The Ratties

The Ratties
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Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer(s)	Central Television
Running time	5 mins
Release
Original release	1987

The Ratties is a British cartoon series that ran in 1987 with 26 episodes.

It is about a family of rats that live in a country house. The rats try to emulate the human owners of their house. The show was created by Mike Wallis and Laura Milligan, and is narrated by Spike Milligan. F Productions and UK Finance3 funded the show, while it was animated by cel animation.

The series attracted a cult following in the UK, although no further episodes were made after 1987; however, the series was repeated in 1993 and 1994.

Characters

• Tatty - A passionate rat who has a desire to mingle with humans.
• Baby Batty - A prodigious baby rat who assists in the family's activities.
• Aunt Hatty - The busybody who cleans up after the family.
• Uncle Matty - The poor unfortunate family member who gets tangled and exhausted by chaos.
• The Fatty Brothers - Identical Twins who stir up a lot of mayhem in between playing.

Episodes

#	Title	Air Date
1	"The Budgie"	TBA
2	"Polo Time"	TBA
3	"Rattiecadabra"	TBA
4	"Circus Time"	TBA
5	"Glamour Time"	TBA
6	"Gardening Time"	TBA
7	"Medical Time"	TBA
8	"Way Out West"	TBA
9	"Sports Time"	TBA
10	"Picnic Time"	TBA
11	"Spring Cleaning Time"	TBA
12	"Pirates"	TBA
13	"Tattys Day"	TBA
14	"The Great Escape"	TBA
15	"The Fatty Sisters"	TBA
16	"Ballet Time"	TBA
17	"Spooky Time"	TBA
18	"Holiday Time"	TBA
19	"Jumping Beans"	TBA
20	"Arty Time"	TBA
21	"Raving Time"	TBA
22	"Cowboy Time"	TBA
23	TBA	TBA
24	TBA	TBA
25	TBA	TBA
26	TBA	TBA

External links

• http://www.toonhound.com/ratties.htm
• http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/17289