''The Ratties'' is a British
animated series
An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have eith ...
about a family of six rats who live in the wall of a country house. The rats try to emulate the human family who own the house.
The idea for ''The Ratties'' was conceived by
Laura Milligan, daughter of comedian
Spike Milligan
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his ...
.
Laura Milligan and
Mike Wallis developed the idea into a series of animated shorts; Wallis served as director and producer. Spike Milligan narrated the series with much of the narration
ad libbed.
ITV aired 26 episodes in 1988; each episode is under five minutes in length. The series was repeated by ITV from 1991 to 1994.
Characters
The eldest rats in the Ratty family are Uncle Matty and Aunt Hatty (the matron of the family who does all the housework). Tatty is an ambitious rat of the younger generation. The Fatty Brothers are playful and mischievous
identical twins
Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two em ...
. Baby Batty is a child genius.
The Ratties share their home with Spatty, a spider who sometimes gets involved in the Ratties' adventures.
Episodes
References
External links
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1988 British television series debuts
1988 British television series endings
1980s British children's television series
British children's animated comedy television series
Animated television series about mice and rats
ITV children's television shows
Television series by ITV Studios
English-language television shows
Television shows produced by Central Independent Television
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