Wanderly Wagon
Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational children's television programme which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. The show pioneered the use of puppets as television characters, before Sesame Street was created in the United States. Wanderly Wagon followed the human and puppet characters they travelled around Ireland visiting interesting locations. The original premise of the show expanded to follow the characters to magical lands of Irish mythology, and into outer space.
Characters Rory - originally the lead character and played by acclaimed stage actor Bill Golden. Golden left the series in its later years. O'Brien - a bumbler played by Eugene Lambert, who was also the puppeteer and ventriloquist for the animal characters. Godmother - a sensible mother-figure. Fortycoats - a shopkeeper. An occasional character who later had an eponymous spin-off show. Mr Crow - a crow who lived in a cuckoo clock. Foxy - a fox who lived in a barrel on the side of the wagon. Judge - a dog, who also featured in televised road safety notices. Four moon mice who lived in the attic.
External linkUnofficial fan site
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