''Ragdolly Anna'' was a British children's television series, produced by

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

and Siriol Productions and based on the books by British writer Jean Kenward. The show was broadcast between 1982-1987 on the ITV network during its Children's ITV strand. The show starred

Pat Coombs Patricia Doreen Coombs (27 August 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, ...

and was about a small stuffed doll named Ragdolly Anna 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

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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 **

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(''Children's SSVC'') ** SSVC Television (''Children's SSVC'') * Singapore ** Mediacorp Channel 5 (''Kids' Corner'') * Canada **

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* Brunei ** RTB * USA **Public Access 31 (''in

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'') * New Zealand ** TV One ** Channel 2

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0443400, title=Ragdolly Anna Television series by Yorkshire Television ITV children's television shows 1982 British television series debuts 1987 British television series endings 1980s British children's television series Television series by ITV Studios English-language television shows British television shows featuring puppetry