Ragdolly Anna

Ragdolly Anna was a British children's television series, produced by Yorkshire Television and based on the books by British writer Jean Kenward.^[1] The show was broadcast between July 26th 1982 and July 13th 1987 on the ITV network during its Watch It! (later Children's ITV) strand. The show starred Pat Coombs and was about a small stuffed doll named Ragdolly Anna (played by Caroline Berry) that used to spring into life when nobody was watching and would go on many wild and fantastic adventures. The programme was filmed in the Woolman Street Tenements in the Mabgate area of Leeds.

Ragdolly Anna
Presented by	Pat Coombs
Starring	Caroline Berry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	10 minutes
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network	CITV
Release	26 July 1982 (1982-07-26) – 13 July 1987 (1987-07-13)

Series guide

• Series 1: 6 editions first shown from 26 July 1982 to 6 September 1982
• Series 2: 12 editions first shown from 9 January 1986 to 27 March 1986
• Series 3: 12 editions first shown from 6 April 1987 to 13 July 1987

International releases

• Kenya
  • KBC
• Germany
  • BFBS (Children's SSVC)
  • SSVC Television (Children's SSVC)
• Singapore
  • Mediacorp Channel 5 (Kids' Corner)
• Canada
  • Access Network
• Brunei
  • RTB
• USA
  • Public Access 31 (in Bedford, Indiana)
• New Zealand
  • TV One
  • Channel 2
• Portugal
  • Canal 1 (Brinca Brincando, a Canal 1/RTP1 children's block from 1987 to 1993)