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The Raggy Dolls
1986 - 1994 7.8 (8 votes) 11 Seasons
Genres
Animation
Networks
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The Raggy Dolls

Overview

The Raggy Dolls is a 1980s British cartoon series for children, following the adventures of a motley collection of rejects from a toy factory, who live in a reject bin.

Key Crew

Producer: Joy Whitby

Writer: Neil Innes

Top Cast

Neil Innes
Neil Innes

Narrator

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1986)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Flying Machine
1986-04-13

The Raggy Dolls are out playing Cricket, during an argument between who should bowl a model plane crashes in the field, the Raggy Dolls decide to fix the plane and take it for a ride.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 2: The Big Top
1986-04-10

The Raggy Dolls are enjoying a quiet day in the country side, when they are suddenly disturbed by a circus.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 3: The Pigeon Race
1986-04-17

Whilst out for a quiet walk Hi-Fi and Back-To-Front find a pigeon that seems to be in pain, on closer inspection they see that the pigeon has a broken wing, they both make a decision to help the injured pigeon to fly again.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 4: The War of the Wizards
1986-04-24

With Back-to-Front's magic tricks being out of practice, Hi-Fi uses his metal detector to uncover a chest that has a real magic book in it, in which Back-to-Front uses to fix his head, but the book soon causes problems.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 5: The Special Offer
1986-05-01

The Raggy Dolls were taken to a toy shop in London and were made as special offers to anyone who buys a video game. However, despite this new life, they did not want to give up their friendship when being bought individually, which is what happens when Lucy had been bought by a rich girl.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 6: The Litter Bugs
1986-05-08

After Sad Sack gets chased by a duckling, the Raggy Dolls discover that the peaceful area of a field they are in is being littered by a careless family on a picnic.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 7: The Dark Wood
1986-11-20

The Raggy Dolls venture into the forbidden woods for a picnic only to find there is a poacher scaring away all of the wildlife, the poacher is scared into his own traps by the Raggy Dolls.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 8: The Funfair
1986-11-27

The Raggy Dolls are taken from the reject bin and are used as prizes at the funfair by a crook named Toby Martin. Back-To-Front shows the crowd that Toby is a fraud and he gets removed from the funfair, only after pulling Sack Sack into pieces, luckily the Raggy Dolls are there to piece him back together.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 9: Too Many Cooks
1986-12-04

Claude is a very good cook for the Raggy Dolls, but when he saw Florrie Fosdyke bake a cake for the factory competition, he was then disgusted with her poor efforts. So the gang decide to help her out by replacing it with an even better cake.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 10: After the Storm
1986-12-11

After a storm has passed, the Raggy Dolls go to see Pumpernickle but find him on the ground. They also notice that Farmer Brown is not around to help the animals, and with the help of Rufus the sheepdog, they find him stuck in an old mineshaft and help to rescue him.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 11: Christmas Dolls
1986-12-18

One snowy Christmas Eve, the Raggy Dolls decided to go tobogganing in the snow, but poor Sad Sack meanwhile wished he was still back in bed. And they end up crashing into the doors of a children's hospital, where they become temporary Christmas presents to sick children.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 12: The Trouble with Claude
1987-02-19

After hearing about a French Week being held in Bunce's Emporium, the Raggy Dolls decided to go there to have a look, but as they did, Claude got into a lot of trouble when he had wandered off. From there he gets lost and meets another French doll called Babette.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 13: Happy Binday
1987-02-26

It is Princess's "binday", and she feels that she is being ignored as her friends get the preparations ready in secret. She decides to award them with a flight on Owl.

Runtime: 10 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1987)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Genius
1987-11-13

An American artist, Andre G. Hamburger needs inspiration for his new work and takes Dotty and Back-to-Front. Only when Hi-Fi rescues them, do they end up making his art even more famous.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 2: Speaking French
1987-11-20

Claude teaches the Raggy Dolls French. At first, Princess tries, then the rest of the Raggy Dolls except Sad Sack, who thought it is silly until he comes across a troubled French doll in an apple tree.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 3: The Winter Swan
1987-11-27

The Raggy Dolls find a Swan in distress one cold winter's night and decide to help it.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 4: The Terrible Twins
1987-12-04

Mr Grimes's nephews come to visit him for the weekend and cause problems not just for him, but for the Raggy Dolls as well.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 5: Sports Day
1987-12-11

The Raggy Dolls were having a Sports Day, and everyone is enjoying it, except for poor Sad Sack.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 6: To the Rescue
1988-01-08

The Raggy Dolls help to repair a doll that they find thrown away at the dump.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 7: Spring Toys
1988-08-19

Mr Grimes is running out of ideas, and it is up to the Raggy Dolls to find some more, in order to keep his business running.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 8: A Trip to the Sea
1988-08-26

Mr Grimes goes to the seaside for his holiday, and the Raggy Dolls follow.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 9: The Royal Tour
1988-09-02

Princess feels like she is not royal enough, so the Raggy Dolls dress her up in royalty and give her a royal tour around the countryside, but things do not go according to plan when her coronet is stolen by a magpie and a fierce bull sees her red dress.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 10: Onion Soup
1988-09-07

Claude gets himself into trouble, when he went after Onion soup, made by Florrie, and ends up being put inside a saucepan.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 11: Moving House
1988-09-14

Dotty decides that the dolls should move to a new home. But when night falls and a storm takes place, she climbs inside a tree to shelter. When the other Raggy Dolls hear she is in trouble, they build a raft and set off to the rescue.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 12: Factory Mice
1988-09-21

After giving a baby mouse some of their picnic food, the Raggy Dolls tell it where they got it. The next day, the factory is overtaken by a huge hoard of mice, and they now have to find a way on getting rid of them.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 13: A Trip to France
1988-09-28

The Raggy Dolls sail on a toy boat and end up lost at sea. They reach a beach which Claude thinks is France, and camp there before sailing back home. In the end, Dotty discovers they were on an island in the middle of the sea.

Runtime: 10 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1988)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Hot Air Balloon
1988-11-16

One day, The Raggy Dolls were having a great time watching clouds, it was then disturbed when a hot air balloon landed in the big field. The pilot left a boy in charge and while he went for help, the boy accidentally clambered in and got unconscious as the balloon took off by high winds, and it is up to them to save the boy.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 2: Ghosts
1988-11-23

One night, Lucy wanted to be brave for once, she managed to succeed when she and the other Raggy Dolls met up with some spooky skeleton Raggy Dolls.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 3: The Tree House
1988-11-30

The Raggy Dolls decided to build a Tree House as their hang-out place, but whilst they were building, they noticed that a Magpie had been stealing jewelry from Mr Grimes’ Toy Factory.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 4: The Memory Machine
1988-12-07

Claude had come up with an idea for all The Raggy Dolls to dance for the evenings, and whilst they were planning to do that, they then found in the reject bin a Memory Machine with faulty answers. They managed to fix it up, in return of it lighting up the disco.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 5: Doll Overboard
1988-12-14

The Raggy Dolls decided to go for a sail, only for them to have a rough time with speed boats.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 6: The Unlucky Hedgehog
1988-12-21

One autumn, The Raggy Dolls decided to camouflage their tree house, but as they were gathering things together, they eventually came to find a stubborn hedgehog, living in a bonfire in which would soon be alight.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 7: Easter Bunny
1989-07-19

The Raggy Dolls find out what happens when a greedy bunny has too many chocolate eggs.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 8: In Days of Old
1989-07-26

Sad Sack was having trouble drawing a picture, so he decided to read a book about a magic sword, which then caused him to have the most amazing dream of his life.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 9: The Old Clock Lady
1989-08-02

Grimes Soft Toys are having a clearout. The Raggy Dolls find themselves thrown in a skip and taken to the town dump. A poor old lady visits the dump looking for scrap items to sell so that she can make some money to buy herself food and drink. She spots the Raggy Dolls in the skip and takes them home with her. In return for her kindness, the Raggy Dolls help the old lady by repairing all the broken clocks that she has so that she can sell them.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 10: Peace and Quiet
1989-08-09

It was a peaceful day in their new treehouse until they were interrupted by jets and aeroplanes.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 11: We are Not Amused
1989-08-16

The Raggy Dolls have found an amusement park but they soon discovered that it is not much fun at all.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 12: The Lost Puppy
1989-08-23

Mr Grimes was looking after his sister's naughty pet puppy as the Raggy Dolls had soon spotted him getting into all kinds of trouble and gets lost.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 13: Horse Sense
1989-08-30

One day, The Raggy Dolls found something strange in the Big Field, which turns out to be Horse Jumps for a Welsh Pony, belonging to Farmer Brown's daughter that then had an accident. The Raggy Dolls come to the rescue, once again.

Runtime: 10 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1989)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Terrible Storm
1989-09-06

After the terrible storm was brewing, the Raggy Dolls must fix their new treehouse.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 2: The Stolen Parrot
1989-09-13

The Raggy Dolls must help a parrot who had been birdnapped by poachers.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 3: Crazy Golf
1989-09-20

Mr Grimes had found a game of golf, so the Raggy Dolls must make a game of crazy golf for themselves.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 4: Pumpernickle's Party
1990-06-28

The Raggy Dolls try to help Pumpernickle by scaring all the crows away.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 5: So Safari
1990-07-05

Mr. Grimes's terrible twin nephews were on a trip to the zoo as the Raggy Dolls followed with the help of the other animals.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 6: Making Faces
1989-07-12

Deciding to cheer Sad Sack up, the Raggy Dolls had made a puppet show to make him believe himself.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 7: The Old Windmill
1990-07-19

The Raggy Dolls had found an old windmill as they soon discovered it.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 8: The Little Carthorse
1990-07-26

The Raggy Dolls have met a little carthorse who does not know who he is with a little help from Hercules the farm horse.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 9: Making Jam
1990-08-02

The Raggy Dolls were all harvesting crabapples and blackberries and they decide to make jam with them.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 10: The Teddy Bear's Picnic
1990-08-09

While the Raggy Dolls were having a picnic lunch, they meet Mr Grimes's long lost teddy bear named Old Edward who had been lost for a long time as they tried to help him out.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 11: Mr. Marmalade
1990-08-16

The Raggy Dolls had quite enough of Mr Marmalade's tricks after he had scared them, as they made their way to the factory, they were terrified by a rat so Mr. Marmalade tries to rescue them by scaring the rat away.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 12: The Treasure Hunt
1990-08-23

Mr Marmalade and the Raggy Dolls had given them clues as they were on a search to find a hidden treasure.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 13: Rupert the Roo
1990-08-30

Sad Sack had met a toy kangaroo, Rupert the Roo who had been mailed from Australia, so the Raggy Dolls try to help him out before heading back to Australia.

Runtime: 10 min

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