show also features a windmill which can spin round with pink magical stars, and can spin for TV events in one of the Tubbies' stomachs, featuring real-life children. And it can spin for magical events like an Animal Parade, a Tap Dancing Teddy Bear, a Pink House, 3 Ships, a Magic Tree, a Lion and Bear and Little Bo Peep and her Sheep. The programme also includes a sun with a baby’s head inside, speakers known as Voice Trumpets, that communicate with the Teletubbies, and flowers that can talk. Reruns air on BBC in the UK and aired on PBS from 1998 to 2008 in the US.
• Badjelly the Witch - premiered in 2000, a film based on the book by the late Spike Milligan, in association with Norma Fames Management. First aired on the BBC.
• Teletubbies Everywhere — first broadcast in 2002. A spin-off series of the Teletubbies about the first concepts - numbers, colours and shapes. Just like Open a Door, it too shows international films of children from around the world, speaking their own language. The show aired on CBeebies.
• Boohbah - first broadcast in 2003, production ended in 2005 with 104 episodes. It is an exercise programme aimed at 3 to 6 year olds, and was broadcast for Cole Entertainment. It aired on CITV in the UK and on PBS in the US.
• Blips — first broadcast in 2004, and airs on CITV.
• What Makes Me Happy - a short film that was first broadcast in 2005 for Channel 5. This film won numerous prizes.
• In the Night Garden... — first broadcast in 2007, intended for children ages 1 to 7. 100×30 minutes commissioned by the BBC and shown on CBeebies in the UK and Hub Network in the US.
• Tronji — first broadcast in 2009, is aimed at children ages 6 to 8. 30×30 minutes commissioned by the BBC.
• Dipdap — first broadcast in 2010, a 52×3 minute programme about a drawn character on a drawn line and shown on CBeebies.
• The Adventures of Abney & Teal — first broadcast in 2011, a 52×11 minute programme about two friends and shown on CBeebies and distributed by BBC Television and the CBC.
• Twirlywoos - first broadcast in 2015, a 50x11 minute program about 4 bird-like creatures who seek on adventures and fun. The show is broadcast on CBeebies. This is the first Ragdoll show made after the DHX Media takeover of Ragdoll Worldwide. (WildBrain itself co-owns the show.)

The Ragdoll Shop in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire was a relatively small store which stocked a range of merchandise relating to Ragdoll's television series of 4 shows including Teletubbies, Rosie and Jim, Tots TV and Brum plus fun activities for the children. The shop also sold toys relating to Boohbah from 2004 to 2005. In 2005, the shop was closed permanently, and became an optometrist's practice named Dr. CP Grey's. The picture of Rosie and Jim waving can still be seen in the black window at the top of the building.

• Ragdoll's Website
• History of Ragdoll