Roland Rat was introduced to the ailing breakfast television network TV-am in 1983 and quickly picked up two million viewers.
Surely it speaks volumes when the best thing about your breakfast show is a mangy rat puppet with an annoying voice and an entourage consisting of a baby rat, a guinea pig, a hamster and a gerbil.
After saving TV-am, Roland and Kevin, Errol, Little Reggie and Glenis transferred to the BBC where they starred in some purpose-made shows, including Roland Rat: The Series.
Roland also released five singles and two albums. And anyone who says that today’s music is rubbish should be forced to listen to Rat Rapping . . .
Related Posts
Delvene Delaney Born in Mackay, Queensland, on 26 August 1951, Delvene Delaney found stardom as "the sheila" on The Paul Hogan Show in the…
Ian 'Molly' Meldrum Ian Meldrum was born on a ship outside the port of Aden, South Yemen. During 1966 and 1967, Meldrum worked…
American DJ's of the 1960s Cousin Brucie (Bruce Morrow) One of the kings of the East Coast, Brooklyn-born Brucie held down the primetime slot at WABC…
Bill Hayden William George Hayden was born in Ipswich, Queensland, the son of an Irish-American sailor. He was educated at Brisbane State…
Hippies Like no other time before, the ’60s exploded into personal freedom and self-expression, seen through bands of teenagers with unique…
Lee Gordon American born promoter Lee Gordon arrived in Sydney in 1953, after a chance meeting with an Australian used car salesman,…
Terry Wogan A one-time bank clerk, Wogan joined the BBC in the 1960s and was one of Radio 1's original team of…
Tufty Tufty Fluffytail, a childlike red squirrel character was created in 1953 by Elsie Mills at The Royal Society for the…
